dynamics

Dynamics is a kind of mathematics that deals with motion and forces that cause changes in a system.

Work includes full-scale experiments, wind tunnel studies and computational fluid dynamics.


ambiguous

ambiguous (positive)
more ambiguous (comparative)
most ambiguous (superlative)

If something is ambiguous, it has more than one possible meaning, state, or explanation.

I think he fills his speeches with ambiguous words on purpose.

The goal of the challenge remains rather ambiguous.


banyan

A banyan is a tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, that has many aerial roots.


set

set (canonical)
sets (third-person singular)
set (past)
set (past participle)
setting (present participle)

If you set something somewhere, you put something into a place.

She sets the lamp on the floor.

I was setting glasses on the table when I heard a noise.

If you set something, you put it into some state or condition.

After changing the batteries, you have to set the clock again.

They set the house on fire

His utter naturalness at once set me at ease.

He sets the CD player to play.

The guard had never set a prisoner free before.

If you set something, you define it or to fix its value.

The teacher set a time limit of two minutes for this exercise.

The date for the exam was set to next Thursday.

The microwave was set to 400 watts.

If you set the table, you put dishes, forks and knives on it.

I set the table for five people, but only three came.

When the sun or moon sets, it moves toward the horizon.

The sun sets every evening.

If something sets, it dries and becomes solid.

The concrete needs to set before a car can drive on it.

This glue needs two hours to set.

The past tense and past participle of set.


set

Something that is set is fixed. It cannot be changed easily.

Don't argue! The rules are set.

The time for the race is set.

Are you set?


set

The set is the scenery for a theatrical work such as a play, ballet, musical, etc.

The Metropolitan Opera's set for Aida is spectacular.

I was painting a wall on the set when the director arrived.

A set is a group of things that are similar or can be used together.

This chess set is too expensive to play chess with it.

I have a set of porcelain figurines depicting characters from Shakespeare's plays.

A set is a group of things, where every single one of them has a certain purpose. All of them are needed to perform a certain operation.

To play poker, you need a set of playing cards and chips.

A mason has a set of tools.

Persons that have something in common may be called a set.

That rich chick is a member of the Jet Set.

Girls who wear sweaters on Wednesday in my school belong to the sweater set.

The Long Island Horsey Set plays polo on weekends.

A set is a machine which gets radio or television programs.

This television set is broken.

This radio set can receive programs from Australia.

In many sports, a number of sets make up a game. An example of this would be in tennis or table tennis.

The tennis player won the first two sets, but lost the game.


trill

A consonant sound made by vibrating the tongue against the part of the mouth where the sound is being made, looser than a fricative such as "s" in "sit", but tighter than an approximant such as "w" in "well".

The word arroz, meaning "rice", contains the alveolar trill (trill made on the roof of the mouth).


deny

deny (canonical)
denies (third-person singular)
denied (past)
denied (past participle)
denying (present participle)

If you deny something, you say it didn't happen or isn't true.

He denied charges that Vietnamese troops participated in the fighting.

There can be no denying that the Cobra is an extremely exciting car to drive.

The report that came out earlier today has been denied by the White House.

If you deny somebody something, you stop them from having or doing it.

A quick dive by the goal keeper denies Beckham the goal.

Why would you go to work and deny yourself a little rest?


yet

When something hasn't happened yet, it didn't happen, but it might happen in the future.

Is she there yet?


yet

Used to join words, phrases, and clauses that contrast.

It's cold outside, yet I don't see you wearing a coat.

I've never tried so hard yet accomplished so little.


sarcasm

humor that is not serious but is meant to mimic. Saying something you don't mean, to be funny or to make someone feel bad.

"No, I don't want any food, I'm just standing here holding an empty plate to make my fingers stronger," he said with sarcasm.


empirical

empirical (positive)
more empirical (comparative)
most empirical (superlative)

If something is empirical, it is based on or can be checked by observation or experience.

Simply because there is no empirical evidence to support this does not mean it's wrong. It simply means we haven't looked hard enough.

This hypothesis has been challenged on both theoretical and empirical grounds.


persistent

persistent (positive)
more persistent (comparative)
most persistent (superlative)

If someone or something is persistent, they continue and do not give up quickly.

She has had a persistent cough for weeks.

There was a persistent knocking on the door.

Many youth who spend time in jail actually become persistent offenders.

There have been persistent rumors for years.

lasting past maturity without falling off.

Pine cones have persistent scales.


cathedral

cathedral (singular)
cathedrals (plural)

The new bishop took control of his cathedral.


italics

Italics are a style of letters written slanted. In English, they are usually used for stressing a word in a sentence or for foreign words.

The sentences written in italics have been added or changed.


ideology

An ideology is the set of beliefs behind a movement, religion, political group, etc.

Schools reflect clearly the dominant political ideologies of their countries.

For many years the ideology of the Catholic church had a crushing effect on science.


adaptation

adaptation (singular)
adaptations (plural)

/ˌædæpˈteɪʃən/

An adaptation is a change to fit a different situation or the result of that change, especially when a story goes from book to TV or movie.

The new film adaptation of the classic book Little Women is quite wonderful.

He is also disabled and requires special adaptations to his home.

Adaptation is the process of changing to fit a different situation.

These products undergo a constant process of change and adaptation.


self-confident

self-confident (positive)
more self-confident (comparative)
most self-confident (superlative)

Being self-confident is being confident about one's self.

Sally is self-confident, and she thinks that she can do anything.


paradigm

A system of beliefs, ideas, values, and habits that is a way of thinking about the real world.

At the time, this way of thinking was the dominant paradigm for social scientists.

A paradigm is an example, model or pattern, especially the most basic or central one.

For fifteen centuries Aristotle remained the paradigm of knowledge itself.

It provides paradigms of action and role models through which we interpret `real life'.

(Grammar) A paradigm is the set of all word forms.

The complete paradigm for boy is: boy, boy’s, boys, boys’, boyish.


qualitative

qualitative (positive)
more qualitative (comparative)
most qualitative (superlative)

A reason, idea or writing is qualitative if it is about the way something is, or about the thing's qualities, but not about amounts.

I have a qualitative idea of what his work is like, but I don't know how much work he's done.

Qualitative differences between advertisements are likely to be far more important than quite large differences in the number of advertisements.


endemic

endemic (positive)
more endemic (comparative)
most endemic (superlative)

Endemic means that a species (or other taxon) belongs to something else. If an animal is endemic to a place (or habitat), it only exists in that habitat.

Some trout are endemic to Lake Baikal.


virtually

Once you put it on, it is virtually impossible to remove.

Car theft became so common that private cars virtually disappeared from the area.


thereby

He pulled it closer to him, thereby making it far easier to get up.

Food product quality is more easily maintained thereby reducing spoilage losses.

Water reflects less light than ice, thereby allowing the oceans to absorb more heat from the sun.

I'm concerned by attempts to limit this right and thereby to limit our freedom.

Having missed the first bit, he listened closely to catch the rest, hoping thereby to reply sensibly.

This change would prevent the team (and thereby the school) from advancing.


violation

violation (singular)
violations (plural)

/ˌvaɪɵˈleɪʃən/

A violation of a rule is an act of breaking the rule: going past the limits of the rule.

The speed you were driving your car was a violation of the speed limit.

Walking into my house like that was a violation of my privacy.

The new finding seems to be in violation of our understanding of physics.

This violation of our trust cannot be forgiven.

The violation of these young girls by a man their uncle is hard to understand.


mediation

mediation (singular)
mediations (plural)

Mediation is the process of helping two people or groups who are not in agreement to come to an agreement.

When I was separated from my wife, we had mediation to help decide who got to keep the house.


centimeter

centimeter (singular)
centimeters (plural)

A hundreth of a meter; 100 centimeters is one meter.

This pencil is 18 centimeters long.


minimal

When something is minimal, it is very small or small enough to not be important, especially the smallest.

We had a minimal amount of rain yesterday, so we still need to water the plants.

Don't worry -- any problems from this will be minimal.


duty

Parents have the duty to educate their children.

A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff, customs duty, excise duty.

Import duty and taxes are due when importing goods into the United States.


implicit

implicit (positive)
more implicit (comparative)
most implicit (superlative)

A meaning that is implicit is understood or given but not directly.

There is an implicit assumption that women should be acting more like men.

Though teachers may not formulate aims consciously, they will be implicit in the teaching.

A belief that is implicit is complete and without question.

Jonadab was used to implicit obedience from his children and was surprised at his son's answer.


comprehensive

comprehensive (positive)
more comprehensive (comparative)
most comprehensive (superlative)

If something is comprehensive, it includes everything that is related.

The book includes the most comprehensive list of existing government programs.

This chapter is not intended to provide a detailed and comprehensive documentation of the aids available in the UK.


opinionated

opinionated (positive)
more opinionated (comparative)
most opinionated (superlative)

If you are opinionated, you have opinions, especially strong opinions.

She has strong feelings about many topics; she is an opinionated person.


insight

A very good understanding of something; a clear idea about how something works.

We need to get some insight into the causes of this problem.

I just had a flash of insight about why she does that.


analogous

analogous (positive)
more analogous (comparative)
most analogous (superlative)

When x is analogous to y, it is similar to y.

Using that little broom to sweep this big floor is analogous to using a candle to cook dinner for 40 people.

The development of the new DVD with multiple formats is analogous to the video wars between beta and VHS.


innovation

innovation (singular)
innovations (plural)

/ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən/

Innovation is the process of making something new and original.

Our company has stayed in the lead largely by encouraging innovation.

An innovation is something new and original.

The number of technical innovations is growing at a faster and faster rate.


successive

Successive things follow in order, one after another.

Successive governments have refused to make the changes.

