manage

manage (canonical)
manages (third-person singular)
managed (past)
managed (past participle)
managing (present participle)

If you manage something, you organise and control it.

Other European countries manage their health services better than we do.

The other two teams were managed by their local area directors.

If you manage something, you are able to do it or deal with it successfully.

Even with the pain, somehow she managed a smile.

I don't know how they manage with so little money.


treat

treat (canonical)
treats (third-person singular)
treated (past)
treated (past participle)
treating (present participle)

If you treat someone in a certain way, you act that way towards them.

I hate it when my teacher treats me like a child.

He always treated her badly. No wonder she left him!

If you treat an illness or injury, you do things to make it better.

The doctor couldn't treat my finger until he saw the X-ray.

After the accident 29 people were treated in hospital for minor injuries.

If you treat something, you put something on it or do something to it protect or clean it.

The woods was treated with chemicals before being made into paper.


treat

A treat is something nice that you don't get often.

The occasional trip to a swimming pool is a real treat for most families.

The children had a special treat of ice cream and cake.


warning

warn (canonical)
warns (third-person singular)
warned (past)
warned (past participle)
warning (present participle)


warning

Something that tells someone that there is danger.

Someone cried a warning that a train was coming, so everybody moved.


hundred

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There are a hundred centimeters in a meter.


hundred

Ten tens is a hundred.


specify

specify (canonical)
specifies (third-person singular)
specified (past)
specified (past participle)
specifying (present participle)

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If you specify something, you say exactly which one or how to do something.

The referee will restart play with a drop ball as specified in law 2.

We're supposed to meet here on Tuesday, but we forgot to specify a time.


recommend

recommend (canonical)
recommends (third-person singular)
recommended (past)
recommended (past participle)
recommending (present participle)

If you recommend something, you tell somebody that it is good or that they should try it.

The committee strongly recommended that the head teacher take the lead in defining the aims of the school.


relax

relax (canonical)
relaxes (third-person singular)
relaxed (past)
relaxed (past participle)
relaxing (present participle)

If you relax, you stop working, worrying, etc., and you rest or have fun.

People come here to relax, have a beer, and talk with friends.

If you don't relax your shoulders, you'll have a sore neck.

If you relax a rule, you make it less strict.

The king relaxed the laws that the people protested against.


stats

New crime stats that show the number of crimes is decreasing.

The government published new unemployment stats for the month of June.

Stats is the science of using and understanding those numbers.

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

Stats is a kind of mathematics.


accurate

accurate (positive)
more accurate (comparative)
most accurate (superlative)

We need to provide people with more accurate information.


ability

An ability is something that you can do.

I have a very good reading ability.


permanent

permanent (positive)
more permanent (comparative)
most permanent (superlative)

When something is permanent, it cannot be changed or fixed.

His permanent problems cannot be solved.


opposition

opposition (singular)
oppositions (plural)

Opposition to something, is an action or hope to stop it.

There was strong opposition to the change from parents.

The opposition is the person or group that you are competing against.

There was a series of meetings between the leaders of the Government and the opposition parties.


package

A package is something in a box, usually to send in the mail.

Some packages arrived from the post office.

She came home from the shops with a lot of packages.


package

package (canonical)
packages (third-person singular)
packaged (past)
packaged (past participle)
packaging (present participle)

If you package something, you put it in a box, usually to send it in the mail.

We packaged up the broken radio, and sent it back to the shop.


patient

patient (positive)
more patient (comparative)
most patient (superlative)

If someone is patient, they can wait without getting upset.

It's hard to be patient with people who don't listen to you.

I'm a patient man with a long memory; I can wait.


patient

A patient is a person or animal under medical care.

Emergency room doctors treated over 200 patients today.

Patients with various illnesses were put on the diet.


mad

mad (positive)
madder (comparative)
maddest (superlative)

I am so mad at you for ruining my painting.

He says he hears voices. I think he's gone mad!


square

A form with 4 equal sides and 4 equal angles.


square

square (positive)
squarer (comparative)
squarest (superlative)

If something is square, it is shaped like a sqaure.


square

square (canonical)
squares (third-person singular)
squared (past)
squared (past participle)
squaring (present participle)

If you square a number, you multiply it by itself. It is represented in math as x² where x is the number being squared.

3 squared is 9, because 3 times 3 is 9.


trend

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A trend is a general movement or change in one direction.

We expect the current upward trend in the use of our services to continue.

There seems to be a new trend towards longer, looser clothing.


trend

trend (canonical)
trends (third-person singular)
trended (past)
trended (past participle)
trending (present participle)

If something trends in one direction, it generally moves or changes in that direction.

While most fuel prices are trending higher, natural gas prices should go down in 2006.


mental

mental (positive)
more mental (comparative)
most mental (superlative)

Mental health, processes etc. is related to the mind and thinking.

The program helps people deal with drinking, depression and other mental health problems.

Some diseases can cause severe mental and physical damage to the unborn baby.

Manville made a mental note of the cab's licence number.


stage

a high floor where some people perform while other people watch

The actors performed on the stage while the audience watched.

a vehicle, especially a horse-drawn coach, usually stagecoach

The stage arrived in Dodge City with Lola Montez on board.

We took a ride on the stagecoach at the amusement park.

The first stage in our trip to the moon will be the blast off.

Have you completed the first stage in your training?


stage

stage (canonical)
stages (third-person singular)
staged (past)
staged (past participle)
staging (present participle)

This producer stages shows around the world.

The producers will stage the new musical in New York, London, and Toronto.

The show was staged in Montreal before it opened in New York.

Producers are staging the show in several cities.


stretch

stretch (canonical)
stretches (third-person singular)
stretched (past)
stretched (past participle)
stretching (present participle)

To pull; to move one end of something as far as possible from the other end.

He was big and the shirt was little, but he was able to stretch it and use it.

The Alps stretch from France to Austria.


stretch

A stretch is when a person pulls something.

John was stuck in jail for a ten-year stretch.

A statement is a stretch when it is changed or exaggerated from the truth.

That is a stretch! I do not think you are being entirely truthful to me.


a lot

I have a lot of things to say.

He caused a lot of trouble.

Running is a lot more fun when the weather is cool.

He used to come here a lot, but he doesn't anymore.


printed

print (canonical)
prints (third-person singular)
printed (past)
printed (past participle)
printing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of print.


govern

govern (canonical)
governs (third-person singular)
governed (past)
governed (past participle)
governing (present participle)

If x governs y, x controls y through laws or other rules.

The country is currently governed by the army.

The market is governed by the same economic laws of supply and demand.


success

Success is doing what you plan or want to do.

Getting 100% on the test gave him a feeling of success.


sleep

sleep (canonical)
sleeps (third-person singular)
slept (past)
slept (past participle)
sleeping (present participle)

If you sleep, you rest quietly with eyes shut, usually in bed for many hours at night.

I need to sleep now because I'm tired.

If you sleep with someone, you have sex with them.

I haven't slept with my husband in like eight months.


sleep

Sleep is the activity or time of resting quietly with eyes shut, usually in bed for many hours at night.


recommended

recommend (canonical)
recommends (third-person singular)
recommended (past)
recommended (past participle)
recommending (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of recommend.


recommended

recommended (positive)
more recommended (comparative)
most recommended (superlative)

If something is recommended, somebody says it's good or you should try it.

Her new book is highly recommended.


screen

A screen is a flat surface for showing pictures, text or video.

The information appears on the computer screen almost right away.

I couldn't see the movie because the person in front of me was blocking the screen.

A screen is a flat surface between two areas, often letting something in but keeping something out.

The hole in the window screen let the bugs in.

There was a screen around my hospital bed.


screen

screen (canonical)
screens (third-person singular)
screened (past)
screened (past participle)
screening (present participle)

If you screen blood, people, information, etc., you find or block unwanted things.

They carefully screen the blood for viruses before giving it to hospitals.

He put on a hat to screen his eyes from the sun.

If you screen a movie, a TV show, etc., you put it on a screen.

They screened the new movie for the press last week.


instruct

instruct (canonical)
instructs (third-person singular)
instructed (past)
instructed (past participle)
instructing (present participle)

If you instruct someone, you tell or teach them what to do or how to do something.

We were stopped on the road and instructed by the police to turn around and go back.


king

A king is the male leader of a country and whose son will probably lead the country.

Following the death of James I, Charles I became King of England, in 1625

Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media".

One of the playing pieces in chess; it may move only once square per move in any direction, but cannot move into check (threat of attack).

A playing card with the image of a king on it.


socks

The plural form of sock; more than one (kind of) sock.


socks

sock (canonical)
socks (third-person singular)
socked (past)
socked (past participle)
socking (present participle)


minority

A minority is less than half (50%) of some group.

Most people agreed, but a sizable minority were upset by the decision.

A minority is a member of an ethnic group that does not have political or social power.

The company claims it has hired several minorities since the complaint was lodged.

Minority is the state of being a minor, not an adult.


step

step (canonical)
steps (third-person singular)
stepped (past)
stepped (past participle)
stepping (present participle)

When you walk, you step many times.

If you step on the ant, it will be dead.


step

Take one step forward to win the game.

He took three steps toward home plate and was ruled out.

A step is one of several actions or processes taken to achieve a goal.

Heating the oven is one step needed to bake bread.

A step is a surface used to walk upwards. Most often there are several steps, one above the other.

One must walk up the steps to get to the top of the building.


harm

Harm is the damage, injury or problems caused by something.

In the attack, he caused her serious bodily harm.

Please be careful, but luckily this time there was no harm done.


harm

harm (canonical)
harms (third-person singular)
harmed (past)
harmed (past participle)
harming (present participle)

If you harm something, you damage or injure it, or cause it problems.

