rainbow

forms:
rainbow (singular)
rainbows (plural)

pos: noun

glosses: A rainbow is an arch of colors in the sky that you can see in the rain when the sun is at your back.

text: Traditionally, the colors of the rainbow are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet, but in real life, it's actually a continuous spectrum.

enpr: rān'bō

ipa: /ˈreɪnboʊ/

ipa: /ˈreɪnbəʊ/

noun

expansion: [POS TABLE]


rainbow

forms: rainbow (positive)

pos: adj

glosses: When something is rainbow, it is made up of many colors.


rainbow

forms:
rainbow (canonical)
rainbows (third-person singular)
rainbowed (past)
rainbowed (past participle)
rainbowing (present participle)

pos: verb

glosses: When you rainbow something, you make it into something that has many colors, just like a rainbow.


w

forms: W or w

glosses: The twenty-third (23rd) letter of the alphabet.

text: "w" comes after "v" and before "x"

ipa: /ˈdʌbljuː/

letter

W


m

forms: M or m

glosses: The thirteenth (13th) letter of the alphabet.

text: "m" comes after "l" and before "n".

glosses: This is the Roman numeral for thousand (1,000). It may be written as M or m.

M


m

forms: m

pos: abbrev

text: The bank reported a profit of $50m this year.


book

forms:
book (singular)
books (plural)

glosses: A book is a lot of paper joined together with writing and pictures printed on them for you to read or write in.

text: I borrow books from the library, and keep them in a bookcase.

glosses: A book is a group of stamps, matches, tickets, etc., held together inside a paper cover.

glosses: A company's books are its money records.

text: An outside accountant kept the books and signed the checks until he joined the company.

enpr: bo͝ok

ipa: /bʊk/

sampa: /bUk/


book

forms:
book (canonical)
books (third-person singular)
booked (past)
booked (past participle)
booking (present participle)

glosses: If you book something or someone, you reserve them for a certain time.

text: I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night.

text: I can book tickets for the concert next week.

glosses: If you book someone, you officially put their name in police records for a crime.

text: The police booked him for driving too fast.


not

pos: adv

glosses: "Not" makes a phrase have the opposite meaning.

text: I was not there.

text: I am not fat!

glosses: The item before "not" is more correct or better than the item after "not".

text: I wanted tea, not coffee!

text: It's stupid, not funny.

ipa: /nɒt/

sampa: /nQt/

ipa: /nɑt/

sampa: /nAt/

homophones: knot naught nought


not

forms: not!

pos: intj

glosses: Used to indicate the sentence before is sarcastic or ironic. This means that the sentence has the opposite meaning.

text: I like doing lots of boring homework. Not!

interjection

not!


am

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

glosses: A form of the verb be used about the person speaking

text: I am hungry. Is there any food around?

text: Am I right?

ipa: /ˈæm/

ipa: /əm/

be

am

is

are

was

were

been

being


am

forms:
am (positive)
Superlative–


nothing

forms: nothing

pos: det

text: I bought nothing in the shop, because it was closed.

glosses: Empty. An area has nothing in it if it has no objects in it.

text: An empty cup has nothing in it.

text: I looked for the book, but I could see nothing.

enpr: nŭth'ĭng

ipa: /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

sampa: /"nVTIN/


million

forms: million

glosses: ordinal millionth) The number 1,000,000.

text: In 2006, Canada had about 32.6 million people.

ipa: /ˈmɪljən/


million

forms:
million (singular)
millions (plural)

text: One thousand thousand is a million.

text: In the US, there are one thousand millions in a billion.

text: In the UK, there are one million millions in a billion.


kitten

forms:
kitten (singular)
kittens (plural)

text: Our cat has just had kittens.

text: The kitten is playing with its mother.

glosses: A kitten is a young rabbit, rat, squirrel, fox or badger.


kitten

forms:
kitten (canonical)
kittens (third-person singular)
kittened (past)
kittened (past participle)
kittening (present participle)

glosses: When a cat kittens, it gives birth to kittens.


belong

forms:
belong (canonical)
belongs (third-person singular)
belonged (past)
belonged (past participle)
belonging (present participle)

text: The umbrella belongs to John; it's his.

glosses: If someone belongs to something like a club, they are a member.

text: Mary belongs to Greenpeace.

text: What does it cost to belong to the library?

text: English belongs to the Indo-European language family.

glosses: If something belongs, it is in the right place.

text: That dog doesn't belong in the kitchen.

text: Where does this book belong?

text: I'm a simple girl; I don't belong in this rich house.

ipa: /bɪˈlɒŋ/

sampa: /bI"lQN/

enpr: bĭ-längʹ

ipa: /bɪˈlɑŋ/

sampa: /bI"lAN/


title: Main page

redirect: Main Page

pos: hard-redirect


March

pos: name

text: There are 31 days in March.

ipa: /mɑːtʃ/

enpr: märch

ipa: /mɑrtʃ/

sampa: /mArtS/

proper noun

March

Marches


were

glosses: A form of the verb be used about the person you are talking to.

text: Only you were doing it right.

glosses: A form of the verb be used about more than one person.

text: We were going home.

text: You all were staying late.

text: They were all playing in the band.

glosses: A form of the verb be used with the word if.

text: If I were rich, I would retire.

glosses: A form of the verb be used about things you wish for.

text: I wish it were the weekend.

ipa: /wɜː(r)/

enpr: wûr

ipa: /wɝ/

enpr: wər

ipa: /wɚ/


when

forms: when

pos: prep

text: "When did you start learning English?" – "Three years ago."

text: "When does the film start?" – "At seven o'clock."

text: When was the last time you went to your local library?

text: She phoned me when I was in the bath.

text: It was the year 1996 when I met John.

text: When I get up, I always drink a cup of coffee.

enpr: hwĕn

ipa: /ʍɛn/

sampa: /WEn/

enpr: wĕn

ipa: /wɛn/

sampa: /wEn/


encyclopedia

forms:
encyclopedia (singular)
encyclopedias or encyclopediae (plural)

glosses: An encyclopedia is a type of book that has information about many things. Often, an encyclopedia is a set of many books and can either be about a specific subject or a range of subjects.

text: Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia and is the world's largest.

text: I went to the library to find an encyclopedia on chemistry.

hyphenation: cy‧clo‧pe‧di‧a

noun

encyclopediae


language

forms:
language (singular)
languages (plural)

glosses: A language is all the words used by a group of people, and grammar (the rules for making them into sentences). People who speak the same language can understand each other; people speaking different languages cannot understand each other.

text: The English language has easy grammar but difficult spelling and pronunciation.

glosses: Language is the usage of words in a specific subject, the vocabulary of the subject.

text: This document is written in legal language, only lawyers can understand it.

text: There is a special chemistry language that you need to use when answering questions in the chemistry examinations.

glosses: Language is the special usage of words in a passage of text.

text: The language in this document is very offensive and biased.

glosses: A language refers to computer language, a group of code that tells a computer or machine what to do.

text: There are many programming languages out there, it really depends on what kind of software that you are trying to create.

glosses: Language is vulgarities and profanities.

text: Please mind your language! It is very rude to talk to people like that!

glosses: A language is a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ, a languet.

enpr: lăngʹgwĭj

ipa: /ˈlæŋgwɪʤ/

sampa: /"l{NgwIdZ/


language

forms:
language (canonical)
languages (third-person singular)
languaged (past)
languaged (past participle)
languaging (present participle)

glosses: When you language with someone, you talk to the person using a language.

verb

languag

e


danger

forms:
danger (singular)
dangers (plural)

glosses: A danger is something that can hurt a person.

text: He was a danger to those around him. I am glad he was sent to jail.

glosses: When something is in danger, it is under threat and could be hurt.

text: She is in danger of being buried by that avalanche.

ipa: /ˈdeɪndʒɚ/


grammar

forms:
grammar (singular)
grammars (plural)

glosses: Grammar is the rules about how to speak and write well in a language. Grammar includes syntax (what order to put words in), morphology (how to make different forms of a word) and conjugation (what form of a word to use).

enpr: gră'mər

hyphenation: gram‧mar


simple

forms:
simple (positive)
simpler (comparative)
simplest (superlative)

glosses: A simple task is easy to do and easy to understand.

text: Baking this cake is very simple as it only has 3 steps.

text: It's a simple book for learners to read and understand.

glosses: Something that is simple is basic and not complicated.

text: She was poor and only had a simple dress.

text: Their plan was very simple.

glosses: A simple person is not intelligent (we sometimes use this in a bad way)

text: He isn't a bad boy, he's just a little simple.

glosses: In grammar, the simple aspect is used when the speaker sees the situation as complete (compare progressive aspect).

text: "I run" is the present simple; "I'm running" is the present progressive.

ipa: /ˈsɪmpl/

hyphenation: sim‧ple

adj

simple

simpler

simplest


simple

forms:
simple (singular)
simples (plural)

glosses: A simple is a medicine that is prepared only from one plant.


simple

forms:
simple (canonical)
simples (third-person singular)
simpled (past)
simpled (past participle)
simpling (present participle)

glosses: When you simple things (especially herbs), you are trying to gather simples.

verb

simpl


angry

forms:
angry (positive)
angrier (comparative)
angriest (superlative)

text: He embarrassed her, so she was angry.

text: He had an angry wound.

ipa: /ˈæŋgri/

adj

angry

angrier

angriest


dries

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

text: You can put on my robe while your shirt dries.

text: She dries her hair with a blowdryer because she doesn't like how her hair looks when she dries it with a towel.

verb

dr

y


hour

forms:
hour (singular)
hours (plural)

text: There are 60 minutes in one hour.

text: There are 24 hours in one day.

enpr: ouə(r)

ipa: /aʊə(r)/

enpr: our

ipa: /aʊr/

sampa: /aUr/

audio: en-uk-an hour.ogg


baby

forms:
baby (singular)
babies (plural)

glosses: A baby is a very young child, less than two years old, who has not yet learned how to speak.

text: I used to be a baby but now I am an adult.

text: A baby cat is called a kitten.

enpr: bā'bē

ipa: /ˈbeɪbi/

sampa: /"beIbi/

noun

baby

babies


baby

forms:
baby (canonical)
babies (third-person singular)
babied (past)
babied (past participle)
babying (present participle)

glosses: If you baby someone, you treat them like a baby; you treat them gently and pamper them.

text: Mom, don't baby me - I can do it myself!

verb

bab


jelly

forms:
jelly (singular)
jellies (plural)

glosses: fruit juice mixed with sugar, then canned; especially grape.

text: I like jelly on my toast.

text: The children celebrated by eating bowls of jelly.

text: It turned into jelly.

ipa: /dʒɛli/

noun

jelly

jellies


Sunday

glosses: The first day of the week. The last day of the weekend, and for many Christians, the day of rest.

text: I will go out this Sunday.

enpr: sŭnʹdā

ipa: /ˈsʌndeɪ/

sampa: /"sVndeI/

enpr: sŭnʹdē

ipa: /ˈsʌndi/

sampa: /"sVndi/

hyphenation: Sun‧day

proper noun

Sundays


Tuesday

glosses: The third day of the week, the second day of the work week.

text: I have Tuesday night off.

ipa: /ˈtjuːzdeɪ/

ipa: /ˈtjuːzdɪ/

enpr: to͞ozʹdā

ipa: /ˈtuːzdeɪ/

hyphenation: Tues‧day

Tuesdays


l

forms: L or l

glosses: The twelfth (12th) letter of the alphabet.