Edward Kawak won in four successive years (1982–1985).

Cancers were developing at younger and younger ages with each successive generation in each family.


predominantly

The predominantly male, white judges treat men and women differently.

Her work during this period was predominantly concerned with children learning to read.


livers

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

Livers produce bile.


fifty

There were fifty people in my class.


fifty

five tens is fifty.


hierarchical

hierarchical (positive)
more hierarchical (comparative)
most hierarchical (superlative)

/ˌhaɪərˈɑːkɪkəl/

If something is hierarchical, it has levels, with higher levels being larger, more important, more powerful, etc.

The rules show the hierarchical structure of the company.

The society was rigidly hierarchical with priests, nobles and slaves, and a highly organised army.


obedience

obedience (singular)
obediences (plural)

Obedience is very important in any army.

behavior in which you do what good person, father, boss, teacher, tells you to do.


survive

survive (canonical)
survives (third-person singular)
survived (past)
survived (past participle)
surviving (present participle)

If you survive something, you experience it and you did not die.

They survived the war but died two years later.

Some of the factory's equipment from 1827 still survives.

I went to a lecture on surviving in dangerous situations.

These last few months have been hard, but we'll survive.


priority

A priority is something that is important; you want to do it first or spend more time or money on it than other things.

Learning the language is a high priority for all people who move to the country.

The nineteen national priority areas will receive 70 per cent of the funding.

If something has or is given priority, it should go before other things.

The Government needs to give a higher priority to the quality of life.

Teachers need to give priority to science over less important subjects.


device

She has a device in her kitchen for cutting garlic.

A device is a machine or part attached to a computer, such as a keyboard, mouse, printer etc.

The mouse is an important device for using the computer.

A device is a clever way of doing something.


RAM

RAM is the acronym for random access memory.


active

active (positive)
more active (comparative)
most active (superlative)

Something is active if it is turned on or started.

One of the computers was active: its screen was bright.

If someone is active, he or she does exercise often or participates often.

She was such an active 80-year-old that she ran the Boston Marathon.

Jenkins is an active member of the Rotary Club since he goes to all the meetings.

A sentence is active if its subject does the action.

"Athena helped Odysseus" is an active sentence because Athena is the one who helped.


ultimately

We will all help, but it is you who are ultimately responsible.

The events of 1962 ultimately lead to the end of his government.

Ultimately, the choice depends on what you like.


grandchild

grandchild (singular)
grandchildren (plural)

A grandchild is the grandson or granddaughter of someone. It is the child of someone's child.

Jemima is my grandmother. She is my father's mother. I am her grandchild.


depravity

depravity (singular)
depravities (plural)

The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.

He was a very bad man, lost in depravity.

Susan's depravity was her husband's murder.

evil that is part of human nature, contamination by sin.

Our depravity is the result of Adam's fall.


vertically

The cliffs fell vertically down to the sea.

The rocket shot vertically into the sky.


fluctuation

fluctuation (singular)
fluctuations (plural)

A fluctuation is when something changes back and forth quickly.

The price of wheat stayed the same, but there were a lot of fluctuations in the price of rice.

Every time a cloud goes past, there is a fluctuation in the amount of sunshine.


exploitation

exploitation (singular)
exploitations (plural)

Exploitation is the use of something, usually for profit.

The commercial exploitation of Alaska for oil could lead to serious environmental problems.

Exploitation is the use or treatment of someone unfairly.

Today, most countries have laws against the exploitation of children in factories.


convince

convince (canonical)
convinces (third-person singular)
convinced (past)
convinced (past participle)
convincing (present participle)

To make someone believe, or feel sure about something.

We have to convince her that the world is a sphere.


fare

A fare is money that you pay for public transportation; that is, to ride on a bus, taxi, train or airplane.

The city is planning to increase its bus fares again.


handshake

handshake (singular)
handshakes (plural)

A handshake is when two people hold hands for a few seconds and move them up and down before letting go. It is often used like a greeting (like saying "hello" or "goodbye" when people meet) or to say that two people have agreed on something.

When I meet someone, I give a firm handshake.


invisible

Something is invisible when we can not see it.

infrared light is invisible to animals and humans.

The magician made the woman invisible.


foreign

foreign (positive)
more foreign (comparative)
most foreign (superlative)

Foreign means something that comes from a different place or country. Foreign people are known as foreigners.

Sven has a foreign accent.

Foreign can mean something that is not familiar or not characteristic.

Greed was as foreign to him as a Frenchman in China.


jihad

A jihad is a personal fight with yourself to become a better person.

A jihad is a holy war by Muslims to stop people from keeping down other people by force.

The Muslims have started a jihad against the Israelis.


spic

Spic is an insulting word for a Latino or Hispanic person.


widespread

widespread (positive)
more widespread (comparative)
most widespread (superlative)

If something is widespread, it happens or exists in many situations or places.

This particular bird is only found here, but similar species are very widespread.

There is a widespread belief that when we are born we are like a blank sheet of paper.


differentiation

differentiation (singular)
differentiations (plural)

Differentiation finding or showing the differences between things.

In the shop, there was no differentiation between product from Asia and product from Europe.

Differentiation is the process of becoming or making something different.

As the cells grow and divide, differentiation takes place. You can begin to see some as muscle cells, some as blood cells, etc.

Differentiation is acting different towards different people or situations.

Schools tend to have little formal curricular differentiation between the sexes, except in physical education.

Differentiation is the process of obtaining the derivative of a function.


cowardice

cowardice (singular)
cowardices (plural)

Someone who shows cowardice is being afraid, not having courage, not doing something they should do because they are afraid.

He showed cowardice when he ran away and left his friend to fight the other children.


temporary

temporary (positive)
more temporary (comparative)
most temporary (superlative)

Something is temporary if it's only for a short time.

A tent was our temporary home after our house burned down in the fire.

The middle of the floor is a temporary place for these books until I find room for them on the shelf.


horizontal

horizontal (positive)
more horizontal (comparative)
most horizontal (superlative)

/ˌhɔːrəˈzɑːntəl/

Something that is lying down or "straight across" is horizontal. In a horizontal direction means straight across.

The road across the Nullabor plain is horizontal.

Dad hung a swing from a horizontal branch.

Horizontal stripes on a shirt make a person look wider.

To be horizontal means to have something to do with the horizon.


vision

Vision is being able to see with your eyes.

Now I'm old and my vision is not very good, so I don't drive a car any more.

Vision is being able to think of good ideas for the future.

This woman will be a good leader of our company because she has great vision about the future of our company.

The president needs to create ideas, to create a vision for the country.


restraint

restraint (singular)
restraints (plural)

Restraint is the quality people show when they don't do something they shouldn't do.

You already ate too much cake. Now please show some restraint.

A restraint is a strap or other thing that holds a person in place, like a seatbelt in a car or handcuffs that the police use to hold someone.

A baby needs the right kind of restraint to ride safely in a car.

A restraint is something that stops people from doing something.

A legal restraint prevents him from going to meet his ex-girlfriend.


transmission

transmission (singular)
transmissions (plural)

Transmission is the sending of something from one place to another, usually something like electricity, a message or a disease.

Washing before touching food can prevent the transmission of disease in food and drink.

The new communication lines and will be able to support data transmission at speeds four times faster than today.

The National Transmission System is a network of thousands of kilometres of wire.

A transmission is a signal, such as TV or radio, that is sent from one place to another.

Radio stations have promised live transmission from the concert.

A transmission in a machine is the parts that transfer the engine's movement to the wheels or other moving parts.

The car comes with a four-speed automatic transmission.


eliminate

eliminate (canonical)
eliminates (third-person singular)
eliminated (past)
eliminated (past participle)
eliminating (present participle)

If you eliminate something, you make it go away or disappear, or you kill it.

The recent fixes have eliminated the problems we were having.

Canada was eliminated in the first round of the world cup.

He was at risk of being eliminated by the other gang members.


disambiguation

disambiguation (singular)
disambiguations (plural)

/dɪsæmˌbɪɡjuːˈeɪʃən/

If I work on disambiguation, I am helping to get rid of things that are so similar that they cause confusion.

This page is a disambiguation page.


automatically

If something happens automatically, it happens without the need for a person to start it or do anything more.

The door closed and locked automatically behind him.

If you sign up for this, you'll automatically be entered in a contest to win a car.

If you do something automatically, you do it without thinking about it.

If a man and woman spend time together, you shouldn't automatically assume they're lovers.

"You're welcome," she said automatically.


revision

A revision is a change or edit a to language, a plan, etc.

This book needs a lot of revision before it can be published.

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

The plan has undergone a number of complete revisions.

A revision is a piece of writing or plan that has changed or will change.

The software includes the latest revisions to the HTML standards.

In the UK, revision is the process of studying something again.

I need to do more revision for the test.


absolute

An absolute is something that will always exist.

Death is considered to be an absolute.


absolute

absolute (positive)
more absolute (comparative)
most absolute (superlative)

If something is absolute, it is complete or total.

The light went out and he was in absolute darkness.

The sergeant has absolute power. His soldiers must obey him.


androgyny

androgyny (singular)
androgynies (plural)

Androgyny is having both masculine and feminine characteristics.

Androgyny is looking neither masculine nor feminine.


prohibit

prohibit (canonical)
prohibits (third-person singular)
prohibited (past)
prohibited (past participle)
prohibiting (present participle)

If you prohibit something, you say that it must not be done.

The laws were changed to prohibit the use of certain tools.

Company policy is to prohibit dogs from entering the store.

If x prohibits y, y is not possible because of x.

The use of a password prohibits access to outsiders.


random

random (positive)
more random (comparative)
most random (superlative)

If something is random, there is no purpose, reason, or pattern.