Smoking during pregnancy can seriously harm your baby.


revise

revise (canonical)
revises (third-person singular)
revised (past)
revised (past participle)
revising (present participle)

When someone revises a book, a writing or something they said, it means they change it (edit it) so that it says something a little different from what it said before.

He revised the book to have information from this year in it.

She revised what she said so that she was not saying something bad about him.

If someone revises, they study something again to prepare for a test.

I can't go out 'cause I have to revise for my A-levels.


dead

dead (positive)
deader (comparative)
deadest (superlative)

My brother is dead. His funeral was last week.

The problem is a dead battery.

My arm is dead. I cannot feel it.


dead

He thinks you are a woman, but you are a man. He is dead wrong.


goodness

He was known in the community for his goodness towards others. As such, many in the community were saddened the day he passed away.

Goodness is the good, nutritional, healthy part or content of something.

Despite the goodness of exercising, John usually does not have time for it.


framework

framework (singular)
frameworks (plural)

A framework is basic ideas and organisation that you can build an argument, a book, a society, etc. around.

The aim of the course is to provide a comprehensive framework for practical and theoretical study in Art and Design.

The purpose of a system of budgeting is to provide a reasoned framework for the financial decisions of a future period.

A framework is the structural supports that a building, vehicle, etc. is built around.

Very large iron and steel beams provide the framework for the building’s central section.


immediately

If you do something immediately, you do it with no time or space between.

One car went by, immediately followed by a second at high speed.

Young man, I want this room cleaned up right now--immediately! Do you understand me?


immediately

Miss Mei-Ling will be arriving here at twelve forty-five. Let me know immediately she does.

Immediately I've done it I feel completely disgusted with myself.


typo

A typo is a mistake made when typing or writing. When a person types the wrong letters for a word when the person really knows what the right letters are, that is a typo.

It was just a typo; he wrote "dgo" but he meant "dog".


shift

shift (canonical)
shifts (third-person singular)
shifted (past)
shifted (past participle)
shifting (present participle)

The talk about crime has to be shifted from causes to solutions.

The desert sands are constantly shifting.

Let's shift our seats so we can see the stage better.


shift

There has been a major shift in thinking about how to deal with this.

A shift is the time that workers start and finish work.

I'm working the night shift this week.

The shift key on a computer changes from small to big letters.


neutral

neutral (positive)
more neutral (comparative)
most neutral (superlative)

A judge in a trial must be neutral.

The referees in international matches are from neutral countries.

I think this new wording is more neutral than the old wording.

The newest wording is the most neutral of all.


psychological

psychological (positive)
more psychological (comparative)
most psychological (superlative)

We are concerned about the psychological effect the experience may have on the girls.

When children have problems, we need to consider many aspects of the child's social and psychological functioning.

Many psychological theories refer to problematic parent-child relationships.


convenience

convenience (singular)
conveniences (plural)

Convenience is the quality of being easy to get and use.

The shop has a free car park for the convenience of its guests.

We'll pick up some milk at the convenience store on the corner.

A convenience is something that saves time or work.

Out cottages have all the modern conveniences, including internet, A/C and a pool.


investigation

investigation (singular)
investigations (plural)

An investigation is a careful look at a crime, problem, etc. to find the truth or a solution.

Researchers were conducting further investigations into the connection between smoking and lung disease.

The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.


confess

confess (canonical)
confesses (third-person singular)
confessed (past)
confessed (past participle)
confessing (present participle)

When you confess to doing something, you are saying that you did it.

John confessed to the cops that he robbed the bank.


mysteries

The plural form of mystery; more than one (kind of) mystery.


dialogue

A conversation between two or more individuals.

Bill and Melinda maintained a dialogue via email over the course of their long-distance relationship.

In a film, the spoken parts of the script; what the characters say.

The movie had great special effects, but the dialogue was bad.

In a book, the parts that show a conversation.


albeit

You use albeit to give more information that weakens earlier information.

He won the fight, albeit barely.


rock your socks

I'm going to rock your socks.

I rock your socks.

The band "Green Day" rocks your socks.


nevertheless

/ˈnɛvəðəlɛs/

/ˈnɛvɚðəlɛs/

You use nevertheless to add surprising information or something in contrast to what was already said or written.

Morgan stopped working as a doctor in 1973. Nevertheless, he remained active in medical research until his death.

We are seriously over budget. I have nevertheless decided to continue with the project.


satisfied

satisfied (positive)
more satisfied (comparative)
most satisfied (superlative)

If you are satisfied, you feel happy that you have enough.

A satisfied customer will usually come back to your shop in the future.

I feel satisfied with the progress my students are making.


satisfied

satisfy (canonical)
satisfies (third-person singular)
satisfied (past)
satisfied (past participle)
satisfying (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of satisfy.


rub

rub (canonical)
rubs (third-person singular)
rubbed (past)
rubbed (past participle)
rubbing (present participle)

If you rub something, you move against it, often backward and forward.

The doctor was rubbing her hands to warm them.

The dog came and rubbed against his leg.

He rubbed the silver with a cloth until it shone.


rub

If you give somebody or something a rub, you rub them or massage them.

After the game, he gave me a great shoulder rub.

It'll come clean with a good rub.


equip

equip (canonical)
equips (third-person singular)
equipped (past)
equipped (past participle)
equipping (present participle)

If you equip a person or a place, you give them equipment.

We equipped the buses with blankets and pillows and high-tech stereo headphones and telephones.

If you equip someone with skills or knowledge, you teach it to them.

This program equips students with the skills they need to succeed in college.


adapt

adapt (canonical)
adapts (third-person singular)
adapted (past)
adapted (past participle)
adapting (present participle)

If you adapt to changes, conditions, needs, etc., you change to fit them.

It was difficult to adapt to the changes, but I work much better now.

It's a special military vehicle adapted for use in the snow.

You can adapt book or other work to a movie, musical, or other form of entertainment.

Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Fall of the House of Usher", was adapted to a movie in 1960.


shower

A shower is a place with water spraying down to clean something.

I got up, went to the toilet, and jumped in the shower.

I usually have a shower before going to work.

Today, it will be cloudy with occasional showers.


shower

shower (canonical)
showers (third-person singular)
showered (past)
showered (past participle)
showering (present participle)

If you shower, you spray water on your body to clean yourself.

After his workout, he showered quickly and then got dressed.


stamp

A little coloured square of paper that someone sticks to a letter when they want to send the letter.

The stamp goes in the upper right part of the outside of the letter.

Any embossed sign or mark on a document.

Deeds to a house have excise duty stamps attached.


stamp

stamp (canonical)
stamps (third-person singular)
stamped (past)
stamped (past participle)
stamping (present participle)

She stamped the sign of her company on the lower part of the letter.

To bring the heel of the foot sharply down on the floor.

She stamped her pretty little foot.


continent

continent (singular)
continents (plural)

A continent is a big piece of land that is partially or fully surrounded by water and some islands.

The seven continents of the world are Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.


fool

A fool is a person who does or thinks stupid things.

I made a fool of myself by forgetting her birthday.

Don't be a fool. You can't lift that. You'll hurt yourself.


fool

fool (canonical)
fools (third-person singular)
fooled (past)
fooled (past participle)
fooling (present participle)

If you fool someone, you make them believe something that is not true.

I was fooled by an e-mail into opening a computer virus.


worries

worry (canonical)
worries (third-person singular)
worried (past)
worried (past participle)
worrying (present participle)

The third-person singular form of worry.

He worries too much.


worries

The plural form of worry; more than one (kind of) worry.

No worries.


long

long (positive)
longer (comparative)
longest (superlative)

If something is long, it takes a lot of time.

At 3 hours and 24 minutes, it's a very long movie.

That was a long time ago, when I was a child.

How long is it until we have our trip?

He was often quiet for long periods of time.

If something is long, it has a large distance from end to end.

It belonged to a woman in her thirties with long brown hair.

The paper was about 20 cm long and 12 cm wide.

You can hear it across long distances.

She wore a long gray skirt with a black jacket.


long

If something takes long, it takes a lot of time.

We had dinner together not so long ago.

I do not know how long I was standing there.

She left home long before I did.

I could not go on any longer.

Those days are so long gone.

This change is long overdue.


long

long (canonical)
longs (third-person singular)
longed (past)
longed (past participle)
longing (present participle)

If you long for something, you wish for or really want it.

Carol still longs for David to come back to her even though she knows he has a new wife.


democracy

democracy (singular)
democracies (plural)

Democracy is a system of government where everyone is equal and everyone has some power. It is a system of government in which the people elect their leaders.

Democracy is the will of the people.

A democracy is a country that uses democracy as the system of government.

The United States is a democracy.

Many countries in the Western world are democracies.


frightened

frighten (canonical)
frightens (third-person singular)
frightened (past)
frightened (past participle)
frightening (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of frighten.

The dog frightened the baby when it started to bark.


frightened

frightened (positive)
more frightened (comparative)
most frightened (superlative)

Most children are frightened of the dark.

I was frightened by a loud noise.

The frightened deer ran into the woods.


found

find (canonical)
finds (third-person singular)
found (past)
found (past participle)
finding (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of find.

To start some type of organization or company.

They founded the company in 2003.


confuse

confuse (canonical)
confuses (third-person singular)
confused (past)
confused (past participle)
confusing (present participle)

If you confuse someone, they don't understand what you have said or done.

Instead of helping me to learn it, he just confused me more.

If you confuse some things, you mix them up in your mind.

Try not to confuse accept with except.


worry

To have many thoughts, with some fear, but not good thoughts. To use much time with thoughts about something but no decisions about it and no actions about it.