text: "l" comes after "k" and before "m"

letter

L


dictionary

forms:
dictionary (singular)
dictionaries (plural)

glosses: A dictionary is a book that tells you what words mean, and how to spell them. A lot of dictionaries will also tell you about etymology (where words come from) and pronunciation (how to speak them).

text: You are reading an online dictionary right now.

text: The words in a printed dictionary are in alphabetical order.

text: I looked up the dictionary to find the meaning of the word business.

ipa: /ˈdɪkʃən(ə)ri/

enpr: dĭk'shə-nĕr"ē

ipa: /ˈdɪkʃənˌɛri/

noun

dictionaries


t

forms: T or t

glosses: The twentieth (20th) letter of the alphabet. It is the second most used letter, after e.

text: "t" comes after "s" and before "u"

ipa: /tiː/

letter

T


or

forms: or

pos: conj

glosses: A word used to link two alternative choices.

text: Would you like tea or coffee?

enpr: ôr

ipa: /ɔr/

homophones: oar ore o'er


arm

forms:
arm (singular)
arms (plural)

glosses: One of the upper limbs people have; arms start at the shoulder and go down to the wrist, sometimes the hand is included.

ipa: /ɑːm/

ipa: /ɑːrm/


arm

forms:
arm (canonical)
arms (third-person singular)
armed (past)
armed (past participle)
arming (present participle)

glosses: To give or sell weapons to a person, group, or country.

text: Our taxes pay to arm the military.

glosses: To get a tool or a weapon ready for action; to activate.

text: Remember to arm the alarm system.


his

pos: pron

glosses: If you say something is his thing, you mean it belongs to a particular man or boy.

text: It is his book, not mine.

glosses: His is used, instead of the name of an object, to refer to something belonging to a man or boy.

text: It isn't my book, it is his.

ipa: /hɪz/

sampa: /hIz/


march

forms:
march (singular)
marches (plural)

glosses: A formal, rhythmic way of walking. A march is usually done by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies.

glosses: Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music)

text: The march of time.

ipa: /mɑːtʃ/

ipa: /mɑrtʃ/

noun

marches


march

forms:
march (canonical)
marches (third-person singular)
marched (past)
marched (past participle)
marching (present participle)

glosses: To walk with long, regular strides, like a soldier does.

text: We saw the guards marching at Buckingham Palace.

glosses: To go to war; to make military advances.

verb

march

es


an

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

text: I just ate an apple.

text: It is indeed an honor to have met you today.

ipa: /æn/

ipa: /ən/


blue

forms:
blue (singular)
blues (plural)

text: The sky was a deep blue above her and golden yellow beyond the village.

text: The wall was a mix of watery blues and greens.

enpr: blo͞o

ipa: /bluː/


blue

forms:
blue (positive)
bluer (comparative)
bluest (superlative)

text: He had blue eyes.

text: He was very blue that day.

text: It was a blue day at school when he failed the test.

adjective

blue

bluer

bluest


are

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

glosses: A present-tense form of the verb be used about the person or people you are talking to.

text: Hello John, how are you?

text: Are you all hungry?

glosses: A present-tense form of the verb be used about more than one person.

text: We are all happy.

text: Are we there yet?

text: John and Mary are playing.

ipa: /ɑː/

ipa: /ɑr/

sampa: /Ar/


judge

forms:
judge (singular)
judges (plural)

glosses: A judge is a person who decides or chooses.

text: The judge decides cases.

text: Samson was a judge of Israel.

enpr: jŭj

ipa: /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/


judge

forms:
judge (canonical)
judges (third-person singular)
judged (past)
judged (past participle)
judging (present participle)

text: He judged in favor of the defendant.

glosses: To evaluate (decide if something is good or bad).

text: They judged the beauty pageant.

text: I would judge that the lake holds a million gallons.

verb

judg


Antarctica

forms: Antarctica

glosses: Antarctica is the most southern continent on the Earth; it contains the South Pole.

text: penguins live in Antarctica.

ipa: /ænˈtɑːktɪkə/

ipa: /ænˈtɑrktɪkə/


automatic

forms: automatic (positive)

glosses: If something is automatic, it works by itself.

text: A washing machine is automatic.

ipa: /ˌɔːtəˈmætɪk/

ipa: /ˌɔtəˈmætɪk/


automatic

forms:
automatic (singular)
automatics (plural)

glosses: A car that changes the gear by itself is called an automatic.

text: The car is not manual shift, it is automatic.

glosses: A gun that continues to fire while the trigger is pressed is called an automatic.

text: That machine gun is an automatic.

ipa: /ˌɔːtəˈmætɪk/

ipa: /ˌɔtəˈmætɪk/


was

glosses: A form of the verb be used to talk about yourself, or another person in the past.

text: I was singing in the shower.

text: Who was that girl you were talking to?

enpr: wŏz

ipa: /wɒz/

sampa: /wQz/

enpr: wŭz

ipa: /wʌz/

sampa: /wVz/

enpr: wəz

ipa: /wəz/


asset

forms:
asset (singular)
assets (plural)

glosses: A thing that has value. It may be worth money, but may just be useful.

text: One asset was his car and another was his house.

text: Jimmy's skills have been a real asset to the team.

ipa: /ˈæsɪt/

ipa: /ˈæsɛt/


didn't

forms:
do (canonical)
do (present)
does (third-person singular)
did (past)
don't (present negative)
doesn't (third-person singular negative)
didn't (past negative)

text: He didn't help her.

text: You didn't tell me you're going on vacation next month. How exciting!

ipa: /ˈdɪd(ə)nt/

do

does

did


mountain

forms:
mountain (singular)
mountains (plural)

glosses: A natural rise of the Earth's surface having considerable mass

text: We visited that mountain last year. The scenery was beautiful.

hyphenation: moun‧tain


thing

forms:
thing (singular)
things (plural)

text: She sent her things to New York.

enpr: thĭng

ipa: /θɪŋ/


doing

forms:
do (canonical)
does (third-person singular)
did (past)
done (past participle)
doing (present participle)

text: What are you doing?

text: Doing nothing can get you into trouble.

enpr: du'ing

ipa: /ˈduːɪŋ/

done

doing


doing

forms:
doing (singular)
doings (plural)

glosses: A doing refers to something that someone has done, a deed.

text: This mess is your doing.


cow

forms:
cow (singular)
cows (plural)

glosses: A common farm animal, the female cattle.

text: milk comes from cows.

glosses: The female of several other kinds of animal, such an elephant cow or a whale cow.

enpr: kou

ipa: /kaʊ/

sampa: /kaU/

audio: en-uk-a cow.ogg


opinion

forms:
opinion (singular)
opinions (plural)

glosses: An opinion is a personal idea, a person’s thoughts on a topic.

text: You gave your opinion of the case.

ipa: /əˈpɪnjən/

hyphenation: o‧pin‧ion


yellow

forms:
yellow (singular)
yellows (plural)

ipa: /ˈjɛləʊ/

enpr: yĕl'ō

ipa: /ˈjɛloʊ/

hyphenation: yel‧low


yellow

forms:
yellow (positive)
yellower (comparative)
yellowest (superlative)

text: The yellow car moves fast.

text: His yellow hair shines in the sun.

text: He wants to date her, but he does not ask because he is yellow.

adj

yellow

yellower

yellowest


knife

forms:
knife (singular)
knives (plural)

text: He ate with his knife and fork.

text: He worked with a putty knife.

ipa: /naɪf/

audio: En-uk-a knife.ogg

noun

knife

knives


knife

forms:
knife (canonical)
knifes (third-person singular)
knifed (past)
knifed (past participle)
knifing (present participle)

glosses: If you knife someone, you stab someone with a knife; you make a hole in them.

text: The gang knifed him sixteen times.

verb

knif


why

forms:
why (positive)
Superlative–

text: Why did you say that?

text: Why did you try to steal money from this shop?

glosses: Used to talk about the reason for something.

text: I wonder why he did that.

glosses: Used to give more information about the reason for something.

text: Can you tell me the reason why he did that?

enpr: hwī

ipa: /ʍaɪ/

sampa: /WaI/

enpr: wī

ipa: /waɪ/

sampa: /waI/


why

forms: why

glosses: Used to show a person's surprise or impatience about something.

text: Why! Thank you for the present.


why

forms:
why (singular)
whys or whies (plural)

text: Whenever you begin to write an essay, please do not forget to talk about the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.

glosses: (plural: whies) (UK) A why is a young cow or woman.

noun

why

whys

whies


may

forms:
may (present)
might (past)

glosses: To be allowed to; to have permission to do something

text: "May I sit here?" "Yes, go ahead. The seat is empty."

text: You may not smoke, this area is "no smoking".

glosses: If you say something may happen or may be true, you mean there is a chance that it is true.

text: He may be lying, but I'm not sure.

text: It may rain today.

enpr: mā

ipa: /meɪ̯/

sampa: /meI/

may

might


and

forms: and

glosses: You use and to talk about two things at once.

text: I like singing and reading.

text: Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.

glosses: You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.

text: I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.

text: I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.

glosses: And is used when you are putting some sentences together.

text: She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.

glosses: Used to show what happened after something else.

text: The alarm went off and I woke up.

glosses: And is used to join certain numbers together.

text: Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.

enpr: ănd

ipa: /ænd/

enpr: ən(d)


desire

forms:
desire (singular)
desires (plural)

text: She has a desire to win.

text: Love is my desire.

enpr: dĭ-zīrʹ

ipa: /dɪˈzaɪə/

ipa: /dɪˈzaɪr/

hyphenation: de‧sire


desire

forms:
desire (canonical)
desires (third-person singular)
desired (past)
desired (past participle)
desiring (present participle)

glosses: To wish for something, to want something.

text: I desire your company.

verb

desir

e


year

forms:
year (singular)
years (plural)

glosses: A measure of the time taken for the earth to circle the sun - any 12 month period

text: There are 12 months in one year

text: There are 365 days in a year and 366 days in leap years.

glosses: The 12 month period between one January and the next. In the western world, years are numbered from the birth of Christ, starting at 1.

text: Simple English Wiktionary was started in the year 2005.

ipa: /jiə/

enpr: yîr

ipa: /jir/

sampa: /jir/

audio: en-uk-a year.ogg


important

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

text: That is an important point.

ipa: /ɪmˈpɔːtənt/

ipa: /ɪmˈpɔrtənt/

adj

more: true


bitter

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

glosses: The taste of black coffee and many medicines is bitter. This is the taste of a chemical base.

text: yuk! That tastes bitter.

glosses: A bitter person is angry for a long time.

text: She still feels bitter towards him because of something he did last year.

glosses: A bitter situation, it is very unpleasant and difficult to deal with.

text: There's a bitter wind.

ipa: /ˈbɪtə/

ipa: /ˈbɪtər/


bitter

forms:
bitter (singular)
bitters (plural)

text: "I'd like a pint of bitter please, barman."


jewel

forms:
jewel (singular)
jewels (plural)

text: Mary keeps her jewels in a safe.

ipa: /ˈʤuːəl/

ipa: /dʒuɬ/


bird

forms:
bird (singular)
birds (plural)

glosses: A bird is a warm-blooded animal that has feathers and wings and lays eggs. Most birds can fly.

text: A sparrow is a bird and so is a penguin, even though it cannot fly.

glosses: When you give someone the bird, you give a vulgar hand gesture where only the middle finger is up.

text: While I was driving along the highway, someone turned into my lane suddenly, nearly causing an accident. I immediately gave him the bird to show my anger.