I have to sit there like typing in random keywords to see if it's a keyword.

Why don't you get organised instead of just contacting random people.

If a process is random, every option has an equal chance of happening.

20 per cent of the random sample of the libraries were public in any normal sense of the word.

Banks use random numbers to make codes to keep your computer banking safe and secret.


clarity

She dreamed, with great clarity, that she had seen her own death.

Lack of clarity on the part of the teacher will cause confusion among the students.


practitioner

practitioner (singular)
practitioners (plural)

A practitioner is a person who works in a profession or following a particular style or belief, especially related to health care.

Acupuncture practitioners use fine needles to stimulate specific points of the body.

The book should be useful for new and experienced practitioners of yoga.


homophone

homophone (singular)
homophones (plural)

/ˈhɒməfəʊ̯n/

A word that sounds like another word, even though they have different meanings.

"right" and "write" are homophones.


librarian

librarian (singular)
librarians (plural)

A librarian is a person who manages a library.

You can ask the librarian to help you find the book.


detect

detect (canonical)
detects (third-person singular)
detected (past)
detected (past participle)
detecting (present participle)

If you detect something, you use your senses to find or notice it.

Some insects can detect changes in temperature as small as 0.003 degrees Celsius.

These animals have a smell that even a human nose can easily detect.

The chemical has been detected in lakes and rivers, in fish and birds, and in human breast milk.

Our instruments are not sensitive enough to detect it.


hear

hear (canonical)
hears (third-person singular)
heard (past)
heard (past participle)
hearing (present participle)

If you hear a sound, you notice it with your ear.

I heard music coming from the next room.

Speak louder, I cannot hear you!


heir

An heir is the person who gets the property or money when someone dies.

Jack was his only heir, so he will get all the money.


appendix

appendix (singular)
appendices or appendixes (plural)

An appendix is a part at the back of a book that has extra information.

See Appendix B for a list of irregular verbs.

An appendix lists all 221 equations used by the program.

Your appendix is a small part of your body that is attached to your large intestine.

It was common for children to die from a burst appendix.


speaks

speak (canonical)
speaks (third-person singular)
spoke (past)
spoke (past participle)
speaking (present participle)

The third-person singular form of speak.

I find it difficult to understand him because he speaks with such a heavy accent.


behalf

If you do something on someone's behalf, you do it for them or as their representative.

We give you this award on behalf of a grateful nation.

We have to leave, but would you please apologize to Steve on our behalf?

If you're not there, they'll make the decision on your behalf.


problem

A problem is something that is difficult to do, understand, or believe.

If you have a problems with the computer, I can probably help.

You should see your doctor if you think you have a health problem.

This book tells you how to deal with drinking problems.

If you are regularly late, it can cause problems.

Today, we are concerned with some serious problems with the product.

I solved the problem by replacing a broken part.

It's a good idea to discuss your problems with a friend.

Problems like these arise from a lack of care.

We've identified a number of problem areas that need to be looked at.

Most students got the right answer for the first problem.

You say "no problem" to agree to do something.

"Could you open the door for me?" "Sure, no problem!"

You say "no problem" after somebody thanks you or apologises to you.

"Thank you so much for all your help." "No problem! Any time!"


horizontally

horizontally (positive)
more horizontally (comparative)
Superlativemost horizontally

The pictures were arranged horizontally around the room.

Johnnie's hat sailed horizontally out the window.


cruciverbalist

cruciverbalist (singular)
cruciverbalists (plural)

A person who enjoys doing crossword puzzles.

Susan is a cruciverbalist; she does the newspaper crossword puzzle every day.


incompatible

incompatible (positive)
more incompatible (comparative)
most incompatible (superlative)

/ˌɪŋkəmˈpætɪbəl/

Two things are incompatible with each other if they don't fit together or don't work well together.

The husband and wife were not happy together because they were incompatible.

I can't fit this wire into my computer because the end is incompatible with the part of the computer for plugging things in.


preliminary

preliminary (positive)
more preliminary (comparative)
most preliminary (superlative)

If something is preliminary, it is a preparation for a main matter.


preliminary

preliminary (singular)
preliminaries (plural)

A preliminary is a preparation for a main matter.


preliminary

Preliminary to the main discussions, perhaps we could introduce ourselves.


edible

edible (positive)
more edible (comparative)
most edible (superlative)

Something is called edible if it can be eaten by humans and animals without danger to their health.

These mushrooms are edible.


edible

An edible is something that you can eat.

The apple is an edible.


pose

What kind of pose is best for this photograph?


pose

pose (canonical)
poses (third-person singular)
posed (past)
posed (past participle)
posing (present participle)

The emcee will pose the tie-breaking question.

Will you pose for a photograph?

Have you posed for your portrait?

Some celebs spend too much time posing for photographs.


speaking

speak (canonical)
speaks (third-person singular)
spoke (past)
spoken (past participle)
speaking (present participle)


forty

He was forty minutes late.


forty

four tens is forty.


conformity

Conformity is the state of being or becoming similar to other members of a group.

In high school, students who do not show a high degree of conformity are often not accepted by other students.

Often the teaching of writing is really the teaching of social conformity: students must write like everyone else.

Conformity is the state of following rules or expectations.

The army is there to ensure conformity with the UN resolutions.


effective

effective (positive)
more effective (comparative)
most effective (superlative)

An effective strategy, treatment, method, etc is one that works well as planned.

Teachers are using instructional strategies that are most effective in helping students learn.

If you have effective command, consent, control, etc., you have it in practice but not officially.

The students had effective control over what the teacher would include on the test.

If a law, agreement, change, etc. becomes effective, it officially begins.

The new rules about ball size are effective next season.


effective

You use effective to tell when something starts officially.

Effective next week, all employees will wear the new uniform.


mutual

mutual (positive)
more mutual (comparative)
most mutual (superlative)

If something is mutual x does it to y, and y does it to x.

The working relationship between the two men was based on a mutual respect.

She hated him, and the feeling was mutual.

A mutual friend, agreement, etc. is one that is shared between two or more people.

I learned of her accident through a mutual friend.


ductile

ductile (positive)
more ductile (comparative)
most ductile (superlative)

If something is ductile, it can be stretched into wire, usually metal.

If something is ductile, it can easily be molded into a new shape.

If someone is ductile, they are easily lead; they are prone to follow.


medium

A medium amount is an amount that is not small and not large, but in the middle.

Would you like a small, medium or large drink?


medium

medium (singular)
mediums or media (plural)

A medium is stuff that something moves through.

Light can go through different media: air, water, glass.

Sound waves slow down when they go through this kind of medium.

A medium is a person who hears ideas that come from people who are dead. (plural mediums)

We all closed our eyes, and the medium said "I hear your father speaking."

I don't believe those mediums can really hear anything.


spoken

I have spoken to her about the car.


conceive

conceive (canonical)
conceives (third-person singular)
conceived (past)
conceived (past participle)
conceiving (present participle)

If you can conceive of a certain situation, you can imagine it.

I just can't conceive of life without you.

Can you conceive what life would have been like in that time?

Someone conceives of an idea when they think of the idea for the first time, and it's their idea: they thought of it themselves, no one told them.

The planners first conceived of the idea of making a large, curved building here in 1998.

I can't conceive of any way of getting there before 5:00.

A woman conceives a baby when she becomes pregnant (starts to carry a tiny baby inside her).

The baby was conceived the day we went to Niagara Falls.


contrary

If an act or idea is contrary to something, it is against it.

The president's actions are contrary to the constitution and therefore illegal.

You use contrary to x when x is different from the truth.

Contrary to popular belief, the oil companies cannot control the price of crude.

What she told me was contrary to everything I had ever heard.

Contrary to popular myth, women are not worse drivers than men.


contrary

contrary (positive)
more contrary (comparative)
most contrary (superlative)

A contrary view, sentence, etc. is opposite to other ones.

The contrary view is that these kind of projects are a waste of money.

The only thoughts he had were contrary ones.

A contrary person tries to be different from other people or does not often agree with others.

The contrary is the opposite of an idea, sentence, etc.

It is best to believe people are good, at least until the contrary is shown.

This is not necessarily bad; on the contrary, it is sometimes quite useful.


infrastructure

infrastructure (singular)
infrastructures (plural)

A place's infrastructure is the basic public works such as roads, electricity & water supply, and schools, that allow it to function.

The construction of the BAM railway will provide an infrastructure for exports to Japan and the US.

The new bridge will be one of Europe's largest ever infrastructure projects.

The infrastructure is the basic ideas and systems that support an organisation or a project.

The hardware-software system provides an infrastructure for messaging applications across the company.


incumbent

incumbent (singular)
incumbents (plural)

An incumbent is a person who currently holds a type of position, often in politics.

She was an incumbent in the last election for the office she holds.


incumbent

If someone is incumbent, they are in a political position now.

They are incumbent in this election because they are in office.


ethical

ethical (positive)
more ethical (comparative)
most ethical (superlative)

An ethical issue, problem, etc. relates to questions of good or bad, right or wrong.

Doctors have to think about both the medical and ethical parts of the problem.

If something is ethical, it is good, not bad or wrong. Often, this is based on formal philosophy. Often, what is ethical is based on rules of a group or profession (kind of job).

Is it really ethical to eat meat?


meetings

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

The group gets together in many meetings.


devote

devote (canonical)
devotes (third-person singular)
devoted (past)
devoted (past participle)
devoting (present participle)

If someone devotes time or energy to something, they feel that it is important and they spend a lot of time or energy on it.

I devoted ten years of my life to writing that book.

She decided to devote her life to nursing.


regardless

If x happens regardless of y, y does not change x.

