in charge

forms: in charge

glosses: If x is in charge of y, other people should do what x says about y, and x is responsible for y.

text: OK, you're in charge of food for the party.

text: Look at this mess! Who's in charge here?


such as

forms: such as

pos: phrase

text: They had a lot of different fruit such as melons, cherries, mangos, apples, and star fruit.

text: His ill-health is such as would prevent him from doing his job.

audio: en-us-such as.ogg

expression

expansion: [POS TABLE]


as of

forms: as of

pos: prep

glosses: Used to show the time or date when something begins or ends.

text: As of November we will be moving to a new location.


avoidable

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

pos: adj

etymology_text: avoid + -able

ety-suffix

avoid

able

expansion: avoid + -able

glosses: When something is avoidable, you can avoid it.

ipa: /əˈvɔɪdəbl̩/

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

adj

more: true


aboard

forms: aboard

glosses: on or onto a boat, airplane, train, etc.

text: When everyone is aboard, the doors will close.

text: He looked back at the people on the ground as he got aboard the plane.

text: It had taken two hours to load all the people aboard.


upwind

forms: upwind

glosses: If x is upwind of y, the air is moving from x to y.

text: I'd drop the boat slightly upwind of him so it would blow downwind to him.

text: If you don't want the animals to know you're there, don't stand upwind.

ipa: /ʌpˈwɪnd/


in favor

forms: in favor

glosses: If x is in favor of y, x thinks y is a good idea.

text: A lot of people are in favor of going back to the beginning and trying again.

text: We're talking about buying a new computer. Are you in favor or against?


always

pos: adv

glosses: If something always happens, it happens at all times or every time.

text: For all of my life, the sun has always risen every day.

glosses: If something will always happen, it will happen forever.

text: Shannon will never stop loving you. She will always love you.


uphill

forms: uphill

text: She got tired walking uphill.

text: The school is uphill from my house.

ipa: /ˌʌpˈhɪl/


meant

forms:
mean (canonical)
means (third-person singular)
meant (past)
meant (past participle)
meaning (present participle)

pos: verb

glosses: The past tense and past participle of mean.

text: I didn't understand what he meant when he said that she's gone.

text: Don't act like you don't understand me. You know what I meant!

text: That was my favorite dress; it really meant a lot to me.

ipa: /'mɛnt/

mean

means

meant

meant

meaning


thence

forms: thence

text: We went to Tokyo and thence to Kyoto.

ipa: /ðɛns/


compliance

forms: compliance (singular)

pos: noun

text: The king was impressed by the knight's dutiful compliance.

ipa: /kəmˈplaɪəns/

noun

compliance


without

forms: without

glosses: Used to say that you don't have something or that something isn't in a place.

text: I went all the way to school without my books.

text: It's hard to make a word without a, e, i, o, or u.

text: The picture's OK, but the room looks better without it.

glosses: Used to say that somebody didn't do something or that something didn't happen.

text: She walked past without looking at me.

text: Without stopping, he ran all the way home.

ipa: /wɪθˈaʊt/

ipa: [wɪθˈɐʊt]

hyphenation: with‧out


adrift

forms: adrift

glosses: If something is adrift, it is floating with no control of its direction.

text: The boat was adrift for three days before it was found with nobody aboard.

text: After school I was sort of adrift for a year or two.

enpr: ə-drĭft'

ipa: /əˈdrɪft/


also

forms:
also (positive)
Superlative–

glosses: When one thing happens and a second thing happens in a same or similar time or way, then the second thing also happens.

text: We bought bread at the store. We also bought milk.

glosses: When one person does a thing and a second person does the same thing, then the second person also does that thing.

text: I went with my father to the store. My brother also went with us.

ipa: /ˈɔːlsəʊ/

ipa: /ˈɔːlsoʊ/


advisor

forms:
advisor (singular)
advisors (plural)

glosses: An advisor is a person who gives advice.

text: He was the king's advisor. The king relied on him whenever he needed help.


downhill

forms: downhill

text: The bus rolled slowly downhill.

text: My house is downhill from the school.

ipa: /ˌdaʊnˈhɪl/

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


avoids

forms:
avoid (canonical)
avoids (third-person singular)
avoided (past)
avoided (past participle)
avoiding (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of avoid.


unless

forms: unless

glosses: If you say that x is true unless y, x is true only if y does not happen or is not true.

text: I'll be there at 8:30 unless the train is late.

text: Unless you help, we won't finish on time.

ipa: /ənˈlɛs/


on top

forms: on top

glosses: If x is on top of y, x is on the highest part of y.

text: I can't get the book. It's on top of the bookcase.

glosses: If x is on top of y, x in control of y or knows about y.

text: There's a lot to learn, but I think I'm on top of it so far.

glosses: if x happens on top of y, they both happen.

text: On top of all the problems I had yesterday, my car broke down.


up to

forms: up to

text: Up to now, we haven't had any problems.

text: Read up to page 27.

text: We can take up to 20 people but we can't take 21.

text: Are you up to a run on the weekend?

text: It's up to you to wash your own dishes.

text: "What are you up to tonight?" "I'm going to a movie."


cross

forms:
cross (canonical)
crosses (third-person singular)
crossed (past)
crossed (past participle)
crossing (present participle)

glosses: If you cross something, you go from one side of it to the other side.

text: Don't cross the street until the light turns green.

text: We can cross the river at the bridge, or we can get wet.

glosses: If you cross something, you put one part over another perpendicularly.

text: She crossed her ankles: she put one foot on the other side of the other foot.

glosses: If you cross someone, you do something that the person does not like.

text: Don't cross me. Make sure to agree with me.

glosses: If you cross, you go in a path that will intersect with someone else's path.

text: Boats crossing from starboard have right-of-way.

ipa: /krɒs/

sampa: /krQs/

ipa: /krɔːs/

enpr: kräs

ipa: /krɑs/

sampa: /krAs/

verb

cross

es


cross

forms:
cross (singular)
crosses (plural)

glosses: A cross is a figure made of two straight lines or bars that intersect each other such that at least one of them bisects the other.

text: In Christianity, the death of Jesus is represented by a cross.

noun

crosses


cross

forms:
cross (positive)
crosser (comparative)
crossest (superlative)

glosses: Someone who is cross is angry or annoyed.

text: Jill spoke to me rudely because she was cross.

adj

crosser

crossest


share

forms:
share (canonical)
shares (third-person singular)
shared (past)
shared (past participle)
sharing (present participle)

glosses: When you share something, you let another person use it.

text: We can both sit down if you share the chair.

glosses: When two people divide a thing between them, they share that thing.

text: I will share this big piece of cake with you.

ipa: /ʃɛə/

ipa: /ʃɛər/

verb

shar

e


share

forms:
share (singular)
shares (plural)

glosses: Several people can get a share of something if they divide it between them.

text: I will give you a share of this big bag of candy.

glosses: A share is a part of a company's capital, it entitles the holder to a proportion of the profits.


atop

forms: atop

glosses: If x is atop y, x is on the highest part of y.

text: He stood atop the mountain and looked all around.


apropos

forms: apropos

text: "My toe is cold," he said, apropos of nothing at all.

text: Apropos the previous item, couldn't we also have a party?


as per

forms: as per

glosses: in the way that has been decided; following instructions, rules, etc.

text: As per your instructions, I left the note on his desk.

text: As per usual, she arrived at 7:00.

ipa: /æz pəː/


onshore

forms: onshore

text: He came onshore after five weeks at sea.


children

forms:
child (singular)
children (plural)

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

text: Children love to play.

text: Her sons and daughters are children.

ipa: /ˈʧɪldrən/

noun

child

children


northwards

forms: northwards

etymology_text: north + -wards

ety-suffix

north

wards

expansion: north + -wards


abreast

forms: abreast

glosses: If you keep or stay abreast of something, you regularly read or study the most recent information about it.

text: Have you been keeping abreast of the news from Iraq?

glosses: If two things are abreast, they are side by side.

text: They walked in a long line, three abreast.

text: The second place runner has almost drawn abreast of the leader.

ipa: /əˈbrɛst/


leftward

forms: leftward

etymology_text: left + -ward

left

ward

expansion: left + -ward


never

forms:
never (positive)
Superlative–

glosses: If something never happens, it does not happen at any time.

text: As a child I was told that I should never tell a lie.

ipa: /ˈnɛvə/

ipa: /ˈnɛvɚ/


until

forms: until

glosses: If something is true until x, it is true for some time before x and then is not true.

text: We didn't have any snow until the end of December.

text: He worked until he was 72 years old.

text: Until now, there was nothing we could do.

enpr: /ŭntĭl'/

ipa: /ənˈtɪl/


upstream

forms: upstream

glosses: If x is upstream from y, x and y are on or beside a river and the water moves from x to y.

text: Oxford is upstream from London on the River Thames.

text: He found it very difficult to move the boat upstream against the river.

ipa: /ʌpˈstriːm/

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


pepperoni

forms:
pepperoni (singular)
pepperonis (plural)

ipa: /pɛpəˈroʊni/

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


circa

forms: circa

text: The city was built circa 1200 BCE.

ipa: /ˈsɜːkə/

ipa: /ˈsɝkə/


ashore

forms: ashore

text: He came ashore after five weeks at sea.

ipa: /əˈʃɔr/

ipa: /əˈʃɔː/


sponging

forms:
sponge (canonical)
sponges (third-person singular)
sponged (past)
sponged (past participle)
sponging (present participle)

verb

spong


downwind

forms: downwind

glosses: If x is downwind of y, the air is moving from y to x.

text: Our house was downwind of the factory and the smell was terrible.

text: If you don't want the animals to know you're there, you should stay downwind.

ipa: /ˌdaʊnˈwɪnd/


aloft

forms: aloft

text: He walked into the dark room, holding his light aloft.

text: We will be serving a small mean when the plane is aloft.

enpr: ə-lôft'

ipa: /əˈlɔft/

enpr: ə-lŏft'

ipa: /əˈlɑft/

ipa: /əˈlɒft/


meanings

forms:
meaning (singular)
meanings (plural)

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

text: The word "rock" has many different meanings.

noun

meaning


heavenward

forms: heavenward

glosses: To move heavenward is to move in the direction of heaven.


seawards

forms: seawards

etymology_text: sea + -wards

ety-suffix

sea

expansion: sea + -wards


whereupon

forms: whereupon

text: She saw him, whereupon she began running.

ipa: /ˌ(h)wɛrəˈpɑn/

ipa: /ˌwɛərəˈpɒn/

hyphenation: where‧upon


conversations

forms:
conversation (singular)
conversations (plural)

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

text: I don't know him well but I've had a few conversations with him.