enpr: bû(r)d

ipa: /bɜːd/

ipa: /bɝd/

audio: en-uk-a bird.ogg


bird

forms:
bird (canonical)
birds (third-person singular)
birded (past)
birded (past participle)
birding (present participle)

glosses: When you bird, you try to catch or shoot birds.

glosses: When you bird, you look for wild birds in their natural home and try to identify them.


across

forms: across

text: I walked across the bridge.

text: I can see him across the street.

text: The bridge is across the stream.

enpr: ə-krŏs

ipa: /əˈkrɒs/

enpr: ə-krôs

ipa: /əˈkrɔs/


the

forms: the

glosses: Used when your listener will know which one you mean.

text: Compare "I went into a room." and "I went into the kitchen."

glosses: Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.

text: Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?

glosses: Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people or things concerned.

text: The poor need our help.

glosses: Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.

text: You are the best.

enpr: thē

ipa: /ðiː/

ipa: /ði/

sampa: /Di/

enpr: thə

ipa: /ðə/


say

forms:
say (canonical)
says (third-person singular)
said (past)
said (past participle)
saying (present participle)

glosses: When you say something, you share it in words.

text: He says he is hungry.

enpr: sā

ipa: /seɪ/

sampa: /seI/

say

says

said

said

saying


trillion

forms: trillion

glosses: (US, modern British and Australian, short scale) Trillion refers to the number 1,000,000,000,000 (10¹²)

text: There are about one trillion (10¹²) bacteria on the surface of the human body.

glosses: (older British and Australian, long scale) The number 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 (10¹⁸).

text: There are about one trillion (10¹⁸) insects on Earth.

enpr: trĭl'yən

ipa: /ˈtrɪljən/


trillion

forms:
trillion (singular)
trillions (plural)

glosses: (US, modern British and Australian, short scale) The number 1,000,000,000,000

text: In the United States, one million millions is a trillion.

glosses: (older British and Australian, long scale) The number 1,000,000,000,000,000,000.

text: In the long scale, one million millions is a billion. One million billions is a trillion.

text: A British trillion used to be one million American trillions, but they are mostly the same now.


done

forms:
do (canonical)
does (third-person singular)
did (past)
done (past participle)
doing (present participle)

text: Who has done their homework?

text: What have you done?

ipa: /dʌn/

enpr: dŭn


done

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

glosses: When something is done, it is completed and finished.

text: The work is done.

glosses: When something is done, it is fully cooked.

text: How done do you like your steak to be?

text: When the potatoes are done we can eat.


bad

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

text: The man who killed his wife was very bad.

text: Skipping school is a bad thing to do.

text: Debts can go bad when a debtor has gone bankrupt.

text: Could things get any worse than this?

text: This is the worst time I've had all year!

ipa: /bæd/

ipa: /bæːd/

ipa: /bɛd/

bad

worse

worst


red

forms:
red (singular)
reds (plural)

enpr: rĕd

ipa: /rɛd/

sampa: /rEd/


red

forms:
red (positive)
redder (comparative)
reddest (superlative)

red

redder

reddest


j

forms: J or j

text: "j" comes after "h" and before "k"

letter

J


in

forms: in

glosses: Used to show that something is inside something else.

text: The cat is in the box.

glosses: Used to show that someone is at home, or is available.

text: Is John in?

text: The Doctor is now in.

glosses: Used to show movement towards the inside.

text: The rain came in through the window.

glosses: Used to introduce an explanation or clarification of the previous statement with a that clause.

text: Toronto is a little different, in that it's not quite as cold.

enpr: /ĭn/

ipa: /ɪn/

sampa: /In/


action

forms:
action (singular)
actions (plural)

glosses: An action is something that you do, or something that happens, especially with motion.

text: At 3am, just west of the building, the plan was put into action.

text: There was a huge difference between my thoughts and my actions.

text: What they did was clearly wrong, but their actions were understandable.

text: The Health Authority is preparing to take legal action against the restaurants that fail to follow the regulations.


been

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

text: We have been to the Zoo.

text: We had been there before.

text: After one more trip, we will have been there five times.

ipa: /ˈbiːn/

ipa: /bin/

sampa: /bin/

ipa: /ˈbɪn/

sampa: /"bIn/

ipa: /bɪn/

sampa: /bIn/

be

am


kiss

forms:
kiss (singular)
kisses (plural)

glosses: The act of placing your lips on something, usually to show love or affection.

text: She gave him a long kiss on the lips.

glosses: A cone-shaped piece of chocolate made by Hershey.

text: I will give you a chocolate kiss.

enpr: kĭs

ipa: /kɪs/

sampa: /kIs/

noun

kiss

kisses


kiss

forms:
kiss (canonical)
kisses (third-person singular)
kissed (past)
kissed (past participle)
kissing (present participle)

glosses: To place your lips on something to show love or affection.

text: The man and the woman kissed each other.

text: His car kissed the bumper of the car in front of him.


start

forms:
start (singular)
starts (plural)

glosses: The beginning of something in place or time.

text: We went back to the start.

text: I surprised him and he gave a start.

text: She gave him quite a start.

ipa: /stɑːt/

enpr: stärt

ipa: /stɑrt/

audio: en-uk-to start.ogg


start

forms:
start (canonical)
starts (third-person singular)
started (past)
started (past participle)
starting (present participle)

glosses: To begin; to do something for the first time.

text: They started the race in first place.

text: I will start the car.

text: When I touched his arm, he started.


fertile

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

glosses: Fertile land is land on which crops can grow well.

text: That field is fertile.

glosses: A fertile person, animal, or plant is one that can produce children or offspring.

text: The average fertile female cat gives birth once or twice a year.

glosses: If someone has a fertile imagination, brain, or mind, they create a lot of interesting new ideas.

ipa: /ˈfɜːtaɪl/

ipa: /ˈfɝːtəl/

ipa: /ˈfɝːtaɪl/


fact

forms:
fact (singular)
facts (plural)

glosses: A fact is a piece of information that is true.

text: That is not just my idea, it is a fact.

text: He collects little-known facts.

ipa: /fækt/

sampa: /f{kt/


financial

forms: financial (positive)

glosses: A financial problem, issue, activity or other thing is about money or business.

text: Our sales are down and we have serious financial problems.

text: The government is giving financial help to people buying houses.

ipa: /faɪˈnænʃəl/


idea

forms:
idea (singular)
ideas (plural)

text: It was a good idea.

glosses: An idea is something abstract (not concrete).

text: Love is just an idea.

glosses: An idea is a way to see something, a view.

text: He changed her ideas on religion.

ipa: /aɪˈdɪə/

ipa: /aɪˈdiːə/


debt

forms:
debt (singular)
debts (plural)

glosses: An item or money which belongs to another, and which will be repaid (given back) in the future.

text: She must give the bank £100 to clear (remove) her debt.

glosses: If you are in debt, you owe money (normally to a bank).

ipa: /dɛt/

sampa: /dEt/


sixth

forms: sixth (positive)

glosses: The sixth thing is the one that is number six (6) in order.

text: He ran in the marathon and came in sixth.

ipa: /sɪksθ/

sampa: /sIksT/

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


sixth

forms:
sixth (singular)
sixths (plural)

glosses: A sixth is one of six equal parts of one whole.

text: He gave me a sixth of his orange.


sector

forms:
sector (singular)
sectors (plural)

glosses: A sector is a part or division of an area, especially part of the economy.

text: Service sector jobs, such as restaurant jobs, are often low paying.

text: The government is placing a large number of private businesses in the public sector.

text: I am going to go patrol the south sector.

enpr: sĕk'tər

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


assistance

forms:
assistance (singular)
assistances (plural)

glosses: If you give someone or something assistance, you give help or support.

text: The company may also provide financial assistance to single mothers.


i

forms: I or i

glosses: The ninth letter or the alphabet; previous H, next J. I is a vowel.

ipa: /aɪ/

sampa: /aI/

letter

I


night

forms:
night (singular)
nights (plural)

glosses: Night is the opposite of day. It is the time between sunset and sunrise when the sky is dark.

text: During the day we usually go hiking in the mountain. Then at night, we come back to the hotel to get some sleep.

text: We woke up at night because of the thunder.

enpr: nīt

ipa: /naɪt/

sampa: /naIt/

homophones: nite knight


night

forms: night

glosses: A clipping of good night. It is a shorter way for people who get along well to say "good night".


profit

forms:
profit (singular)
profits (plural)

glosses: A profit is money made that is over the total amount spent on the thing being sold.

enpr: prŏfʹit

ipa: /ˈprɒfɪt/

ipa: /ˈprɑfɪt/

hyphenation: prof‧it


profit

forms:
profit (canonical)
profits (third-person singular)
profited (past)
profited (past participle)
profiting (present participle)

glosses: If someone profits from something, they benefit from it; they gain from it.


drink

forms:
drink (singular)
drinks (plural)

glosses: A drink is a liquid that you take in through your mouth.

text: He served her a hot drink and some cake.

enpr: drĭngk

ipa: /drɪŋk/

sampa: /drINk/


drink

forms:
drink (canonical)
drinks (third-person singular)
drank (past)
drunk (past participle)
drinking (present participle)

glosses: If you drink something, usually a liquid, you take it in through your mouth.

text: I drink coffee in the morning.

drink

drinks

drank

drunk

drinking


fiction

forms:
fiction (singular)
fictions (plural)

glosses: Fiction refers to things that were made up and are not true.

glosses: A story that is invented instead of being based on facts.

text: The events in that story did not happen so it is fiction.

enpr: fĭk′-shən

hyphenation: fic‧tion


leg

forms:
leg (singular)
legs (plural)

glosses: Your legs are the two long parts of your body that you move to walk, or a similar body part on an animal.

text: I lost a leg in the war.

text: The footballer broke a leg during the game.

text: The bus stopped and everybody went out to stretch their legs.

glosses: A leg is part of a piece of furniture, such as a table, on which the furniture stands.

text: I can see an ant crawling up the leg of the table.

text: The band had to cancel the German leg of their European tour.

ipa: /lɛg/


rain

forms:
rain (singular)
rains (plural)

glosses: Drops of water that fall out of clouds in the sky.

text: I do not like going outside in the rain.

enpr: rān

ipa: /reɪn/

sampa: /reIn/

homophones: reign rein


rain

forms:
rain (canonical)
rains (third-person singular)
rained (past)
rained (past participle)
raining (present participle)

glosses: If it is raining, water is falling from the sky.


specific

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

glosses: If you talk about a specific idea, person, group, or thing, you mean that it is different from or more interesting than other things like it; you might also mean that you know exactly which one you are talking about.

text: The interviewer uses a checklist to make sure that specific areas are covered.

glosses: If something is specific, it is detailed, clear, and limited.

text: Last time, he was happy to do anything, but feels this time he has to be more specific.

text: First I will talk about farming in general, and then I will talk about the specific problems of wheat farming.

hyphenation: spe‧cif‧ic


English

forms: English

glosses: English is a language spoken by around 800 million people. The main places where English is spoken include:

text: The United States of America

text: The United Kingdom

text: India, Pakistan, Australia and all the other countries of the old British Empire.

enpr: ĭng'glĭsh

ipa: /ˈɪŋglɪʃ/

sampa: /"INglIS/


English

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

glosses: The English refers to the people who live in England.

text: The English don't care for people like that.

glosses: Something that is English is related to England, its people or its culture.

text: I prefer the English accent.

text: I am English.


g

forms: G or g

glosses: G is the seventh letter of the alphabet.

text: "f" comes before "g"

G


g

forms: g

pos: symbol

text: This can has 150g of corn.


