religion

forms:
religion (singular)
religions (plural)

glosses: Religion is when a person or persons believe in a God or Gods.

glosses: Religion is a set of beliefs about a God or Gods.

text: His religion is Christianity. Mine is Buddhism.

ipa: /rɪˈlɪʤən/


hunger

forms:
hunger (singular)
hungers (plural)

pos: noun

glosses: Hunger is the feeling when wanting food when your stomach is empty.

text: When I have hunger then I want to have some food.

text: He suffered from hunger and thirst.

text: Even after the war, people are dying of poverty and hunger.

noun

expansion: [POS TABLE]


exciting

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

pos: adj

glosses: If something is exciting, it makes you feel happy and very awake.

text: The first time I went on a plane, it was so exciting that I almost couldn't breathe.

text: Star Wars is the most exciting movie ever.

ipa: /ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/

adj

more: true


exciting

forms:
excite (canonical)
excites (third-person singular)
excited (past)
excited (past participle)
exciting (present participle)

pos: verb

verb

excit

e


legislation

forms:
legislation (singular)
legislations (plural)

glosses: Legislation is the official laws and rules of a government.

text: City council is planning new legislation regarding recycling.

text: This new crime law is a very important piece of legislation.

text: The legislation in Taiwan says that to be legally married the couple will need to be above the age of eighteen.'.

text: Congress approved several pieces of legislation.

glosses: Legislation is the process of making and passing laws.

text: The government has the power of legislation.

hyphenation: le‧gis‧la‧tion


possible

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

glosses: If something is possible, it is able to be done; doable; not impossible.

text: Life on other planets is possible.

glosses: If something is possible, it is acceptable.

text: Zero is one possible solution.

text: Is that possible?

ipa: /ˈpɒsəbl̩/

ipa: /ˈpɑsəbl̩/


science

forms:
science (singular)
sciences (plural)

glosses: The study of finding how things work. Some kinds of science are mathematics, biology, physics and chemistry.

text: biology is a kind of science.

ipa: /ˈsaɪəns/


science

forms: The sciences

pos: name

glosses: The sciences are the group of science subjects. These are mathematics, biology, physics and chemistry.

proper noun

The sciences


work

forms:
work (canonical)
works (third-person singular)
worked (past)
worked (past participle)
working (present participle)

glosses: If you work, you do a job, usually for money.

text: My father works at Microsoft.

text: I got to work at 7:30 each morning.

glosses: If you work you are doing something that needs effort.

text: I worked on my school paper all night long.

glosses: If somethings works it has done what it was supposed to do.

text: If my computer didn't work I couldn't type this.

text: I'm glad our plan worked.

glosses: How something works is how it does what it does.

text: I would like to know more about how cars work.

text: The rules here just do not work that way.

ipa: /wɜːk/

ipa: /wɝk/


work

forms:
work (singular)
works (plural)

glosses: Work is effort it takes to do something. That is, its what makes you tired when you do something hard.

text: Moving heavy logs takes a lot of work.

glosses: Work is force through a distance (force times distance). This is how much energy you used to move something.

glosses: A work is the product of something, the result of working on it. That is, its something someone has made.

text: The painting was a great work of art.

text: Shakespeare wrote many literary works.


say

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

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

text: He says he is hungry.

enpr: sā

ipa: /seɪ/

sampa: /seI/

say

says

said

said

saying


both

forms: both

pos: det

glosses: When there are two things, both is the first thing and the second thing.

text: Jim took both the apple and the orange.

text: Both Anne and Jane agreed to eat the pear.

text: Give me one. You can't have both.

text: Both of my parents were from Canada.

text: They found problems at both the schools.

text: The room had windows at both ends.

text: Working in the city and living in the country, you get the best of both worlds.

text: There were cars coming from both directions.

enpr: bōth

ipa: /bəʊθ/

ipa: /boʊθ/

sampa: /boUT/


diverse

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

glosses: A diverse group of things is a group in which the things are very different from each other.

text: Toronto has one of the most culturally diverse populations in the world.

ipa: /daɪˈvɜːs/


after

forms: after

pos: prep

text: "B" comes after "A" in the alphabet.

text: He came home after Jane did.

text: The year after she had finished college she spent abroad.

text: The doctor came after the patient had died.

ipa: /ˈɑːftə/


lip

forms:
lip (singular)
lips (plural)

glosses: The edge of an opening, especially, the human mouth (often plural).

text: She climbed over the lip of the hole.

text: John licked his lips.

text: The window had a wide lip below it that collected dust.

text: Don't give me any lip.

enpr: lĭp

ipa: /lɪp/

sampa: /lIp/


opinion

forms:
opinion (singular)
opinions (plural)

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

text: You gave your opinion of the case.

ipa: /əˈpɪnjən/

hyphenation: o‧pin‧ion


sad

forms:
sad (positive)
sadder (comparative)
saddest (superlative)

glosses: When someone feels sad, they have a bad feeling because of a loss or other problem. They are not happy.

text: The sad girl cried.

glosses: When something is sad, it makes you feel unhappy.

text: It was a sad movie.

text: Death is a very sad thing.

ipa: /sæd/

adj

sad

sadder

saddest


least

forms:
little
less (comparative)
least (superlative)

text: She does the most cleaning, but the least cooking.

text: No German, least of all the East Germans, wanted Soviet troops to stay.

text: There are at least four problems with the idea.

text: Nobody works hard, but she does the least.

ipa: /liːst/

determiner-comp

little

less

least


least

pos: adv

glosses: Having the smallest amount of a characteristic in a group.

text: People are least likely to live in the far north.

text: The phone always rings just when you least expect it.