noun

conversation


eastward

forms: eastward

etymology_text: east + -ward

ety-suffix

east

expansion: east + -ward

ipa: /ˈistwɚd/

ipa: /ˈiːstwəd/

hyphenation: east‧ward


carcinogen

forms:
carcinogen (singular)
carcinogens (plural)

glosses: A carcinogen is a substance or agent that can cause cancer.


rightward

forms: rightward

etymology_text: right + -ward

right

expansion: right + -ward

ipa: /ˈraɪtwɚd/

ipa: /ˈraɪtwəd/

hyphenation: right‧ward


container

forms:
container (singular)
containers (plural)

glosses: An object that is used to hold or carry things inside of it.

text: They put their cards in containers.

ipa: /kənˈteɪnə/

ipa: /kənˈteɪnɚ/

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


drawers

forms:
drawer (singular)
drawers (plural)

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

text: I had to open all the drawers before I found which drawer my birth certificate was in.

glosses: Drawers are men's underpants, short pants that men wear under their clothes.

text: When he heard the doorbell ring, he didn't know whether to open the door because he was in his drawers.

ipa: /drɔrz/

ipa: /drɔːz/

noun

drawer


sponges

forms:
sponge (singular)
sponges (plural)

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

sponge


sponges

glosses: The third-person singular form of sponge.


downstream

forms: downstream

glosses: If x is downstream from y, x and y are on or beside a river and the water moves from y to x.

text: London is downstream from Oxford on the River Thames.

text: He stood on the bridge dropping leaves into the water and watching them float downstream.


dianthus

forms:
dianthus (singular)
dianthuses (plural)

glosses: A Dianthus one of some types of plants. These plants all make flowers. Some of these plants are called "carnations" and "Sweet William."

glosses: All types of Dianthus as a group. This group is a genus in biology.

dianthuses


staves

forms:
staff (singular)
staffs or staves (plural)

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

enpr: stāv

ipa: /steɪv/

sampa: /steIv/

staff

staffs

staves


staves

forms:
stave (singular)
staves (plural)

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

stave

staves


henceforth

forms: henceforth

text: Since we are no longer together, her troubles will, henceforth, not bother me.

ipa: /hɛnsˈfɔrθ/

sampa: /hEns"fOrT/


inwards

forms: inwards

etymology_text: in + -wards

ety-suffix

in

expansion: in + -wards

glosses: moving in the direction of or facing in.

ipa: /ˈɪnwɚdz/

ipa: /ˈɪnwədz/

hyphenation: in‧wards


evitable

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

glosses: When something is evitable, it can be avoided.

text: The tragic consequences were evitable.

ipa: /ˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l/

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

hyphenation: evi‧ta‧ble


characteristic

forms:
characteristic (singular)
characteristics (plural)

glosses: A characteristic of something is a typical feature.

text: Good hearing is one characteristic of dogs.

ipa: /ˌkærəktəˈrɪstɪk/

ipa: /ˌkɛrəktəˈrɪstɪk/

hyphenation: char‧ac‧te‧ris‧tic


characteristic

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

glosses: A thing has a characteristic trait if it is typical for its group.

text: Red is a characteristic color of a rose.


irrespective

forms: irrespective

etymology_text: ir- + respective

ety-prefix

ir

respective

expansion: ir- + respective

glosses: If x is true irrespective of y, y doesn't matter to or change x.

text: Everyone on the team was sick, but they managed to win irrespective.

text: We all have the same rights irrespective of color, religion, sex, or age.

ipa: /ɪrɪˈspɛktɪv/


shoreward

forms: shoreward

etymology_text: shore + -ward

ety-suffix

shore

expansion: shore + -ward

glosses: moving in the direction of or facing the shore

text: John saw a ship heading shoreward, towards Liverpool.


sideways

forms: sideways

ipa: /ˈsaɪdweɪz/

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


gadget

forms:
gadget (singular)
gadgets (plural)

glosses: Gadget is a name you can call a device or machine when you cannot remember its real name; especially

text: a clever device that has a specific use:

text: He bought a new gadget for cutting fruits and vegetables.

text: a complicated or awkward device:

text: What does that gadget do?

ipa: /ɡædʒɪt/

ipa: /ɡædʒət/

hyphenation: gad‧get


cracker

forms:
cracker (singular)
crackers (plural)

glosses: A dry, thin, crispy, and usually salty or savory biscuit.

text: These crackers taste good with cheese.

glosses: A person or thing that cracks things (for example, a whip cracker or a nutcracker).

enpr: krăk'ə(r)

ipa: /ˈkrækə(r)/


social

forms:
social (singular)
socials (plural)

glosses: A social is a festive gathering to let people introduce oneself to others.

ipa: /ˈsəʊʃəl/


social

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

glosses: When a person or animal is social, it lives with others.

text: dogs are social animals.

glosses: Social change, structure, class, etc. is about society.

text: Our country is going through a period of social change.


forehead

forms:
forehead (singular)
foreheads (plural)

glosses: The forehead is the part of a human face between the hair and the eyebrows.

text: Kip brushed his hair off his forehead.

ipa: /ˈfɒrɪd/


whence

forms: whence

text: Whence did you come?

text: It grows naturally in the West Indies, whence the Mr. Miller sent me the seeds.

text: This is the stone whence he pulled the sword.

text: Tell me the town whence they came.

enpr: hwĕns

ipa: /ʍɛns/

sampa: /Wens/

enpr: wĕns

ipa: /wɛns/

sampa: /wens/


wherever

forms: wherever

text: I go wherever I want to go.

text: Water comes in wherever there is a hole.

text: Wherever you go, I'll be there.

text: We should have signs wherever possible.

text: "Where shall we go?" "Wherever!"

text: Wherever have you been?

ipa: /(h)wɛrˈɛvɚ/

ipa: /wɛəˈrɛvə/


leftwards

forms: leftwards

etymology_text: left + -wards

expansion: left + -wards


skyward

forms: skyward

etymology_text: sky + -ward

sky

expansion: sky + -ward

glosses: Moving in the direction of or facing the sky.


skywards

forms: skywards

etymology_text: sky + -wards

expansion: sky + -wards


seaward

forms: seaward

etymology_text: land + -ward

land

expansion: land + -ward

glosses: moving in the direction of or facing the sea


rearwards

forms: rearwards

etymology_text: rear + -wards

rear

expansion: rear + -wards


marking

forms:
marking (singular)
markings (plural)

glosses: An animal's marking is its coloring and patterns.

text: A zebra's marking is typically black and white stripes.


marking

forms:
mark (canonical)
marks (third-person singular)
marked (past)
marked (past participle)
marking (present participle)

verb

mark


rightwards

forms: rightwards

etymology_text: right + -wards

ety-suffix

expansion: right + -wards


sponged

forms:
sponge (canonical)
sponges (third-person singular)
sponged (past)
sponged (past participle)
sponging (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of sponge.

verb

spong


clad

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of clothe.

cloth

clothe

clothes

clad

clothing


leeward

forms: leeward

glosses: moving or facing the way the wind is moving


leeward

forms: leeward (positive)

text: All was quiet on the leeward side of the island.


homeward

forms: homeward

etymology_text: home + -ward

ety-suffix

home

expansion: home + -ward

glosses: Moving in the direction of or facing home

ipa: /ˈhoʊmwɚd/

ipa: /ˈhəʊmwəd/


underneath

forms: underneath

glosses: If x is underneath y, x is right under, below, or covered by y.

text: The cat was hiding underneath the car.

text: My bag was underneath my jacket.

ipa: /ʌndəˈniθ/

ipa: /ʌndɚˈniθ/

preposition

expansion: [POS TABLE]


underneath

forms: underneath (singular)

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

noun

underneath


electricity

forms: electricity (singular)

glosses: Electricity is a form of energy that comes from a battery or generator.

text: You need electricity to turn on the light bulbs.

hyphenation: e‧lec‧tric‧i‧ty


overboard

forms: overboard

etymology_text: over- + board

ety-prefix

over

board

expansion: over- + board

glosses: If someone or something goes overboard, it goes over the side of a boat.

text: When they threw the cut fish overboard, the sharks attacked.

text: Don't drop any garbage overboard, please.

ipa: /ˈəʊvə(r)ˌbɔː(r)d/

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


famine

forms:
famine (singular)
famines (plural)

glosses: If a place is affected by famine, there is not enough food for everyone.

text: Over a million people died during the 1984 famine in Ethiopia.

ipa: /ˈfæmɪn/

hyphenation: fam‧ine


wherein

forms: wherein

text: She picked up the book wherein the paper was folded.

text: Wherein lies the reason to do such an awful thing?

enpr: (h)wârinʹ

ipa: /(h)wɛrˈɪn/

enpr: wârinʹ

ipa: /wɛərˈɪn/


real

forms:
more real (comparative)
most real (superlative)
real (positive)
realer (comparative)
realest (superlative)

text: Strange as the story sounded, the story was real.

glosses: Something that is not artificial is real.

text: The nice shoes were of real leather.

enpr: rēəl, riəl, rēl

ipa: /ˈriːəl/

adjective

real

realer

realest


southwards

forms: southwards

etymology_text: south + -wards

ety-suffix

south

expansion: south + -wards

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


local

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

glosses: Something is local if it comes from a specific place. It often it means a place near the person who is speaking.

text: We do not like fruit grown in other countries. We like to eat local fruit.

ipa: /ˈləʊkl/

ipa: /ˈloʊkl/

sampa: /"loUkl/


local

forms:
local (singular)
locals (plural)

glosses: A person is local if the person comes from a specific place.

text: They did not trust people from other places. They only trust locals.


eastwards

forms: eastwards

etymology_text: east + -wards

east

expansion: east + -wards


receive

forms:
receive (canonical)
receives (third-person singular)
received (past)
received (past participle)
receiving (present participle)

glosses: When you receive something, you get something that was sent or given to you.

text: I receive letters in the mail every day.

text: It is better to give than to receive.

ipa: /rɪsiːv/

hyphenation: re‧ceive

verb

receiv


vis-à-vis

forms: vis-à-vis

text: Women still earn less money vis-à-vis men.

text: We stood vis-à-vis the beautiful painting.


on board

forms: on board

glosses: On or onto a boat, airplane, train, etc. as a passenger or crew.

text: When everyone is on board, the doors will close.

text: He looked back at the people on the ground as he got on board the plane.

text: Have the passengers gone on board yet?

audio: en-au-on board.ogg


on board

glosses: As a member of a group working together.

text: It's good to have you on board for this project.

glosses: If you take something on board, you accept and understand it.

text: I told her what I thought, but she did not take my advice on board.


structured

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

glosses: Something that is structured is organized and has structure.


structured

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of structure.

structur


exist

forms:
exist (canonical)
exists (third-person singular)
existed (past)
existed (past participle)
existing (present participle)

glosses: If something exist, it is real and has some kind of being.