army

forms:
army (singular)
armies (plural)

glosses: The people and organisation, normally in a government, which fights wars.

text: The army fought in Iraq.

text: He joined the army when he was 19.

glosses: A large number of people working towards the same thing.

text: It took an army of people to build that bridge.

hyphenation: ar‧my

noun

army

armies


with

forms: with

glosses: With is used to show the other people or things present when something happened.

text: I went to school with my brother.

glosses: With is used to describe something added to something else.

text: The cat has a collar with a bell on it.

glosses: With is used to show what thing is used to do something.

text: He hit the nail with a hammer.

text: With the children so sick, we weren't able to get much work done.

ipa: /wɪð/

sampa: /wID/


month

forms:
month (singular)
months (plural)

glosses: A measure of time, approximately equal to the time taken for the moon to circle the earth.

text: There are between 28 and 31 days in one month.

text: There are 12 months in one year.

enpr: mŭnth

ipa: /mʌnθ/

audio: en-uk-a month.ogg


car

forms:
car (singular)
cars (plural)

glosses: A car is a small passenger vehicle with four wheels, moved by an engine.

text: I just drive around in my car all day.

text: The garage was full so she parked her poor little car on the street.

text: Three fire trucks and two police cars arrived at the scene of the car accident.

text: Tony got in the driver's seat and started the car.

text: We flew into Miami and got a rental car.

text: Her son crashed the family car, but nobody was hurt.

text: Sheldon had offered to buy Nicki a used car, a Honda or Toyota, something reliable.

text: They stopped us at a red light and stole our car.

text: Us kids made $20 washing the cars in the driveway in front of our parents' house.

text: I loaded my suitcase and bag in the trunk of my car.

text: The salesperson at the car dealer tried to sell me a used BMW.

text: Are we going to be driving Chinese electric cars in a few years?

text: When the car was going 150 km/h, she took her hands off the wheel and closed her eyes.

text: Mr. Marquez was known for flashy clothes and jewelry, luxury cars and even a few boats.

glosses: A car is one large part of a train that can be added or taken away.

ipa: /ˈkɑː/

audio: en-uk-a car.ogg


wiki

forms:
wiki (singular)
wikis (plural)

glosses: A wiki is a type of website where anyone can change the pages.

text: Simple English Wiktionary is a type of wiki.

enpr: (wĭʹkē)


city

forms:
city (singular)
cities (plural)

glosses: A city is large area where many people live and work, larger than a town.

text: Tokyo and New York are two of the world's largest cities.

text: There's too much crime in this city.

glosses: The city is the government that has power over a city.

text: A city usually builds roads and parks, and keeps them in good shape.

text: The city has its offices in a building called a city hall.

text: The mayor asked city council to reduce taxes.

glosses: The city is the people who live in the city.

text: The city is afraid of the change.

ipa: /ˈsɪti/

sampa: /"sIti/

city

cities


method

forms:
method (singular)
methods (plural)

glosses: If you use a method to achieve a goal, then you use a planned process.

text: It is quite simple to use the method described in section 7.2 to find the solution.

text: My preferred method for contacting friends overseas is on the Internet.

ipa: /'mɛθəd/

hyphenation: meth‧od


ill

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

glosses: Sick, not well. If you are ill, you have bad health, you might have a disease.

text: One boy died and the other is seriously ill in the hospital.

glosses: If you are ill you are angry or disturbed.

text: You are making me ill with your attacks.

ipa: /ɪl/


ill

forms:
ill (positive)
Superlative–

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


ill

forms:
ill (singular)
ills (plural)


title: BE850

redirect: Wiktionary:Basic English alphabetical wordlist


pain

forms:
pain (singular)
pains (plural)

text: He was in pain, because his leg was broken.

text: He wouldn't go away and was a real pain.

ipa: /peɪn/


pain

forms:
pain (canonical)
pains (third-person singular)
pained (past)
pained (past participle)
paining (present participle)

text: It pains him to have to say goodbye.


money

forms:
money (singular)
moneys or monies (plural)

glosses: Money is the coins or notes that are used to pay for things.

glosses: Money is a tool that is used to pay for goods or services.

text: You don't want to spend your money on an ice cream. You can buy something else.

ipa: /ˈmʌni/

sampa: /"mVni/

ipa: [ˈmʌn.i], [mʌn̩iː]

monies


verb

forms:
verb (singular)
verbs (plural)

glosses: A verb is a kind of word that usually tells about an action or a state and is the head of a sentence. In English, verbs are the only kind of word that changes to show past or present tense. See verb examples.

text: In the sentence My father works on a farm, the verb is works.

ipa: /vɜː(r)b/


verb

forms:
verb (canonical)
verbs (third-person singular)
verbed (past)
verbed (past participle)
verbing (present participle)

glosses: To verb a word is to turn it into a verb.

text: The word "access" used to just be a noun, but then it got verbed.


knot

forms:
knot (singular)
knots (plural)

text: He put a knot in the rope.

enpr: nŏt

ipa: /nɒt/

sampa: /nQt/

homophones: not naught nought


knot

forms:
knot (canonical)
knots (third-person singular)
knotted (past)
knotted (past participle)
knotting (present participle)

glosses: To create a tied place in a cord or rope.

text: They knotted the ends of the rope together.

verb

knot

t


sugar

forms:
sugar (singular)
sugars (plural)

glosses: Sugar is a small white powder. It looks like salt, but it tastes sweet. Some people put it in tea.

text: This cookie recipe says you should use two cups of sugar, but I think that will be too sweet. One cup is enough.

ipa: /ˈʃʊgə/

enpr: sho͝ogʹər

ipa: /ˈʃʊgɚ/


sugar

forms:
sugar (canonical)
sugars (third-person singular)
sugared (past)
sugared (past participle)
sugaring (present participle)


individual

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

glosses: An individual person or thing is looked at separately from others.

text: This office assists whole families rather than individual family members.

glosses: An individual right, need, etc. belongs to one person, not to a group.

text: The government should protect not only individual rights but also group values.

ipa: /ˌɪndɪˈvɪʤuəl/


individual

forms:
individual (singular)
individuals (plural)

glosses: An individual is a single person, looked at separately from others.

text: One of the most difficult parts of growing up is learning to form your own ideas--to become an individual.

text: A country must balance the rights of individuals with the rights of groups.

ipa: /ˌɪndɪˈvɪʤuəl/


ant

forms:
ant (singular)
ants (plural)

glosses: An ant is an insect that walks and goes in groups.

text: Don't step on those ants.

enpr: ănt

ipa: /ænt/


that

forms: that

glosses: Used to show which thing we are talking about; used with things that are not close to the speaker.

text: Give me that book, not this one.

text: Give me that, not this.

text: That dog is hungry.

enpr: thăt

ipa: /ðæt/


that

glosses: You use that to mark a clause as subordinate.

text: You said that you liked me.

text: Give me the book that I dropped.

text: That it won't work is clear.

text: Fool that she was, Mary didn't accept John's proposal.


question

forms:
question (singular)
questions (plural)

glosses: Something someone says to have someone else say an answer.

text: The question is: "How much money do we have?"

text: It was a question of right and wrong.

ipa: /ˈkwɛsʧən/

hyphenation: que‧stion


question

forms:
question (canonical)
questions (third-person singular)
questioned (past)
questioned (past participle)
questioning (present participle)

glosses: To say questions to someone; to ask someone questions.

text: She questioned him fully.

glosses: To have an idea that something may be true or may not be true.

text: They questioned whether he was right .


father

forms:
father (singular)
fathers (plural)

glosses: The father of a person is the man who is one of that person's parents.

text: The father of Bill Smith IV is Bill Smith III.

enpr: fäthə

enpr: fäthər

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


father

forms:
father (canonical)
fathers (third-person singular)
fathered (past)
fathered (past participle)
fathering (present participle)

glosses: To have children (only applies to males)

text: He fathered six children in six years.


assist

forms:
assist (canonical)
assists (third-person singular)
assisted (past)
assisted (past participle)
assisting (present participle)

text: She assisted the doctor.

text: Nurses are available to assist the healing process.

ipa: /əˈsɪst/

hyphenation: as‧sist


assist

forms:
assist (singular)
assists (plural)

glosses: In basketball and some other sports, a pass to another player to let him or her score.

text: He had eight assists in that game.


all

forms: all

glosses: All of something is 100% of it, or the entire amount.

text: Well, you could stay in bed all day on Friday. And I could take the kids to school.

text: You know, you can't see all of the moon.

text: "There was a problem." "Yes, I know all about it."

text: No! You did it all wrong.

text: Can you tell me all this tomorrow?

text: I think we all know we have to change.

text: The shirt is almost all white.

text: Is that all you can do?

glosses: All of some things is 100% of them, or every one.

text: And then you can go and tell all your friends about it.

text: Not all of them are as wealthy as you imagine.

ipa: /ɔːl/


all

forms: all (singular)

glosses: If you give your all or put your all into something, you make the maximum effort possible.

text: He puts his all into every game.

noun

all


b

forms: B or b

text: "b" comes after "a" but before "c"

glosses: In some schools, a B is a fairly high grade.

text: Charles got a B in his maths test.

ipa: /biː/

letter

B


same

forms: same (positive)

glosses: Two things are the same if the two things have one size, and one shape, and one color, etc.

text: Sometimes we wear the same shirt.

glosses: The one that was talked about before. A thing is the same thing if there are not two things, there is only one.

text: That man there is the same man I saw yesterday.

ipa: /seɪm/

sampa: /seIm/


crop

forms:
crop (singular)
crops (plural)

text: Our farm's crops are corn, apples and potatoes.

enpr: krŏp

ipa: /krɒp/

sampa: /krQp/

enpr: kräp

ipa: /krɑp/

sampa: /krAp/


crop

forms:
crop (canonical)
crops (third-person singular)
cropped (past)
cropped (past participle)
cropping (present participle)

text: I cropped the picture to a size of 4 centimetres by 5 centimetres.

glosses: To cut off the top of something, often a plant.

verb

crop

p


son

forms:
son (singular)
sons (plural)

text: I am his son.

ipa: /sʌn/

sampa: /sVn/


n

forms: N or n

glosses: The fourteenth (14th) letter of the alphabet.

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

ipa: /ɛn/

letter

N


cook

forms:
cook (canonical)
cooks (third-person singular)
cooked (past)
cooked (past participle)
cooking (present participle)

text: Darren will cook dinner today.

ipa: /kʊk/

audio: en-uk-to cook.ogg


cook

forms:
cook (singular)
cooks (plural)

text: Emily is a cook.