She left, regardless of him asking her to stay.


uniform

A uniform is clothing that is very similar and worn by a group of people.

All the young army men wore identical uniforms and badges of rank.

School uniform was always worn, which for the boys meant khaki shirts and trousers.

When I was a child, I was afraid of men in uniform: policemen, firemen, even the milkman.


uniform

uniform (positive)
more uniform (comparative)
most uniform (superlative)

If something is uniform, there is no variation in it.

It was designed to be uniform from one end to the other.

The increase in grades has been uniform across all subjects except math.


hullo

You say, "hullo" in greeting when you meet someone new or see somebody you know.

"Good morning, James!" "Hullo, Jimbob! How are you?"


nominate

nominate (canonical)
nominates (third-person singular)
nominated (past)
nominated (past participle)
nominating (present participle)

To name someone for a role or position, including that of an office.

Jim nominated Tom to be the leader of their group

To name something for an award or prize.

The movie was nominated for an Academy Award.


foundation

foundation (singular)
foundations (plural)

The foundation of something is the basic ideas or work behind it.

These early inventions laid the foundations of modern radio technology.

Her education gave her a solid foundation in all the major subjects.

The foundation of a building is the solid base that is under it and that supports it.

They dug solid foundations, spending a lot of time pouring concrete into four pits.

A foundation is an organisation that collects money to do good things.

The Open Software Foundation has opened up laboratories to test software.

The foundation of a group, business, country, etc. is the act of starting it.

The company has double in size every year since its foundation.

Foundation is the first layer of cream or makeup.

Dot the foundation over the face-on the nose, the cheeks, the chin and spread working from the face outwards.


intensity

intensity (singular)
intensities (plural)

The intensity of something is the amount of it in a given time or space.

These flowers suffer from high intensity of sunlight.

It all depends on the intensity of the work, not the amount.

Intensity is a high level of power, strength, feeling, etc.

Marie understood the intensity of the old woman's hatred.

The intensity of the pain made him scream.

She spoke with a new intensity.


daughter-in-law

daughter-in-law (singular)
daughters-in-law or daughter-in-laws (plural)

The wife of a person's son. The opposite of a daughter-in-law would be a son-in-law, or a daughter's husband.


eat

eat (canonical)
eats (third-person singular)
ate (past)
eaten (past participle)
eating (present participle)

If you eat something, usually food, you put it in your mouth, chew it, and swallow it.

I always eat too much good when it's Thanksgiving.

My 2 year old accidentally ate chalk that she found on the table.

If you eat the cost of something, you pay for it.

The supplier will have to eat the cost of returning the goods.

If you eat someone, you give them sex with your mouth (oral sex)


norm

A norm is the usual situation, amount, level, etc.

CDs are dying out and MP3s are becoming the norm.

His income is slightly above the norm for someone in his position.

Many teens find it very important to conform to group norms.


undergo

undergo (canonical)
undergoes (third-person singular)
underwent (past)
undergone (past participle)
undergoing (present participle)

If you undergo something, it happens to you; often it is not nice.

The country has undergone great changes in the last decade.

She had to undergo surgery because of her broken leg.

The bridge is currently undergoing tests to see if it can be reopened.


diminish

diminish (canonical)
diminishes (third-person singular)
diminished (past)
diminished (past participle)
diminishing (present participle)

When something diminishes it gets smaller or less important or makes something that way.

The way you talked just now diminished my respect for you.

The amount of water in the lake is diminishing because there has been no rain.


quotation

quotation (singular)
quotations (plural)

A quotation is a sentence or phrase that was said by someone and is now being used or referred to by somebody else. Quotations can be from books, movies, speeches, television shows, songs, etc.

This chapter began with a quotation from Monica Furlong.

Consider the following quotation from the Bible: Job 16:18: "O earth, cover not thou my blood."

Quotation is the act of using somebody else's exact words.

A quotation is a report of the cost or value of something.


guideline

guideline (singular)
guidelines (plural)

A guideline is a formal suggestion about how something should be done, but it is not a rule.

If you are a new driver you should try to follow these basic safety guidelines.

Our new guidelines will also say that we must be careful treat everyone equally.

The general guidelines for healthy eating stay the same.

A guideline is a line on a page that helps you see where to write or how to draw something.

A guideline is a rope or string that shows you where to go.


wage

Wages is the money a person is paid for doing their job.

Only 6 percent of the wage earners in this country earn more than $ 100,000.

They are working for minimum wage or $5 an hour.

The workers were demanding higher wages.

The average hourly wage rose only 2.8% last year.


wage

wage (canonical)
wages (third-person singular)
waged (past)
waged (past participle)
waging (present participle)

If you wage a battle, war, or campaign for or against something, you fight or work hard for or against it.

After his death in 1990, a five-year battle was waged in court for control of the $72 million estate.

The Iranians hate Iraq for the war that they waged against them for eight years.

This is the beginning of a long legal battle, similar to the campaign waged against the tobacco industry.


coincide

coincide (canonical)
coincides (third-person singular)
coincided (past)
coincided (past participle)
coinciding (present participle)

Two things coincide with each other if they're both in the same place or at the same time.

The time of your party coincides with my niece's wedding, so I can't come.

The end of one side of a triangle coincides with the end of another side, making a corner.


henna

Henna is a reddish plant used for making tattoos and hair coloring.

People in north Africa and nearby regions often use henna in festivities and celebrations.

On her wedding day, Sam will wear henna on her hands and feet.


took

take (canonical)
takes (third-person singular)
took (past)
taken (past participle)
taking (present participle)


scenario

/sɛˈnɑːriəʊ/

A scenario is a possible or imagined future, often with detailed plans.

The worst scenario for Nicky, I imagined, would be if Enya suddenly fell in love with another producer.

If the first part can be completed, then two possible scenarios present themselves.


internal organ

internal organ (singular)
internal organs (plural)

An internal organ is an organ of an animal that is inside the body, beneath the skin.

The stomach, heart, lungs, and liver are internal organs and are protected by layers of skin, fat and bones.


refine

refine (canonical)
refines (third-person singular)
refined (past)
refined (past participle)
refining (present participle)

When someone refines something, they make it better.

We need to refine our way of organizing this office.

When people refine a food or other thing, they make it purer.

They take sugar cane and refine it to make white sugar.


ago

I was there ten years ago.


phenomenon

phenomenon (singular)
phenomena or phenomenons (plural)

A phenomenon is a fact or event that you can observe (see or hear or sense), especially one that is not fully understood.

But this explanation is not enough to explain the observed phenomena.

Football violence is not a particularly new phenomenon, and it isn't only a British problem.

These scientists study such phenomena as storms and changing climate.

A phenomenon is a person, show, book, etc. that is very popular.

'N Sync was something of a pop music phenomenon in the late 90s.

Snakes as pets are not a new phenomenon, but they do seem to be growing more popular.


infer

infer (canonical)
infers (third-person singular)
inferred (past)
inferred (past participle)
inferring (present participle)

If you infer something, you begin to believe it based on indirect information.

We can infer from the old bones that this animal probably walked on two feet.

From the evidence, we can infer the existence of a third child.


commodity

commodity (singular)
commodities (plural)

A commodity is something that is bought or sold.

The price of corn and other farming commodities has dropped by 10%.

There have been big changes in commodity prices and exchange rates over the past decade.

Margaret had regarded her body as a tradeable commodity.

A commodity is a valuable quality or thing.

Hope may become a very rare commodity.


isolated

isolate (canonical)
isolates (third-person singular)
isolated (past)
isolated (past participle)
isolating (present participle)

If you isolate something, you make it so that it does not or cannot contact certain other things.

We went to isolate ourselves from everyday worries.

The prisoner was isolated to protect him from attack.

Britain is isolated from the rest of Europe by the Channel.


isolated

isolated (positive)
more isolated (comparative)
most isolated (superlative)

As she got older and her friends moved away, she became more and more isolated.


met

meet (canonical)
meets (third-person singular)
met (past)
met (past participle)
meeting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of meet.


eighty

ordinal eightieth) Eighty is the number 80.

There were about eighty people at the party.


eighty

seventy plus ten is eighty.


write

write (canonical)
writes (third-person singular)
wrote (past)
written (past participle)
writing (present participle)

If you write a book, an article, a computer program, a piece of music, etc., you create it.

My dream is to write a children's book.

Mozart wrote over 600 pieces of music during his lifetime.

He can't write. He's a terrible writer.

In the article, the author writes that these things need to change.

If you write, you use letters, numbers, or other marks on paper or on a computer to show words.

Can you write your name and phone number here for me?

Our teacher taught us to write beautifully.

It's amazing how many people can't read and write.

Do you have any paper to write on?

Listen to what I say and write it down.

If you write, you send a letter to someone.

Please, phone or write me when you have some time.

She would write to Mom every week and give her all the details.

(computer) If a computer writes, it records something in its memory or on a disk.

Old computers were much slower at writing files.


shown

show (canonical)
shows (third-person singular)
showed (past)
shown (past participle)
showing (present participle)


sent

send (canonical)
sends (third-person singular)
sent (past)
sent (past participle)
sending (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of send.


pay

pay (canonical)
pays (third-person singular)
paid (past)
paid (past participle)
paying (present participle)

If you pay, you give money for something.

Bess worked for eight hours and they paid her a hundred dollars.


pay

Your pay is money you receive after doing something.

Go to the office to receive your pay.


termination

termination (singular)
terminations (plural)

Termination is the act of ending something.

We will continue to do business in Asia after termination of the Japan program.

The termination is the end point, time or limit of something.

Three years after the termination of war in 1945, France was fighting another war in Indo-China.

The company will cut costs through the termination of 150 employees.

Termination is the act of killing something.

The group is against the termination of these sick babies.