While she cooked the food, she worried about her son who was writing an important test at school.


smell

smelled (past)
smelled (past participle)
smell (canonical)
smells (third-person singular)
smelt (past)
smelt (past participle)
smelling (present participle)

If you smell something, you use the nose to sense it.

She put her nose near the flowers and breathed in to smell them.

She smelled the waste and felt sick.

If something smells, it gently put a substance that people can smell into the air.

The flowers smell very good.

The waste smells bad.


smell

The way a thing smells; the substance in the air that people can smell.

The smell of the flowers is very good.


a few

I saw him only a few days ago.

You'll learn after a few times.

Those are good. try and get a few more.

A few of us went out last night.

"Would you like some?" "Just a few, thanks."

I've tried to stop smoking quite a few times.


concentration

concentration (singular)
concentrations (plural)

A concentration is a large amount of something in one place or group.

The oil-sands in Alberta, Canada, contain high concentrations of oil.

The growing concentration of people in cities is causing new problems.

Concentration is the ability to focus your attention on something.

Runners mustn't worry or do anything else to break their concentration.

A clean desk in a quiet place will help students improve concentration.

The government's concentration should be on helping those in the greatest need.

The amount of solute in a solution; the concentration of a solution is measured in parts per million (ppm)


aerobic

/ɛəˈrəʊ.bɪk/

If a living thing is aerobic, it needs oxygen to survive.

E. coli is a type of aerobic bacteria because it cannot survive without oxygen.

Human beings are aerobic creatures.


teaching

Something taught by an important person in religion or philosophy.

Many people follow the teachings of Confucius.

We shouldn't forget Jesus' teachings.

Teaching has seen many changes over the years.


teaching

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


integration

integration (singular)
integrations (plural)

/ɪntəˈɡreɪʃən/

Integration is the act of combining a number of things to work together.

European economic integration was widely expected to bring enormous benefits.

Integration of immigrants into American society has become much more difficult than in the past.

An integration is the process of finding the integral of a function.


file

A file is a set of papers or records on a specific issue, person, etc.

The letter should be in the file on the Herzog problem.

A file is a set of information that can be opened, changed, and saved by a computer program.

My computer won't read the Word file you e-mailed me last night.

A file is a place to keep papers organised.

Can you put this receipt in the file?

A file is a tool with rough sides that you rub against something to make it smooth.


file

file (canonical)
files (third-person singular)
filed (past)
filed (past participle)
filing (present participle)

If you file papers or documents, you put them away in an organised way in one place.

I filed the letter under "t" for taxes.

If you file a report or a story, you submit it to your employer or editor.

What time did you file that story about the car crash?

If you file a complaint, you make an official complaint.

If people file somewhere, they go there in a line.

If you file something, you rub it with a file to make it smooth.

She went to the store for a manicure, which involves filing and polishing the nails.


unearth

unearth (canonical)
unearths (third-person singular)
unearthed (past)
unearthed (past participle)
unearthing (present participle)

To drive or take something out of the ground or soil; to uncover or find; to bring to light; to disclose

to unearth a secret


chief

They came to the chief to resolve their dispute.

All firefighters report to the fire chief.


chief

The chief thing is the primary or principal thing.

The chief cause of his death was cancer.


team

A team is a group of people who play or work together on the same side.

She is a member of the coaching team which led Great Britain to victory over Australia at last year's games.

The operation was performed by a medical team led by Dr. Wood.


team

team (canonical)
teams (third-person singular)
teamed (past)
teamed (past participle)
teaming (present participle)

If you team two people, groups, or things, you group them to work together.

Five of London's finest hairdressers have teamed together and will be opening their new salon.


psychology

psychology (singular)
psychologies (plural)

Research in sports psychology demonstrates the value of setting difficult goals.


altitude

The altitude of Mount Fuji is 3776 meters.


adapted

adapt (canonical)
adapts (third-person singular)
adapted (past)
adapted (past participle)
adapting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of adapt.


constant

constant (positive)
more constant (comparative)
most constant (superlative)

If something is constant, it doesn't change over time.

I have this constant pain in my back. I wish it would stop.

The rain has been constant all morning.


constant

A constant is a value that doesn't change.

In the formula 7x²+3y+5=z, 5 is a constant.


sock

Something made of cloth that covers a foot and is able to go inside a shoe.

These socks don't fit my feet.


sock

sock (canonical)
socks (third-person singular)
socked (past)
socked (past participle)
socking (present participle)

To hit someone or something very hard or violently.

Jack really socked that guy hard.

To deliver a hard hit to someone or something.

They may let you off the first time, but the second time they'll sock it to you—James Jones


great

great (positive)
greater (comparative)
greatest (superlative)

A great object or event is very big and large in scale.

A great storm is approaching our shores.

Dinner was great.

Something that is great is very important.

Great is used to describe an important leader.

Alexander the Great


great

It is said to show happiness about something.

I got the job? Great!

Great, you can come with us on the trip.

It can also be said to show disappointment.

I didn't get the job? Great.

Oh great, the store is closed.


pies

The plural form of pie; more than one (kind of) pie.

This year, the one who eats the most pies wins the contest.


solid

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


solid

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


husband

husband (canonical)
husbands (third-person singular)
husbanded (past)
husbanded (past participle)
husbanding (present participle)

If you are husbanding, you are managing resources carefully.


represent

represent (canonical)
represents (third-person singular)
represented (past)
represented (past participle)
representing (present participle)

To represent is to stand in the place of; to act the part of (another).

A member of Congress represents his district in Congress.

To represent is to serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.


pretend

pretend (canonical)
pretends (third-person singular)
pretended (past)
pretended (past participle)
pretending (present participle)

If you pretend that something is true, you play that it is true but you know that it is not.

Cameron pretended not to see young Donald till he was close beside him.

I'll be quiet. Just pretend I'm not here.


pretend

If something is pretend, it's not real but is used for play.

It's not a real monster. It's just pretend.

Let's have a pretend picnic.


belly

The soft part of the body below the chest.

He got punched in the belly.


polite

more polite (comparative)
most polite (superlative)
polite (positive)
politer (comparative)
politest (superlative)

If you are polite, you treat people nicely and follow the social rules of your group.

It's not polite to take something without asking.

Parents have to teach their children to be polite.

Susie is more polite than her sister Cindy.

Susie is the most polite child I have ever met.


translate

translate (canonical)
translates (third-person singular)
translated (past)
translated (past participle)
translating (present participle)

If you translate something from one language to another, you change the words and sentences into the other language.

It's not enough to translate word for word.

The book has sold over 20 million copies and been translated into over 60 languages.

If x translates into y, x causes or leads to y.

For a golfer, if you're not calm, that can translate into a bad shot.

If something translates, it applies or can be used in a new way or situation.

His experience as a police offices doesn't translate well to running a company.


emotion

A human feeling such as sadness, anger, loss, sympathy, etc.

Loss is a powerful emotion.


ruining

ruin (canonical)
ruins (third-person singular)
ruined (past)
ruined (past participle)
ruining (present participle)


swallow

swallow (canonical)
swallows (third-person singular)
swallowed (past)
swallowed (past participle)
swallowing (present participle)

If you swallow something you make it go through your mouth into your body (down your esophagus to your stomach). We swallow food and drinks.

Young children put small toys in their mouths and sometimes swallow them.


swallow

A swallow is the amount of food or liquid that goes down the throat at one time.

He took the aspirin with a single swallow of water.


whisper

whisper (canonical)
whispers (third-person singular)
whispered (past)
whispered (past participle)
whispering (present participle)

When you whisper to someone, you talk very quietly; to talk with breath but no voice, with a quiet sound like the wind, so only people very near can hear what you say.

Some people at the back of the room were whispering secrets.


whisper

A whisper is an act of talking to someone very quietly.


propaganda

propaganda (singular)
propagandas (plural)

/ˌprɒpəˈɡændə/

Things that are written or said, often by someone in power, that are not true or that are one-sided.

I object when political propaganda is pushed through my letterbox at election time


real estate

Real estate is land, and the buildings on the land.

Most of the company's money is in real estate.

Real estate is the business of buying and selling land, and the buildings on the land.

A real estate agent helped us to sell our home.


probable

probable (positive)
more probable (comparative)
most probable (superlative)

If something is probable, there is a high chance of it happening, being true, or existing.

Weather is the probable cause of this morning's traffic problems.

It's probable that he'll be here later.


ancient

ancient (positive)
more ancient (comparative)
most ancient (superlative)

Very old, usually hundreds or thousands or millions of years old.

He studied the ancient world.


frozen

frozen (positive)
more frozen (comparative)
most frozen (superlative)

Can you get some frozen peas out of the freezer?

I need some gloves. My hands are frozen.

If something is frozen it is solid and can't move.


frozen

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

The past tense and past participle of freeze.


lonely

lonely (positive)
lonelier (comparative)
loneliest (superlative)

If you feel lonely, you feel sad because you are alone.

She was bored and lonely without her friends.

I still miss him terribly and feel very lonely sometimes.

A lonely place is a place with few people, often far from a city or town.

The only sound in that wild, lonely place was the wind.


estate

Someone's estate is everything they own, or everything they leave when they die.

Because he had no family, he left his estate to the church.

An estate is a large area of land with a large house on it.

On the weekend, we went fishing at her country estate.


mistake

A mistake is something that is done wrong or is incorrect.

I made a mistake in spelling 'grammar', g-r-a-m-m-E-r.

It's a mistake to think that everyone wants the same things.

There were only two mistakes on my test.

I wanted to phone Jose, but I phoned Petra by mistake.


mistake

mistake (canonical)
mistakes (third-person singular)
mistook (past)
mistaken (past participle)
mistaking (present participle)

If you mistake something, you think it is different from what it really is.