least

forms:
lesser (positive)
least (superlative)

glosses: The least is the smallest amount, importance, duration, etc.

text: The power is least in this case.

text: The least difference is still important.

text: He was not the least bit interested my ideas.

text: This accident is the least of our problems.

adj

lesser


leather

forms:
leather (singular)
leathers (plural)

text: He took the leather and made a coat from it.

ipa: /ˈlɛðə/

ipa: /ˈlɛðɚ/

hyphenation: leath‧er


labour

forms:
labour (singular)
labours (plural)

glosses: Labour is the work that people do, usually lifting, moving, building, etc. rather than desk work.

text: The cost of labour is higher than the cost of building materials.

glosses: Labour is the people who do this kind of work.

text: There's a big labour shortage in the construction industry.

glosses: Labour is the name of a big political party in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

text: Labour won the election.

ipa: /leɪbə/

hyphenation: la‧bour


labour

forms:
labour (canonical)
labours (third-person singular)
laboured (past)
laboured (past participle)
labouring (present participle)

text: He laboured over the food all afternoon to get ready for dinner.

glosses: If you labour the point, you keep talking about it after people understand it well.


basket

forms:
basket (singular)
baskets (plural)

glosses: A basket is something like a bucket but with many holes like a net, made of soft sticks or grass or other long, thin material. People put things in the basket.

glosses: A basket is a net on a metal circle used in playing basketball.

glosses: A basket is a container that is used to hold items that you are wanting to purchase in a store.

text: She put the soup that she took off the shelf in the store into the basket.

enpr: bäs'kĭt

ipa: /ˈbɑːskɪt/

enpr: bäs'kət

ipa: /ˈbɑːskət/


section

forms:
section (singular)
sections (plural)

glosses: A section of a thing or place is a part of it.

text: The police closed one section of the road because of the accident.


section

forms:
section (canonical)
sections (third-person singular)
sectioned (past)
sectioned (past participle)
sectioning (present participle)

glosses: If you section something, you divide it into parts.


late

forms:
late (positive)
later (comparative)
latest (superlative)

glosses: An event is late if it happens after a specified time.

text: He was late to his appointment.

glosses: If something is late in a period of time, it is towards the end of that time.

text: You come in the late afternoon.

text: It was a late meeting.

glosses: A late relative, president, colleague, etc is dead.

text: I loved my late husband.

ipa: /leɪt/

late

later

latest


late

forms:
late (positive)
Superlative–

text: He came five minutes late.

text: We stayed late and went home in the dark.


but

forms: but

pos: conj

glosses: You use but to join two ideas and show that they are not the same.

text: I would take you there, but I do not have my car.

text: The changes were small but important.

text: "Do you speak French?" "No, but I speak Spanish."

text: It says this not in words but in pictures.

text: I understand. And I'm sorry. But there is nothing I can do about it now.

text: And that's important, but another thing that has changed is the location.

enpr: bŭt

ipa: /bʌt/

sampa: /bVt/


but

text: He ate everything but the meat.

text: Any day but tomorrow would be fine.

text: I forgot my bag. I guess there's nothing to do but go back.

text: There are very few rules of grammar but have exceptions.

text: I had no choice but to sign the contract.

text: There is no one but is interested in it.


but

forms:
but (positive)
Superlative–

text: There is but one sun and one earth to live on.


involved

forms:
involve (canonical)
involves (third-person singular)
involved (past)
involved (past participle)
involving (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of involve.

text: The processes involved in word recognition are rather different for spoken and printed words.

ipa: /ɪnˈvɑlvd/

ipa: /ɪnˈvɒlvd/

hyphenation: in‧volved

verb

involv


involved

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

glosses: If X is involved (in Y), X does Y or is connected to Y

text: My teacher's very involved in politics.

glosses: If something is involved, it is complicated.

text: I can't explain it. It's all rather involved.


install

forms:
install (canonical)
installs (third-person singular)
installed (past)
installed (past participle)
installing (present participle)

glosses: If you install a piece of hardward or software, you connect, set up or prepare it to be used.

text: I haven't installed the new operating system yet because of all the bugs.

glosses: If you install someone in an office, rank or position, you officially place them there.

text: He was installed as Chancellor of the University.

glosses: If you install yourself somewhere, you establish yourself there or settle in.

text: I installed myself in my usual chair by the fire.

ipa: /ɪnˈstɔːl/

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hyphenation: in‧stall


far

text: He got tired after walking so far.

text: He lives too far from here to walk home.

text: Not far from here, the rivers come together.

ipa: /fɑː/

ipa: /fɑr/

sampa: /fAr/


far

forms:
farther (comparative)
farthest (superlative)
far (positive)
further (comparative)
furthest (superlative)

text: I saw her at the far side of the room.

adjective

far

farther

farthest

further

furthest


far

forms:
far (positive)
Superlative–

text: He's not just a little bit better; he's far better.


basin

forms:
basin (singular)
basins (plural)

glosses: A container that is wider than it is deep.

text: The people living in the Amazon basin depend on the river.

enpr: bā'sĭn

ipa: /ˈbeɪsɪn/


on account of

forms: on account of

pos: phrase

glosses: If you do x on account of y, you do x because of y. It explains the reason you do something.

text: He couldn't read it on account of his bad eyes.

text: She was late on account of having missed the bus.


man

forms:
man (singular)
men (plural)

text: He was a young man with blue eyes.

text: God cares for all races and all man

text: God made man in his own image

text: Scientists and biologists think that man and animals evolved over the years, and that man evolved from a "human" species such as "homo erectus" or "neanderthals" and that man first stood up, millions of years ago, but this isn't true

ipa: /mæn/

noun

man

men


man

forms: man

pos: intj

glosses: You use man to show your surprise or disappointment.