A termination is a suffix or the end of a word.

The termination of a verb in the past tense is usually "ed".


giant

A giant is a very big man or woman, often in fairy tales.

Jack climbed the beanstalk and found a land ruled by a giant.


giant

He bought a giant doll at the fair.


reverse

reverse (canonical)
reverses (third-person singular)
reversed (past)
reversed (past participle)
reversing (present participle)

If you reverse something, you make it act or move opposite to before (in the other direction).

The new president reversed the decision to expand the factory.

There were many new jobs in the early 90s, but then the cycle was completely reversed, and thousands of people were out of work.

She reversed the car into the parking space.

When my mom got sick, our roles were reversed and I began to care for her.

Now reverse your position by raising your right hand and lowering your left.


reverse

The reverse of something is its opposite.

Female professors are often married to male professors, but the reverse is not as common.

In a machine, reverse is a setting that makes it act or move opposite to before.

As the plane landed, the engines went into reverse, helping us to stop.

When the Chinese started selling cars, the Japanese automobile industry went into rapid reverse.

The reverse of something is it's other side.

Details can be found on the reverse of this paper.


intestine

intestine (singular)
intestines (plural)

The place in the body where food is digested after the stomach.


reinforce

reinforce (canonical)
reinforces (third-person singular)
reinforced (past)
reinforced (past participle)
reinforcing (present participle)

If you reinforce something, you make it stronger.

Recent mistakes only reinforce the view that nobody cares.

Hitting a child can reinforce his tendency to use violence.

This meeting has helped to further reinforce the links between the colleges.

The steel is used to reinforce the building's walls.

The extra men will reinforce the army in Iraq.


favorite

My favorite brand is the brand I like most.

Ford is my favorite brand of truck.


favorite

A favorite is a thing or person that someone likes the most. It is a thing that someone prefers, or likes more than any other.

chocolate ice cream is my favorite.

When kings and other royalty have favorites, these are people they trust.

He was a favorite of the king.


contemporary

contemporary (positive)
more contemporary (comparative)
most contemporary (superlative)

If something is contemporary it is related to this time (now). Technically, this is an incorrect usage; better is to use "modern", "now" or "present-day".

The artist has a great knowledge of the sources of historical and contemporary art.

If x is contemporary with y, they happened at about the same time.

They are sources that are contemporary or near contemporary with the period being studied.


contemporary

contemporary (singular)
contemporaries (plural)

Somebody's contemporary is a person who lived at or near the same time.

This is what made Marx so different from his socialist contemporaries.


significantly

The price of gas dropped significantly today, causing drivers to line up at the pumps to fill up.

His face looked significantly different.

He was, significantly, at the shop just before the accident.

He looked at her significantly.


violate

violate (canonical)
violates (third-person singular)
violated (past)
violated (past participle)
violating (present participle)

To violate means to break something like a law.

A person violated the copyright of a book.


once

We go to the house once a year.

She had only seen him once.

It's nice to be understood for once.

We get together once a month for coffee.

Not once have I said that.

It was hard to believe that once we had been friends.

The once great city had be destroyed.


once

Once I've finished cleaning up, we can leave.


brought

bring (canonical)
brings (third-person singular)
brought (past)
brought (past participle)
bringing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of bring.

You brought a book to me last week.

Steve brought the money to my office.


hatchback

hatchback (singular)
hatchbacks (plural)

A car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upward.

He was driving his hatchback when he hit the bicyclist.

Could you open the hatchback so that I can put my golf clubs in the car?


quote

quote (canonical)
quotes (third-person singular)
quoted (past)
quoted (past participle)
quoting (present participle)

Did he quote me in the newspaper?


quote

A quote is somebody's exact words used by somebody else.

In the following quote, a young woman describes her experience with drugs.

I might also include a quote from Shakespeare: "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players".

A quote is a report of the cost or value of something.


denote

denote (canonical)
denotes (third-person singular)
denoted (past)
denoted (past participle)
denoting (present participle)

If x denotes y, x is a sign of or has the meaning of y.

The term "sales mix" is used to denote the percentage of total sales of each product.

In this text, ungrammatical sentences are denoted by an asterisk (*).


cease

cease (canonical)
ceases (third-person singular)
ceased (past)
ceased (past participle)
ceasing (present participle)

If you cease something, you stop doing it.

Around the time of the First World War, Clark brothers ceased operations, and the mill finally fell silent.

Beyond the window, the rain ceased, giving way to sunshine.


household

household (singular)
households (plural)

A group of people who live together; the group may or may not be a family. A household may also be an individual living alone.

How many people are there in your household?


passive

passive (positive)
more passive (comparative)
most passive (superlative)

If someone is passive, they do not normally respond or take action.

Watching TV is a much more passive activity than reading.

After his injury, he was forced to play a more passive role on the team.

A passive clause has the natural object as its subject.

While "she hit me" is an active clause, "I was hit (by her)" is passive.


displacement

displacement (singular)
displacements (plural)

Displacement is when something is made to move out of its place.

The war has caused the displacement of tens of thousands of people.

The displacement of folk music by western pop music has happened in many countries.

Displacement is the amount of liquid or gas that is moved when something floats in it.


began

begin (canonical)
begins (third-person singular)
began (past)
begun (past participle)
beginning (present participle)

I began to feel uncomfortable when he made fun of my friend.

He began his business many years ago.


went

go (canonical)
goes (third-person singular)
went (past)
gone (past participle)
going (present participle)


torso

Your torso is a part of your body between your neck and groin.

My torso hurts.


inspection

inspection (singular)
inspections (plural)

An inspection is a careful look at something, usually for problems.

Before the flight, the pilot did a complete inspection of the airplane.

It seemed that he had not been paid, but upon closer inspection it was found that he had indeed.

An inspection of the prison was planned for next week.


comprise

comprise (canonical)
comprises (third-person singular)
comprised (past)
comprised (past participle)
comprising (present participle)

The United States comprises Hawaii and Alaska.

If x comprises y, y is all the things that, together, make x.

The United States comprises 50 states.

If x comprises y, x is all the things that, together, make y.

Fifty states comprise The United States.

The United States is comprised of 50 states.


begun

I have begun to feel sorry for him.


manual

manual (positive)
more manual (comparative)
most manual (superlative)

If something is manual, it is done with the hands or through physical work.

Unskilled manual workers are the most likely to lose their job when the economy changes.

One quarter of the accidents at work arise from manual lifting, handling and carrying.

Manual dexterity, detergents, etc. are for or related to hands.

Video games increase your manual dexterity and hand to eye co-ordination.


manual

I need to fix this machine, but I can't find the manual.


supplementary

supplementary (positive)
more supplementary (comparative)
most supplementary (superlative)

If something is supplementary, it is added on; it is not needed, but it is often useful.

Many immigrants are employed but also feel the need to seek supplementary income.

These software solutions are more supplementary than basic.


leathers

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


grew

grow (canonical)
grows (third-person singular)
grew (past)
grown (past participle)
growing (present participle)


sat

sit (canonical)
sits (third-person singular)
sat (past)
sat (past participle)
sitting (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of sit.


trigger

A trigger is the part of a gun that you push with one finger when you want to make the gun shoot.

I didn't want to make him angry, because he had his finger on the trigger.

A trigger is a little thing that makes something bigger happen.

Bad smells are one of the triggers for my headaches.


trigger

trigger (canonical)
triggers (third-person singular)
triggered (past)
triggered (past participle)
triggering (present participle)

A little thing triggers a big thing to happen when it causes it.

Those angry words triggered the beginning of the war.


Britain

Great Britain, an island in the north west of Europe.

Britain is the United Kingdom, a country that includes the countries of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.


elect

elect (canonical)
elects (third-person singular)
elected (past)
elected (past participle)
electing (present participle)

If you elect to do something, you choose to do it or make a decision to do it.

I elected to take Geography this semester but I'll be taking Chemistry next semester.

If you elect someone, especially a candidate, you choose them in an election.

We elect a president every four years.

The new mayor was elected in last year.


minimise

minimise (canonical)
minimises (third-person singular)
minimised (past)
minimised (past participle)
minimising (present participle)

If you minimise something, you make it as small as possible.

We should take all steps to minimise the risk of disease.

We are trying to minimise pollution by using bikes instead of our car.

These steps will help us to minimise the time and cost of transporting materials.


unify

unify (canonical)
unifies (third-person singular)
unified (past)
unified (past participle)
unifying (present participle)

If you unify something or a group of things, you bring them together as one.

When she explained it, all the different pieces of information and ideas came together for me in a unified whole.

There are many cultural, ethnic, historical, and geographical reasons why Ireland should be unified politically.

Music serves to identify and unify members of the group.


ovary

A reproductive organ found in female bodies that produces eggs.


conversely

Conversely is used to say that one idea is the opposite of the other idea.

The over-confident driver may drive too fast. Conversely the under-confident person may also cause problems by driving too slowly.


attentions

attention (singular)
attentions (plural)

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


actual

An actual thing is one that exists; it is real.

People call me Peter, but my actual name is Pierre.


sit

When you sit, your body is not standing, but is in a position so that your bottom is on something.

I sit on a chair at the table.

He sat on the ground.

We sat her at the head of the table.


held

hold (canonical)
holds (third-person singular)
held (past)
held (past participle)
holding (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of hold.


inevitably

(also a sentence adverb) You use this to say that something cannot be avoided.

A drop in the number of worker in a country inevitably leads to higher wages.

Inevitably, if you practice less, you will be less good.


minimize

minimize (canonical)
minimizes (third-person singular)
minimized (past)
minimized (past participle)
minimizing (present participle)

If you minimize something, you make it as small as possible.

We should take all steps to minimize the risk of disease.