I mistook her voice for the voice of her sister.

I completely mistook your meaning. I thought you were talking about tomorrow.


lot

A lot of something is a large amount of it.

I have a lot of things to say.

He caused lots of trouble.

Running is lots more fun when the weather is cool.

He used to come here a lot, but he doesn't anymore.

A lot is a piece of land, usually small.

They are constructing a building on this lot.


material

/məˈtɪərɪəl/

Material is the things or ideas that are used in making or doing something.

The raw materials for the goods are mostly imported from Canada.

After the earthquake, it took a long time to rebuild because the building materials were often unavailable.

He spent a year researching and gathering material before writing the book.


material

material (positive)
more material (comparative)
most material (superlative)

/məˈtɪərɪəl/

Material things are things in the real world, often money.

If something is material, it is big and important.


artificial

artificial (positive)
more artificial (comparative)
most artificial (superlative)

Something that is made by people instead of being made by nature.

The silk flowers were not real. They were artificial.


delivered

deliver (canonical)
delivers (third-person singular)
delivered (past)
delivered (past participle)
delivering (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of deliver.

The package was delivered this morning.


annoying

annoy (canonical)
annoys (third-person singular)
annoyed (past)
annoyed (past participle)
annoying (present participle)


annoying

annoying (positive)
more annoying (comparative)
most annoying (superlative)

Someone or something that annoys is annoying.

He is so annoying!

The noise from that radiator is annoying.


imply

imply (canonical)
implies (third-person singular)
implied (past)
implied (past participle)
implying (present participle)

If you imply something, you mean it, but you don't say it directly.

By saying I should exercise more, she implied that I'm fat.

What does it imply about him if he uses bad language all the time?


compassion

If you have compassion, you are aware of the pain of other people and want to help make it better.


till

In a period of time ending at a time someone says.

We will tell stories till it is time to sleep.


till

till (canonical)
tills (third-person singular)
tilled (past)
tilled (past participle)
tilling (present participle)


till

A till is cash register; a machine which counts sales in shops and stores the money.

The till contained one hundred dollars at the end of the day


disease

If a person, animal, or plant is ill, it has a disease.

1.4 million children suffer from heart disease in Pakistan.

There are many different germs which cause diseases.


disease

disease (canonical)
diseases (third-person singular)
diseased (past)
diseased (past participle)
diseasing (present participle)


examination

examination (singular)
examinations (plural)

/ɪɡˌzæmɪˈneɪʃən/

An examination is a formal test, usually important and often at the end of a course.

Did you pass the English examination last week?

OK, class. Time is up. Please hand in your examination papers.

Examination is the act of looking at something very carefully.

The teachers and parents worked together in a closer examination of the problems grade seven students face.

The question of changing the law is currently under examination.

On closer examination, we found that we had made a mistake.


silver

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

He paid with a silver dollar.

Her hair turned silver as she got older.

Jenny had three coppers and one silver.

A utensil or piece of cutlery made with silver; silverware

Mom put out the good silver for Christmas.


worth

worth (positive)
more worth (comparative)
most worth (superlative)

If x is worth y, x has the value of y, usually in money.

The painting is worth over $1 million.

The house is worth $20000.

Excuse me, how much is this ring worth?

The car is fifteen years old and isn't worth much anymore.

If something is worth doing, or is worth it, there is value in doing it. It's not a waste of time.

It's not worth washing now 'cause it'll just get dirty again later.

This is important, so it's worth taking your time to get it right.


worth

I just bought $8,000 worth of gold.

Its worth is dropping every day.


organ

An organ is a part of an animal or plant with a specific purpose, such as an eye or a heart.

The stomach is an important organ of the digestive system of humans.

An organ is a musical instrument that looks like a piano and blows air through pipes to make sounds.

He can play many organs.


reside

reside (canonical)
resides (third-person singular)
resided (past)
resided (past participle)
residing (present participle)

If something or someone resides somewhere, it lives there or is located there.

Real political power still resides with the militia leaders.

Miha Pogacnik was born in Slovenia but now resides in Germany and the USA.


delay

Computer problems caused a long delay in the meeting.

Train A62 will be leaving in 15 minutes. We apologize for the delay.


delay

delay (canonical)
delays (third-person singular)
delayed (past)
delayed (past participle)
delaying (present participle)

If you delay, you wait until a later time or cause something to be late.

We have decided to delay the changes to give people more time.

The train was delayed by mechanical problems.

We only have a few spots left, so don't delay.


tie

tie (canonical)
ties (third-person singular)
tied (past)
tied (past participle)
tying (present participle)

If you tie something, you attach it using string or rope.

I was six when I learned to tie up my shoes.

We tied the swing to the tree.

If two teams or players tie, they have the same score in a game.

Naples and Rome tied the game two all.


tie

A tie is a piece of cloth that you wear around your neck as a decoration.

At work, you need to wear a suit and tie.


medical

medical (positive)
more medical (comparative)
most medical (superlative)

Dr. Barry was very creative in his teaching, research, and medical practice.

Often the poor do not go to a doctor because they are unable to pay for medical treatment.


medical

A medical is a general check by a doctor.

I'd like to make an appointment for my annual medical.


tube

A tube is a long object with a hole from one end to the other. The ends may be closed or open.

The high pressure forces the water through the tube.

Toothpaste comes in a tube.

The Tube is the underground train system in London, England.


tube

tube (canonical)
tubes (third-person singular)
tubed (past)
tubed (past participle)
tubing (present participle)

If you tube, you float on an inner tube.

We went white-water tubing on the Yukon River.


star

A star is a bright thing in the sky at night.

Stars seem little, but they are big and far away.

A star is a picture of a shape with five or six sharp ends.

My teacher put a gold star on my test.

Brad Pitt is a popular star.

A star is an actor who has the lead role in a movie, television show, or play.

John Wayne is the star of many western movies.

A star next to your name on the guest list means you will receive an award.


star

star (canonical)
stars (third-person singular)
starred (past)
starred (past participle)
starring (present participle)

If you star in something, you are on of the main performers, usually in an entertainment program.

Brad Pitt will star in another movie next year.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie starred in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith".

If you star something, you mark it with a star or asterisk.

I starred question one because I got it correct.


stop

stop (canonical)
stops (third-person singular)
stopped (past)
stopped (past participle)
stopping (present participle)

He stopped after running 2 miles.

If you stop something or somebody, you prevent them from moving or doing something. You cause the person to cease moving or progressing.

The police tried to stop the criminal, but he was too fast.

If you stop doing something, you are not doing it anymore. You have ceased doing it.

I stopped playing video games and went back to working on my project.

If you stop, you come to the end of the time when one is doing something. You start doing a different thing or start doing nothing.


stop

A stop is a place where buses, cars, taxis, or other vehicles halt to let passengers board or leave (get on or off).


ordain

ordain (canonical)
ordains (third-person singular)
ordained (past)
ordained (past participle)
ordaining (present participle)

If a church ordains a minister, it admits a person to the ministry.


annoys

The third-person singular form of annoy.


find

find (canonical)
finds (third-person singular)
found (past)
found (past participle)
finding (present participle)

If you find something, you discover or locate it.

I can't find my keys. Have you seen them?

Christopher Columbus is known for finding the Americas, but it had probably already been discovered by Europeans.

He finds faults with my work.

I find your argument bad.

The jury finds for the defendant


find

Anything that is found, especially by good luck.


cough

cough (canonical)
coughs (third-person singular)
coughed (past)
coughed (past participle)
coughing (present participle)

If you cough, you quickly blow air out and make a noise because of a feeling in the throat.

This cold is terrible. I was coughing and sneezing all night.

She coughed to get his attention.


cough

A cough is the action or sound of quickly blowing air out because of a feeling in the throat.

My doctor gave me some medicine for my cough.

Her cough was so bad that she was coughing up blood.


ministry

A ministry is a government department, such as the ministry of defense.

The ministry of health is building a new hospital.


mystery

A mystery is a secret or hidden matter which can't be explained.

She never told me where the money was, and it remains a mystery to me even now.

She and her mystery man were seen outside her parents' home.

A mystery is a story about a puzzling event: short for mystery story.

The police investigation has failed to solve the murder mystery.


curtain

Curtains are pieces of cloth that hang in front of a window, door, or stage.

So I'll close the curtains and the room now will be quite dark.

We put all the lights on and draw the curtains when we're going to go out.

They got new curtains to match the carpet and the furniture.

A curtain is a substance, or group of items that blocks your view or blocks access.

The base of the rock is undercut, permitting walkers to pass behind the curtain of falling water.

Suddenly she came out through the last curtain of trees and found herself looking down over sunlit green field.


curtain

curtain (canonical)
curtains (third-person singular)
curtained (past)
curtained (past participle)
curtaining (present participle)

If you curtain something off, you put a curtain around it.


reluctant

reluctant (positive)
more reluctant (comparative)
most reluctant (superlative)

If you are reluctant to do something, you do not want to do it.

My son was reluctant to go to school today because he has a test.

She gave him a reluctant smile.


respond

respond (canonical)
responds (third-person singular)
responded (past)
responded (past participle)
responding (present participle)

If you respond to something or someone, you do something in reaction to it.

I try to respond to emails as soon as I get them.

We sent a message to them two weeks ago, but nobody has responded so far.

The police responded forcefully to the problems.


reaction

A reaction is an action that happens because of another action.

When he asked her to lunch, her first reaction was to say no.

In part, McKenna sees the move to smaller cars as a natural reaction to rising gasoline prices.

Fast reaction times are common in athletes.