text: Oh man, I wanted to do the dishes!


man

forms:
man (canonical)
mans (third-person singular)
manned (past)
manned (past participle)
manning (present participle)

glosses: If something is manned, it has people to look after it.

text: The ship was manned with a small crew.

glosses: If you man something, you take up position to operate it.

text: Man the machine guns!

verb

n


factor

forms:
factor (singular)
factors (plural)

glosses: A factor is one of a number of things that causes a result.

text: The main factor in the success of our program is our excellent teachers.

glosses: The factor is a number that is multiplied with another to form a larger number.

text: 2 x 3 = 6; 2 and 3 are factors of 6.

hyphenation: fact‧or


factor

forms:
factor (canonical)
factors (third-person singular)
factored (past)
factored (past participle)
factoring (present participle)

glosses: If you factor a number, you find all of its factors.


trillion

forms: trillion

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

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

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

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

enpr: trĭl'yən

ipa: /ˈtrɪljən/


trillion

forms:
trillion (singular)
trillions (plural)

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

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

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

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

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


pipe

forms:
pipe (singular)
pipes (plural)

glosses: A tube; a round, hollow piece of metal, plastic, or wood.

text: I will fix the pipe.

glosses: A musical instrument made of a pipe; a flute.

text: He plays the pipe.

text: He smokes a pipe.

ipa: /paɪp/


pipe

forms:
pipe (canonical)
pipes (third-person singular)
piped (past)
piped (past participle)
piping (present participle)

text: He pipes the oil to his house.

pip


most

forms:
many
more (comparative)
most (superlative)

text: She does the most cleaning, but the least cooking.

text: Bob knows the most about cooking.

enpr: mōst

ipa: /ˈməʊst/

ipa: /ˈmoʊst/

determiner-comp

many

more

most


most

glosses: Having the largest amount of a characteristic in a group.

text: You must ask yourself what is most important.

text: Tony is the most successful.

text: That is most unusual.


acquisition

forms:
acquisition (singular)
acquisitions (plural)

glosses: Acquisition is the act of getting something, often by buying it.

text: The judge ruled that the acquisition of XYZ company by Acme Inc. was illegal.

text: Studies of language acquisition show that it's easier for children to learn language than for adults.

text: A recent acquisition in my life that I can live without are clothes because sometimes I buy them just because they are beautiful.

glosses: An acquisition is something that you got.

text: The zoo's last acquisition was three elephants.


normal

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

glosses: A normal thing, or situation, is one that is not special.

text: A normal computer has a keyboard, and a screen.

glosses: When someone is back to normal, he is healthier and no longer sick.

text: I am glad he is back to normal after one week of the flu.

ipa: /ˈnɔːməl/

ipa: /ˈnɔrməl/


benefit

forms:
benefit (singular)
benefits (plural)

glosses: A benefit is something good that comes from something else.

text: It was her idea, but she received no benefit from the new program.

text: With the new job comes many new benefits, such as dental and medical insurance.

enpr: bĕn'əfĭt


benefit

forms:
benefited (past)
benefited (past participle)
benefiting (present participle)
benefit (canonical)
benefits (third-person singular)
benefitted (past)
benefitted (past participle)
benefitting (present participle)

glosses: If you benefit from something, you get something good from it.

text: My health has really benefited from all the exercise I'm getting.

verb

benefit

t


each

forms: each

text: Come here you two. I'll give each of you a toy.

text: More and more problems happened each year.

text: We have to treat each individual case differently.

text: They each have good points and bad points.

text: Sara looked at each of the three bedrooms.

text: The price is $6 each.

ipa: /iːʧ/


country

forms:
country (singular)
countries (plural)

glosses: A land that is controlled by a government.

text: Russia is the largest country in the world.

glosses: Places outside or far from cities; the type of place where farms are. The countryside.

text: We live way out in the country.

text: I come from the country, so I don't like the busy city.

text: You're in Nascar country now.

text: We're away from civilization and in God's country.

glosses: A kind of (mostly American) music started by people who lived far from cities. Short for country music.

text: I've been listening to a lot of country this month.

enpr: kŭn'tri

ipa: /ˈkʌntri/

sampa: /"kVntri/

irrnoun

countries


country

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

text: We were driving down a country road, with trees all around.

glosses: Typical of farms or places away from cities. Typical of country people.

text: His way seeing the world is so country.

text: Her appartment looks very country.

text: Chewing tobacco is a such a country thing to do.

text: I love country cooking, especially fried chicken.


communication

forms:
communication (singular)
communications (plural)

glosses: Communication is the process of sending and receiving ideas between two or more people.

text: Teachers must regularly practice their communication skills to make sure students understand them easily.

glosses: Communications are the ways of sending and receiving information.

text: The army is setting up a new communications network to improve communication.

text: Each time he sent a communication to Bidault it was held up by d'Argenlieu.

ipa: /kʌˌmjunɪˈkeɪʃən/

hyphenation: co‧mmun‧i‧ca‧tion


bell

forms:
bell (singular)
bells (plural)

glosses: A bell is an object that is shaped like a cup that makes a ringing sound when hit.

text: The church bell is ringing.

ipa: /bɛl/

sampa: /bEl/


addition

forms:
addition (singular)
additions (plural)

glosses: The part of arithmetic where numbers are added together.

text: He learned addition quickly.

text: An example of addition is 2+2=4.

text: The addition of 5 more topics will make the meeting very long and boring.

text: He put an addition on the house.