We are trying to minimize pollution by using bikes instead of our car.

These steps will help us to minimize the time and cost of transporting materials.


petition

A petition is a written request to change something.

A petition is a list of signatures showing support for something or opposition against it.

Please sign our petition to get a new snack machine in the school cafeteria.

A petition is a written document that people sign to show that they want a person or organization to do or change something.

In honor of his memory, a petition has been sent to persuade the Postal Services Stamp Advisory Committee to put Willis Conover on a U.S. postage stamp.


petition

petition (canonical)
petitions (third-person singular)
petitioned (past)
petitioned (past participle)
petitioning (present participle)

To petition for something is to make a request for it, usually in writing.

You should petition for a shorter work week.


taken

take (canonical)
takes (third-person singular)
took (past)
taken (past participle)
taking (present participle)


taken

taken (positive)
more taken (comparative)
most taken (superlative)

If you are taken with something, you like it.

We were all very taken with his girlfriend.


commence

commence (canonical)
commences (third-person singular)
commenced (past)
commenced (past participle)
commencing (present participle)

The school year commenced on Sept. 4.


Europe

Europe is a northern continent near Asia and Africa.

The United Kingdom, France, and Spain are all in Europe.


guaranty

/ˌɡærənˈtiː/

/ˌɡɛərənˈtiː/

A guaranty is a formal promise that a product will be fixed or replaced or money will be repaid if it breaks or doesn't work.

The phone is covered by a six-month guaranty on parts and labour.

A guaranty is a formal promise that something will happen or be done.

The builders will now give performance and completion guaranties and will cover the costs of any problems.

Constitutional guaranties of freedom of speech are common in democracies.

The plan only operates for five years, with no guaranty of continuation.


guaranty

guaranty (canonical)
guaranties (third-person singular)
guarantied (past)
guarantied (past participle)
guarantying (present participle)

/ˌɡærənˈtiː/

/ˌɡɛərənˈtiː/

If you guaranty something, you promise to fixed or replace it or repay money if it breaks or doesn't work.

All of our products are guarantied against defects in materials and workmanship for 3yrs from date of purchase.

If you guaranty something, you make a formal promise that something will happen or be done.

the European Convention on Human Rights, guaranties the right to give and receive information.

When you put your money with us, your savings are 100% guarantied.

The Americans said they could not guaranty his safety in Iraqi airspace.

If you go fishing with me, you're almost guarantied success.


intermediate

intermediate (positive)
more intermediate (comparative)
most intermediate (superlative)

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If something is intermediate, it is between other things.

Most people who get beyond the beginner stage get stuck being intermediate.

These sounds can represent an intermediate stage between animal communication and language.


intermediate

intermediate (singular)
intermediates (plural)

An intermediate is someone who acts between other people.

An intermediate is something that is intermediate.


isolate

isolate (canonical)
isolates (third-person singular)
isolated (past)
isolated (past participle)
isolating (present participle)

If you isolate something, you make it so that it does not or cannot contact certain other things.

We want to isolate ourselves from everyday worries.

The prisoner was isolated to protect him from attack.

Britain is isolated from the rest of Europe by the Channel.


isolate

An isolate is something that does not or cannot contact certain other things.

A total of 296 isolates were recovered from 105 patients, 79 (75%) of whom were infected with mycobacteria.

An isolate is a language that has no known relatives.


caught

catch (canonical)
catches (third-person singular)
caught (past)
caught (past participle)
catching (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of catch.


exhibit

exhibit (canonical)
exhibits (third-person singular)
exhibited (past)
exhibited (past participle)
exhibiting (present participle)

You exhibit something when you show it to others.

He exhibited the new product to the audience.


exhibit

An exhibit is something that is shown to others.

There is a new exhibit at the museum on the subject of Chinese history.


told

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

The past tense and past participle of tell.

How many times have I told you not to do that?


grow

grow (canonical)
grows (third-person singular)
grew (past)
grown (past participle)
growing (present participle)

When things grow they get bigger or change in other ways over time.

In time, the boy grew into a man.

Every day I grow better and better.

The little seed has grown into a big tree.

I am a grown man, I can make my own choices in my life now

When you grow something, you help it stay alive and get bigger.

I grow flowers in my garden.


penny

penny (singular)
pence or pennies (plural)

A penny is a small coin of little value; 100 pennies (or 100 pence) make a pound, a dollar, a euro, etc.

This sweet only costs a penny.

If you have two pennies, you have two pence.


gave

give (canonical)
gives (third-person singular)
gave (past)
given (past participle)
giving (present participle)


unnamed

If something is unnamed, it does not have a name.


submit

submit (canonical)
submits (third-person singular)
submitted (past)
submitted (past participle)
submitting (present participle)

If you submit something, usually a piece of writing, you give it to somebody to be checked or accepted.

They submitted their final report together with recommendations to the president.

Students will submit their application with examples of work already done by March 31.

If you submit to some authority, you accept that they have power over you.

At least up to 1985, the British government submitted to the threat of violence from the terrorists.

Although most people submit willingly to this process, very few of them have any choice in the matter.


Angela

Angela is a female given name. It means angel and messenger.


France

France is a country in Europe that is beside Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra and Spain.

I went to France for a holiday.


president

president (singular)
presidents (plural)

A president is the person in charge of a country.

The president stopped the war.

The president signed the bill into law.

A president is the leader of a business.

The president of the company stepped down yesterday.


stood

stand (canonical)
stands (third-person singular)
stood (past)
stood (past participle)
standing (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of stand.


allow

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

If you allow something, you let it happen; you say it's OK.

We were not allowed to enter the building.

I allow food in my car.


happier

happy (positive)
happier (comparative)
happiest (superlative)

The comparative form of happy; more happy.

I would be happier if I didn't have to tell you to clean your room everyday.

Since I've been dating Julie, I'm happier than I've ever been.


know

know (canonical)
knows (third-person singular)
knew (past)
known (past participle)
knowing (present participle)

When you know something, you have facts or ideas in your mind.

I knew more things after I went to school.

I know a little Spanish.

I think I can do it, but I don't know.

We want you to know that it will be OK.

You know a person, if you have met him or her.

Yes, I know John. I met him in class last week.


challenging

challenging (positive)
more challenging (comparative)
most challenging (superlative)

/ˈtʃæləndʒɪŋ/

If something is challenging, it is not easy but it can be done.

For a longer, wilder and more challenging route, you can explore the beautiful mountains around Goatfell.

All actors will agree that Hamlet is a very challenging role.


challenging

challenge (canonical)
challenges (third-person singular)
challenged (past)
challenged (past participle)
challenging (present participle)

/ˈtʃæləndʒɪŋ/


thirteen

ordinal thirteenth) Thirteen is the number that is after twelve and before fourteen. In numerals, it is 13.

Thirteen donuts makes a baker's dozen.

The thirteen are never alone.


thirteen

three and ten makes thirteen.


thirteen

This girl is thirteen.


loses

lose (canonical)
loses (third-person singular)
lost (past)
lost (past participle)
losing (present participle)


mature

mature (positive)
more mature (comparative)
most mature (superlative)

Someone is mature if they act like an adult.

You're not mature enough to do this job.

A living thing is mature if it has stopped growing physically.

A mature female is about 30 kg.

Some kinds of food, such as wine, cheese, or fruit are mature when they are ready to eat or drink.

Colleges are accepting more mature students and fewer kids out of high school.

If something is mature, it is fully developed.

Television is a mature technology.

If movies, books, etc. are mature, they are meant for adults because they contain violence, sex, etc.


mature

mature (canonical)
matures (third-person singular)
matured (past)
matured (past participle)
maturing (present participle)

If something matures, it becomes fully developed.

Along the way she has also matured into a beautiful young woman.

These problems have been solved as the technology has matured.


uterus

uterus (singular)
uteruses or uteri (plural)

The uterus is the internal organ inside of a female mammal where an embryo grows into an infant ready to be born.

A man does not have a uterus and cannot give birth.

Female fish do not have a uterus, and so the embryo must grow inside of an egg outside of the body.


lying

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

I would be lying if I said that I don't miss him sometimes.

You're lying! He would never kill anyone!


appreciation

appreciation (singular)
appreciations (plural)

An appreciation of something is the ability to see it's value and understand it.

He now has a far greater appreciation of dogs and the people who handle them professionally.

The problems may have been due to a lack of appreciation of the different cultures.

Art appreciation can be learned, but it is very difficult to teach.

Appreciation is the feeling of being thankful.

I just wanted to send you this card to show my appreciation for your kindness last week.

"You look lovely," he said, and she laughed with appreciation.

Appreciation is the rise in value of something.

The appreciation of the Japanese yen against the US dollar has helped the American automobile industry.


abandon

abandon (canonical)
abandons (third-person singular)
abandoned (past)
abandoned (past participle)
abandoning (present participle)

If you abandon something, you go away from it with no plan to return.

Many teens abandon all chances of a successful future when they drop out of school.

After much thought, they abandoned the idea as being too difficult.

The government abandons after-school programs when money is tight.

If you abandon something, you give up control of it.

They danced wildly down the street, abandoning themselves to the night and the moon.

The woodcutter and his wife considered abandoning Hansel and Gretel in the forest.


abandon

Abandon is a state where you do not control yourself.

In these games, kids shoot and blow each other up with reckless abandon.

The man dove into the pool with reckless abandon.


eater

An eater eats something. An eater of x, eats mostly x.

She's not a meat eater.


extremity

extremity (singular)
extremities (plural)

An extremity is a part of an animal's body that is used to move around and to hold objects.

For a human, the hand is an extremity that is used to hold objects and can also help to move around in trees.