French door

forms:
French door (singular)
French doors (plural)

glosses: A French door is a door with a window in it, often used in the plural.

text: He left through the French doors.


tomorrow

text: Tomorrow is my day off.

text: I'll see you tomorrow evening.

text: I will go to school tomorrow.

text: Tomorrow's meeting should be short.

text: The city of tomorrow will be much cleaner than cities now.

ipa: /təˈmɒrəʊ/

ipa: /təˈmɑroʊ/

ipa: /təˈmɔroʊ/

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


did

forms:
do (canonical)
does (third-person singular)
did (past)
done (past participle)
doing (present participle)

text: Sally did her homework.

text: Who did this?

ipa: /dɪd/

sampa: /dId/

do


did

forms:
do (canonical)
do (present)
does (third-person singular)
did (past)
don't (present negative)
doesn't (third-person singular negative)
didn't (past negative)

glosses: The past tense of do as an auxiliary verb.

text: Where did you go for your holiday?

text: She did not like the movie.


data

forms:
data or datum (singular)
data (plural)

glosses: Data is information, such as facts, numbers, photographs, etc.

text: A study using experimental data from ten schools found no difference between methods.

enpr: dā'tə

ipa: /ˈdeɪtə/

enpr: dă'tə

ipa: /ˈdætə/

enpr: dä'tə

ipa: /ˈdɑːtə/

data

datum

data


window

forms:
window (singular)
windows (plural)

glosses: A piece of glass in a wall to let people see through it.

text: He looked out the window.

ipa: /ˈwɪndəʊ/

enpr: wĭnʹdō

ipa: /ˈwɪndoʊ/

sampa: /"wIndoU/


very

glosses: Much; quite. Using very makes the adjective or adverb stronger.

text: He was very young.

ipa: /ˈvɛrɪ/

sampa: /"vEr\ɪ/

ipa: /ˈvɛri/

sampa: /"vEr\i/


very

forms: very (positive)

text: It was the very boy who helped me.

text: This man is the very one for the job.


secretary

forms:
secretary (singular)
secretaries (plural)

glosses: A secretary is a person who works in an office, helping with typing letters, filing, and other simple tasks.

text: I will ask my secretary to write to them.

enpr: sĕk'rətĕrē

noun

secretary

secretaries


woman

forms:
woman (singular)
women (plural)

text: My wife is a good woman.

ipa: /ˈwʊmən/

woman

women


s

forms: S or s

glosses: The nineteenth (19th) letter of the alphabet.

text: "s" comes after "r" and before "t"

letter

S


weather

forms: weather (singular)

glosses: The weather in a place is the air temperature, the number of clouds, and the amount of wind and rain or snow.

text: The weather conditions at the airport are bad. I don't think the plane will be able to fly.

text: The radio says the hot summer weather is going to continue for a few more days.

ipa: /ˈwɛðɚ/

hyphenation: weath‧er

noun

weather


weather

forms:
weather (canonical)
weathers (third-person singular)
weathered (past)
weathered (past participle)
weathering (present participle)

glosses: To weather is to be changed by the effects of sun, wind, ice or rain.

text: The old house had weathered badly.


variable

forms:
variable (singular)
variables (plural)

glosses: A variable is something that may not always be the same.

text: In life insurance, sex is an important variable because men generally die younger than women.

glosses: A variable is something used in mathematics for an unknown value.

text: In "x = 1 + 2 +...n = ((1 + n) × n)÷2", x is the variable.

glosses: A variable is something used in computer programming languages that stores data, such as a number or words.


variable

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

glosses: If something is variable, it changes often.

text: The temperature in the area is highly variable.

glosses: If a group is variable, there are big differences between things in the group.

text: The expected height of children in 3rd grade is variable.


reptile

forms:
reptile (singular)
reptiles (plural)

glosses: A reptile is a cold-blooded animal with scales (such as crocodiles or lizards).

text: A gecko is a type of reptile.

ipa: /rɪpˈtaɪl/

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


join

forms:
join (canonical)
joins (third-person singular)
joined (past)
joined (past participle)
joining (present participle)

glosses: If someone joins two or more things, they bring them together.

text: Their lives were joined.

text: They joined hands.

glosses: If someone joins someone else, they do something together.

text: I will join you on your walk.

text: Hey, James! Come and join in. We're having fun.

glosses: If someone joins a club, school, etc. they become a member.

text: Would you like to join our club?

glosses: If someone joins two or more things, they make a connection between them.

text: The new building is joined to the school by a short hallway.

ipa: /ˈdʒɔɪn/

sampa: /"dZOIn/


safe

forms:
safe (positive)
safer (comparative)
safest (superlative)

glosses: If something is safe, it is not in danger.

text: I feel safe when I am at home.

ipa: /seɪf/

sampa: /seIf/

adj

safe

safer

safest


safe

forms:
safe (singular)
safes (plural)

glosses: A metal box, often locked with a combination lock, for guarding valuable things.

text: She put her jewelry in the safe.


art

forms:
art (singular)
arts (plural)

glosses: An art is a skill that produces works of creative expression and can be mastered through study and practice. Arts are often contrasted with sciences.

text: painting, music and writing are arts.

text: She has making baskets down to an art.

glosses: Art is creation by means of an art. common examples of art are paintings and photographs, but songs and even buildings can be art, too.

text: The gallery has many pieces of art.

ipa: /ɑːt/


do

glosses: Do is an auxiliary verb. It is used in questions, negative statements, short answers, and for emphasis when there is no other auxiliary.

text: Questions

text: Short answer

text: Negative statements

text: Emphasis (do not use this too much)

glosses: We sometimes use do in place of a different verb, such as when we do not know what an activity is, or we do not want to say it again:

text: What is he doing?

text: Mary eats more than John does.

enpr: do͞o

ipa: /duː/

ipa: /dʉː/

audio: en-uk-to do.ogg

homophones: dew due

does


do

forms:
do (canonical)
does (third-person singular)
did (past)
done (past participle)
doing (present participle)

glosses: When you do something, you perform, complete or work on a task.

text: Mary is doing her homework.

text: We all did the cleaning together.

text: I've got a lot to do.

text: "What do you do?" - "I'm a baker."

text: "How did John do in the tennis match?" - "He lost."

text: "How is your leg doing?" - "Oh, it feels much better, thank you."

glosses: To write or draw something, usually in a short time

text: He did a picture of a tree.

text: He did an essay on Shakespeare.


do

forms:
do (singular)
dos (plural)

text: She came to work with a new do.

glosses: Correct actions. (almost always in plural and generally with "don'ts")

text: Willy will tell you all the dos and don'ts.


seabird

forms:
seabird (singular)
seabirds (plural)

text: The pelican is a seabird.

ipa: /ˈsiːbɜː(r)d/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-The Editor's Apprentice-seabird.wav


f

forms: F or f

text: "e" comes before "f"

glosses: In some schools, an F is a grade that shows that you have failed completely.

text: This student has not made any attempt in the exam; he only got an F.

letter

F


v

forms: V or v

glosses: The twenty-second (22nd) letter of the alphabet.

text: "v" comes after "u" and before "w"

glosses: This is the Roman numeral for five (5). It can be written as V or v.

V


current

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

glosses: Something that is current is up to date.

text: This news is current.

text: We bought our home 20 years ago, but we wouldn't be able to buy it at current prices.

ipa: /ˈkʌrɛnt/

ipa: /ˈkɝrɛnt/


current

forms:
current (singular)
currents (plural)

text: There is a strong current in that water.

text: It has a current of nine amperes.


sea

forms:
sea (singular)
seas (plural)

glosses: A place with a large amount of salt water.

ipa: /si/

homophones: see c


process

forms:
process (singular)
processes (plural)

glosses: A process is a series of steps that you take for a particular purpose.

text: Let us look at the factors considered during the formal decision-making process.

glosses: A process is an outward extension of bone from a larger bone or piece of tissue.

text: The xiphoid process is located beneath your sternum.

ipa: /'prəʊsɛs/

ipa: /'prɑsɛs/

hyphenation: proc‧ess

noun

processes


process

forms:
process (canonical)
processes (third-person singular)
processed (past)
processed (past participle)
processing (present participle)

glosses: If you process something, you change it from its natural state into something that's ready to use.

text: The oil companies process much of the crude oil into gasoline.

text: The processed sugar is now completely white.

text: There's too much information. I can't process all of it right now.

ipa: /prɒˈsɛs/

verb

process

es


heavy

forms:
heavy (positive)
heavier (comparative)
heaviest (superlative)

text: This suitcase is very heavy.

enpr: hev'i

ipa: /ˈhɛvi/

sampa: /"hEvi/

audio: EN-AU ck1 heavy.ogg

adjective

heavy

heavier

heaviest


young

forms:
young (positive)
younger (comparative)
youngest (superlative)

glosses: If you are young, you have not lived a long time.

text: She was only a young girl.

text: The young lion plays with his brothers and sisters.

text: He is very young.

text: They were friends from his young manhood.

enpr: yŭng

ipa: /jʌŋ/

sampa: /jVN/

adj

young

younger

youngest


young

forms:
young (singular)
young (plural)

text: The lion caught a gnu to feed its young.

text: The lion's young are curious.

noun

young


k

forms: K or k

glosses: The eleventh (11th) letter of the alphabet.

text: "k" comes after "j" and before "l"

letter

K


morning

forms:
morning (singular)
mornings (plural)

glosses: Morning is the time of day when people wake up to have breakfast and go to work or school. In most cases, it is also the time of sunrise.

text: It was cold when the Sun rose in the morning, but after lunch it became warm.

ipa: /ˈmɔːnɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈmɔrnɪŋ/

hyphenation: morn‧ing


morning

forms: morning

glosses: A clipping of good morning. Morning can be a greeting, similar to hello. Morning should only used in the morning.

text: Morning, Kath!


estimate

forms:
estimate (singular)
estimates (plural)

glosses: An estimate is a judgement of a size, value, amount, cost, etc., which is based on incomplete information.

text: British Telecom will give you an estimate of the cost before doing any work.

ipa: /ˈɛstɨmɨt/

hyphenation: es‧ti‧mate


estimate

forms:
estimate (canonical)
estimates (third-person singular)
estimated (past)
estimated (past participle)
estimating (present participle)

glosses: If you estimate the number, size, value, amount, cost, etc. of something, you guess based on incomplete information.

text: It's difficult to estimate how long it will take to get to London because we don't know how bad the traffic will be.

ipa: /ˈɛstɨˌmeɪ̪t/

verb

estimat

e


pink

forms:
pink (singular)
pinks (plural)

glosses: Pink is the color that you get when you mix red and white.

glosses: A pink is a type of plant that grows flowers. Pinks are related to carnations.

enpr: pĭngk

ipa: /pɪŋk/


pink

forms:
pink (positive)
pinker (comparative)
pinkest (superlative)

adjective

pink

pinker

pinkest


early

forms:
early (positive)
earlier (comparative)
earliest (superlative)

glosses: If something is early, it is sooner than expected.

text: It was an early end to the meeting.

glosses: If something is early, it happens in the first part of a time period.

text: He didn't like going to the early classes.

ipa: /ˈɜːli/

ipa: /ˈɝli/

adj

early

earlier

earliest


early

text: He was at the meeting early.

text: She got up early in the morning.


alphabetical order

forms: alphabetical order (singular)

glosses: If something is in alphabetical order, it is in the order of the letters of the alphabet.

text: I will put the list in alphabetical order.

noun

alphabetical order


ship

forms:
ship (singular)
ships (plural)

text: We sailed by ship from England to Italy.

enpr: shĭp

ipa: /ʃɪp/

sampa: /SIp/

audio: en-uk-a ship.ogg


ship

forms:
ship (canonical)
ships (third-person singular)
shipped (past)
shipped (past participle)
shipping (present participle)

text: They will ship the package by mail.

verb

ship


puppy

forms:
puppy (singular)
puppies (plural)

text: My new puppy is so cute and playful.

ipa: /ˈpʌpi/

noun

puppy

puppies


brunet

forms:
brunet (singular)
brunets (plural)

text: He is a brunet.


brunet

forms: brunet (positive)

glosses: (Of a man or boy) Brown or black-haired.

text: His hair is brown. He is brunet.


albatross

forms:
albatross (singular)
albatrosses (plural)

glosses: A type of seabird that is usually found in the Southern Ocean and in the North Pacific, with a curved beak and long, thin wings.