text: Dinosaurs used to exist.

text: She thinks that aliens do not exist.

text: Your ideas only exist in your mind.

text: There exists a possibility that we will win.

ipa: /ɪɡˈzɪst/


ceilingward

forms: ceilingward

etymology_text: ceiling + -ward

ety-suffix

ceiling

expansion: ceiling + -ward

glosses: moving in the direction of or facing the ceiling.


inward

forms: inward

etymology_text: in + -ward

in

expansion: in + -ward

ipa: /ˈɪnwəd/


outwards

forms: outwards

etymology_text: out + -wards

out

expansion: out + -wards

ipa: /ˈaʊtwɚdz/

ipa: /ˈaʊtwədz/

ipa: /ˈæotwɘdz/

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


landwards

forms: landwards

etymology_text: land + -wards

land

expansion: land + -wards


onwards

forms: onwards

etymology_text: on + -wards

on

expansion: on + -wards

text: The explorers moved onwards, ever deeper into the jungle.


heavenwards

forms: heavenwards

etymology_text: heaven + -wards

heaven

expansion: heaven + -wards


sans

forms: sans

glosses: If you say that X is sans Y, it does not have Y, it is without Y.

text: It's often difficult for movie stars to have lunch sans photographers.

ipa: /sænz/

sampa: /s{nz/


speed

forms:
speed (canonical)
speeds (third-person singular)
sped (past)
sped (past participle)
speeding (present participle)

glosses: When you speed, you move or do something very fast.

text: The child speeds through his studies so he can go out and play.

text: The plane sped through the air.

glosses: When you speed in a car, you drive faster than the law allows.

text: If you speed in your car, you might have an accident.

ipa: /spiːd/

speed

speeds

sped

sped

speeding


speed

forms:
speed (singular)
speeds (plural)

glosses: The speed of something is how fast it moves.

text: sound moves at a very high speed.


including

forms: including

glosses: Used to make clear that something is also part of a group.

text: We had a big family: eleven of us, including mum and dad.

text: It costs $1,000 or $1,070 including tax.

ipa: /ɪnˈkluːdɪŋ/


including

forms:
include (canonical)
includes (third-person singular)
included (past)
included (past participle)
including (present participle)

verb

includ


including

pos: conj

glosses: You use including to add more information.

text: We provide legal, including political, support as well.

text: We were asked to help, including to help pay for certain expenses.


chez

forms: chez

text: The painting remains chez Catherine and Stephane De Beyrie.

ipa: /ʃe/


à la

forms: à la

glosses: à la refers to being according to, or in the style of something.

text: I hadn't cooked tomatoes à la crème in a long time.

text: He read a short poem he'd written à la E. E. Cummings.


allowing

forms: allowing

glosses: You use allowing for something, to show that you have thought about that thing in making your decision or getting your answer.

text: Even allowing for inflation, $3.7 million is too big a change.

text: Allowing that there is never a single correct solution to this problem, the following example offers one possible solution.

ipa: /əˈlaʊɪŋ/


allowing

forms:
allow (canonical)
allows (third-person singular)
allowed (past)
allowed (past participle)
allowing (present participle)

allow


re

forms: re

text: In your earlier e-mail re our problems, you made some suggestions.

ipa: /reɪ/


northward

forms: northward

etymology_text: north + -ward

ety-suffix

north

expansion: north + -ward

ipa: /ˈnɔrθwɚd/

ipa: /ˈnɔːθwəd/

hyphenation: north‧ward


follow

forms:
follow (canonical)
follows (third-person singular)
followed (past)
followed (past participle)
following (present participle)

glosses: If the first thing occurs after the second, thing the first thing follows a second thing.

text: Every year summer always follows spring.

glosses: If a first thing goes behind a second thing, the first thing follows the second.

text: A dog that is trained well should always follow its owner.

ipa: /ˈfɒləʊ/

ipa: /ˈfɑloʊ/


whereabouts

forms: whereabouts

glosses: Used to ask in what general place somebody or something is.

text: Whereabouts do you come from in Korea?


whereabouts

forms:
whereabouts (singular)
whereabouts (plural)

glosses: The general location where somebody or something is.

text: The police are looking for him but say his whereabouts are unknown.

ipa: /ˈʍɛərəˌbaʊts/

noun

whereabouts

whereabouts


structures

forms:
structure (singular)
structures (plural)

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

structure


structures

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of structure.


networked

forms:
network (canonical)
networks (third-person singular)
networked (past)
networked (past participle)
networking (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of network.

verb

network


earthward

forms: earthward

etymology_text: earth + -ward

ety-suffix

earth

expansion: earth + -ward

glosses: Moving in the direction of or facing the earth


sidewards

forms: sidewards

etymology_text: side + -wards

side

expansion: side + -wards


pursuant

forms: pursuant

text: Pursuant to the promises made to Parliament, an investigation was begun.

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


wanting

forms:
want (canonical)
wants (third-person singular)
wanted (past)
wanted (past participle)
wanting (present participle)

ipa: /ˈwɑntɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈwɒntɪŋ/

verb

want


wanting

forms: wanting (positive)

text: After we hired him, we found his abilities wanting.


wanting

forms: wanting

text: I've got a right shoe wanting a left.


earthwards

forms: earthwards

etymology_text: earth + -wards

ety-suffix

expansion: earth + -wards


marked

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

glosses: Something that is marked is significant or notable.

text: There is a marked difference between the small and large shirts.


marked

forms:
mark (canonical)
marks (third-person singular)
marked (past)
marked (past participle)
marking (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of mark.

ipa: /mɑːkt/

ipa: /mɑrkt/

verb

mark


rearward

forms: rearward

etymology_text: rear + -ward

ety-suffix

rear

expansion: rear + -ward

ipa: /ˈrir.wɝ d/


sunwards

forms: sunwards

etymology_text: sun + -wards

sun

expansion: sun + -wards


innovations

forms:
innovation (singular)
innovations (plural)

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

text: This business is very cutting-edge. They encourage their employees to create new innovations for how to conduct business.

noun

innovation


unbeknownst

forms: unbeknownst

glosses: If something is unbeknownst to somebody, they don't know about it.

text: Unbeknownst to his wife, he had bought a new car.


westwards

forms: westwards

etymology_text: west + -wards

ety-suffix

west

expansion: west + -wards


westward

forms: westward

etymology_text: west + -ward

expansion: west + -ward

preposition

expansion: [POS TABLE]


goalward

forms: goalward

etymology_text: goal + -ward

ety-suffix

goal

expansion: goal + -ward

glosses: Moving in the direction of or facing the goal; toward a goal.


vs

forms: vs

text: The first wrestling match is Jones vs Smith.


overland

forms: overland

etymology_text: over- + land

ety-prefix

over

land

expansion: over- + land

text: The mail traveling overland to the small towns could take weeks.


overland

forms: overland (positive)

text: The overland route was much slower than going by sea.


woundings

forms:
wounding (singular)
woundings (plural)

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

text: The woundings were especially violent.

noun

wounding


qua

forms: qua

text: A scientist may believe certain things qua practical man, but not qua scientist.

ipa: /kwɑː/


southward

forms: southward

etymology_text: south + -ward

ety-suffix

south

expansion: south + -ward

glosses: Moving or facing south; towards the south.

ipa: /ˈsaʊθwəd/


dove

forms:
dove (singular)
doves (plural)

glosses: A dove is a pigeon, especially one smaller in size; they are often shown in art as being white.

text: A dove holding an olive branch is a symbol of peace.

ipa: /dʌv/

sampa: /dVv/


dove

forms:
dove (past)
dive (canonical)
dives (third-person singular)
dived (past)
dived (past participle)
diving (present participle)

text: He dove into the water.

enpr: dōv

ipa: /dəʊv/

ipa: /doʊv/

sampa: /doUv/

dive

dives

dove

dived

diving

verb

div


include

forms:
include (canonical)
includes (third-person singular)
included (past)
included (past participle)
including (present participle)

glosses: When you include something, you make it part of something else.

text: The store always includes the tax in their price.

glosses: When something has another thing as part of it, it includes the other.

text: The price of the hotel room includes a free breakfast.

ipa: /ɪnˈkluːd/

includ


unbeknown

forms: unbeknown

glosses: If something is unbeknown to somebody, they don't know about it.

text: Unbeknown to his wife, he had bought a new car.


ceilingwards

forms: ceilingwards

etymology_text: ceiling + -wards

ety-suffix

ceiling

expansion: ceiling + -wards


sideward

forms: sideward

etymology_text: side + -ward

expansion: side + -ward


exclusive

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

glosses: If a group is exclusive, it excludes people or things that do not meet certain standards, criteria or conditions.

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

hyphenation: ex‧clu‧sive


exclusive

forms: exclusive

text: The rent is $800 per month, exclusive of sales tax.


modulo

forms: modulo

text: 21 and 84 are congruent to each other modulo 9, since both numbers leave the same remainder, 3, when divided by 9.

text: Thus 21 modulo 9 is 3 - because when 21 is divided by 9, the remainder is 3.

ipa: /ˈmɒdjʊləʊ/


sunward

forms: sunward

etymology_text: sun + -ward

expansion: sun + -ward

glosses: Sunward means moving in the direction of or facing the sun.