When oxygen is added, a chemical reaction begins and heat is released.

A severe allergic reaction to the drug has killed five Americans.


female

If a person, animal or plant is female it is of the sex that can have babies or produce eggs or seeds. Girls and women are female people.

The test says your baby will be female.

Yes, I have a female dog.

If something is female, it is of, for, or about women or girls.

The girls can change in the female change room over there.

This movie is good for a female audience.


female

A female is a person, animal, or plant that can have babies or produce eggs.

In humans, females are called women or girls.


telephone

telephone (singular)
telephones (plural)

A machine used to talk to someone who is far away.

I need to find a telephone so I can tell my mother where I am.


telephone

telephone (canonical)
telephones (third-person singular)
telephoned (past)
telephoned (past participle)
telephoning (present participle)

If you telephone someone, you use a telephone to talk to them.

I telephoned my friend yesterday.


mixed

mixed (positive)
more mixed (comparative)
most mixed (superlative)

If something is mixed, it includes different kinds of things.

I don't know. I have very mixed feelings about these changes.

The quality of show dogs here is rather mixed.


mixed

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

The past tense and past participle of mix.

We mixed the blue and yellow paint together to get green paint.


discover

discover (canonical)
discovers (third-person singular)
discovered (past)
discovered (past participle)
discovering (present participle)

To find a new idea that was not known before, or to find a thing that was not known about before.

doctors want to discover a cure for cancer.

Einstein discovered that E=mc²

Christopher Columbus is famous for discovering the Americas.


rages

The plural form of rage; more than one (kind of) rage.


rages

rage (canonical)
rages (third-person singular)
raged (past)
raged (past participle)
raging (present participle)


harvest

Harvest is the time that you bring the crops in from the fields.

We had an early harvest this year because of all the sun.

Harvest is the act of bring the crops in from the fields.

Our grain harvest went really well this year.

A harvest is the crops that you bring in at the end of a growing season.

Western Canada has had the biggest wheat harvest in 20 years.


harvest

harvest (canonical)
harvests (third-person singular)
harvested (past)
harvested (past participle)
harvesting (present participle)

If you harvest something, you collect it after growing it.

The rice looks like it's ready to harvest.

We harvested these grapes from our own vines.


explore

explore (canonical)
explores (third-person singular)
explored (past)
explored (past participle)
exploring (present participle)

If you explore a possibility, plan, idea, etc. you think about it carefully.

As they were learning about wine, they were exploring the possibilities of setting up their own winery.

This is just an introduction. We will explore the ideas further in the next chapter.

If you explore something, you look around it to try to find new places, things, parts, etc.

Stories like this about the old house made him want to go and explore for himself.

The oil company is exploring the ocean floor, looking for new sources.


afford

afford (canonical)
affords (third-person singular)
afforded (past)
afforded (past participle)
affording (present participle)

If you can afford something, you have enough money or resources to buy it or do it.

The richer people, who could afford it, built large houses.

We cannot afford to put another person on the project.

I'm afraid I can't afford to waste more time here.

If you afford someone something, you give it or allow it.

The Government has continued to afford him protection.

The city took the opportunity afforded by the break in the weather.


committee

committee (singular)
committees (plural)

A group of people that come together to do something or decide something.

He is on the administrative committee. They decide how to administer the school.


elderly

elderly (positive)
more elderly (comparative)
most elderly (superlative)

The hospital had a number of elderly patients who had been there for many years.

He was very elderly, but not at all sad and small.

This resort is a good choice for the elderly as the area is very flat and there is plenty to see and do nearby.


confirm

confirm (canonical)
confirms (third-person singular)
confirmed (past)
confirmed (past participle)
confirming (present participle)

If something confirms an idea, it show that it is true.

The results of the study confirm previous research on the topic.

If you confirm a possible agreement or plan, you tell somebody that it is now final and official.

Can we confirm that the meeting is at 10:00?

If a Christian priest confirms a baptized person, they admit them to full participation in the church.


dialog

A conversation between two or more individuals.

Bill and Melinda maintained a dialog via email over the course of their long-distance relationship.

In a film, the spoken parts of the script; what the characters say.

The movie had great special effects, but the dialog was bad.

In a book, the parts that show a conversation.


connection

connection (singular)
connections (plural)

A connection is a way that two or more things come or belong together.

Who was the first person to make the connection between sickness and cleanliness?

The north-south train makes a connection with the east-west train at Union Station.

My Internet connection is not very fast.

Susan knows a lot about Russia. She'll be your connection there.


recursion

recursion (singular)
recursions (plural)

Recursion is the act or process of going back and happening again.

Recursion is the use of a function inside itself to generate an infinite number of results.

The following function exhibits recursion.

Recursion is the use of one kind of linguistic unit inside itself.

An example of recursion is when a clause appears inside a larger clause, as in the following:


commercial

commercial (positive)
more commercial (comparative)
most commercial (superlative)

If something is commercial, it is related to buying, selling, trading and money.

Education is much more difficult than many industrial and commercial processes to measure.

There is too much fishing, both commercial fishing and sport fishing.


commercial

commercial (singular)
commercials (plural)

A commercial is an advertisement on TV or radio.

The actress recently appeared in a TV commercial for Meadowcup butter.


search

search (canonical)
searches (third-person singular)
searched (past)
searched (past participle)
searching (present participle)

When someone searches for something, they don't know where it is and they look in many places to try to discover where it is.

I searched the whole room but I don't know where the book is.


search

The search for the stolen jewelry was unsuccessful.

The act of searching, as in computers etc..

Search engines have made using the internet easier.


howdy

"A greeting similar to hello. It is a shortened form of how do you do or how do you fair.

When the cowboy saw Abigail, he said, "Howdy, miss."


smash

smash (canonical)
smashes (third-person singular)
smashed (past)
smashed (past participle)
smashing (present participle)

If you smash something, you break it into many small parts.

He used a hammer to smash the glass of the window.


smash

A smash is a new and very successful book, movie, song, etc.

The loud smash made them feel fear, but it was only some plates falling.


suspect

suspect (canonical)
suspects (third-person singular)
suspected (past)
suspected (past participle)
suspecting (present participle)

If you suspect something, you feel that something, often bad, is probably true.

I suspect you've already erased the file, have you?

If you suspect someone or something, you don't trust them, or you think something is their fault.

The chemical is no longer used because it is suspected of causing cancer.

Hassan strongly suspected that he had something to do with Wolfgang Klein's death.


suspect

A suspect is a person or thing who you believe committed a crime or caused something.

He was the police's prime suspect in the crime.


suspect

suspect (positive)
more suspect (comparative)
most suspect (superlative)

If something is suspect, it is untrue, or likely to cause problems.

Any claims to solve all the problems should be seen as deeply suspect.


upsetting

upsetting (positive)
more upsetting (comparative)
most upsetting (superlative)

Something or someone that upsets somebody.


upsetting

upset (canonical)
upsets (third-person singular)
upset (past)
upset (past participle)
upsetting (present participle)


co-ordination

Co-ordination is another way of spelling coordination.


message

A message is information that is sent between living things and is sent from one person to the other. There are some types of message, like phone message and subliminal message.

On his desk there was a message from Jack to call home.

Can you give Joan the message that I called?


message

message (canonical)
messages (third-person singular)
messaged (past)
messaged (past participle)
messaging (present participle)

If you message someone, you send them a note or letter or e-mail; you message them.

Can you please message me the directions?


amateur

An amateur is a person who does something for fun, not as a job.

An amateur in sports, is a person who does not play for money.

An amateur is someone who is not very good at what they are doing.


amateur

amateur (positive)
more amateur (comparative)
most amateur (superlative)

If something is amateur, it is not very good.

If something is amateur, it is created or done by amateurs


appreciate

appreciate (canonical)
appreciates (third-person singular)
appreciated (past)
appreciated (past participle)
appreciating (present participle)

If you appreciate something, you understand its value or its qualities

It's hard to appreciate how difficult the job is until you try it yourself.

If you appreciate something, you feel thankful for it.

Thanks so much for your help! I really appreciate the gift.

If something appreciates, its value increases.

It is amazing how much the value of my house has appreciated. Hopefully, it will continue to increase, as I am thinking of selling it in five to ten years.


admit

admit (canonical)
admits (third-person singular)
admitted (past)
admitted (past participle)
admitting (present participle)

If you admit someone, you allow them to enter an area or a building.

The man was admitted to the theater, and sat in the front row.

If you are admitted to an institution, the institution starts taking care of you.

He was admitted to hospital and he is having his operation next week.

My elderly grandmother was admitted to a nursing home.

To be admitted to a state school, children must show the ability to learn.

If you admit something, you say reluctantly that it is true.

She admitted that she robbed the bank.

The accused admitted stealing the money.

No child would ever admit to enjoying school.

"Climbing the Everest was harder than I thought," he admitted.

She admitted her mistake and apologized.


rage

Losing his game sent him into a fit of rage.


rage

rage (canonical)
rages (third-person singular)
raged (past)
raged (past participle)
raging (present participle)

When a person rage, they get very angry.


ensure

ensure (canonical)
ensures (third-person singular)
ensured (past)
ensured (past participle)
ensuring (present participle)

His work is great and should ensure the survival of his business.

If you ensure that something is correct or that it happens, you check it and fix any problems.

Special care is taken to ensure that teachers understand the course material.


pocket

A pocket is a small empty space, usually in your clothes, usually to carry things in.

I usually put my keys in my pants' pocket, but I can't find them now.

My cell phone is in the outside pocket of my bag.

A pocket is a small area of something that is completely surrounded by something else.

There was a small pocket of air under the boat.