text: The albatross flew over the ocean.

glosses: A long amount of time where one is continually worried.

glosses: A double eagle, or three under par on any one hole.

albatross

albatrosses


spell

forms:
spelled (past)
spelled (past participle)
spell (canonical)
spells (third-person singular)
spelt (past)
spelt (past participle)
spelling (present participle)

text: C, A and T spell cat.

glosses: To say or write all the letters that make up a word, in the right order.

text: Jack says: "Spell cat for me, Jill."

text: Jill says: "C-A-T."

glosses: To spell all the words in a language correctly.

text: Jack says: I thought cat was spelled K-A-T.

text: Jill says: That is because you cannot spell very well.

enpr: spĕl

ipa: /spɛl/

sampa: /spEl/

spell

spells

spelt

spelt

spelling


spell

forms:
spell (singular)
spells (plural)

text: He stayed in his house for quite a spell.

text: We've had a bad spell of weather.

glosses: Words supposed to have a magical power, or the effect they are supposed to have.

text: He cast a spell on us.

text: The witch cast an evil spell on the princess.


y

forms: Y or y

glosses: Y is the twenty-fifth (25th) letter of the alphabet.

text: "y" comes after "x" and before "z"

ipa: /'waɪ/

sampa: /"waI/

letter

Y


orange

forms:
orange (singular)
oranges (plural)

glosses: One of the colors people can see. It is lighter than red but darker than yellow.

glosses: A fruit with a thick skin and a juicy inside.

ipa: /ˈɒrɪndʒ/

sampa: /"QrIndZ/

enpr: ôrʹənj

ipa: /ˈɔrəndʒ/


orange

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

text: The construction workers wear orange shirts so that drivers can easily see them.


brother

forms:
brother (singular)
brothers (plural)

glosses: Your brother is another male child of one or both of your parents.

text: Two sisters and their brother died in a car accident early yesterday.

enpr: brŭth'ə(r)

ipa: /ˈbrʌðə(r)/


non-comparable adjective

forms:
non-comparable adjective (singular)
non-comparable adjectives (plural)

text: "Iron" is a non-comparable adjective.


species

forms:
species (singular)
species (plural)

glosses: A species is the most specific level in the scientific tree.

text: humans belong to the species Homo sapiens.

ipa: /ˈspiːʃiːz/

ipa: /ˈspiːsiːz/

noun

species


skin

forms:
skin (singular)
skins (plural)

text: Her skin is soft.

glosses: The outer layer of a fruit or vegetable; a peel.

text: He ate the onion, but not the onion skin.

ipa: /skɪn/

sampa: /skIn/


skin

forms:
skin (canonical)
skins (third-person singular)
skinned (past)
skinned (past participle)
skinning (present participle)

text: He skinned the bear and froze the meat.

verb

skin

n


week

forms:
week (singular)
weeks (plural)

glosses: A week is a period of time that lasts seven days.

text: There are seven days in one week.

enpr: wēk

ipa: /wiːk/

audio: en-uk-a week.ogg


u

forms: U or u

glosses: The twenty-first (21st) letter of the alphabet. It is a vowel.

text: "u" comes after "t" and before "v"

ipa: /juː/

homophones: ewe yew you hew

letter

U


r

forms: R or r

glosses: The eighteenth (18th) letter of the English alphabet.

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

R


pub

forms:
pub (singular)
pubs (plural)

glosses: A place which serves alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, and sometimes food. Pub is a short for public house, which is less commonly used.

text: We went to the pub for a beer.

ipa: /pʌb/

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


he

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

text: The man with the beard played the trumpet. He didn't play very well.

text: William Shakespeare was an English writer, but he is long dead.

glosses: A person or animal that we do not know the gender of.

text: Kill that spider, before he gets away!.

enpr: hē

ipa: /hiː/


he

forms:
he (singular)
hes (plural)

glosses: He is the name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets such as Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others.


quality

forms:
quality (singular)
qualities (plural)

text: This cloth is full of quality.

glosses: Quality is how good something is, as opposed to how much of something there is.

text: The meat was of poor quality.

glosses: A quality is something about a person or thing, like intelligence, beauty or transparency.

text: Being truthful is his best quality.

hyphenation: qual‧i‧ty

noun

qualities


quality

text: Here is a quality computer.


brunette

forms:
brunette (singular)
brunettes (plural)

glosses: A girl or woman with brown or black hair.

text: My mum has brown hair and I am a brunette too.

ipa: /bruˈnɛt/

ipa: /bruːnɛt/

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

hyphenation: bru‧nette


brunette

forms: brunette (positive)

glosses: A girl or woman that is brown or black-haired.

text: My sister is brunette, but she pretends she is blonde.


table

forms:
table (singular)
tables (plural)

text: He sat at the table to eat.

glosses: A list of information in rows and columns.

text: He looked at the data table.

ipa: /ˈteɪbəl/


table

forms:
table (canonical)
tables (third-person singular)
tabled (past)
tabled (past participle)
tabling (present participle)

text: We will table a new motion.

text: I vote to table discussion.

verb

tabl


west

forms: west (singular)

glosses: The direction that the sun sets; from north, 90º to the left.

text: He is from the west.

ipa: /wɛst/

sampa: /wEst/


west

forms: west

glosses: One of the four compass directions: 270º clockwise from north. The sun sets in the west.

text: England is west of France.


does

forms:
do (canonical)
do (present)
does (third-person singular)
did (past)
don't (present negative)
doesn't (third-person singular negative)
didn't (past negative)

text: Your answer does not help me.

enpr: dŭz

ipa: /ˈdʌz/

sampa: /ˈdVz/

ipa: /dəz/

do


does

forms:
do (canonical)
does (third-person singular)
did (past)
done (past participle)
doing (present participle)

text: Who does the washing up? Daddy does.

text: Annie does her homework in the afternoon.


does

forms:
doe (singular)
does (plural)

glosses: The plural form of doe; more than one (kind of) doe. A female deer.

text: We saw three does at the zoo.

enpr: dōz

ipa: /dəʊz/

noun

doe


any

forms: any

glosses: some or even the smallest amount or number

text: Do you want any coffee?

text: There aren't any pencils left, not even one.

text: Don't tell me. I don't want to hear any more about it.

text: Are you sure there's some here? I don't see any.

text: Slow down. I can't go any faster.

text: It doesn't look any different to me.

text: Please ask me. I can answer any question.

text: There was no problem of any kind.

text: I would say the same thing to any person.

text: Any information that you have would be helpful.

text: In any case, it doesn't really matter.

text: It doesn't matter. I'll take any that's left over.

sampa: /Eni/


a lot of

forms: a lot of

pos: phrase

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

text: We paid a lot of money for that car.


because

forms: because

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

text: I bought the book because I wanted to read it.

text: We have to raise our prices because of rising costs.

text: There's no class because it's Sunday.

ipa: /bɪˈkɒz/

sampa: /bI"kQz/

ipa: /bɪˈkəz/


waiting

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

text: We were tired of waiting for him.

ipa: /ˈweɪtɪŋ/

verb

wait


town

forms:
town (singular)
towns (plural)

text: She went to a town called Beaverton.

text: People from England call London "town".

ipa: /taʊ̯n/

sampa: /taUn/


zebra

forms:
zebra (singular)
zebras (plural)

glosses: An animal that somewhat looks like a horse, but has black and white stripes.

text: We saw zebras while we were in Africa.

glosses: By extension, any black and white stripe pattern that looks like a zebra.

text: I want to paint the room with zebra stripes.

ipa: /ˈzɛbrə

ipa: /ˈziːbrə/

hyphenation: ze‧bra


discuss

forms:
discuss (canonical)
discusses (third-person singular)
discussed (past)
discussed (past participle)
discussing (present participle)

text: They discussed the issue.

ipa: /dɪsˈkʌs/

discuss


education

forms:
education (singular)
educations (plural)

glosses: Someone gets an education if that person learns something or if somebody teaches that person something, usually at school.

text: More and more people are starting work with a university education.

text: He studied German by himself, but he has no formal education.

ipa: /ɛdjuːkeɪʃn/


is

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

glosses: A form of the verb be when talking about someone or something else.

text: He is late for class.

text: Is it hot in here?

ipa: /ɪz/

sampa: /Iz/

be

am

is


skill

forms:
skill (singular)
skills (plural)

glosses: Being able to do something well. Unlike abilities, skills must usually be learned.

text: I go to a class every weekend to help me improve on my writing skills.

ipa: /skɪl/

sampa: /skIl/


edge

forms:
edge (singular)
edges (plural)

text: His speed gives him an edge.

ipa: /ɛʤ/

sampa: /EdZ/


edge

forms:
edge (canonical)
edges (third-person singular)
edged (past)
edged (past participle)
edging (present participle)

text: He edged the grass.

text: She edged away from him.

edg


east

forms: east (singular)

glosses: The east is a place that is closer to where the sun rises than another place.

text: My parents live in the east.

ipa: /iːst/


east

forms: east

glosses: One of the four compass directions: 90º clockwise from north. The sun rises in the east.

text: I drove east from Chicago.


because of

forms: because of

glosses: You use because of to show the reason for something.

text: There's no class because of the holiday.

text: We couldn't leave the island because of the bad weather.


trinitrotoluene

forms:
trinitrotoluene (singular)
trinitrotoluenes (plural)

glosses: Trinitrotoluene is a yellow explosive material that is made up of crystals that are gotten through a reaction with nitric acid and toluene.


abroad

forms: abroad

glosses: If somebody goes abroad, they leave their home country and go to another country.

text: They sent their children to school abroad.

text: He is going abroad to travel in France and Germany.

glosses: If somebody lives abroad, they live in another country.

text: She spent four years abroad before returning to Brazil.

ipa: /əˈbrɔːd/

ipa: /əˈbrɔd/


strong

forms:
strong (positive)
stronger (comparative)
strongest (superlative)

glosses: Having big muscles; physically powerful.

text: Arnold is very strong.

glosses: Having a smell or flavor that is easy to notice.

text: She wore strong perfume.

text: The taste of cinnamon was strong in my drink.

glosses: Having a specified number of people or units.

text: The enemy's army force was five thousand strong.

enpr: strŏng

ipa: /strɒŋ/

sampa: /strQN/

ipa: /strɑŋ/

sampa: /strAN/

adj

strong

stronger

strongest


snow

forms:
snow (singular)
snows (plural)

glosses: Snow is precipitation (falling water) that is white and frozen.

text: I like to ski on the snow.

glosses: A snow is a time when snow falls from the sky.

text: The snows of winter will soon come.

ipa: /snəʊ/

enpr: snō

ipa: /snoʊ/


snow

forms:
snow (canonical)
snows (third-person singular)
snowed (past)
snowed (past participle)
snowing (present participle)

glosses: If it is snowing, snow is coming down from the sky.

text: It snowed last night and everything is white now.


attention

forms:
attention (singular)
attentions (plural)

glosses: If you pay attention to something, you focus your mind on it.

text: Pay attention to me when I'm speaking to you.

text: He waved to draw attention to himself.

text: She couldn't keep her attention on her books.


of

forms: of

text: His name was Simon of Cyrene.

text: He wants a piece of that pie.

text: It is a house of cards.

text: Call the office of the school president.

enpr: ŏv

ipa: /ɒv/

sampa: /Qv/

enpr: ŭv

ipa: /ʌv/

sampa: /Vv/

enpr: əv

ipa: /əv/

audio: en-us-piece of cake.ogg


white

forms:
white (singular)
whites (plural)

glosses: White is one of the colors people can see

glosses: The white or clear colored part inside an egg.