ipa: /əˈdɪʃən/


leaf

forms:
leaf (singular)
leaves (plural)

glosses: A big, flat part of a plant, often green.

text: The leaves turn red and yellow in the fall.

text: I study the leaves of the book carefully.

enpr: lēf

ipa: /liːf/

noun

leaf

leaves


leaf

forms:
leaf (canonical)
leafs (third-person singular)
leafed (past)
leafed (past participle)
leafing (present participle)

text: She leafed through the book.

text: The trees leafed in early spring.


construction

forms:
construction (singular)
constructions (plural)

etymology_text: construct + -ion

ety-suffix

construct

ion

expansion: construct + -ion

glosses: Construction is the act of building something.

text: The workers began construction of the new hospital last week.

text: The recent downturn in the economy is causing a lot of pain in the construction industry with few new homes being built.

glosses: Construction is the way that something is made.

text: The stone construction of these buildings makes them very cold in the winter.

glosses: In language, a construction is a combination of form and meaning.

text: Spoken English doesn't use as many passive constructions as written English.

glosses: A construction is a particular way that something is understood.

text: In this book, the meaning of "man" is not a simple natural thing; it is a social construction.

glosses: A construction is a building, bridge, tower, model, or large piece of art.

text: A large and unusual construction stood just outside town.

ipa: /kənˈstrʌkʃən/

hyphenation: con‧struc‧tion


quack

forms:
quack (singular)
quacks (plural)

text: The duck went "quack quack".

text: That doctor is nothing but a lousy quack!

ipa: /kwæk/


quack

forms:
quack (canonical)
quacks (third-person singular)
quacked (past)
quacked (past participle)
quacking (present participle)

text: The more bread I threw on the ground, the more they quacked.

text: Do you hear the ducks quacking?

text: There are ducks quacking in a farm.


zero

forms: zero

glosses: Zero is a count of nothing. It is often written 0.

text: It's zero degrees.

text: I have zero coffee left.

enpr: zē'rō

hyphenation: ze‧ro


zero

forms:
zero (singular)
zeros or zeroes (plural)

glosses: The symbol for the number zero, that is "0."

text: The new job added a zero to my pay, from $20,000 to $200,000.

glosses: A person or thing that is worth nothing.

text: I'm not inviting him, he's total zero.

noun

zero

zeros

zeroes


zero

forms:
zero (canonical)
zeroes (third-person singular)
zeroed (past)
zeroed (past participle)
zeroing (present participle)

glosses: To zero is to make a small change to reset a piece of equipment.

text: I had to zero the counter on my tape player.

glosses: To zero in is to make small changes that bring you closer to something.

text: I was able to zero in on the source of bad smell in the shed.

verb

es


Thursday

glosses: The fifth day of the week, fourth of the work week.

text: I will see a movie this Thursday.

ipa: /ˈθɝzdeɪ/

ipa: /ˈθɝzdi/

hyphenation: Thurs‧day

proper noun

Thursdays


value

forms:
value (singular)
values (plural)

glosses: Something's value is how good or important it is; how much money someone will exchange a thing for; an amount of money.

text: The value for me of this food is $100.

text: Human life has very much value.

glosses: Your values are your ideas about which things are good.

text: He has strong values.


value

forms:
value (canonical)
values (third-person singular)
valued (past)
valued (past participle)
valuing (present participle)

glosses: If you value someone or something, you think that they are good and you don't want to lose them.

text: I value your help.

glosses: If you value something judge how good or important it is.

text: They valued it at $600.

verb

valu


if

forms: if

text: If it rains, I will get wet.

text: I'd prefer it if you took your shoes off.

text: He was a great friend, if a little strange.

glosses: When ... occurs (a programming statement).

text: If A, then B, else C.

ipa: /ɪf/

sampa: /If/


if

glosses: If is used to report questions and things that are unknown.

text: She asked if they had arrived yet.

text: I don't know if I want to go or not.

text: It doesn't matter if you have money or not.


if

forms:
if (singular)
ifs (plural)

text: There are many ifs we need to consider before we start on the plan.


face

forms:
face (singular)
faces (plural)

text: His face was red with embarrassment.

text: He made a face at the bitter medicine.

text: A dodecahedron has twelve faces.

enpr: fās

ipa: /feɪs/


face

forms:
face (canonical)
faces (third-person singular)
faced (past)
faced (past participle)
facing (present participle)

glosses: If x faces y, the front of x is pointing in the direction of y.

text: Please face me when I speak to you.

text: The store faces the bank.

text: It's hard to face the fact that his wife is gone.

text: You have to face the bully.

fac


knot

forms:
knot (singular)
knots (plural)

text: He put a knot in the rope.

enpr: nŏt

ipa: /nɒt/

sampa: /nQt/

homophones: not naught nought


knot

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

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

text: They knotted the ends of the rope together.

knot


leg

forms:
leg (singular)
legs (plural)

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

text: I lost a leg in the war.

text: The footballer broke a leg during the game.