Christ

forms: Christ

pos: name

glosses: In the Christian and Jewish religions, the Christ is the person that God sends to save all humans.

text: Accept Christ into your heart, for he is the son of God.

enpr: krīst

ipa: /kraɪst/

sampa: /"kraIst/


Christ

pos: intj

glosses: Many people use Christ when they are surprised or not happy about something. Some people do not like to use this phrase, as they think this is blasphemy (an insult to God).

text: Christ, that's heavy.

text: Holy Christ! Can't you do anything right?


accessible

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

glosses: If something is accessible, you can use it, look at it, enter it, etc.

text: The building has been changed to make it wheelchair accessible.

text: To make it accessible, we'll need to take off some other pieces that are in the way.

glosses: If someone is accessible, they are friendly and easy to talk to.

ipa: /əkˈsɛsəbˑl/

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


networking

forms:
network (canonical)
networks (third-person singular)
networked (past)
networked (past participle)
networking (present participle)

verb

network


networking

forms: networking (singular)

glosses: The act of connecting computers into a network.

glosses: The act of meeting new people in a business setting.

noun

networking


by chance

forms: by chance

glosses: If something happens by chance, that means it happens even though it was not planned or expected.

text: It is a good thing I saw her by chance, since I needed to tell her something and couldn't call her!


dive

glosses: When you dive, you go under the water, usually jumping head first.

text: She dived under the water and came up blowing air.

text: He dove into the pool and started swimming.

glosses: When you dive into action, you do something with great interest.

text: They dove into the work when they liked it.

ipa: /ˈdaɪv/

sampa: /"daIv/


carry

forms:
carry (canonical)
carries (third-person singular)
carried (past)
carried (past participle)
carrying (present participle)

glosses: If you carry something, you lift it up and move it to another place.

text: Let me carry those bags in for you.

text: We walked through the trees, picked some apples, and carried them to the water.

text: He carried her out of the bathroom and dropped her onto the bed.

glosses: If a vehicle carries people or things, it moves them from one place to another.

text: A plane carrying 155 people crashed into the Hudson River.

text: As the ship carried her across the sea, she studied the map of Europe.

text: He hired a truck to carry beds, clothes, and food.

glosses: If a path, such as a river bed, a wire, or a hose carries something somewhere, the thing travels along the path.

text: The main line carrying cold water to the house can be as small as one inch in diameter.

text: It's the white plastic pipe that carries away the water when you empty the bathtub.

text: One digital cable line could carry hundreds of channels of video, several phone calls and an interactive line for playing games or tapping data bases all at the same time.

text: The moon has an orbit that carries it around the earth about once a month.

glosses: If moving water or air carries something, it moves it.

text: The river carried the leaves under the bridge.

text: Her voice was carried off by the wind.

text: The smoke from the fire filled the air, carried on the breeze.

glosses: If you carry something, you usually have it with you.

text: Sorry, I don't carry a watch.

text: Outside the country, you must carry your passport at all time.

text: He sat back down on his chair and pulled out the pack of cigarettes he carried in his shirt pocket.

glosses: If something carries a quality, it has it.

text: Those ideas now carry almost no value.

text: Certain foods carry with them the danger of heart disease.

text: Elias's vote carried a lot of weight. (=it was important)

text: This medicine carries with it the potential to help millions of people.

glosses: If the media carries some news, advertisement, or show, it prints it or puts it on TV or radio.

text: The website carried a video showing policemen beating up children.

text: I couldn't find a channel that carried the hockey game.

text: At 4:00, we'll be carrying the president's speech live.

text: TV stations are not allowed to carry beer advertisements.

glosses: If something carries some information, the information is printed on it.

text: The drug now carries a warning that it should not be given to children.

text: The sign carried the words: Toronto, 150 km.

glosses: If a store carries something, they have it available to buy.

text: My local supermarket doesn't carry my favorite brand of ice cream.

glosses: If something unmoving carries a weight or load, it supports it, keeping it up.

text: In a fire, the wall are not going to be able to carry the load and the house will collapse.

glosses: If you carry insurance, you have it in case of a loss.

text: Schools are increasing the amount of insurance they carry to protect themselves.

text: This American-made product carries a two-year warranty.

glosses: If you carry a disease, you can give it to other people.

text: Most people who carry the virus never get sick.

text: Flies carry diseases that can get passed on to people and animals.

glosses: If you get/are carried away, you lose control of yourself because you are so happy, angry, etc.

text: Teens sometimes get carried away with buying stuff.

text: Everyone seemed to be carried away with talk of freedom.

text: I just wanted to hold you, but I got carried away.

glosses: If a crime carries a punishment, that is the punishment for committing that crime.

text: Violating the law carries a penalty of up to five years in prison and a $50,000 fine.

glosses: If a sound carries, it can be heard a long distance away.

text: The sound of the bells carried for miles.

glosses: If you can carry a tune, you can sing the correct notes.

text: He couldn't carry a tune, but he loved to sing.

glosses: If one voice or instrument in a group carries the melody, it sings or plays the melody while the others provide harmony.

text: The highest voice carries the melody.

glosses: If someone or something carries the day, they win.

text: Don't worry if we don't carry the day this year.

glosses: If a suggestion, idea, or proposal is carried or carries, it gets the most votes and wins.

text: 59% of the votes for approving the budget: The motion carries.

glosses: If a candidate in an election carries an area, they win in that area.

glosses: If you carry your body or yourself in a certain way, that is the way that you stand or move.

glosses: If a woman is carrying a child, she is pregnant.

text: He didn't know that she was carrying his child.

glosses: If you carry something too far/to extremes/to excess, you don't stop it at a reasonable time.

glosses: If you carry extra pounds/kilograms, you weigh more than you should.

glosses: If you carry a number during addition or multiplication, you add it to the column on the left.

text: Seven times eight is fifty six, carry five. Seven times nine is sixty three, plus five is sixty eight. Six hundred eighty six.

glosses: If you carry a loss forward, you realize it in a future reporting period.

text: If your net capital loss is more than this limit, you can carry the loss forward to later years.

text: if several unprofitable years follow, the opportunity to carry forward the loss will be gone.

glosses: If you carry something off, you do it successfully.

text: They tried, but they just weren't good enough musicians to carry it off.

glosses: If you carry on, you continue doing what you were doing.

text: We want to carry on doing this for the next five years.

text: I'm not sure that was, but let's just carry on as usual.

text: She's carrying on long conversations with people who aren't there.

text: Come on, lets carry on with the game.

text: She carried on down the road without stopping until he came to the edge of the village.

glosses: If you carry on about something, you talk about it in an annoying way.

text: Cindy was always carrying on about how cute her dog was.

glosses: If you carry out something requiring planning, you do it.

text: They weren't able to carry out the attack because of the weather.

glosses: If something carries or is carried over into a new situation, it continues to happen or be useful in the new situation.

text: Was there anything you learned from that experience that you have carried over into your current job?

glosses: If something carries you through, it helps you get to the end.

text: Their love of the game carried them through the difficult times.

glosses: If you carry something through, you complete it.

text: Once you have an idea, you've got to carry it through all the way.

enpr: kărʹē

verb

carr

y


carry

forms:
carry (singular)
carries (plural)

glosses: A carry is a play in American football where a player holds the ball and runs with it.

text: No player in NFL history has ever had that many carries.

glosses: The carry is the distance a ball, arrow, bullet, etc. travels.

text: The fairway is 15 yards wide and the carry was 370.

glosses: A carry is a way of moving somebody from one place to another.

text: He picked her up and put her over his shoulder in a fireman's carry,

text: Lifesavers must be able to tow a person of their own weight ten yards by each of the following methods: (a) head carry, using two arms and swimming on back; (b) under-arm carry, using two hands and swimming on back; (c) cross-chest carry, using one arm and side stroke.

noun

carry

carries


made

forms:
make (canonical)
makes (third-person singular)
made (past)
made (past participle)
making (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of make.

text: They made the old house out of stone.

text: The children made their bed yesterday.

ipa: /meɪd/

sampa: /meId/

make

makes

made

made

making


standard

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

glosses: If something is standard, it is typical or usual.

text: The store sells standard American food.

ipa: /ˈstændɚd/


standard

forms:
standard (singular)
standards (plural)

glosses: A standard is a quality that is the minimum or usual.

text: ninety percent correct is the standard for an A at our school.

glosses: A standard is a military or ceremonial flag carried on a pole or hoisted on a rope.


bloke

forms:
bloke (singular)
blokes (plural)

text: So, I walk in and there's this woman talking to this bloke.

enpr: blōk

ipa: /bləʊk/

ipa: /bloʊk/

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


shorewards

forms: shorewards

etymology_text: shore + -wards

ety-suffix

shore

expansion: shore + -wards


preparatory

forms: preparatory (positive)

glosses: Preparatory work, meetings, etc. are related to getting ready for something.

text: Most of the preparatory work had been done, but the building had not actually started.


preparatory

forms: preparatory

glosses: If x is preparatory to y, x happens before y to get ready for y.

text: They began gathering equipment preparatory to climbing the mountain.


already

text: When we met, his first wife was already dead.

text: He was already well known, but now he's a superstar.

text: Would you like some coffee." "No, thank you. I've already had two cups.

text: Oh! You're here already. I didn't think you'd be here until 2:00.

ipa: /ɔːlˈrɛdi/

hyphenation: al‧ready


networks

forms:
network (singular)
networks (plural)

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


networks

glosses: The third-person singular form of network.


course

forms:
course (singular)
courses (plural)

glosses: In school, a course is a class in a specific subject.

text: The science course was very difficult.

glosses: A course is the path that something follows in space or in time.

text: During the course of the evening, things went from bad to worse.

text: The economy grew quickly over the course of the next few years.

text: In the course of testing the drug, they found new uses for it.

text: One teacher can completely change the course of your life.

text: We'll have to let the disease take its course.

text: It is important that we decide now on the future course for the company.

text: The wind kept blowing the boat off course.

text: The course of the river has changed over time.

glosses: For a meal, a course is one part of a meal such as dessert.

text: We usually do not eat a meal with nine courses.

text: The game of golf is played on a golf course.

ipa: /kɔː(r)s/

enpr: kô(r)s


course

forms:
course (canonical)
courses (third-person singular)
coursed (past)
coursed (past participle)
coursing (present participle)

glosses: If something courses, it runs or flows through something.

text: Blood courses through the veins and arteries in our bodies.

text: The oil coursed through the engine.

verb

cours

e


gasoline

forms:
gasoline (singular)
gasolines (plural)

glosses: Gasoline is also known as fuel for vehicles.

text: My car is nearly empty of gasoline. I should refuel it at a gas station soon.


nor

forms: nor

glosses: Used to show two things that are both untrue or do not happen.

text: He was calm, neither happy nor sad.

text: Neither my wife nor I knew what to do.

text: I don't belong here. Nor do you.

enpr: nô

ipa: /nɔː/

enpr: nôr

ipa: /nɔːr/


nor

glosses: Nor is used to show that a something that is not true in one case is also not true in another case.

text: I don't belong here, and nor do you.


excepting

forms:
except (canonical)
excepts (third-person singular)
excepted (past)
excepted (past participle)
excepting (present participle)

except


excepting

forms: excepting

glosses: but not; with the exception of something.

text: Excepting yesterday, she worked ever day this week.

text: Nothing excepting a major disaster can stop her.


comparable adjective

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

glosses: An adjective that has comparative and superlative forms.

text: "happy" and intelligent are comparable adjectives.


virgin

forms:
virgin (singular)
virgins (plural)

glosses: A virgin is someone who has not had sex before.

ipa: /ˈvɝdʒɪn/

ipa: /ˈvɜːdʒɪn/


college

forms:
college (singular)
colleges (plural)

glosses: A college is a school for adults who have finished high school.

text: I graduated from college in 1992 when I was 22 years old.

text: I went to the college of medicine at the University of Wales.

ipa: /ˈkɒlɪd͡ʒ/

ipa: /ˈkɑlɪd͡ʒ/

audio: EN-AU ck1 college.ogg


goalwards

forms: goalwards

etymology_text: goal + -wards

ety-suffix

wards

expansion: goal + -wards


outward

forms: outward

etymology_text: out + -ward

out

ward

expansion: out + -ward

enpr: out'wərd

enpr: out'wəd

hyphenation: out‧ward


phylum

forms:
phylum (singular)
phyla or phylums (plural)

glosses: Is the basic taxon higher in the rank. In botany phyllum corresponds to division (divisio)

text: Arthopoda is the phylum of spiders.