There is a pocket of Welsh-speaking villages in South Wales.


pocket

pocket (canonical)
pockets (third-person singular)
pocketed (past)
pocketed (past participle)
pocketing (present participle)

If you pocket something, you put it in your pocket.

If you pocket something you win, take, or steal it (and put it in your pocket.)


constituent

If something is constituent, it is being part of a whole.

If someone is constituent, they are given permission to make a constitution.


constituent

constituent (singular)
constituents (plural)

A constituent is a resident of a place of an elected official.

The governor is popular among his constituents. He will likely win the election this year.

A constituent is a usable element of a phrase or clause.


stressed

stressed (positive)
more stressed (comparative)
most stressed (superlative)

If someone is stressed, they are worried and tired.

I've got these three tests tomorrow and I'm feeling so stressed that I can't sleep.


stressed

stress (canonical)
stresses (third-person singular)
stressed (past)
stressed (past participle)
stressing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of stress.


battle

A battle is when different groups or teams fight each other.

A battle is a personal challenge or struggle.

After a long battle with cancer, he finally returned to work.


battle

battle (canonical)
battles (third-person singular)
battled (past)
battled (past participle)
battling (present participle)

In World War II, Germany and England battled for control of Europe.

Learning a new language is difficult, but if you keep battling, you will learn it.

The Nutcracker and the toys came to life to battle the Mouse King and his army.


extend

extend (canonical)
extends (third-person singular)
extended (past)
extended (past participle)
extending (present participle)

If you extend something, you make it longer.

They extended the meeting so that more people could speak.

The muscles contract and extend to move the body.

If something extends from x to y, it covers all the time or space in between.

The Alps extend from France to Austria.

The middle ages extended from ancient to modern times.

I would like to extend to you an invitation to the party.


church

The Church is Christian's gathering to praise and be with God.

A church is a building where Christians gather and pray to God.

The church across the street has a service at 10 am.

Christian churches and Buddhist temples exist alongside each other.

Though she prayed and attended church, as she got older she often wondered why God didn't do anything.

A church is a particular kind of religious belief or power.

They asked for the help of the Catholic Church.

At the time I moved from the Baptist Church to the Pentecostal Church I was about sixteen years old.

Jesus Christ established a church in which men and women were equal.

This country was founded on the idea of separation of church and state.

People tend to leave because they don't accept certain church teachings.

A Christian religious organization, local or general.

The Church (referring to the dominant religious organization of a particular time or place).

Church is a time when Christians go to a church.

I'll be there after church.


comprehension

comprehension (singular)
comprehensions (plural)

Comprehension is the understanding of the meaning or importance of something.

Reading comprehension questions are often on tests in schools.


annoy

annoy (canonical)
annoys (third-person singular)
annoyed (past)
annoyed (past participle)
annoying (present participle)

If something annoys people, it makes them angry or bothered. This often happens after someone does an action many times.

It annoys me when he won't stop talking.

Stop annoying your sister.


dance

dance (canonical)
dances (third-person singular)
danced (past)
danced (past participle)
dancing (present participle)

If you dance, you move your body to music.

He danced with the princess to the music of Mozart.

The performers danced and sang.


dance

He has an interesting dance he does while listening to that song.

A dance is an event where people come together to dance.

Are you going to the dance?


civilian

A civilian is a person who is not in the country's army.

Its against the law for a soldier to hurt a civilian.

Civilians are not allowed in the army camp.

The general population who live in an area.


feeling

Your feelings are your emotions, thoughts, and opinions.

Many people have strong feelings about the war.

Charles had some difficulty in understanding her feelings.

A feeling is a signal that your body gives you, such as pain, heat, softness, etc.

The feeling of the sun on his face was relaxing.

Since the accident, he has no feeling in his fingers.


feeling

feel (canonical)
feels (third-person singular)
felt (past)
felt (past participle)
feeling (present participle)

He felt the soft cloth with his hand.

She felt a pain in her hand.

To have an emotion. When you are happy, sad, or angry you are feeling.

I'm feeling very happy today.

They feel sad because their friend left.


school

A school is a place where you go to learn.

What grade are you in at school?


school

school (canonical)
schools (third-person singular)
schooled (past)
schooled (past participle)
schooling (present participle)

If you school someone, you teach them something.

If you school someone, you prove that you're better than them.


facilitate

facilitate (canonical)
facilitates (third-person singular)
facilitated (past)
facilitated (past participle)
facilitating (present participle)

The aim was to facilitate the development of such schools.

The structure of the text should facilitate comprehension.

If someone facilitates a meeting, they guide it and help it run well.

The government appointed the judge to facilitate the meeting between the protesters and the developers.


reason

A reason to do something is why you do it, or the cause of something.

The low price was the main reason for buying it.

I asked them about the reason why we should go.

The police are looking for the reason for the accident.

It's important to use reason to decide, not emotion.


reason

reason (canonical)
reasons (third-person singular)
reasoned (past)
reasoned (past participle)
reasoning (present participle)

If you reason, you think carefully about something.

(uncommon) If you reason someone, you persuade using reasoning.

I reasoned my friend into my religion.


brittle

brittle (positive)
more brittle (comparative)
most brittle (superlative)

Not flexible; easy to break under stress or pressure


brittle

A candy made from boiled sugar and nuts.


space

Space is area or room with nothing in it or that can be used.

Make a space between the tables so people can walk there.

We moved to the country to enjoy the open spaces.

Space is the black place in the sky where stars are.

The sun and the moon are in outer space.


space

space (canonical)
spaces (third-person singular)
spaced (past)
spaced (past participle)
spacing (present participle)

If you space two or more things, you put them apart, not together.

When you attach the wood, make sure the screws are evenly spaced, about 30 cm apart.

If you space (out), you stop paying attention or thinking.


comfortable

comfortable (positive)
more comfortable (comparative)
most comfortable (superlative)

If a piece of furniture, clothing, a room, etc. is comfortable, you feel comfortable in it (see 2.)

There were a few old but comfortable chairs in the meeting area.

If you feel comfortable, you are not hot or cold; you are relaxed, and you feel no pain or worry.

The nurse put a blanket on me to make me more comfortable.

She doesn't feel comfortable with a dog in the house.


extension

extension (singular)
extensions (plural)

Extension is the process of making something longer.

An extension is the time or part of something that was added to make it longer.

She had extensions put in her hair and now she has long hair.

He couldn't pay in May so the bank gave him an extension until July.

An extension is the operation of pulling the two ends of a broken bone to bring the broken pieces into the same straight line.

Extension is the act of moving an arm, leg, finger, etc. so that it is straight.

An extension is short for file extension.


busy

busy (positive)
busier (comparative)
busiest (superlative)

If you are busy, you are doing something and not available to do something else.

I'm sorry, I'm busy on Monday. Can we get together on Wednesday?

I'm too busy to go to the movies.

The doctor's busy with another emergency.

We need something to keep the kids busy in the car.

If a time is busy, there is little or no time to rest because of work or other activities.

Things are really busy at the office this week. I have five meetings tomorrow.

December is a busy time of year for many shops.

Cooking every day is very difficult with my busy schedule.

If a place is busy, there are many people or vehicles moving about.

The roads are busy this morning, so give yourself extra time.

Hartsfield-Jackson International is the world's busiest airport.

If a telephone is busy someone is using it and cannot take a call.

I tried to call him, but the line was busy.

If a design is busy there are too many small elements in it.

I don't think you should wear that busy dress.


busy

busy (canonical)
busies (third-person singular)
busied (past)
busied (past participle)
busying (present participle)

If you busy yourself, you find things to do to fill your time.

He busied himself with fixing his tie as he waited for her to arrive.


convention

convention (singular)
conventions (plural)

A convention is a large meeting of a specific group or for a specific purpose.

There's a doctor's convention in town this week and all the hotels are full.

The garden show will be at the convention centre.

A convention is an international agreement the controls how countries behave.

This action goes against the European Convention on Human Rights.

In my culture, a convention is to eat raw fish.

A convention is a particular way of acting or a particular belief of a group of people.

By convention, people in North America drive on the right hand side of the road.

There are a set of conventions that every member must observe.


partnership

partnership (singular)
partnerships (plural)

/ˈpɑːtnəʃɪp/

A partnership is two people or groups working together, especially in business.

Microsoft has entered into a partnership with Apple to develop software for the Macintosh.

If one member of the partnership dies, the other member may have difficulty continuing the business.


seat

Pull up a seat and sit down.

The seat is a part of the clothes covering the buttocks.

The seat of your pants is muddy.

Seat is where something is, at the centre of things.

The town was the county seat, where the county council met.

Canberra is the seat of the Australian Government.


seat

seat (canonical)
seats (third-person singular)
seated (past)
seated (past participle)
seating (present participle)

Follow me. I will seat you near the stage.

I will pull out your chair to seat you.


uncomfortable

uncomfortable (positive)
more uncomfortable (comparative)
most uncomfortable (superlative)

If a piece of furniture, clothing, a room, etc. is uncomfortable, you feel uncomfortable in it (see 2.)

The chairs looked so uncomfortable that he didn't sit down.

If you feel uncomfortable, you are hot or cold; you are not relaxed, or you feel pain or worry..

I still had this uncomfortable feeling that I should know her.

She felt very uncomfortable with his arm touching hers.


measure

measure (canonical)
measures (third-person singular)
measured (past)
measured (past participle)
measuring (present participle)

If you measure something, you calculate its size, mass, temperature, etc. using units like centimetres, kilograms, degrees, etc.

Before clocks, time was measured by the movement of the moon and the sun.

Ireland's smallest church measures 3.6 cm by 1.8 m.


measure

A measure is something that you do, usually to solve a problem.