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

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

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

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

ipa: /lɛg/


invite

forms:
invite (canonical)
invites (third-person singular)
invited (past)
invited (past participle)
inviting (present participle)

glosses: If you invite someone to something, you ask them to be there.

text: Rasheed invited me to his house on Friday, but I don't think I can go.

enpr: ĭnvīt'

ipa: /ɪnˈvaɪt/

invit


near

forms: near

text: The end is near.

text: She lives near me.

text: The house is near the beach.

ipa: /nɪə/

ipa: /nɪɚ/


near

forms:
near (positive)
nearer (comparative)
nearest (superlative)

text: It was a near miss, but the car didn't hit us.

text: The nearest thing to me is my family.

text: We'll be meeting again in the near future.

adj

near

nearer

nearest


near

forms:
near (canonical)
nears (third-person singular)
neared (past)
neared (past participle)
nearing (present participle)

text: We neared the beach.


answer

forms:
answer (singular)
answers (plural)

glosses: An answer is something that someone says after another person asks (says) a question.

text: The answer to your question is "no".

text: Question: "How old are you?"

text: Answer: "I'm 12 years old."

text: I found the answer to the mathematics exercise immediately.

ipa: /ˈænsɚ/

hyphenation: an‧swer


answer

forms:
answer (canonical)
answers (third-person singular)
answered (past)
answered (past participle)
answering (present participle)

text: He answers all my questions.


consumer

forms:
consumer (singular)
consumers (plural)

glosses: A consumer is someone who buys or uses goods or services.

text: Consumer demand for large cars has dropped with the increase in gasoline prices.

text: Selling goods to consumers is known as retail.

ipa: /kənˈsjuːmə/

ipa: /kənˈsumɚ/

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


agreement

forms:
agreement (singular)
agreements (plural)

etymology_text: agree + -ment

ety-suffix

agree

ment

expansion: agree + -ment

glosses: An agreement is where everybody has the same feelings about something; when everyone has the same ideas; saying "yes".

text: We have an agreement with our teacher. If we do our homework we can go home early.

ipa: /əg'riːmənt/


between

forms: between

glosses: If x is between y and z, y is on one side of x and z is on the other side.

text: Georgia is between North Carolina and Florida.

ipa: /bɪˈtwiːn/


before

forms: before

glosses: If x happens before y, x happens first and y happens second.

text: He worked in a gas station before he became famous.

text: Put out the fire before the house burns down.

text: I have not been there before.

text: She finished before me.

text: She stood before him, looking into his eyes.

text: It took a few moments before I realized that she was joking.

enpr: bĭfôʹ

ipa: /bɪˈfɔː/

enpr: bəfôrʹ

ipa: /bəˈfɔr/

hyphenation: be‧fore


new

forms:
new (positive)
newer (comparative)
newest (superlative)

text: They had a new car.

text: In 1900, the idea was very new.

glosses: If somebody is new, they are not experienced.

text: They hired a new worker.

ipa: /njuː/

ipa: /nuː/

homophones: gnu knew nu

adj

new

newer

newest


player

forms:
player (singular)
players (plural)

text: Tom watched as the players walked on to the field.

glosses: Someone who makes music on a musical instrument.

text: The piano player had long fingers.

glosses: An actor, in particular on a theatre stage.

text: The players are all on the stage.

glosses: A machine that plays music recordings or movies.

text: The record player is broken

text: This CD player was expensive.

text: Peter bought a DVD player yesterday.

ipa: /ˈpleɪɚ/

ipa: /ˈpleɪə(r)/

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

hyphenation: play‧er


behavior

forms:
behavior (singular)
behaviors (plural)

glosses: Behavior refers to the way that you behave. That is, the kind of things you do.

text: His behavior is bad.

text: She must improve her behavior to stay in school.

glosses: Something that you do; when you do a certain thing that is a behavior.

text: Cleaning is a common behavior in monkeys.

ipa: [bɪˈheɪvjɚ]

ipa: [bɪˈheɪvjə]

hyphenation: be‧hav‧ior


more

forms:
many
much
more (comparative)
most (superlative)

text: He does more work than I do.

text: A lot more than twenty people came to the meeting.

text: You can have a little more money.

text: More than one glass was broken.

text: I want more soup.

enpr: mô

ipa: /mɔː/

enpr: môr

ipa: /moʊr/

determiner-comp

much


more

glosses: If something is more likely, common, difficult, etc. than something else, it is likelier, commoner, harder, etc.

text: It's more likely to cool at night.

text: He runs more quickly than his brother.


poor

forms:
poor (positive)
poorer (comparative)
poorest (superlative)

glosses: Someone who is poor has little or no money.

text: He is very poor.

text: The painting was a poor job.

glosses: You use poor before someone's name or a pronoun when you feel bad for that person.

text: Tom is all alone. Poor Tom!

text: Oh, poor you! I can't believe that happened.

glosses: The poor are a group of people who have little or no money.

text: This work is to help the poor.

ipa: /pɔə/

ipa: /pʊə/

ipa: /pɔː(r)/

ipa: /pʊr/, /pɔr/

sampa: /pUr/, /pOr/

adj

poor

poorer

poorest


contract

forms:
contract (singular)
contracts (plural)

glosses: A contract is a legal agreement to trade goods, services and/or property. It's usually written down.

text: If you would just sign this contract, the car will be yours.

text: In Japan, most worker's employment contracts last until the age of sixty.

text: My father's employment contract is for forty years.

text: You must look over the contract before you sign it.

enpr: kŏn'trăkt

ipa: /ˈkɒntrækt/

sampa: /"kQntr{kt/

ipa: /ˈkɑntrækt/

sampa: /"kAntr{kt/

audio: en-uk-contract (noun).ogg


contract

forms:
contract (canonical)
contracts (third-person singular)
contracted (past)
contracted (past participle)
contracting (present participle)

glosses: If something contracts, it gets smaller.

text: As the wood dries out, it contracts.

glosses: If you contract someone to do a job, you enter into a contract with them.

text: We've contracted a cleaning company to take care of the office.

text: When there's too much work, there are a number of small firms to which we will contract it out.

glosses: If you contract a disease, you become sick with it.

text: It's hard to understand why people risk contracting sexually transmitted diseases.

text: He contracted the flu.