glosses: A person with fair (light) colored skin. Usually this means people of the race that began in Europe, especially northern Europe.

enpr: wīt

ipa: /waɪt/


white

forms:
white (positive)
whiter (comparative)
whitest (superlative)

glosses: Of a race with light skin or the race that began in Europe, especially northern Europe.

white

whiter

whitest


cold

forms:
cold (positive)
colder (comparative)
coldest (superlative)

glosses: If something is cold, it is low in temperature.

text: The wind made her hands cold.

text: It's going to be very cold today so wear a jacket.

text: She's always so friendly to everyone, but she's really cold to him.

glosses: If you have cold feet, you are nervous about something you planned to and you feel like not doing it.

text: I almost took the new job, but in the end I got cold feet.

glosses: If you give someone the cold shoulder, you ignore them or you are unfriendly towards them.

glosses: If you stop cold, you stop very suddenly.

glosses: If you are out cold, you are unconscious.

glosses: A cold light or colour is a one, often with some blue, that makes you feel cold or empty.

glosses: If you do something cold, you do it without any preparation.

glosses: Cold cash is coins and bills, not promises to pay.

glosses: If something leaves you cold, it doesn't interest you at all.

glosses: If someone's or something's trail is cold, you can't find them because they have been missing for too long.

ipa: /kəʊld/

enpr: kōld

ipa: /koʊld/

sampa: /koUld/

cold

colder

coldest


cold

forms:
cold (singular)
colds (plural)

glosses: A mild sickness. It gives your trouble with your nose and throat.

text: He has a cold, so he stayed in bed, kept warm, and took some medicine.


absolutely

etymology_text: absolute + -ly

ety-suffix

absolute

ly

expansion: absolute + -ly

glosses: If something is absolutely true, correct, etc., it's 100% so.

text: I agree. You're absolutely right.

text: I'm not absolutely sure, but I think it's OK.

glosses: If something is absolutely beautiful, brilliant, etc., it's very much so.

text: "It was wonderful," Martha said. "Absolutely wonderful! The best!"

glosses: You say there is absolutely nothing, to emphasise that there is nothing.

text: I have absolutely no idea why he said that.

hyphenation: ab‧so‧lute‧ly


trousers

forms: trousers (plural)

glosses: Trousers are clothes worn over the lower body, with two legs.

text: He put on his trousers.

ipa: /ˈtraʊzəz/

ipa: /ˈtraʊzɚz/

hyphenation: trou‧sers


grey

forms:
grey (singular)
greys (plural)

glosses: One of the colors people can see. It is halfway between black and white.

text: I like the darker color of grey.

text: They look out into the grey.

enpr: grā

ipa: /ɡreɪ/

sampa: /greI/


grey

forms:
grey (positive)
greyer (comparative)
greyest (superlative)

text: That is a grey whale.

adj

grey

greyer

greyest


grey

forms:
grey (canonical)
greys (third-person singular)
greyed (past)
greyed (past participle)
greying (present participle)

text: My hair is starting to grey.


golf

forms: golf (singular)

glosses: Golf is a game where a person uses a club to try to hit a ball into a hole with the fewest strokes.

text: He played golf with a friend.

glosses: Golf represents the letter G in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

ipa: /ɡɒlf/

noun

golf


golf

forms:
golf (canonical)
golfs (third-person singular)
golfed (past)
golfed (past participle)
golfing (present participle)

glosses: If you golf, you play a game where a person uses a club to try to hit a ball into a hole with the fewest strokes.


paper

forms:
paper (singular)
papers (plural)

glosses: Paper is a material for writing and drawing on and is made from wood pulp.

text: A notebook is made from sheets of paper.

text: She made a paper airplane.

glosses: A paper is a newspaper, magazine, newsletter, etc. Something that is used to inform people about the news.

text: Is there anything interesting in today's paper?

text: The interview I had with the press was published in today's paper.

glosses: Paper is wallpaper, paper that is pasted onto a wall to decorate the place.

text: We've put up new paper in the dining room to make the place look prettier.

glosses: Paper is wrapping paper, paper used to wrap things such as presents.

text: The parcel was wrapped in brown paper.

glosses: A paper is a written document that reports scientific or academic research.

text: While in university, the professor had written many papers to publish his research in physics.

glosses: A paper is a written document. It is usually shorter than a book and is mainly written for the government.

text: The population white paper was published to explain the government's plan in managing the increase in the population.

glosses: Paper is the documents that a person carries when going to another country or crossing borders.

text: The corrupted officers took away his papers and was held in the airport for 48 hours.

ipa: /ˈpeɪpə/

ipa: /ˈpeɪpɚ/

hyphenation: pa‧per


paper

forms: paper (positive)

text: Supermarkets now use paper bags instead of plastic bags to save the environment.

glosses: When someone is paper, it means that the person is good in theory (on paper), but bad in practice or reality.

text: That person is a paper general. Even though he has received many awards, he has never fought a single war before.


paper

forms:
paper (canonical)
papers (third-person singular)
papered (past)
papered (past participle)
papering (present participle)

glosses: When you paper something, you hang paper (especially wallpaper) onto it.

text: I shall paper the dining room tomorrow.


family

forms:
family (singular)
families (plural)

glosses: A family is a group of people with a blood or marriage relation.

text: My parents and my two brothers are my family.

glosses: A language family is a group of languages that is believed to have came from the same language.

text: The Indo-European language family is a family of languages that is spoken by 3 billion people.

ipa: /ˈfæm(ɪ)li/

ipa: /ˈfæm(ə)li/

ipa: /ˈfɛm(ɘ)li/

hyphenation: fa‧mi‧ly; fam‧ily

family

families


z

forms: Z or z

glosses: Z is the twenty-sixth (26th), and last letter of the alphabet.

text: "z" comes after "y"

ipa: /zɛd/

letter

Z


available

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

glosses: If something is available, it exists and you can use it.

text: We can't answer the question with the available information.

text: These forms are available from the local office.

hyphenation: a‧vail‧a‧ble


burden

forms:
burden (singular)
burdens (plural)

ipa: /ˈbɜːdn/

ipa: /ˈbɝdn/


burden

forms:
burden (canonical)
burdens (third-person singular)
burdened (past)
burdened (past participle)
burdening (present participle)


nice

forms:
nice (positive)
nicer (comparative)
nicest (superlative)

glosses: If something is nice, it's good and people probably like it.

text: I didn't know him, but I hear he was a very nice man.

text: Thank you, sir; have a nice day yourself, sir.

text: It's great. It's much nicer than your old place.

text: Thank you for coming! It was so nice to see you again.

enpr: nīs

ipa: /naɪs/

sampa: /naIs/

adj

nice

nicer

nicest


cylinder

forms:
cylinder (singular)
cylinders (plural)

glosses: A cylinder is a shape consisting of two circles connected to a tube.

text: cans, pens, and flashlights are usually shaped like cylinders.

ipa: /ˈsɪlɪndə(r)/

ipa: /ˈsɪləndɚ/


fat

forms:
fat (positive)
fatter (comparative)
fattest (superlative)

glosses: If a person or animal is fat, it is big and heavy because it has too much fat.

text: I got really fat when I was in university because I ate every meal at McDonalds.

enpr: făt

ipa: /fæt/

fat

fatter

fattest


fat

forms:
fat (singular)
fats (plural)

glosses: Fat is animal tissue with a high oil content.

text: Let's get the light cheese. It only has 15% fat. The regular cheese has 35%.


yesterday

text: Yesterday, I went to the store.

text: Victor chaired the meeting yesterday.

text: His clothes are like yesterday's fashion.

text: I met her yesterday morning.

ipa: /ˈjestədeɪ/

ipa: /ˈjestərdeɪ/

hyphenation: yes‧ter‧day


yesterday

forms:
yesterday (singular)
yesterdays (plural)

text: He remembered all his yesterdays.


cup

forms:
cup (singular)
cups (plural)

glosses: A cup is deep round container open at the top, normally used to drink out of.

text: I'll bring you another cup of tea.

text: Please pour the water into the cup.

glosses: A cup is a measurement of food or liquid for cooking and baking (about 237 milliliters).

text: Add 2 cups of sugar.

text: There are two cups in a pint.

glosses: A cup is an award for the winner of a sports competition.

ipa: /kʌp/

audio: En-uk-a cup.ogg


cup

forms:
cup (canonical)
cups (third-person singular)
cupped (past)
cupped (past participle)
cupping (present participle)

glosses: If you put your hands together in a round bowl-shape, you cup your hands.

text: Jean cupped her hands under the faucet to catch the water.

verb

cup

p


worm

forms:
worm (singular)
worms (plural)

glosses: A tube-shaped animal with no legs that lives underground, under water, or inside another animal.

text: He found a big worm to use for fishbait.

text: They found a worm in his stomach.

text: Worms must be eating him by now.

text: They found a worm in the tree.

text: Saint George fought the worm with all his strength.

glosses: A worm is a type of dangerous software that can go across networks of computers.

ipa: /wɜːm/

enpr: wûrm

ipa: /wɝm/


worm

forms:
worm (canonical)
worms (third-person singular)
wormed (past)
wormed (past participle)
worming (present participle)

glosses: To move like a worm; to wriggle in order to move.

text: He wormed along the sand.


flashlight

forms:
flashlight (singular)
flashlights (plural)

etymology_text: flash + light

compound

flash

light

expansion: flash + light

glosses: A flashlight is a device for making light. Flashlights are usually small and shaped like cylinders. The electricity for the flashlight often comes from a battery.

text: It was getting dark, so he used his flashlight.

ipa: /ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/

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


sneeze

forms:
sneeze (canonical)
sneezes (third-person singular)
sneezed (past)
sneezed (past participle)
sneezing (present participle)

glosses: If you sneeze, a feeling in your nose makes you suddenly blow air out of your nose and mouth.

text: He sneezed until his nose was red.

text: You'll give everyone your cold coughing and sneezing like that.

ipa: /sniːz/

ipa: /sniz/

verb

sneez

e


sneeze

forms:
sneeze (singular)
sneezes (plural)

glosses: A sneeze, is a sudden blowing of air out of your nose and mouth because of a feeling in your nose.

text: She held her finger under her nose to stop a sneeze.


doubt

forms:
doubt (singular)
doubts (plural)

glosses: A doubt is a question or uncertainty about something.

text: His mind was full of doubts about the phishing website.

enpr: dout

ipa: /daʊt/

sampa: /daUt/


doubt

forms:
doubt (canonical)
doubts (third-person singular)
doubted (past)
doubted (past participle)
doubting (present participle)

glosses: If you doubt someone or something, you do not believe them completely.

text: The girl I met at the pub said she would call me, but I doubt she really will.


strange

forms:
strange (positive)
stranger (comparative)
strangest (superlative)

text: My brother is so strange that he can turn his eyelids inside out.

text: Gerald saw a strange car parked in his driveway.

enpr: strānj

ipa: /streɪndʒ/

sampa: /streIndZ/

adj

strange

stranger

strangest


death

forms:
death (singular)
deaths (plural)

text: Death and destruction are a part of war.

text: The Bible teaches that death and suffering came into the world because of Adam's sin.

text: She looked happy, even in death.

text: The death of my wife was hard to accept.

text: She has seen many deaths.

text: My uncle's death made the whole family feel sad.

text: No one knows where a person will go after death.

enpr: dĕth

ipa: /dɛθ/

audio: en-au-to death.ogg


instructions

forms:
instruction (singular)
instructions (plural)