ipa: /ˈfaɪləm/

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

noun

phylum

phyla

phylums


tropical cyclones

forms:
tropical cyclone (singular)
tropical cyclones (plural)

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

text: We got hit by two tropical cyclones last year.

tropical cyclone


underfoot

forms: underfoot

etymology_text: under- + foot

ety-prefix

under

foot

expansion: under- + foot

text: The snow underfoot crunched as we walked.

ipa: /ʌndɚˈfʊt/

ipa: /ʌndəˈfʊt/


landward

forms: landward

etymology_text: land + -ward

ety-suffix

land

expansion: land + -ward

glosses: If you are moving landwards, you are moving in the direction of or facing the land.


sports

forms:
sport (singular)
sports (plural)

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

text: He is making sports to keep fit.

ipa: /spɔrts/

ipa: /spɔːts/

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

noun

sport


sports

forms:
sport (canonical)
sports (third-person singular)
sported (past)
sported (past participle)
sporting (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of sport.


contra

forms: contra

text: Consider the problems of the nurse contra those of the doctor.


contra

forms:
contra (singular)
contras (plural)

glosses: A contra was a member of a particular guerrilla group in Nicaragua.


clothe

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

glosses: If you clothe something or someone, you put clothes on them.

text: The mother clothes her children to go to school in the morning.

text: I woke up fully clothed, and I couldn't remember the night before.

glosses: If you clothe somebody, you provide clothes for them.

text: She was struggling to feed and clothe five kids.

ipa: /ˈkləʊð/

ipa: /ˈkloʊð/

sampa: /"kloUz/

verb

cloth

clothe


quid

forms:
quid (singular)
quid or quids (plural)

glosses: A quid is one pound in British money (£1).

ipa: /kwɪd/

noun

quid

quid

quids


favor

forms:
favor (singular)
favors (plural)

text: Can you please do me a favor by washing the dishes?

ipa: /ˈfeɪvɚ/

ipa: /ˈfeɪvə/

hyphenation: fa‧vor


favor

forms:
favor (canonical)
favors (third-person singular)
favored (past)
favored (past participle)
favoring (present participle)

glosses: When you favor someone, you like them and prefer them over other people.


tropical cyclone

glosses: A storm that has winds of at least 17 m/s (39 mph) but not greater than 33 m/s (74 mph) moving in a circular direction.


wounded

forms: wounded (plural)

glosses: (usually with "the") People who are injured or have wounds.


wounded

forms:
wound (canonical)
wounds (third-person singular)
wounded (past)
wounded (past participle)
wounding (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of wound.

verb

wound


wounded

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


matoke

forms: matoke (singular)

glosses: Matoke is a meal of steamed green plantain and is one of the national dishes of Uganda.

ipa: /maˈtəʊkeɪ/


plume

forms:
plume (singular)
plumes (plural)

glosses: molten material from the earth's mantle coming upward.

text: A plume of water shot up from the broken fire hydrant

ipa: /ˈpljuːm/

ipa: /ˈplum/


plume

forms:
plume (canonical)
plumes (third-person singular)
plumed (past)
plumed (past participle)
pluming (present participle)

text: She wore a plumed hat to the Founders Day Ball.

plum


came

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

text: He came to my house yesterday.

sampa: /"keIm/

ipa: /'keɪm/

come

comes

came

come

coming


acquire

forms:
acquire (canonical)
acquires (third-person singular)
acquired (past)
acquired (past participle)
acquiring (present participle)

glosses: If you acquire something, you buy or get it.

text: XYZ company has acquired a new factory in Shanghai.

ipa: /əˈkwaɪər/

ipa: /əˈkwaɪə/

hyphenation: ac‧quire

acquir


years

forms:
year (singular)
years (plural)

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

text: The man lived for one hundred years.

noun

year


plums

forms:
plum (singular)
plums (plural)

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

text: Plums are my favorite fruit.


chairperson

forms:
chairperson (singular)
chairpersons or chairpeople (plural)

etymology_text: chair + person

compound

chair

person

expansion: chair + person

glosses: A chairperson is the person who controls a meeting or an organization.

text: Alan Eastwood is the former chairperson of the Police Federation.

text: Mr Saatchi will continue as chairperson but is being replaced as chief executive by Robert Louis-Dreyfus.

ipa: /ˈtʃɛːpəːs(ə)n/

chairpeople


bet

forms:
bet (canonical)
bets (third-person singular)
bet (past)
bet (past participle)
betting (present participle)

glosses: When you bet, you take a chance with money or something else on the result of a future event.

text: I bet five dollars that I would win the game.

text: Would you bet your life on that answer?

text: I bet Tom that he could not run as fast as Joe.

glosses: If you bet something is true, you strongly believe it.

text: I bet you left it on the table.

glosses: You used "you bet" to show you agree with somebody.

text: "Could you help me here?" "You bet! What do you need?"

text: I bet my life that he said it.

glosses: The past tense and past participle of bet.

ipa: /ˈbεt/

sampa: /"bEt/

bet

bets

bet

bet

betting


bet

forms:
bet (singular)
bets (plural)

glosses: A bet is the thing of value or amount of money that you bet.

text: Jim had a bet of twenty dollars that he would complete the test on time.

text: Place your bets.

glosses: A good bet is something you should believe, or try.

text: "Where can I get that book?" "I think the school library is your best bet."


pertaining

forms: pertaining

text: Pertaining to the suggestions, there is a some advantage in this new approach.

text: The books pertaining to this subject can be found in the far section.


pertaining

forms:
pertain (canonical)
pertains (third-person singular)
pertained (past)
pertained (past participle)
pertaining (present participle)

verb

pertain


sport

forms:
sport (singular)
sports (plural)

glosses: Sport is physical exercise which involves players playing in a team.

text: What sport shall we play?

text: In sports news, England lost to Spain 3 to 2.

text: Be a good sport and open the door for me.

text: It was good sport to surprise him like that.

text: hunters have been killing sharks for sport.

ipa: /spɔrt/

ipa: /spɔːt/

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


sport

forms:
sport (canonical)
sports (third-person singular)
sported (past)
sported (past participle)
sporting (present participle)


cartridge

forms:
cartridge (singular)
cartridges (plural)

glosses: A cartridge is a case or container that holds a substance or object which is difficult or awkward to handle; they can usually be changed easily.

ipa: /ˈkɑːtrɪdʒ/

enpr: kärʹtrĭj

ipa: /ˈkɑrtrɪdʒ/

sampa: /"kArtrIdZ/

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


tells

forms:
tell (canonical)
tells (third-person singular)
told (past)
told (past participle)
telling (present participle)

tell

tells

told

telling


windward

forms: windward

etymology_text: wind + -ward

ety-suffix

wind

expansion: wind + -ward

glosses: Moving or facing into the wind; where the wind is coming from.


windward

forms: windward (positive)

text: The waves were crashing on the windward side of the island.


develop

forms:
develop (canonical)
develops (third-person singular)
developed (past)
developed (past participle)
developing (present participle)

glosses: When you develop something, you create or make it better.

text: The people who are best at anything have to develop their ability over time.

glosses: When plants and animals grow, they develop.

text: As children grow their minds and bodies develop.

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

hyphenation: de‧ve‧lop


reunions

forms:
reunion (singular)
reunions (plural)

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

text: I love family reunions because I get to see family members that I haven't seen in a very long time.

noun

reunion


evening

forms:
evening (singular)
evenings (plural)

glosses: Evening is the time, late in the day just before or after sun sets.

text: We eat a big meal in the evening.

enpr: ēv'nĭng

ipa: /ˈiːvnɪŋ/

audio: en-us-evening (noun).ogg


evening

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

verb

even


dealt

forms:
deal (canonical)
deals (third-person singular)
dealt (past)
dealt (past participle)
dealing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of deal.

text: The man dealt the cards for the card game.

ipa: /'dεlt/

deal

deals

dealt

dealt

dealing


clothed

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of clothe.

text: Last winter, the mother clothed her children in warm coats.

clothes


eighty-one

forms: eighty-one

pos: det

glosses: ordinal eighty-first) Eighty-one (81) is the odd number that comes between eighty and eighty-two. It is a square number (9 multiplied by 9 equals 81).

text: I have eighty-one coins in my collection.


dragons

forms:
dragon (singular)
dragons (plural)

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

text: In stories, dragons are shown as dangerous creatures because they breathe fire.

noun

dragon


rollercoasters

forms:
rollercoaster (singular)
rollercoasters (plural)

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

rollercoaster


used

forms:
use (canonical)
uses (third-person singular)
used (past)
used (past participle)
using (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of use.

text: I used the key to enter the house.

ipa: /juːzd/

verb

us


failing

forms:
failing (singular)
failings (plural)

glosses: A failing is a weakness or problem in somebody's character or personality.

text: We hired him despite his failings.


failing

forms: failing

glosses: If something doesn't happen or isn't true.

text: We should be able to go on Monday, and failing that, certain on Tuesday.

text: If you have family nearby, they would be the first to turn to for help. Failing this, a neighbor may be willing to come.


failing

forms:
fail (canonical)
fails (third-person singular)
failed (past)
failed (past participle)
failing (present participle)

fail


dragon

glosses: A mythical animal, usually reptile-like, with leathery wings like a bat, claws like a lion, scaly skin and a long tail, and breathes fire.

text: The prince had to kill a dragon before he could rescue the princess.

glosses: A large snake-like creature with the eyes of a rabbit, the horns of an ox, and the claws of a tiger.

glosses: A large reptile, especially a Komodo dragon.

enpr: drăg'ən

ipa: /ˈdrægən/


extinct

forms: extinct (positive)

glosses: When all of one kind of animal are dead it is extinct.

text: dinosaurs are extinct. No living dinosaurs can be found on Earth.

text: This extinct volcano has not erupted for hundreds of years.

ipa: /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/

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


rollercoaster

glosses: An amusement ride that has a cart on a track; it rises and falls and has twists and turns.

glosses: Any situation in which there are large, quick changes.


massive

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

text: Most dinosaurs were massive animals.

text: My neighbors bought a massive car, but it's too big to drive.


fix

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

text: The mechanic fixes my car.

text: The mother fixed the broken toy.

glosses: When you fix something to something else, you attach it or hold it in place.

text: A piece of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board.

text: A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it.

glosses: When you fix something at a certain time, you make a rule or agreement that the time will not change.

text: The Constitution fixes the date when Congress must meet.

glosses: If you fix an animal, you remove its reproductive organs so that it can not have babies.