An extremity is the most extreme or furthest point of something.


plus

Two plus two is four. (2+2=4)

The TV is $299 plus tax.

The margin of error is plus or minus one per cent.

The farm has over 5,000 horses, plus a few cats and dogs.

You use plus after a number to mean more than or over.

The country has a population of 3 million plus.

He got a B+ on his test.


plus

plus (singular)
pluses or plusses (plural)

I know you don't like it, but there are big pluses about living here.

On the plus side though, it is small and easy to use.

You don't have to write the plus in front of positive numbers, but always write the minus in front of negative numbers.


plus

I like singing, reading, and tennis plus playing soccer.

used to show what happened after something else

The alarm went off plus I woke up.


slept

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

The past tense and past participle of sleep.


central

central (positive)
more central (comparative)
most central (superlative)

A thing is central when it is in the middle.

The house is central to all of the stores.

The bazaar is central to the city .


felt

Felt is a cloth made of wool or of wool and fur.


felt

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

The past tense and past participle of feel.


encounter

encounter (singular)
encounters (plural)

An encounter is a meeting, usually one that you don't expect.

I had a pleasant encounter yesterday: an old friend of mine visited me.

My job was really the result of a chance encounter with an old friend, now my boss.

An encounter is when two people or groups meet to play a game or fight a battle.

I hope there will be no encounter with other soldiers tomorrow.

This is the fifth World Cup encounter between these two teams.


encounter

encounter (canonical)
encounters (third-person singular)
encountered (past)
encountered (past participle)
encountering (present participle)

If you encounter problems, difficulties, etc., you experience them.

When he did encounter problems, he always knew how to fix them.

If you encounter someone, you meet someone, usually unexpectedly.

In the store I encountered my teacher.

If you encounter someone, you meet them to play a game or fight a battle.

At night the battle ship encountered enemy planes.


America

The continents of North and South America.


however

You use however to show that there is a contrast between two ideas.

It was very long. However, it was not long enough.

In 1966, there just wasn't enough money. The next year, however, the economic situation was already improving.

The price has gone down around the world. The Japanese price has remained unchanged, however.

You used however to say the size, amount, or other quality is not important.

You call me however late you arrive.

We should care about all living things, however small.

I have to buy it, however much it costs.

However you say it, it means the same thing.

You can do it however you like.

However were you able to do it?


breach

breach (canonical)
breaches (third-person singular)
breached (past)
breached (past participle)
breaching (present participle)

If you breach a duty, you do something that you should not do.

If an army or the police breach a barrier, a wall, etc., they were not able to enter it before but now they can.

The police breached the front door and searched the house.


breach

A breach is the act of breaching; for example, a breach of contract may occur when somebody does not do what they promised.

Water entered through a breach in the levee.


eaters

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

My sisters are both picky eaters.


begin

begin (canonical)
begins (third-person singular)
began (past)
begun (past participle)
beginning (present participle)

When you begin something, you start to do the first part of a longer action.

A journey always begins with a first step.

You can not get to the end of any job before you begin.

He began to read the book at the first page.


anticipate

anticipate (canonical)
anticipates (third-person singular)
anticipated (past)
anticipated (past participle)
anticipating (present participle)

If you anticipate something, you think or do something about it before it happens.

The seasonal changes in temperature are anticipated by birds through the changes of day length.

The airport will be expanded to meet anticipated growth in air traffic.

We do not anticipate any major problems with the new system.


induce

induce (canonical)
induces (third-person singular)
induced (past)
induced (past participle)
inducing (present participle)

If you induce something, you make it happen.

Soft lighting is often used for in restaurants to induce a feeling of relaxation.

He was given a drug which would normally induce sleep, but it had no effect on him.


bring

bring (canonical)
brings (third-person singular)
brought (past)
brought (past participle)
bringing (present participle)

When you say "you bring" something to someone, you carry it with you to that someone.

You bring lunch to me every day.

You brought a book to me last week.

When I say "I bring" something to you, I carry it with me to you.

I bring milk to you from the store today.

I am bringing the key to you.

Sometimes bring means carry something with you to a place where that someone can receive it.

I bring my books to your house.

You brought the money to my office.


takes

take (canonical)
takes (third-person singular)
took (past)
taken (past participle)
taking (present participle)


meet

meet (canonical)
meets (third-person singular)
met (past)
met (past participle)
meeting (present participle)

When you meet someone, you get together with them.

I want to meet you.

He meets me at home every afternoon.

I met you at the store.

When people meet, they get together with one another.

You and I have met.

She and her friends meet every day.

You and he met last week at school.


video

We watched a video in class.


video

video (canonical)
videos (third-person singular)
videoed (past)
videoed (past participle)
videoing (present participle)

If you video something, you record it with a camera or camcorder.


sending

send (canonical)
sends (third-person singular)
sent (past)
sent (past participle)
sending (present participle)


absent

If something is absent, it means to be not in a place or missing.

John is absent from school today.


absent

absent (canonical)
absents (third-person singular)
absented (past)
absented (past participle)
absenting (present participle)

When you absent yourself from something, you do not turn up for it and not appear.

John absented himself from the meeting as he had something on.


absent

Absent any problems, we should be finished in two hours.


happened

happen (canonical)
happens (third-person singular)
happened (past)
happened (past participle)
happening (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of happen.

I happened to find my lost ring today.

It happened again! My computer just crashed!


yourselves

You use yourselves when the people doing an action and receiving an action are both you.

Be careful children. You'll hurt yourselves.

Are you happy with yourselves?

I heard you and your sister got yourselves a new pet.

Don't pretend you don't know. You yourselves have seen these kinds of problems.

If you do something by yourselves, you do it alone.

That's beautiful, boys. Did you make it by yourselves?

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


distort

distort (canonical)
distorts (third-person singular)
distorted (past)
distorted (past participle)
distorting (present participle)

If something is distorted, its shape or meaning is changed, often in a bad or unnatural way.

Christina backed away from Michael, whose handsome face was twisted and distorted by hatred.

A small change in wording can completely distort the meaning of the speaker.

These import taxes can distort the market.


contributor

contributor (singular)
contributors (plural)

A contributor is a person who donates money to a charity or a cause.

I am a contributor to Red Cross.

A contributor is a person who supports or participates in a cause, activity or institution.

He was a regular contributor to anti-war protests.

A contributor is a person who is important to the creation or growth of something.

With her strength and intelligence, she is an important contributor to the local gene pool.

A contributor is a person who produces articles published in a newspaper, magazine, online publication, etc.

William Safire has been a notable contributor to the opinion page of the New York Times for many years.

A contributor to something is a partial cause of that thing.

One contributor to the problem is the rapid change in the workforce.


executive

executive (positive)
more executive (comparative)
most executive (superlative)

Designed for execution, or carrying into effect.


executive

executive (singular)
executives (plural)

A name for the head officer or administrator, especially one who can make important decisions.

The executive of the company was criticized for his poor management.

The part of government that enforces laws and judicial decisions, and is in charge of running of the state.

The President is the chief executive of the United States government.


believe

believe (canonical)
believes (third-person singular)
believed (past)
believed (past participle)
believing (present participle)

When you believe, you have faith in something.

He believes in one God.

When you believe something, you accept it as true.

He was wrong when he believed all of the lies he was told.

I believe that the man told the truth.


highlight

highlight (canonical)
highlights (third-person singular)
highlighted (past)
highlighted (past participle)
highlighting (present participle)

If you highlight something, you make it more noticeable or obvious.

I usually use a pen to highlight the important section in my textbook.

Let me just highlight this point since many people misunderstand it.

If you highlight your hair, you make some parts a lighter colour.


highlight

highlight (singular)
highlights (plural)

A highlight is a particularly good part.

The chicken was the highlight of the dinner, just amazing.

I didn't see the game, but I watched the highlights on the news.

The shirt was blue with yellow highlights.


rumour

A rumour is a story about somebody or something, that is told by other people, most of the time it is not true.

There is a rumour going around that John's been fired. Is it true?


rumour

rumour (canonical)
rumours (third-person singular)
rumoured (past)
rumoured (past participle)
rumouring (present participle)

If you rumour, you gossip; you tell someone a rumor.

It has been rumoured that John's moving soon. Is this true?


hold

hold (canonical)
holds (third-person singular)
held (past)
held (past participle)
holding (present participle)

When you hold something, you put it in your hand and keep it there.

He held the pen tightly as he wrote the letter.

When you hold something, you keep it in one place and do not let it move away.

The police hold people who do crimes in prison.

If you hold someone accountable/responsible/liable, you put the responsibility for something on them.

It's not clear if parents should be held responsible for the problems their children cause.

We are trying to finally get tobacco companies held responsible for killing people.

If something holds true/good, it is or continues to be true.

The drug extends life for mice. If this holds true in humans as well, it will be a great advance.

He might be able to do it, but I don't think that holds for most men.

If you hold somebody prisoner/hostage/captive, you do not allow them to go free.

Police in Luxembourg say a gunman holding 29 children hostage is demanding a mini-bus to take him to the airport.


neglect

neglect (canonical)
neglects (third-person singular)
neglected (past)
neglected (past participle)
neglecting (present participle)

If you neglect someone, you do not take care of them.


neglect

Neglect is the failure of somebody to do a duty.


paragraph

paragraph (singular)
paragraphs (plural)

A paragraph is one or more sentences that are written together with no line breaks separating them. Usually they are connected by a single idea.

She knew what it would say after reading the first paragraph.

The crash was reported in a single paragraph in the Edinburgh Evening News.


paragraph

paragraph (canonical)
paragraphs (third-person singular)
paragraphed (past)
paragraphed (past participle)
paragraphing (present participle)

If you paragraph something, you break it into paragraphs.