The police are taking all necessary measures to guarantee the safety of people.

A measure of something is a way to judge or assess it.

A measure of something is an amount of it.


phone

A phone is a tool for speaking to people who are far away.

Can I borrow your phone? I need to call my friend.

The phone's ringing. Can you answer it?

"Goodbye!" she said, and put the phone down.

This classroom does not allow students to use their phones during class.


phone

phone (canonical)
phones (third-person singular)
phoned (past)
phoned (past participle)
phoning (present participle)

If you contact somebody using a phone, you phone them.

Hey, I'll phone you tonight and we can decide what to do.

I phoned up my friend and asked her to come over at 8:00.


link

link (canonical)
links (third-person singular)
linked (past)
linked (past participle)
linking (present participle)

If you link two or more things, you make a connection between them.

The Northern Ireland economy is closely linked to that of the rest of the United Kingdom.

A number of computers can be linked together to make a network.


link

A link is a connection between two or more things.

It's easy to see a close link between studying and good grades.

The link between England and Europe is an old one.

A link is a word or picture on the Internet that you click to go to another page.


coordination

coordination (singular)
coordinations (plural)

The ability of the muscles in a body to work together.

Young children lack the coordination to walk or even to pick up small objects.

Alcohol can affect your balance and coordination.

The planning or timing of actions so that they work together.

The result of opening the new building was a lack of coordination between different departments.

There has been an improvement in coordination of the various government programs to deal with poverty.


impartial

impartial (positive)
more impartial (comparative)
most impartial (superlative)

A good teacher must be impartial.


pie

A baked food that has a crust outside and a filling inside, as well as a crust on top.

The family had cherry pie for dessert.


sand

grains of rock that make beaches and deserts.

In the summer, Jane goes to the beach, lies on the sand and listens to the waves.


sand

sand (canonical)
sands (third-person singular)
sanded (past)
sanded (past participle)
sanding (present participle)

If you sand wood, you rub rough paper on it to make it smooth.

I sand the wood until it is nice and smooth.


nurse

A nurse is a healthcare worker who helps doctors and helps sick or injured people with the activities of daily life.

A nurse is a woman who takes care of other people's children.


nurse

nurse (canonical)
nurses (third-person singular)
nursed (past)
nursed (past participle)
nursing (present participle)

If you nurse a sick or injured person or animal, you help them with the activities of daily life.

I admire the time he took to nurse that sick dog back to health.

If you nurse a body part or an injury, you rest it and are careful about it.

If you nurse a bad feeling, you think about it often and try not to forget it.

If you nurse a drink, you drink it very slowly.


civilians

Civilians are not allowed in the army camp.

Its against the law for a soldier to hurt civilians.


upset

My late arrival caused the professor considerable upset.

The Nimrods defeated the Blue Devils yesterday in a stunning upset.


upset

upset (positive)
more upset (comparative)
most upset (superlative)

He was upset after someone said bad things to him very loudly.

Something is upset if it is in turned in the wrong direction like something that was dropped; turned in a direction with the bottom part up and the top part down.

When they played with a ball in the room, a cup was upset and all the milk went onto the floor.


upset

upset (canonical)
upsets (third-person singular)
upset (past)
upset (past participle)
upsetting (present participle)

If you upset someone, you make them angry, anxious, stressed, or unhappy.

If you upset something, you disturb it, disrupt it, or change it to make it worse.

If you upset something, you tip it or turn it upside down.


film

A film is a recording of a moving picture that tells stories including actors, directors, and producers.

The studio has hired some actors to make a film about the making of Wiktionary.

Let's go to the theatre and watch a film.

I studied film at college and now I'm a writer.

Film is a thin, clear material used for taking photographs or movies.

My new camera is digital and doesn't need film.

A film is a flat, thin material or substance often covering something.

The soap left a sticky film on the glass.

We use a plastic film to protect the food.


film

film (canonical)
films (third-person singular)
filmed (past)
filmed (past participle)
filming (present participle)

If you film something, you record it as a moving picture.

Somebody filmed the attack with their cell phone and showed it to police.


technique

technique (singular)
techniques (plural)

A technique is a specialized and skillful way of doing something.

It is important for pilots to be taught the right technique for the take-off run.

The scientists will use a new technique to measure the exact speed of the moon.


excuse

excuse (canonical)
excuses (third-person singular)
excused (past)
excused (past participle)
excusing (present participle)

You say, "excuse me" when you have done something rude,

You say, "excuse me" when you want to get someone's attention.

You say, "excuse me" when you want somebody to move.

You say, "excuse me" when you didn't hear somebody very well and you want them to repeat themselves.

If you excuse someone, you forgive them.

If you excuse someone, you allow them to avoid doing something.


excuse

An excuse is a reason for not doing something or for doing something bad.

There is no excuse for hitting your sister.

Do you have an excuse for being late?


revolution

revolution (singular)
revolutions (plural)

A revolution is a sudden significant change.

The Industrial Revolution began when machines were able to make things quicker and cheaper than people.

In the 1960s, you had the women's revolution, the sexual revolution, and all sorts of change.

A revolution is a war against the government by the country's own people.

There was a revolution in France in 1789.

When a wheel turns around once it has made a revolution; going in a circle; turning; revolving.

The hour hand on the clock makes one revolution in twelve hours.

A revolution is when one object (like a planet) goes in a circle around another object (like a star).

One revolution of Earth is 365 days long. One revolution of Venus is 225 days long.


odd

odd (positive)
odder (comparative)
oddest (superlative)

If something is odd, it is not normal and usually you don't like it or don't understand it.

The neighbours thought him very odd, because he would leave his doors open all night.

She liked him, but there was something odd about the way he spoke.

The odd time, drink, problem, etc. is one that happens sometimes, but not often.

I don't really drink – just the odd beer at the weekend.

An odd sock, boot, etc. is one without its pair.

The clown was wearing odd socks.

An odd number is one that does not divide evenly by 2 (e.g., 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, etc.)

Fifty-one is an odd number.

A count of (number)-odd is just a little more than the number.

I've got fifty-odd students in the class.


list

A list is a group of related words, often in some order, often to help you remember something.

I can't remember if we need milk and I've forgotten the shopping list.

Did you call everyone on the phone list?

I'm sorry, I can't talk now. I've got a long list of things to do.


list

list (canonical)
lists (third-person singular)
listed (past)
listed (past participle)
listing (present participle)

If you list something, you say or write a number of related things.

OK, let's start the meeting by listing the things to talk about.

The phone book lists five different restaurants in our town.


jumped

jump (canonical)
jumps (third-person singular)
jumped (past)
jumped (past participle)
jumping (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of jump.

I screamed when I jumped out of the airplane.


hurt

hurt (canonical)
hurts (third-person singular)
hurt (past)
hurt (past participle)
hurting (present participle)

If you hurt someone or something, you damage them or make them feel pain.

Don't hurt your brother or I'll send you to your room.

I've been hurting ever since I fell from the roof.

The past tense and past participle of hurt.


hurt

hurt (positive)
more hurt (comparative)
most hurt (superlative)

If you are hurt, you are wounded or in pain.

He got hurt skiing last week when he fell.


hurt

A hurt is a wound or some other damage that causes pain.


replace

replace (canonical)
replaces (third-person singular)
replaced (past)
replaced (past participle)
replacing (present participle)

If X replaces Y or if you replace Y with X, X now does what Y used to do.

Smith will replace the injured Jones for England who are leading 2 to 0.

If you replace something, you give somebody a new one because you have broken, lost, or used the old one.

I'm sorry, don't know how I'm going to replace your stolen bike.

If you replace something, you put it back where it was.

After looking at the ring for a while, he carefully replaced it and left the shop.


justification

justification (singular)
justifications (plural)

/ˌdʒʌstɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

A justification is a reason given by somebody for doing something.

There was no justification for continuing this war.

Practice in logical thinking is frequently used as justification for teaching Latin.

In printing, justification is the spacing of words and letters so that the margins on the left and right are even.


separate

Being separate means that a piece of an object is not connected to or attached to the rest of the object.

This chair was broken into five separate pieces.

If two objects, ideas, or people are separate from one another, they are not together.

I try to keep my personal life separate from work.


separate

separate (canonical)
separates (third-person singular)
separated (past)
separated (past participle)
separating (present participle)

To separate something is to take it apart, divide it, or stop it from connecting.

I diced the onions and the carrots, separating them into two piles.


copies

The plural form of copy; more than one (kind of) copy.

I need 100 copies of the form.


copies

copy (canonical)
copies (third-person singular)
copied (past)
copied (past participle)
copying (present participle)

She always copies someone else's homework.


service

An action or work by one person that can be consumed by another person.

Hair care is a service industry.

A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.

This machine provides the name service for the LAN.

I did three years of service before coming here.

She brought out the silver tea service.

The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.

The player had four service faults in the set.

The funeral service was good.

The serving, or delivery, of a document requiring someone to appear in a court of law.

The service happened yesterday.

That which is provided by the government or its agents.

The Job Centre provides a service to the unemployed.


service

service (canonical)
services (third-person singular)
serviced (past)
serviced (past participle)
servicing (present participle)

If you service something, you serve them.

They service the customer base.

If you service something, you perform maintenance on them.

He is going to service the car.


image

An image is something you can see or imagine that looks like the real thing.

Many people have an image of God as an old man.

The image on the screen reminded him of the town where he grew up.

The image in the mirror was not how she saw herself.

An image is the good or bad opinion about someone or something.

What's your image of Paris?

We should be trying to create an image of the company as helpful and friendly.


image

image (canonical)
images (third-person singular)
imaged (past)
imaged (past participle)
imaging (present participle)

If you image something, you create an image of it.