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

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

text: Someone has fixed the game so that none can win.

glosses: When you attack or punish someone, you fix them.

text: If you do anything wrong in that city, they will fix you.

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

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

ipa: /fɪks/

fix

es


basis

forms:
basis (singular)
bases (plural)

glosses: The basis of something, is the main ideas or parts that it is built on.

text: On the basis of the information available, we have decided to cancel the project.

text: There is no basis for believing that he was killed.

text: Her experiences in Cambodia formed the basis for her first book.

glosses: If something happens on a regular/daily/weekly etc. basis, it happens regularly, daily, etc.

text: The problems are now happening on a very regular basis.

glosses: If we are on a first-name basis, we use first names when speaking to each other.

text: Josie Parkinson and I are on a first-name basis. I call her "Josie" when I see her.

enpr: bāʹsĭs

ipa: /ˈbeɪsɪs/

noun

basis

bases


plum

forms:
plum (singular)
plums (plural)

glosses: A fruit that is often a dark red or purple color.

text: I really like to eat plums.

glosses: A dark blue-red color, the color of some plums.

glosses: A raisin, when it is used in a pudding or a cake.

enpr: plŭm

ipa: /plʌm/

sampa: /plVm/


plum

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


plum

forms:
plum (positive)
Superlative–

text: I've plum forgotten where I placed my book.


albino

forms:
albino (singular)
albinos or albinoes (plural)

ipa: /ælˈbiːnəʊ/

ipa: /ælˈbaɪnoʊ/

albino

albinos

albinoes


Bonn

forms: Bonn

glosses: Bonn is a city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990.


piss

forms: piss (singular)

glosses: Piss is a word for urine, the waste liquid from the body of humans and animals that is often a yellowish color.

text: The neighbor's new dog won't stop getting my car wet with its piss.

glosses: Piss is a word for bad alcoholic drinks.

text: I couldn't buy any good beer, so I have to drink this piss.

ipa: /pɪs/

sampa: /pIs/


piss

forms:
piss (canonical)
pisses (third-person singular)
pissed (past)
pissed (past participle)
pissing (present participle)

glosses: If a person or animal pisses, it passes waste liquid from its body.

text: He always pisses so loudly you can hear it from outside the bathroom door.

verb

piss


roller coaster

forms:
roller coaster (singular)
roller coasters (plural)

glosses: An amusement ride that has a cart on a track; it rises and falls and has twists and turns.


Dick

forms: Dick

glosses: Dick is a male given name. It is usually short for Richard.

enpr: dĭk

ipa: /dɪk/

sampa: /dIk/


altars

forms:
altar (singular)
altars (plural)

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

noun

altar


telling

forms:
tell (canonical)
tells (third-person singular)
told (past)
told (past participle)
telling (present participle)


telling

forms: telling (positive)

glosses: If something is telling, it has a strong effect.

glosses: If some kind of evidence is telling, it shows clearly the true nature of someone or something.


connect

forms:
connect (canonical)
connects (third-person singular)
connected (past)
connected (past participle)
connecting (present participle)

glosses: When you connect things, you join, link or unite them.

text: The man connected device to the battery with a wire.

ipa: /kəˈnɛkt/

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

hyphenation: con‧nect


choice

forms:
choice (singular)
choices (plural)

glosses: If you have a choice, you can decide between two or more things or actions.

text: I don't want to go, but I'm afraid I don't have a choice.

text: Many people face a choice between money and love.

text: You have a choice of three cheeses.

text: It's a small shop without much choice of goods.

text: He didn't have to come; he did it by choice.

glosses: Your choice is the thing that you decide to take or do.

text: His choice of jobs was a good one.

text: I think coming here was the right choice.

ipa: /tʃɔɪs/

sampa: /tSOIs/


choice

forms:
choice (positive)
choicer (comparative)
choicest (superlative)

glosses: Choice food, drink, clothing, etc. is the best of its kind.

text: He let his daughter pick out the choicest pieces of fruit.

glosses: Choice words are very direct and critical.

text: After the terrible evening, she had some choice words to share with him.

adj

choice

choicer

choicest


continue

forms:
continue (canonical)
continues (third-person singular)
continued (past)
continued (past participle)
continuing (present participle)

glosses: If something continues, it does not stop.

text: Even though he has died, we will continue the good work he did helping children.

text: We expect that the problems will continue until 8 November, when we get the new computer.

enpr: kən-tĭnʹyo͞o

ipa: /kənˈtɪnjuː/

verb

continu


afloat

forms: afloat

etymology_text: a- + float

ety-prefix

a

float

expansion: a- + float

glosses: If something is afloat, it is on the water; floating.

text: Although he couldn't swim, the life jacket kept him afloat.

ipa: /əˈfloʊt/

hyphenation: a‧float


dicks

forms:
dick (singular)
dicks (plural)

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

text: What a bunch of dicks! They stole my video games and game console while I was on vacation!

ipa: /dɪks/

noun

dick


dicks

forms:
dick (canonical)
dicks (third-person singular)
dicked (past)
dicked (past participle)
dicking (present participle)


suit

forms:
suit (singular)
suits (plural)

glosses: A suit is a set of clothes that includes a coat or and pants or dress.

text: Everyone wears a suit where I work.

glosses: A suit is a case in a court of law which concerns a dispute between two people or organizations.

text: The law suit was for one million dollars.

glosses: A suit is a set in a pack of cards, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds or clubs.

ipa: /s(j)uːt/

ipa: /s(j)ut/


suit

forms:
suit (canonical)
suits (third-person singular)
suited (past)
suited (past participle)
suiting (present participle)

glosses: If something suits you it fits you; that is, it is right for you or good for you.

text: I love my new job, it suits me fine.


avatars

forms:
avatar (singular)
avatars (plural)

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

text: I always choose silly avatars to represent me online.

avatar


fording

forms:
ford (canonical)
fords (third-person singular)
forded (past)
forded (past participle)
fording (present participle)

verb

ford


born

forms:
bear (canonical)
bears (third-person singular)
bore (past)
born (past participle)
bearing (present participle)

glosses: The past participle of bear. Given birth to.

ipa: /ˈboː(r)n/

bear

bears

bore

born

bearing


wounding

forms:
wounding (singular)
woundings (plural)


wounding

forms:
wound (canonical)
wounds (third-person singular)
wounded (past)
wounded (past participle)
wounding (present participle)

wound


nirvana

forms: nirvana (singular)

glosses: When a person has reached nirvana, he no longer wants to have things.

glosses: When a person has reached nirvana, he is happy and at peace; enlightenment.

glosses: When someone is at a nirvana, he is very happy and pleased; paradise.

ipa: /nɪəˈvɑːnə/

ipa: /nɪrˈvɑːnə/

noun

nirvana


associate

forms:
associate (canonical)
associates (third-person singular)
associated (past)
associated (past participle)
associating (present participle)

glosses: If you associate two things, you think of them as being connected in some way.

text: People often associate Einstein with science, but he was also a man of peace.

text: I associate Thailand with spicy food and beautiful beaches.

glosses: If you associate with someone else, you spend time with them.

text: Parents are often afraid of their children associating with the wrong group of friends.

enpr: əsō'shiāt

ipa: /əˈsəʊʃieɪt/

ipa: /əˈsoʊʃieɪt/

verb

associat

e


associate

forms:
associate (singular)
associates (plural)

glosses: An associate is somebody that you do business or work with.

text: I have an associate who might be interested in your product.

glosses: An associate member, professor, producer, etc. is one who is connected but at a lower level.

text: She spent years as an associate professor before becoming a full professor in 1997.

enpr: əsō'shiət

ipa: /əˈsəʊʃiət/

ipa: /əˈsoʊʃiət/


chairman

forms:
chairman (singular)
chairmen (plural)

etymology_text: chair + -man

glosses: A chairman is the person who controls a meeting or an organization.

text: Alan Eastwood is the former chairman of the Police Federation.

text: Mr Saatchi will continue as chairman but is being replaced as chief executive by Robert Louis-Dreyfus.

text: Mr Chairman, ladies and gentlemen I'd like to present to the board the results of our research.

ipa: /ˈtʃɛːmən/

noun

chairmen


roller coasters

forms:
roller coaster (singular)
roller coasters (plural)

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

roller coaster


rabies

forms: rabies (singular)

glosses: Rabies is a deadly disease caused by a virus from mammals.

rabies


draw

forms:
draw (canonical)
draws (third-person singular)
drew (past)
drawn (past participle)
drawing (present participle)

glosses: When you draw, you use a pencil, pen, crayon, etc. to make a picture.

text: She drew a beautiful picture of the sky on a bright white piece of paper.

glosses: If a person is attracted or interested in an event, then he is drawn to it.

text: The discover of gold in the West drew many people living in the East to move westward.

ipa: /drɔː/

ipa: /drɔ/

audio: en-uk-to draw.ogg

draw

draws

drew

drawn

drawing


draw

forms:
draw (singular)
draws (plural)

glosses: When a game is tied and no one has won, then the game is a draw.

text: The game ended 3 to 3. We were disappointed that it was a draw.

glosses: A draw is when the winners of a lottery are announced.

text: The draw is on Tuesday. I hope I won.


reunion

forms:
reunion (singular)
reunions (plural)

glosses: A reunion is the act of coming back together.

text: It was a happy reunion when the trapped miners finally saw their family again.

glosses: A reunion is a planned event where people gather or see each other after a long period of not seeing each other.

text: Are you going to the family reunion this year?

ipa: /riːˈjuːnjən/

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


cities

forms:
city (singular)
cities (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈsɪtiz/

hyphenation: cit‧ies

city

cities


wounds

forms:
wound (singular)
wounds (plural)

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

enpr: wo͞ondz

ipa: /wuːndz/


wounds

glosses: The third-person singular form of wound.


intelligences

forms:
intelligence (singular)
intelligences (plural)

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

intelligence


printers

forms:
printer (singular)
printers (plural)

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

printer


chap

forms:
chap (singular)
chaps (plural)

text: Hullo, old chap, did you just arrive?

text: There's this chap I know in Bangkok, very helpful.

ipa: /tʃæp/


chap

forms:
chap (canonical)
chaps (third-person singular)
chapped (past)
chapped (past participle)
chapping (present participle)

glosses: If something such as your lips chap, they become dry and cracked.

text: His lips chapped in the cold.

verb

chap

p


Delphi

forms: Delphi

text: The people went to Delphi to visit the oracle of Apollo.

glosses: Delphi is a computer programming language based on PASCAL.

text: Delphi was written in 1986 for Apple computers.

glosses: Delphi is a method for getting agreement from a group of experts.

text: We wanted the best solution so we organized the group using the Delphi method.