enpr: kəntrăkt

ipa: /kənˈtrækt/

audio: en-uk-contract (verb).ogg


assume

forms:
assume (canonical)
assumes (third-person singular)
assumed (past)
assumed (past participle)
assuming (present participle)

glosses: If you assume something, you think or believe something without having enough information to know that it's true.

text: Oh, hello. I assume you're the new student, are you?

text: If I saw a man dressed all in black, holding a gun, and walking toward me, I would assume that the man is really a dangerous guy and I would run away from him.

text: I saw your car in the garage, so I assumed you were at home.

glosses: If you assume a role of office, you take on a new position that has more power or responsibility.

ipa: /əˈsjuːm/

ipa: /əˈsuːm/

verb

assum

e


important

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

text: That is an important point.

ipa: /ɪmˈpɔːtənt/

ipa: /ɪmˈpɔrtənt/


happy

forms:
happier (comparative)
happiest (superlative)
happy (positive)
more happy (comparative)
most happy (superlative)

glosses: When you feel happy, you feel good, usually because something nice has happened.

text: He was happy.

glosses: A happy situation or event makes people happy.

text: It's such a happy day when we can be together again.

text: It was a happy chance that they met there.

ipa: /ˈhæpi/

ipa: /ˈhæpiː/

hyphenation: hap‧py

adj

happy

happier

happiest


aspect

forms:
aspect (singular)
aspects (plural)

glosses: An aspect is a view of something, often something non-physical, such as an idea or a problem.

text: In Chapter 2 we look at processor size. In Chapter 3 we consider other aspects of processor design.

glosses: In English grammar, aspect is expressed as the form of a verb group showing the speaker's view of whether the situation the clause describes is complete or happens again and again.

text: I go and I'm going are both in the present tense, but I'm going is in the progressive aspect as well.

ipa: /ˈæspɛkt/

hyphenation: as‧pect


in a nutshell

forms: in a nutshell

glosses: If an editor says something in a nutshell, he or she is putting it simply or giving a summary using few words.

text: The proposal was a hundred pages long, but it meant, in a nutshell, that a new park would be made.

audio: en-au-in a nutshell.ogg


jewel

forms:
jewel (singular)
jewels (plural)

text: Mary keeps her jewels in a safe.

ipa: /ˈʤuːəl/

ipa: /dʒuɬ/


subtraction

forms:
subtraction (singular)
subtractions (plural)

glosses: Subtraction is the act or operation when you subtract something.

text: My son is learning subtraction in grade 1 math class.

text: e.g., 27 – 14 = 13

ipa: /səbˈtrækʃən/

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


brick

forms:
brick (singular)
bricks (plural)

glosses: A brick is a small, rectangular block used for building things.

enpr: brĭk

ipa: /brɪk/

sampa: /brIk/


brass

forms:
brass (singular)
brasses (plural)

text: The brass chest only has one key.

glosses: The brass is the group of musical instruments that are made of brass.

text: The brass family of instruments includes tubas, trombones, and trumpets.

noun

brass

brasses


bread

forms:
bread (singular)
breads (plural)

glosses: Bread is food made from mixing flour, water, and yeast.

text: Small children love eating bread and butter.

enpr: brĕd

ipa: /brɛd/

sampa: /brEd/

ipa: /breːd/


tool

forms:
tool (singular)
tools (plural)

glosses: A tool is an object that you use to do a specific job, such as a hammer.

text: I used to fix my own car, but I sold all my tools.

glosses: A tool is a person being used by another person or organization.

text: He is such a tool. He should think for himself, instead of doing everything they tell him to do.

ipa: /tuːl/

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


tool

forms:
tool (canonical)
tools (third-person singular)
tooled (past)
tooled (past participle)
tooling (present participle)

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


attempt

forms:
attempt (singular)
attempts (plural)

glosses: An attempt is a try at something, usually something difficult

text: It's broken and no attempt has been made to fix it.

ipa: /əˈtɛmpt/


attempt

forms:
attempt (canonical)
attempts (third-person singular)
attempted (past)
attempted (past participle)
attempting (present participle)

text: If you get something in your eye, do not attempt to remove it yourself.


metre

forms:
metre (singular)
metres (plural)

glosses: One metre is a length. It is exactly 100 centimetres long.

text: This table is 2 metres wide.

ipa: /ˈmiːtə(r)/


judge

forms:
judge (singular)
judges (plural)

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

text: The judge decides cases.

text: Samson was a judge of Israel.

enpr: jŭj

ipa: /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/


judge

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

text: He judged in favor of the defendant.

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

text: They judged the beauty pageant.

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

verb

judg


diction

forms: diction (singular)

glosses: Your choice of words; the style or way you speak.

text: The diction in this story is lively.

text: His diction makes it clear that he is well-educated.

ipa: /ˈdɪkʃən/

noun

diction


approach

forms:
approach (canonical)
approaches (third-person singular)
approached (past)
approached (past participle)
approaching (present participle)

glosses: If you approach something, you move closer to it.

text: We're now approaching the last bus stop. Please move towards the door.

text: It's now approaching six o'clock. When you hear the beep, it will be exactly six o'clock.

glosses: If you approach a problem, or a job you try to deal with it.

text: We've got a difficult situation here, and I'm not sure how to approach it.

ipa: /əˈprəʊtʃ/

verb

approach


approach

forms:
approach (singular)
approaches (plural)

glosses: An approach is a way of doing something.

text: We need children and adults to take a proactive approach to reducing gun violence.

text: Most students benefit from a hands-on approach to learning.

text: He had an innovative approach to solving mechanical problems.

text: All of those things together provide a balanced approach that will get the economy this moving again.