The lunar surface at the Apollo 17 site, imaged by the Apollo 17 astronauts.


purpose

A purpose is reason for doing something or for existing.

Coal is used for only three purposes: heating houses, generating electricity and making steel.

The main purpose of the visit was to see the new building.


purpose

purpose (canonical)
purposes (third-person singular)
purposed (past)
purposed (past participle)
purposing (present participle)

If you purpose to do something, you plan on doing it.


copy

A copy of something looks or acts like it.

They took the diamond and replaced it with a cheap copy.

A copy of a book, newspaper, painting, etc. is one of many that are exactly the same.

Please bring me the copies of those reports.


copy

If you copy something, you make something look exactly the same as it.

Good artists copy. Great artists steal.

She copies the tests on the photocopier.


hate

hate (canonical)
hates (third-person singular)
hated (past)
hated (past participle)
hating (present participle)

If you hate something you dislike it strongly.

My 3-year old won't eat tomatoes. She just hates them.

I hate myself for being weak.


hate

My feelings towards him are a mixture of love and hate.

A hate is something that you dislike strongly.

Did you have any hates or fears when you were there?


chair

A chair is a piece of furniture for one person to sit on.

Please, pull up a chair and sit down.

There were six chairs around the table.

The person who is in charge of a meeting is the chair of the meeting.

The chair opened the floor to questions.

A chair is a position of professor in a university.

A chair of Mathematics has opened at London University.


chair

chair (canonical)
chairs (third-person singular)
chaired (past)
chaired (past participle)
chairing (present participle)

If you chair a meeting, you are in charge of controlling it.

The meeting was chaired by the head teacher.


thanks

You say thanks when somebody has helped you or done something nice for you.

"Can I get the door for you?" "Thanks!"


thanks

Thanks are kind words and thoughts for people who did nice things for you.

A special thanks goes to my family.

Many thanks to everyone who helped me.

He is not going to get much thanks from them.


thanks

Thanks to your help, we were able to finish quickly.

We'll be late thanks to the snow.


thanks

thank (canonical)
thanks (third-person singular)
thanked (past)
thanked (past participle)
thanking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of thank.


ruins

The plural form of ruin; more than one (kind of) ruin.


ruins

ruin (canonical)
ruins (third-person singular)
ruined (past)
ruined (past participle)
ruining (present participle)


ruined

The past tense and past participle of ruin.


ruined

ruined (positive)
more ruined (comparative)
most ruined (superlative)

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girl

A girl is a female child or teenager; someone who is not a woman yet.

Many girls like to play with dolls.

I have two children: a boy and a girl.

A female person of any age (even a woman).

The girls are going out tonight, do you want to come?

I really love that girl.

My cat is a girl.

She is a girl cat.


pen

She sat down with pen and paper and started a letter to her aunt.

He picked up his ballpoint pen, crossed out some words.

A pen is a small area with a fence around it, usually for animals.

The pigs walked slowly around their pen.


pen

pen (canonical)
pens (third-person singular)
penned (past)
penned (past participle)
penning (present participle)

If you pen something, you compose it and write it down.

The letter was penned by Shakespeare just before he died.

I penned my first song when I was in college.

If you pen an animal, you put it in a pen.

If someone is penned in, they are in a place and cannot get out easily.

Most of them were penned in watching the TV with their parents.


good

good (positive)
better (comparative)
best (superlative)

When you are good, you do the right things. That is, you do things that are kind or helpful. You do not do things that hurt people or are not honest.

He is a good person and would never steal.

She is a good girl and always helps her mother.

If something is good it is useful or helpful. This also means high quality.

My last pair of shoes were very good, they lasted two years!

If food is good it means you like the taste. This food is not likely to be spoiled or of low quality.

Thank you for the pie; it was very good.

If you had a good time, you enjoyed something.

You may call something good because you like it.

We had a good trip and liked seeing all the sights.

If you are good at something, you do it well.

She is a good swimmer; she could save you from drowning.

He is a good worker and always gets the job done.

A good sign means something good is likely to happen.

Some people think a rainbow is a good omen, and means you will have good luck.

If you are sick, its a good sign if your fever ends.

Favorable

Beneficial


good

He has a lot of good in him and always helps us out.

Good refers to the side of good (against evil and bad).

I'm completely for good and think we should all try to do the right thing.

Goods are identical items that are produced, then traded, bought or sold, for the purpose of consumption.

You can buy many different types of goods at the market.


hanging

A form of capital punishment where a person is held in the air by a rope around his/her neck until they are dead.

There was a hanging in Carson City.


hanging

hang (canonical)
hangs (third-person singular)
hanged (past)
hanged (past participle)
hanging (present participle)

The present participle of hang. To kill by hanging.

Nebraska is hanging him next week.


hanging

hang (canonical)
hangs (third-person singular)
hung (past)
hung (past participle)
hanging (present participle)

The present participle of hang. suspended.

Your shirt is hanging in the closet.


beam

A beam of sunlight came through the window making a rectangle on the floor.

A beam is a long straight piece of wood or metal used in building to support weight.

Inside, the ceiling of the tunnel was held up with beams and was high enough that we could stand.


beam

beam (canonical)
beams (third-person singular)
beamed (past)
beamed (past participle)
beaming (present participle)

If you beam a signal from one place to another, you send it through the air.

If you beam, you smile and look very happy.


philosophy

philosophy (singular)
philosophies (plural)

Philosophy is the study of the nature of existence and truth: how things are and how they should be.

Plato's writings have been used to teach philosophy, logic, maths, and other subjects.

A philosophy is a set of beliefs that guide the actions of a group or individual.

Her education explains in part why she holds the political philosophies she does.


deliver

deliver (canonical)
delivers (third-person singular)
delivered (past)
delivered (past participle)
delivering (present participle)

If you deliver something, you bring it to the person or place where it belongs.

The award was delivered to her personally by the president.

His mother delivered him to the meeting place right on time.

If you deliver a speech, you speak in front of a number of people.

If you deliver, you do what you promised or had to do.

A promise from the government doesn't mean that they will actually deliver.

If you deliver a hit, kick, etc. to someone, you hit them.

If someone delivers a baby, they help it out of the mother when it is born.

Joan Ellen Montgomery, 4.8 kg, was delivered last night at the Greenville hospital.

If you deliver someone from something bad, you help them get away from it.


difference

difference (singular)
differences (plural)

You need to learn to accept differences in people.

A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.

There are three differences between these two pictures.

The people had to settle their differences before they could work together.


signal

A picture, or a light, or a movement of a hand, or other thing that tells people to do something.

When I make this signal with my hand, everybody walk to the front of the room.

A picture, or a light, or a movement of a hand, or something else that lets someone recognize another person, a ship, an airplane or something else.

The sailor saw the signal on the other ship and so recognized it was the enemy.


signal

signaled (past)
signaled (past participle)
signaling (present participle)
signal (canonical)
signals (third-person singular)
signalled (past)
signalled (past participle)
signalling (present participle)

When someone or something signals to someone, they use a signal to tell the person something.

The red light signals to the cars to stop.


poison

Poison is any substance that makes people sick or kills them if it gets into their body.

He put out poison to get rid of the mice.

Some snakes can deliver poison by biting you.


poison

poison (canonical)
poisons (third-person singular)
poisoned (past)
poisoned (past participle)
poisoning (present participle)

They poisoned the king's food.

He poisoned the ants to get rid of them.

If something poisons a person or animal, it makes them sick, or kills them chemically.

The drugs that he used were slowly poisoning him.

If something poisons someone's mind, it puts bad thoughts there.


comment

A comment is a short statement about something; usually it is an opinion.

I'm afraid I can't make any comment on the case right now.

Her comments were misunderstood.


comment

comment (canonical)
comments (third-person singular)
commented (past)
commented (past participle)
commenting (present participle)

If you comment on or about something, you say something about it.

Commenting on the changes in Peru, the president said he would be watching the situation.

He commented that it was good news.


discovery

discovery (singular)
discoveries (plural)

When Archimedes made a discovery, he ran around saying "I found it!"

The new spacecraft will help us make discoveries about space.


print

print (canonical)
prints (third-person singular)
printed (past)
printed (past participle)
printing (present participle)

If you print a picture, book, newspaper, etc., you make a copy of it on paper with a machine using ink or toner.

The book was printed in December.

A brief history of the church is printed in `Here and There' on page 20.

Can you print off a copy for me so I can read it on the train?

If you print words or letters, you write them by hand in a block style, not a cursive style.

Please print your name here and then sign underneath.


print

Print is letters, numerals, punctuation and other similar written symbols.

The print size in the newspaper is too small for me to read.

Most people still get their news both in broadcast and print forms.

A print is a copy that you make with a machine using ink or toner.

There were only fifty prints made of this painting.

With the digital camera, we don't have prints of many photos; we just keep them all on the computer.


exclude

exclude (canonical)
excludes (third-person singular)
excluded (past)
excluded (past participle)
excluding (present participle)

If you exclude someone or something, you keep them out.

During play time, she was excluded from the group.

The rules specifically exclude the use of drugs.


corporate

corporate (positive)
more corporate (comparative)
most corporate (superlative)

Corporate finance, planning, management, etc. is related to business or a company.

We have accounts for both individual and corporate clients.

There is a big difference between local managers and corporate leaders.

There is a trend in large corporate structures to remove layers of management.


revolt

revolt (canonical)
revolts (third-person singular)
revolted (past)
revolted (past participle)
revolting (present participle)

If a person revolts, they act against an authority.

The farmers had to revolt against the government to get what they deserve.

If something revolts you, its existence greatly repels you.

Your brother revolts me!