council

forms:
council (singular)
councils (plural)

glosses: A council is a group of people who are chosen or elected to make laws, rules, and decisions.

text: Town council is considering a road-widening proposal.

text: The student council has collected $5,000 to buy new books for the library.

ipa: /kaʊnsɪl/


coppers

forms:
copper (singular)
coppers (plural)

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

text: My grandpa calls pennies "coppers".

noun

copper


freedoms

forms:
freedom (singular)
freedoms (plural)

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

text: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt once made a speech on what he called the "Four Freedoms: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

freedom


dissolving

forms:
dissolve (canonical)
dissolves (third-person singular)
dissolved (past)
dissolved (past participle)
dissolving (present participle)

text: The pill is dissolving in the water right now and when it's done I'm going to drink it.

verb

dissolv


lightning

forms: lightning (singular)

glosses: A flash of light caused by electrical discharge in the atmosphere.

glosses: An electrical discharge in the atmosphere.

text: That tree was hit by lightning.


biscuits

forms:
biscuit (singular)
biscuits (plural)

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

noun

biscuit


virginity

forms: virginity (singular)

ipa: /və(r)ˈdʒɪnɪti/

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


amplitude

forms:
amplitude (singular)
amplitudes (plural)

glosses: The biggest possible absolute value of the vertical part of a periodic curve.

glosses: The biggest possible absolute value of something that changes periodically (like a wave).


charge

forms:
charge (canonical)
charges (third-person singular)
charged (past)
charged (past participle)
charging (present participle)

glosses: When you charge someone money, you ask them to pay the money for something that you have done for them or sold to them.

text: We charge ten cents a page for copying.

text: The shop charged me $5 to deliver the pizza.

text: The law doesn't limit the size of fees banks can charge.

text: The price the hotel charges is just too expensive.

glosses: When the police charge someone with a crime, they officially say that the person did something illegal.

text: A short time later, police arrested the man and charged him with murder.

text: Many of the people in jail have not been charged with crimes.

glosses: If you charge that something is wrong, you say it is.

text: Many critics charge that our schools are not doing a good job.

glosses: When you charge something at a store, you put it on credit.

text: The business man charged all of his meals to his company.

glosses: When you charge at a thing, you run toward it.

text: The bull charged the man walking in the field.

glosses: When you charge (up) a battery, or when you charge (up) something that has a battery, you put electrical energy into it to be stored.

text: Oh no! I forgot to charge up the camera and the batteries are dead.

text: I don't want to leave the house right now, because my cell phone is charging.

ipa: /ˈʧɑrʤ/

ipa: /ˈʧɑːʤ/

verb

charg


charge

forms:
charge (singular)
charges (plural)

glosses: A charge is a claim the somebody has done something wrong or illegal, especially a claim by police.

text: He says charges against his son are false.

text: The police have filed criminal charges against the company.

text: They will ask the judge to drop the murder charge against Sutherland.

text: Jowdy denied the charges of lying.

glosses: A charge for something is the price of the thing. It often it is for a service or fee for a period of time.

text: The charge for having an item shipped varies according to the weight.

text: The charge each month for the phone service is fifty dollars.

text: The university agreed to let them use the space free of charge.

text: Credit card companies must list the fees and interest charges separately on your monthly bill.

text: Do you want to put that on your charge card?

glosses: If someone is in charge of something, they are responsible for it.

text: Josh is in charge of buying drinks for the party.

text: He took good care of the children in his charge.

glosses: If someone leads the charge, they are working hard to make some kind of change.

text: Amazon.com led the charge in making electronic books popular.

text: These are the workers who have led the charge for employer-paid health care.

text: Teachers have led the charge against the new tests.

glosses: Your charge is the person that you are responsible for, often a child.

text: The teacher smiled at his young charges.

glosses: A charge is a movement towards somebody to attack them.

text: Moriarity then led the charge that pushed Bishop out the door into a hallway.

text: The game ends with the Eagles fighting off a late charge by the Potomac Braves to win, 63-59.

glosses: A charge is the amount of electrical energy that something holds.

text: And once you've used up the electric charge, your electric car stops working.

text: The batteries will slowly lose their charge.

glosses: A charge is the explosive in a gun or a bomb.

text: When the charge exploded, there was a large hole in the wall.


magnitudes

forms:
magnitude (singular)
magnitudes (plural)

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

noun

magnitude


virgins

forms:
virgin (singular)
virgins (plural)

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

text: All of my friends and I are virgins; we don't believe in having sex before marriage.

virgin


educate

forms:
educate (canonical)
educates (third-person singular)
educated (past)
educated (past participle)
educating (present participle)

glosses: When you educate someone, you instruct them; teach; train.

text: He was educated in the public school system.

ipa: /ˈɛdʒəkeɪt/

ipa: /ˈɛdjʊkeɪt/

ipa: /ˈedʒɘkæet/

hyphenation: ed‧u‧cate

verb

educat


confer

forms:
confer (canonical)
confers (third-person singular)
conferred (past)
conferred (past participle)
conferring (present participle)

glosses: If two or more people confer, they find out each other's opinion.

text: The referees conferred before awarding the goal to Chelsea.

text: We'd like a few days to confer with out coworkers before deciding.

glosses: If something is conferred on somebody, it is given to them, often officially.

text: That contract confers power on the directors of the company to manage the company.

text: The Red Cross Flag confers some amount of protection on those in care of the organisation.

text: The University will be conferring the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws on Professor Gregory next February.

ipa: /kənˈfʌr/

ipa: /kənˈfɜː/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-confer.wav

confer

r


client

forms:
client (singular)
clients (plural)

glosses: Your client is a person or group that uses your services or buys your products.

text: As lawyers, we advise our clients not to talk to the media.

text: Each day, our best salespeople will persuade fifteen potential clients to buy the service.

glosses: A client is a computer that accesses most central files through a server.

text: All clients on the network will be updated with the newest OS over the weekend.

ipa: /ˈklʌɪənt/

hyphenation: cli‧ent


complaint

forms:
complaint (singular)
complaints (plural)

glosses: A complaint is an expression of dissatisfaction

text: He had a skin complaint and so went to the doctor for advice.

ipa: /kʌmˈpleɪnt/

sampa: /kVm"pleInt/


Saturn

forms: Saturn

glosses: The second largest planet in Earth's solar system; it is known for its big rings.

text: Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun.

glosses: The Roman god of fertility and agriculture.


relationship

forms:
relationship (singular)
relationships (plural)

etymology_text: relation + -ship

ety-suffix

relation

ship

expansion: relation + -ship

glosses: When there is a relationship between things, there is a connection.

text: There is a clear relationship between fire and heat.

glosses: When people are connected by family, there is a relationship between them.

text: There is a family relationship between Bob Smith and John Smith.

glosses: When people are friends or partners, they have a relationship.

text: John is the boyfriend of Joan. They have a relationship.

ipa: /rɪˈleɪʃənˌʃɪp/


mixes

forms:
mix (canonical)
mixes (third-person singular)
mixed (past)
mixed (past participle)
mixing (present participle)

verb

mix


mixes

forms:
mix (singular)
mixes (plural)

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

noun

mixes


Paul

forms: Paul

glosses: In the New Testament, Paul is the Apostle to the Gentiles and the author of fourteen epistles.

ipa: /pɔːl/

ipa: /pɔl/

ipa: /pɑl/

homophones: pall pawl


dissolved

forms:
dissolve (canonical)
dissolves (third-person singular)
dissolved (past)
dissolved (past participle)
dissolving (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of dissolve.

text: The group dissolved when the project was completed.


nudity

forms: nudity (singular)

ipa: /ˈnjudɪˌti/

ipa: /ˈnudɪti/

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


dissolves

glosses: The third-person singular form of dissolve.

text: Salt dissolves quickly in water.


pups

forms:
pup (singular)
pups (plural)

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

text: My dog had 4 pups last week.

ipa: /pʌps/

pup


dick

forms:
dick (singular)
dicks (plural)

text: The ladies love his big dick.

text: That guy is such a dick; he wasn't looking where he was going and he hit my car!

ipa: /dɪk/


dick

forms:
dick (canonical)
dicks (third-person singular)
dicked (past)
dicked (past participle)
dicking (present participle)

glosses: If you dick somebody, you mistreat or take advantage of them.

text: Stop dicking around and get back to work!


appoint

forms:
appoint (canonical)
appoints (third-person singular)
appointed (past)
appointed (past participle)
appointing (present participle)

glosses: If you appoint someone to a job or position, you give the job to them.

text: The president appointed her to investigate the problems.

text: He has been appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada.

text: They appointed him team captain.

glosses: If you appoint a time for something, you choose that time.

text: They met at the appointed time.

ipa: /ʌˈpɔɪnt/

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

hyphenation: ap‧point


founder

forms:
founder (singular)
founders (plural)

glosses: A person who founds and establishes; a person who lays a foundation; an author; a person who starts something.

glosses: An iron worker who runs a blast furnace and the smelting process.

ipa: /ˈfaʊndɚ/

ipa: /ˈfaʊndə/

hyphenation: found‧er


founder

forms:
founder (canonical)
founders (third-person singular)
foundered (past)
foundered (past participle)
foundering (present participle)

glosses: To fill something with water and sink it.


angers

forms:
anger (canonical)
angers (third-person singular)
angered (past)
angered (past participle)
angering (present participle)

glosses: The third-person singular form of anger.

verb

anger


presumptuous

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

glosses: If someone is presumptuous, they don't know the limits of what is appropriate or allowed.

text: I hope I won't be considered presumptuous if I give some advice.

ipa: /prəˈzəmptʃuəs/


department

forms:
department (singular)
departments (plural)

glosses: A department is a part of a business, school, hospital or other institution that has a particular job.

text: The Department of Health is planning to build three new hospitals in the area.

text: It's often difficult to get the various government departments to work together.

text: He was in the Department of Law at the Keele University for nearly 20 years.

text: Professor Swallow, became Head of the English Department at Rummidge University.

text: The toy department is over there past

glosses: A department is a part of a large store, which sells one kind of product.

text: You can find balls in the sporting goods department.

glosses: Somebody's department is the things that they are good at or responsible for.

text: Sorry, I can't help you. That's not my department.

ipa: /dɪˈpɑːtm(ə)nt/

ipa: /dəˈpɑrtmənt/

hyphenation: de‧part‧ment


economy

forms:
economy (singular)
economies (plural)

glosses: The economy is the use of the resources of a community or system.

text: We wonder about the ability of our businesses to compete in the global economy.

text: The economy was growing at a rate of 2% per year.

text: Small businesses provided most of the new jobs in our economy.

text: The economy has not been this strong since 2007.

glosses: Economy is the careful and minimal use of resources.

text: The schools were closed for reasons of economy.

text: We bought a small economy car.

text: You can save 50 cents by getting the economy size.