It's hard to read with no breaks. Can you paragraph it out a bit?


intersect

intersect (canonical)
intersects (third-person singular)
intersected (past)
intersected (past participle)
intersecting (present participle)

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When lines intersect, it means they meet at one point.

Main Street intersects 10th Avenue here.


intersect

intersect (singular)
intersects (plural)

The place where two lines or segments meet is called an intersect.

The intersect of line A and line B is at point X.


London

London is the capital city of England and the national capital of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.


movement

Movement is the act of moving, of changing place or position.

The European Union allows free movement of people between countries.

We have seen large movements of men and equipment in North Korea near the southern border.

It was so small that no movement was possible.

A movement, is a group of people who are all working for the same idea.

The labour movement protects the rights of the workers.

A movement is a part in a musical composition such as a sonata or symphony.

The first movement of the "Moonlight" Sonata is very famous.


numeric

numeric (positive)
more numeric (comparative)
most numeric (superlative)

something that is a number or relates to numbers.

The characters 0 through 9 are numeric.


plan

A plan is a clear idea of what you will do, often for a particular goal.

Have you made any plans for tomorrow?

The school has announced a plan to open two new classrooms.

Buying the new factory is part of our growth plan.

A plan' is a technical drawing of a room, a building, a city, etc.

The plans show this area as housing, with no shopping nearby.


plan

plan (canonical)
plans (third-person singular)
planned (past)
planned (past participle)
planning (present participle)

If you plan something, you decide what you will do.

We need to plan ahead so that we'll be ready.

We planned out the wedding very carefully.

I didn't plan to be here, but John asked me to come.

When do you plan on starting the new job?


currency

A currency is the money from a particular country.

A person going abroad can obtain foreign currency notes and travellers' cheques from his own bank.

The US dollar ended lower against most other currencies in London.

Since then the exchange value of the currency has fallen by 78%.

If something has currency, it is generally accepted.

After the war, these new ideas began to gain currency.

A book's bibliography can be a good indicator of currency in the text.


veterinarians

veterinarian (singular)
veterinarians (plural)

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


beat

beat (canonical)
beats (third-person singular)
beat (past)
beaten (past participle)
beating (present participle)

If you beat someone or something, you hit it, usually many times.

It made a loud noise when he beat the drum.

I had to leave and divorce my husband, because he kept beating and choking me.

If you beat a person or a team, you win and they lose.

The best team usually beats the worst one.


researchers

researcher (singular)
researchers (plural)

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

Many researchers are trying to find the cure for cancer.


integral

integral (positive)
more integral (comparative)
most integral (superlative)

Integral parts, elements, etc. belong to a larger whole, often being necessary.

The parks and green spaces are an integral part of the city.

Regular training is regarded as integral to management.

Integral to this research was how the healthy body defends itself against bacteria.


integral

An integral is the result of a particular mathematical function.

F(x) is the integral of f(x) if (d[F(x)])/(dx)=f(x) .


think

think (canonical)
thinks (third-person singular)
thought (past)
thought (past participle)
thinking (present participle)

If you think that something is or may be true, you feel that it is or may be true.

You know you can't do that. What were you thinking?

Some people think this is a good idea, but I don't think so.

I think the best thing to do now is to go home.

I just thought you might want some coffee.

I really think you should stop seeing her.

What do you think about the new teacher?

Vancouver is thought to be a good place to live.

I think he's a doctor.

I think she wants us to go that way.

I thought I saw something.

"Is this right?" "I think so."

If you think about something, you use your mind to give it your attention.

"What's the best way?" "I'm not sure. Let me think."

All day I was thinking about my sister in Lisbon.

I don't want to think about that right now.

Just think how nice it will be when we're finished.

You use think when you have words or ideas in your mind without saying them out loud.

"It's no good," she thought.

You use think in suggestions and requests.

I was thinking we could go out tonight.

Do you think you could help me here?

If you don't think to do something, you don't remember to do it.

I didn't think to ask her.

I can't think where my keys are.


think

If you say you'll have a think about something, it means you'll give it your attention.


Scotland

Scotland is a country in the United Kingdom, north of England.


managers

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


called

call (canonical)
calls (third-person singular)
called (past)
called (past participle)
calling (present participle)

The past tense and past participle of call.


assurance

assurance (singular)
assurances (plural)

An assurance is a strong promise, usually given when the listener has doubts.

She had been here before and could give assurance that they were on the right course.

Despite assurances from the contractor that everything was going well, we still felt nervous.

Assurance is the feeling of self confidence.

Cocteau in his trademark suit stared with absolute assurance into the camera.


tell

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

When you tell something to someone, you speak to the person about some fact or idea.

He always tells the truth.

I told all of my friends about the Simple English Wiktionary.

I will not tell anyone.

If you tell someone to do something, you are giving them an order.

My mom told me to clean my room.

If you tell, you let a parent, teacher, police officer, etc. know that somebody did something bad.

I'm sorry I hit you. I'll give you a dollar if you don't tell.

If you're lying, your eyes will tell on you.


liver

A large organ in the body that makes bile, and controls chemicals in the blood.

The liver is one of the most important organs in our body.

We're having beef liver for dinner.


sing

sing (canonical)
sings (third-person singular)
sang (past)
sung (past participle)
singing (present participle)

If you sing you use your voice to make music.

I'm going to sing a song to you.


qualities

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


philanthropy

philanthropy (singular)
philanthropies (plural)

Philanthropy is the giving away of money for charity.

The man that lived in that mansion was admired for his philanthropy. He would often donate millions to charities.


dynamic

dynamic (positive)
more dynamic (comparative)
most dynamic (superlative)

If something is dynamic, it is changing, usually quickly.

Communication is a dynamic process in which the changing situation affects what you say and how you say it.

If someone is dynamic, they take charge and get things done; they have a lot of energy.

He was a good worker, but often unnoticed because of his more dynamic coworkers.

Picasso obviously had a more forceful and dynamic personality than Braque.

We tested the bar's strength in both static and dynamic tests.

A dynamic verb describes an action with a clear end point.

Dynamic, but not stative, verbs can take progressive aspect.


dynamic

The dynamics of a situation or group are the ways in which everything effects everything else.

We talk about what doctor should do without any real understanding of the dynamics of the doctor-patient relationship.

Team dynamics also have an influence on the outcomes and the contribution of members.

Dynamics is a kind of mathematics that deals with motion and forces that cause changes in a system.

They built a computer model based on the mathematics of fluid dynamics.

Dynamics are changes in the loudness of music.

The dynamics of the performance are lost in this poor recording.

A dynamic is a force that causes change.

This is where we need the dynamic of God's transforming presence.

This view puts the dynamic of police racism in the norms and values through which the police define their roles.


happiest

happy (positive)
happier (comparative)
happiest (superlative)

The superlative form of happy; most happy.

This is the happiest I've seen you since your husband died.

Sarah is the happiest person I know. She's always smiling and laughing.


theme

A theme is a general idea that runs through a conversation, story, group of images, piece of music, etc.

For Mr Giuliani, crime is a main campaign theme.

The topic did not seem related to the main themes of his studies.

The American novel focusses on themes of male companionship and confrontation with death.

They became a household name in 1982 with the theme music for the hit TV series, "Harry's Game".


theme

theme (canonical)
themes (third-person singular)
themed (past)
themed (past participle)
theming (present participle)

If you theme something, you give it a theme.


sneezing

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


attending

attend (canonical)
attends (third-person singular)
attended (past)
attended (past participle)
attending (present participle)


attends

The third-person singular form of attend.


ask

ask (canonical)
asks (third-person singular)
asked (past)
asked (past participle)
asking (present participle)

To ask is to look for an answer to a question by saying it.

She sure does ask a lot of questions!

To approach someone to see if they will do something.

Let me ask my mom if I can go.


roses

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


show

show (canonical)
shows (third-person singular)
showed (past)
shown (past participle)
showing (present participle)

When you show something, you make it easy for people to see it.

The clock shows the time of day.

Can you show me your ID?

The museum has shown the art of America.


show

A show is a display of art, movie, or drama. It can be a play, a movie, a concert, an opera or a television program.

I saw the art show at the museum.

The show at the movie theater was boring.


exporter

An exporter is a person or company that exports things.

The United States is a major exporter of wheat.


hurries

hurry (canonical)
hurries (third-person singular)
hurried (past)
hurried (past participle)
hurrying (present participle)

The third-person singular form of hurry.


means

The head of the bank was a person of means.


enter

enter (canonical)
enters (third-person singular)
entered (past)
entered (past participle)
entering (present participle)

I entered the building through the side door.

Please pay the fare before you enter.

I entered all the necessary information but it still won't work.


enter

"Enter" is a key on a computer keyboard.


concurrent

concurrent (positive)
more concurrent (comparative)
most concurrent (superlative)

If two things are concurrent, they happen at the same time.

The software can handle up to 500 concurrent users.

He was given six concurrent three-month jail sentences for the attacks.

Concurrent with the war in Iraq the Americans was the war in Afghanistan.

If two things are concurrent, they agree in meaning.

The police got concurrent stories from five witnesses.

If three or more lines are concurrent, they are alongside one another (parallel).


state

I am worried about her. She is in a constant state of depression.

Any sovereign nation (nation that rules itself) is a state.

The United States is a country with many sovereign nations united with each other.


state

state (canonical)
states (third-person singular)
stated (past)
stated (past participle)
stating (present participle)

To state something is to say it as a fact.

He stated that he hasn't slept in 2 days.

To state something is to let it be known.

Please state your name and place of business.


Mercury

Mercury is the planet closest to the sun.

Mercury is a Roman god who was the god of trade, travelers, thieves, profit, commerce, and the messenger of the gods.