text: The president appears to have adopted this new approach.

text: Research has emphasized a family-based approach to coping with the illness.

text: Such programs employ a one-on-one approach where parents work with the doctor.

text: But many economists advocate a far simpler approach.

text: Private and public schools differ in their approaches to students.

text: We found a need for additional study before implementing this approach.

glosses: An approach is movement towards something.

text: And he made a cautious approach to the boat.

glosses: An approach is the road or path that leads to a place.

text: There were cameras on all approaches to the house.

noun

approaches


this

forms: this

glosses: You use this to show which thing or idea you are talking about. You use it when the thing or idea is close to you.

text: This trip was a great idea.

text: Which book is yours, this one or that one?

glosses: The thing indicated without mentioning the noun.

text: This is my hand.

glosses: You use this in stories, jokes etc to introduce a person or thing into the story.

text: So this guy walks up to me and asked if I have any fish.

ipa: /ðɪs/

sampa: /DIs/


behaviour

forms:
behaviour (singular)
behaviours (plural)

glosses: Behaviour refers to the way that you behave. That is, the kind of things you do.

text: His behaviour is bad.

text: She must improve her behaviour to stay in school.

glosses: Something that you do; when you do a certain thing that is a behaviour.

text: Cleaning is a common behaviour in monkeys.

ipa: [bɪˈheɪvjɚ]

ipa: [bɪˈheɪvjə]

hyphenation: be‧hav‧iour


oil

forms:
oil (singular)
oils (plural)

glosses: Oil is a liquid that is burned to create heat or used in machines to make them run well.

text: Gas and oil are essential to running a car.

glosses: Oil is a liquid made of fat that is used for cooking.

text: Cook the potatoes in oil.

enpr: oil

ipa: /ɔɪl/

sampa: /OIl/


oil

forms:
oil (canonical)
oils (third-person singular)
oiled (past)
oiled (past participle)
oiling (present participle)

glosses: If you oil something, you put clear oil on a machine to make it run well.

text: She oiled the parts of the gun.


regular

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

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

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

text: I call home on a regular basis.

text: She lost all that weight through regular exercise.

text: He rested at regular intervals throughout the day.

text: The staff knows all the regular customers.

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

text: The colors were arranged in a regular pattern.

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

text: They met at their regular time.

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

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

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

text: I don’t like regular flavor.

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

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

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

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

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

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

text: A stop sign is a regular octagon.

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ˈrɛgjələr/


regular

forms:
regular (singular)
regulars (plural)

glosses: A regular is a customer who comes often.

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


nutshell

forms:
nutshell (singular)
nutshells (plural)

etymology_text: nut + shell

compound

nut

shell

expansion: nut + shell

glosses: The shell that surrounds the kernel (the hard part in the center) of a nut

text: Because nutshells are very hard, it takes a lot of time to crack them open.

ipa: /ˈnʌtʃel/

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


Sunday

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

text: I will go out this Sunday.

enpr: sŭnʹdā

ipa: /ˈsʌndeɪ/

sampa: /"sVndeI/

enpr: sŭnʹdē

ipa: /ˈsʌndi/

sampa: /"sVndi/

hyphenation: Sun‧day

proper noun

Sundays


amount

forms:
amount (singular)
amounts (plural)

glosses: A total of things; a measure of how much.

text: Pour a small amount of water into the dish.

ipa: /eˈmaʊnt/


amount

forms:
amount (canonical)
amounts (third-person singular)
amounted (past)
amounted (past participle)
amounting (present participle)

text: What will your life amount to? Will you become successful?


centimetre

forms:
centimetre (singular)
centimetres (plural)

glosses: A hundreth of a metre; 100 centimetres is one metre

text: This pencil is 18 centimetres long.


injury

forms:
injury (singular)
injuries (plural)

glosses: An injury is a place on a person or animal that is hurt or broken because of a cut, hit, fall, etc.

text: She suffered serious injuries to her face and chest in the car crash.

glosses: In law, injury also includes loss of money or bad feelings.

text: Our client is suing for injury arising from breach of contract.

irrnoun

injuries


over

forms: over (positive)

glosses: Something is over when it has finished, usually referring to an event.

text: When the movie was over we left the movie theater.


over

forms: over

text: He stepped over the dog.

text: They went over the bridge.

text: Eight over two is four.

glosses: If you do something over, you do it again.

text: That looks really bad. I think we need to do it over.

glosses: If you invite someone over, you invite them to your house.

text: They had him over for tea.


over

forms:
over (singular)
overs (plural)

glosses: An over in a cricket match is six balls bowled from one end.

text: The captain told me I would have to bowl the next over.


subtract

forms:
subtract (canonical)
subtracts (third-person singular)
subtracted (past)
subtracted (past participle)
subtracting (present participle)

glosses: If something is subtracted, then it is taken away from something else.

text: You must subtract your expenses from your income.

glosses: One of the basic operations in mathematics.

ipa: /səbˈtrækt/


multiplication

forms:
multiplication (singular)
multiplications (plural)

glosses: The process of multiplying numbers by each other.

text: We studied multiplication in grade 3.

text: e.g., 9 x 11 = 99

text: Each measurement is an average over ten multiplications.

ipa: /ˌmʌltəplɪˈkeɪʃən/


keep

forms:
keep (canonical)
keeps (third-person singular)
kept (past)
kept (past participle)
keeping (present participle)

glosses: When you keep something for someone, you make something safe.

text: I will keep your money for you.

glosses: When you keep something, you do not give it back.

text: Keep the change.

glosses: When you keep safe, happy, quiet, etc, you stay that way.

text: Keep quiet.

enpr: kēp

ipa: /kiːp/

keep

keeps

kept

kept

keeping


keep

forms:
keep (singular)
keeps (plural)

glosses: A keep is a special safe area of a castle.

text: The king lived in the keep during the battle.


very

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

text: He was very young.

ipa: /ˈvɛrɪ/

sampa: /"vEr\ɪ/

ipa: /ˈvɛri/

sampa: /"vEr\i/


very

forms: very (positive)

text: It was the very boy who helped me.