text: These cars are fun to drive, plus they have high fuel economy.

glosses: Economy is the section of the airplane with the smallest seats and cheapest ticket prices.

text: We decided to fly business class instead of economy.

glosses: A market economy is an economy with free competition between businesses.

text: China will continue to move towards a market economy.

ipa: /iːˈkɒnəmi/

enpr: /ĕ'kô'nô'mĕ/

noun

economy

economies


borough

forms:
borough (singular)
boroughs (plural)

glosses: A town that has a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.

glosses: An administrative district (part of a city) in some cities, for example, London.

glosses: An administrative unit of a city which, under most circumstances according to law, would be considered a larger or more powerful entity; most commonly used in American English to define the five counties that make up New York City.

glosses: Other similar administrative units in cities and states in various parts of the world.

glosses: A district in Alaska that has powers similar to a county.

ipa: /ˈbʌrə/

ipa: /ˈbʌroʊ/


organize

forms:
organize (canonical)
organizes (third-person singular)
organized (past)
organized (past participle)
organizing (present participle)

glosses: When you organize something, you plan or arrange it.

text: The student organized his class notes.

glosses: When you organize, you bring together many people for a united action.

text: The dads organized to help their children in school.

ipa: /ˈɔrɡənaɪz/

ipa: /ˈɔːɡənaɪz/

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-organise.wav

hyphenation: or‧gan‧ize

verb

organiz


avatar

forms:
avatar (singular)
avatars (plural)

glosses: A physical representation (for example, a picture) of an idea or concept; a personification.

glosses: A picture representing a person on the internet.

glosses: The incarnation of a god, especially Vishnu.


pup

glosses: A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, shark and some other animals

text: The dog has had that bed since he was just a pup.

glosses: A young person who does not have much experience

text: The new teacher is a mere pup.

ipa: /pʌp/


frog

forms:
frog (singular)
frogs (plural)

ipa: /frɒɡ/

ipa: /frɑɡ/


angered

glosses: The past tense and past participle of anger.


pilot

forms:
pilot (singular)
pilots (plural)

glosses: A pilot is a person who flies and controls an airplane.

text: I hope the pilot does not crash the plane.

ipa: /ˈpaɪlət/


pilot

forms:
pilot (canonical)
pilots (third-person singular)
piloted (past)
piloted (past participle)
piloting (present participle)

glosses: If you pilot an airplane, you fly and control it.

text: I hired a girl to pilot my new airplane.


magnitude

forms:
magnitude (singular)
magnitudes (plural)

glosses: The exact or approximate size, extent or importance of something.

glosses: A number that is assigned to something so that it may be compared to others numerically; it is always a positive number (more than zero).

glosses: A measure of the energy of an earthquake (for example, on the Richter scale).

ipa: /mægnɪtjuːd/

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


whoever

pos: pron

text: Whoever thought up that stupid idea?

text: Whoever violates the law will be punished.


character

forms:
character (singular)
characters (plural)

glosses: Someone's character is the combination of things that they do, feel, and believe that makes them a certain type of person.

text: He's got a really funny character.

text: He couldn't have done something so mean; it's completely out of character.

glosses: A character is a person in a story, movie, play, etc.

text: The actor played three different characters in the movie.

text: I really want to like the main character in the book, but I find I can't.

glosses: Character is the combination of facts and qualities that makes something different

text: The new factory has certainly changed the character of the city.

text: They believed the war would be local in character and brief in duration.

text: It's a boring room, lacking in character.

glosses: A character is one individual mark in a writing system, such as a letter, number, or punctuation mark.

text: The text was written in a mixture of Chinese characters, Arabic numerals and Roman letters.

glosses: Character is the combination of personal qualities, such as being honest and hard-working, that make you a good person.

text: It has long been claimed that sports build character.

text: She was a good judge of character, which made her a good manager.

text: He is a man, of great character and great faith.

ipa: /ˈkærəktə/

hyphenation: char‧ac‧ter


bulimia nervosa

forms: bulimia nervosa (singular)

glosses: Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder where people make themselves vomit after eating.

noun

bulimia nervosa


naked

forms: naked (positive)

glosses: If someone is naked, they are not wearing any clothes.

text: She was as naked as the day she was born.

glosses: If something is naked, it is plain or put bluntly.

text: the naked truth, naked facts

glosses: If something is naked, it is not protected.

text: Never have a naked flame near gas cylinders.


consult

forms:
consult (singular)
consults (plural)

text: I have a consult with a sleep specialist this afternoon.

glosses: : The act of consulting or the results of that consultation;.

text: The council broke; And all grave consults dissolved in smoke. -Dryden.

glosses: : A council; a meeting for consultation.

text: A consult of coquettes. -Swift.

enpr: kŏn'sŭlt

ipa: /ˈkɒnsʌlt/

sampa: /"kQnsVlt/

ipa: /ˈkɑnsʌlt/

sampa: /"kAnsVlt/


consult

forms:
consult (canonical)
consults (third-person singular)
consulted (past)
consulted (past participle)
consulting (present participle)

glosses: If you consult with someone, you ask them their opinion or for advice.

text: I think it would be a good idea to consult a doctor about the pain.

glosses: If you consult a dictionary, the web, a phone book, etc., you look there for information.

enpr: kənsŭlt'

ipa: /kənˈsʌlt/


burning

forms:
burn (canonical)
burns (third-person singular)
burned (past)
burned (past participle)
burning (present participle)

text: the burning sun

text: burning skin

text: her burning heart

verb

burn


math

forms:
math (singular)
maths (plural)

text: $170 a month? That doesn't sound right. Let me check your math.

text: I have 2 more maths to take before I can graduate.

ipa: /mæθ/


bishops

forms:
bishop (singular)
bishops (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈbɪʃəps/

noun

bishop


dissolve

forms:
dissolve (canonical)
dissolves (third-person singular)
dissolved (past)
dissolved (past participle)
dissolving (present participle)

glosses: To dissolve something is to break it into smaller pieces, often by putting it into a liquid.

text: I like to dissolve my pills in water because I cannot swallow them whole.

text: The group dissolved when the project was completed.


planet

forms:
planet (singular)
planets (plural)

glosses: A planet is one of the 8 bodies that orbit the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

text: Our planet is named Earth.

ipa: /ˈplænɪt/


locations

forms:
location (singular)
locations (plural)

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

location


labium

forms:
labium (singular)
labia (plural)

glosses: A labium is a part of the body that is similar to lips; it is one of the two pairs of folds of skin on either side of the vulva.

enpr: lā'bē-əm

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

labium

labia


jellies

forms:
jelly (singular)
jellies (plural)

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

jelly

jellies


homograph

forms:
homograph (singular)
homographs (plural)

glosses: A word that is spelled the same as another but has a different meaning and may have a different pronunciation.

ipa: /ˈhɒməgrɑːf/

ipa: /ˈhɑːməgræf/


biscuit

forms:
biscuit (singular)
biscuits (plural)

text: He brought along homemade biscuits for the picnic.

glosses: A biscuit is a small bread usually made with baking soda, similar to a scone, but usually not sweet.

glosses: Biscuit is a form of unglazed earthenware.

enpr: bĭs'kĭt

ipa: /ˈbɪskɪt/

sampa: /"bIskIt/


bench

forms:
bench (singular)
benches (plural)

glosses: A bench is a long, hard seat for more than one person.

glosses: The bench is the place where players of a sport sit when they are not playing.

text: He watched the first 3 games from the bench.

ipa: /bɛnʧ/

sampa: /bEntS/

audio: EN-AU ck1 bench.ogg

bench

benches


bench

forms:
bench (canonical)
benches (third-person singular)
benched (past)
benched (past participle)
benching (present participle)

glosses: If a coach benches a player, they take the player out of a game.

text: They benched him for the rest of the game because they thought he was hurt.

glosses: If you bench a weight, you lift it over your chest, lying on your back, on a bench.

text: I heard he can bench 150 pounds.

verb

es


idiot

forms:
idiot (singular)
idiots (plural)

glosses: A common term for a person who is not very smart.

ipa: /ˈɪdiːət/


protesting

forms:
protest (canonical)
protests (third-person singular)
protested (past)
protested (past participle)
protesting (present participle)

protest


deal

forms:
deal (singular)
deals (plural)

text: The company made a deal with the agents.

text: OK, so here's the deal.

enpr: dēl

ipa: /diːl/


deal

forms:
deal (canonical)
deals (third-person singular)
dealt (past)
dealt (past participle)
dealing (present participle)

glosses: If you deal with something, such as a problem, you solve it.

glosses: When you deal something, you sell or give or hand it out.

glosses: The exporter deals in food for export to other nations.

deal

deals


paramedic

forms:
paramedic (singular)
paramedics (plural)

glosses: A paramedic is a person who is trained to medically help people who have had an injury outside of a hospital and prepares them to be taken to a hospital.

text: The paramedic rushed the victim to the ambulance.


pace

forms:
pace (singular)
paces (plural)

glosses: The pace of something is how fast it moves.

text: The pace of change has been very, very slow.

text: Today, the pace of life is so much faster than it used to be.

text: They were frustrated at the pace of development that was taking place there.

glosses: Somebody's pace is their speed, usually walking.

text: He quickened his pace, almost running.

text: The man's long legs forced Kev to pick up his pace.

glosses: A pace is the distance between your feet when you walk.

text: She stopped three paces from the table.

ipa: /peɪs/

ipa: /ˈpɑːtʃe/


pace

forms:
pace (canonical)
paces (third-person singular)
paced (past)
paced (past participle)
pacing (present participle)

text: Groups of men, in all imaginable attitudes, were lying, standing, sitting, or pacing up and down.

pac


pace

forms: pace

glosses: Contrary to the opinion of; Used to express polite disagreement

text: Nor, pace Bush, must all countries be with America or against it.


Jesus

forms: Jesus

glosses: Jesus of Nazareth was a religious prophet and leader in Palestine who lived from around 4 BC to AD 30, when he was crucified.

text: Jesus was crucified by Pontius Pilate, under pressure from some Jewish leaders.

glosses: Jesus (IPA ⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /he'sus/) is a boy's name, especially in Spanish-speaking counties.

enpr: jē'zəs

ipa: /ˈdʒiːzəs/


Jesus

forms: Jesus!

glosses: You use Jesus when you are surprised or not happy about something. Some people do not like to use this phrase.

text: Jesus, that's heavy.

text: Jesus Christ! Can't you do anything right?

interjection

Jesus!


zipper

forms:
zipper (singular)
zippers (plural)

glosses: A zipper is a device used to join two pieces of cloth for a short amount of time. It usually consists of 2 strips of metal on both pieces of cloth that are then joined together.

enpr: zĭʹpər

ipa: /ˈzɪpɚ/