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

text: If you do not follow the instructions carefully you will make a mistake.

text: I'll never figure out how to build this shelf--the instructions aren't in English!

noun

instruction


duck

forms:
duck (singular)
ducks (plural)

glosses: A duck is a bird that swims and says "quack!". It has a flat bill and webbed feet.

text: We saw three ducks in the park lake.

text: Sound of ducks:

glosses: Duck refers to the meat that comes from a duck.

text: We just had duck for dinner.

glosses: In a game of cricket, if a person scores duck, they scored zero runs.

ipa: /dʌk/


duck

forms:
duck (canonical)
ducks (third-person singular)
ducked (past)
ducked (past participle)
ducking (present participle)

glosses: If you duck, you lower your head so that you do not get hit by something.

text: Remember to duck when the boat goes under the bridge.

glosses: When you duck a task, you avoid doing it.


vowel

forms:
vowel (singular)
vowels (plural)

glosses: A vowel is one of the letters a, e, i, o and u. All the other letters are consonants. Sometimes y is also considered to be a vowel.

glosses: A vowel is a sound in the middle of a syllable. It is louder and longer than consonant sounds.

text: English has more than 15 vowel sounds, but only five vowel letters!

text: Your mouth is more open when you say a vowel than when you say a consonant.

enpr: vouʹəl

enpr: voul


principle

forms:
principle (singular)
principles (plural)

glosses: Principles are personal rules that tell you what is right and wrong.

text: It goes against my principles to ignore her.

text: One principle I follow is not to have regret.

glosses: A principle is the general idea that explains or supports something.

text: The basic principle of his chair is that the knees should be below the hips.

text: Police must not accept money because it could affect their judgement. The same principle applies if gifts, etc, are offered.

ipa: /ˈprɪnsɪpəl/

hyphenation: prin‧ci‧ple


for

forms: for

glosses: For is used to show that something belongs to something else, or has a specific function.

text: This cake is for you.

text: This is a net for catching fish.

glosses: For is used to show the reason for something.

text: He was angry, for he had never been called such terrible names before.

ipa: /fɔː/

enpr: fô

ipa: /fɔːr/

enpr: fôr

ipa: /fə/

ipa: /fɚ/

homophones: fore four


for

glosses: For is used to introduce the predicand of a to-infinitival clause.

text: It's not good for you to be too relaxed.


day

forms:
day (singular)
days (plural)

text: 24 hours

text: Seven days make one week

text: The time between midnight and the following midnight (or between sunset and sunset in Jewish reckoning)

text:
The time between sunrise and sunset, when it is daylight
Synonym: daytime

Antonyms: night and nighttime

text:
The part of a day spent at work or school
Synonyms: workday and schoolday

text: He spent two days at work means that on two days he went to work; he did not spend 48 hours at work.

enpr: dā

ipa: /deɪ/

sampa: /deI/

audio: en-uk-a day.ogg

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Typheuss-day.wav


fork

forms:
fork (singular)
forks (plural)

glosses: An instrument for eating, with 3 or 4 sharp points called tines, all in the same direction.

text: I ate with my fork.

text: She came to a fork in the road.

glosses: A situation where two or more enemy pieces are in danger from the same piece.

text: He moved his queen and caught me in a fork.

ipa: /fɔːk/

audio: en-uk-a fork.ogg


fork

forms:
fork (canonical)
forks (third-person singular)
forked (past)
forked (past participle)
forking (present participle)

text: The road forks there.

text: He forked food into his mouth.


letter

forms:
letter (singular)
letters (plural)

glosses: A letter is a symbol which makes up part of a word.

text: The word fly has 3 letters: f, l and y.

text: I received a letter through the post.


especially

etymology_text: especial + -ly

ety-suffix

especial

expansion: especial + -ly

glosses: You use especially to say that something is special, or somehow different from others.

text: Nobody was old, but Paulo was especially young.

text: I like running, especially in the morning when the air is fresh.

text: Japanese cities are famous for their size, especially Tokyo.

ipa: /ɛsˈpɛʃəli/


cat

forms:
cat (singular)
cats (plural)

glosses: A cat is a domestic animal often kept as a pet; it has whiskers and likes to chase mice.

text: Our pet cat has just had kittens.

glosses: Cats refers to the family of many different wild animals that are related to the domestic cat.

text: lions and tigers are big cats.

glosses: A cat refers to a person who is a prostitute.

glosses: The cat command, a Unix computer program used to read one or more files and output its contents.

enpr: kăt

ipa: /kæt/

ipa: /kat/

audio: en-uk-a cat.ogg


cat

forms:
cat (canonical)
cats (third-person singular)
catted (past)
catted (past participle)
catting (present participle)

glosses: If you cat an anchor, you lift it onto the cathead.

glosses: When you cat, you apply the cat command on a Unix computer.

verb

cat

t


cat

forms: cat (positive)

glosses: When something is cat, it is terrible and not good.

text: The weather these few days has been cat, so we decided to cancel our outing to the beach.


taste

forms:
taste (singular)
tastes (plural)

glosses: Taste is the sense linked to the tongue, usually when eating food. The taste is how people can enjoy their food.

text: The main tastes are sweet, sour, salty and bitter.

text: Wow, these chicken wings taste really good, I want some more!.

glosses: Someone's taste, is the kind of food, books, clothing, etc. that they like.

text: She has great taste in clothes, but I don't understand her taste in men.

ipa: /teɪst/


taste

forms:
taste (canonical)
tastes (third-person singular)
tasted (past)
tasted (past participle)
tasting (present participle)

glosses: The way something tastes is the sense you get when you put it in your mouth.

text: This milk tastes strange. I think it's bad.

text: This meat tastes like chicken. What is it?

glosses: If you taste something, you put it in your mouth to see if you like it.

text: Here, taste this soup and tell me if it needs more salt.

tast


word

forms:
word (singular)
words (plural)

glosses: Words are the smallest meaningful pieces of a language that can be used on their own.

text: Do you even understand the words I am saying?!

text: Class, if you are not sure on any word, be sure to check the dictionary.

text: Can I have a word with you, John?

text: Mr. Gambini, a word with you, please?

text: She gave him her word that she would pay him the money on Tuesday.

text: You have my word for it that the work will be finished before the weekend.

text: Send word to John that Mary is here.

text: The word is that Mary stole some money from John.

glosses: When Christians speak about the Bible, they sometimes call it the Word.

ipa: /wɜːd/

enpr: wûrd

ipa: /wɝd/


word

forms:
word (canonical)
words (third-person singular)
worded (past)
worded (past participle)
wording (present participle)

glosses: When you word something, you are trying to say or write it using certain words and to phrase it in a certain way.

text: The mayor's speech was carefully worded to avoid offending the angry protesters.


swim

forms:
swim (canonical)
swims (third-person singular)
swam (past)
swum (past participle)
swimming (present participle)

glosses: If you swim, you move through the water using your arms and legs.

text: Let's go swimming at the beach.

text: I don't like boats because I can't swim.

ipa: /swɪm/

swim

swims

swam

swum

swimming


swim

forms:
swim (singular)
swims (plural)

text: We all went for a swim in the lake.


stick

forms:
stick (singular)
sticks (plural)

text: Gerard picked up a stick.

text: He gave her a stick of gum.

enpr: stĭk

ipa: /stɪk/

sampa: /stIk/


stick

forms:
stick (canonical)
sticks (third-person singular)
stuck (past)
stuck (past participle)
sticking (present participle)

text: The food stuck to the pan.

text: You stick your clothes in the dryer.

stick

sticks

stuck

stuck

sticking


thunder

forms: thunder (singular)

text: He heard thunder in the distance.

text: The thunder of the train was very loud.

text: The battlefield was full of the thunder of gunfire.

enpr: thŭn'dər

noun

thunder


thunder

forms:
thunder (canonical)
thunders (third-person singular)
thundered (past)
thundered (past participle)
thundering (present participle)

text: The bowling ball thundered down the lane.


formal

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

glosses: If something is formal, it is official and/or public.

text: He studied German on his own, but he has no formal language education.

glosses: Formal behaviour or dress is used in polite situations.

text: Please wear suit and tie because the restaurant is quite formal.

ipa: /ˈfɔrməl/

ipa: /ˈfɔːməl/

hyphenation: for‧mal


brown

forms:
brown (singular)
browns (plural)

glosses: Brown is one of the colors people can see

ipa: /braʊn/


brown

forms:
brown (positive)
browner (comparative)
brownest (superlative)

adj

brown

browner

brownest


brown

forms:
brown (canonical)
browns (third-person singular)
browned (past)
browned (past participle)
browning (present participle)

glosses: If you brown something, you cook it until it turns brown.

text: Brown the onions in a large frying pan.


colour

forms:
colour (singular)
colours (plural)

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

text: My favorite colour is blue.

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

enpr: /kŭlʹə/

ipa: /ˈkʌlə/

enpr: /kŭl'ər/

ipa: /ˈkʌlɚ/


colour

forms:
colour (canonical)
colours (third-person singular)
coloured (past)
coloured (past participle)
colouring (present participle)

text: Rose coloured the drawing with a pencil.


discussion

forms:
discussion (singular)
discussions (plural)

glosses: A discussion happens when two or more people share ideas about something, usually by talking.

text: The company held detailed salary discussions with all employees.

text: There have been ongoing discussions about the new rules.

ipa: /dɪˈskʌʃən/

hyphenation: dis‧cus‧sion


definition

forms:
definition (singular)
definitions (plural)

glosses: A definition is an explanation of the meaning of a word.

text: The sentence before this one is a definition.

text: ESL students often check definitions in their dictionaries.

text: Can you give me a definition for "imprisonment"?

ipa: /ˌdɛfɪˈnɪʃən/


x

forms: X or x

glosses: X is the twenty-fourth (24th) letter of the alphabet.

text: "x" comes after "w" and before "y"

glosses: This is the Roman numeral for ten (10). It may be written as X or x.

ipa: /ɛks/

sampa: /Eks/

letter

X


x

forms:
x (canonical)
xes (third-person singular)
xed (past)
xed (past participle)
xing (present participle)

glosses: to x (sth) means to write or draw a cross on something

verb

x

xes

xed

xed

xing


less

forms:
little
less (comparative)
least (superlative)

text: He does less of the work than she does.

text: I want less soup.

text: It costs less than $10.

text: As we build new roads, these small ones will become less important.

text: He wore a dark colour that was less likely to be seen.

ipa: /lɛs/

sampa: /lEs/

determiner-comp

little

less

least


less

glosses: If you do x less than y, you do not do x as much as y.

text: I read less than I used to. = "reading now < reading before"

text: He works less than she does.

text: My leg really hurts, but my arm hurts less. = "my arm hurts < my leg hurts"

glosses: If you do something less often, easily, well, etc., you do not do it as often, easily, well, etc.

text: I go out less often than before.

text: He plays piano less than she does.

glosses: If something is less likely, expensive, important, etc., it is not as likely, expensive, important, etc.

text: This book is less expensive than that book. ="the price of this book < the price of that book"

text: You should go out. Studying is less important.


less

forms: less

text: Seven less four is three. (7-4=3)


air

forms:
air (singular)
airs (plural)

glosses: Air is a mixture of gases. It has no color or odor (smell)

text: We breathe air to live.

glosses: You put on airs when you act arrogantly.

text: The woman put on the airs in front of her friends.

enpr: â(r)

enpr: âr

ipa: /ɛr/

sampa: /Er/

homophones: Ayr ere err heir