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


boiling

forms:
boil (canonical)
boils (third-person singular)
boiled (past)
boiled (past participle)
boiling (present participle)

ipa: /ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/

hyphenation: boil‧ing

verb

boil


bent

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

glosses: With one part going in one direction and another part going in another direction.

text: Someone pushed and pulled the metal rod so much that it is now bent -- though it is not broken.

enpr: /bĕnt/

ipa: /bent/

sampa: /bent/


bent

forms:
bend (canonical)
bends (third-person singular)
bent (past)
bent (past participle)
bending (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of bend.

bend

bends

bent

bent

bending


adjective

forms:
adjective (singular)
adjectives (plural)

glosses: An adjective is a type of word which usually tells about the properties of people, things, and other nouns (e.g., new, small, red, & bad are adjectives). Usually it can be used before the noun or after a linking verb. It can usually be graded and described by adverbs.

text: He uses many adjectives in his stories to give us a clear picture.

text: Some combinations of adjective and noun are quite common.

hyphenation: ad‧jec‧tive


Tuesday

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

text: I have Tuesday night off.

ipa: /ˈtjuːzdeɪ/

ipa: /ˈtjuːzdɪ/

enpr: to͞ozʹdā

ipa: /ˈtuːzdeɪ/

hyphenation: Tues‧day

proper noun

Tuesdays


seek

forms:
seek (canonical)
seeks (third-person singular)
sought (past)
sought (past participle)
seeking (present participle)

glosses: If you seek something, you want it and search for it.

text: If you are not sure if this is right for your child, then seek advice from your doctor, a child psychologist or health visitor, or from other parents.

ipa: /'sik/

seek

seeks

sought

sought

seeking


September

glosses: September is the ninth month of the year.

text: There are 30 days in September.

ipa: /sɛpˈtɛmbə/

enpr: sĕp-tĕmʹbər

ipa: /sɛpˈtɛmbɚ/

September

Septembers


argument

forms:
argument (singular)
arguments (plural)

etymology_text: argue + -ment

ety-suffix

argue

expansion: argue + -ment

glosses: When two or more people are discussing an idea that they do not agree on, they are having an argument. Often arguments are loud or angry.

text: I thought we should buy the red car. She thought we should buy the blue car. We had an argument about it.

glosses: An argument can be the reasons behind an idea.

text: An argument for buying a red car is that it would look cooler than a blue one.

glosses: An argument is an element that is assigned a semantic role in a proposition.

glosses: An argument is the independent variable of a function.

ipa: /ˈɑːgjumənt/

ipa: /ˈɑrgjumənt/

hyphenation: ar‧gu‧ment


knee

forms:
knee (singular)
knees (plural)

glosses: Part of the leg between the thigh and the shin.

text: I hurt my knee in football.

enpr: nē

ipa: /niː/


knee

forms:
knee (canonical)
knees (third-person singular)
kneed (past)
kneed (past participle)
kneeing (present participle)

glosses: To hit someone or something with the knee.

text: He kneed me in the leg.

verb

knee

knees

kneed

kneed

kneeing


consequence

forms:
consequence (singular)
consequences (plural)

glosses: A consequence is a result of an action, decision, etc., often a bad result.

text: As a consequence of your bad behavior, you must stay after school.

text: The consequences of lying to your parents are usually bad.

ipa: /ˈkɑnsɪkwɛns/

hyphenation: con‧se‧quence


beer

forms:
beer (singular)
beers (plural)

glosses: Beer is an alcoholic drink that is made from barley, wheat or other types of cereal grains.

text: We like to drink beer in the bar.

ipa: /bɪə(r)/


relevant

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

glosses: If something is relevant, it is connected to a topic in a meaningful way.

text: The second priority is to provide all relevant information to the employee about his job such as: skills, resources and how flexible he can be; factors affecting performance (limits of responsibility, work targets); factors affecting the environment of the job;

text: Our schools must aim to increase the quality of education and become more relevant to the needs of young people in modern society.

text: The police officers discovered the truth while examining a pile of relevant documents.

ipa: /ˈrɛləvənt/

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-relevant.wav


bend

glosses: To change the shape of an object so that it is not straight.

text: The trees were bending in the wind.

ipa: /bɛnd/

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


bend

forms:
bend (singular)
bends (plural)

text: There's a bend in the road up ahead.


function

forms:
function (singular)
functions (plural)

glosses: Something or someone's function is its purpose or its job.

text: The army sometimes performs a policing function.

text: I met Sylvia at a church function last week.

glosses: If X is a function of Y, then X exists because of or is affected by Y

text: The speed of the computer is a function of its main processor.

text: When you see, Y=f(X), you read it, "Y is a function of X". Here the value of Y depends on the value assigned to the variable X.

hyphenation: func‧tion


function

forms:
function (canonical)
functions (third-person singular)
functioned (past)
functioned (past participle)
functioning (present participle)

glosses: If something is functioning, it is working and is not completely broken.

text: Her heart stopped, but her brain continued to function.

glosses: If something functions as X, it does the job of X.

text: In this sentence, "sentence" functions as the subject.


fewer

forms:
few
fewer (comparative)
fewest (superlative)

glosses: The comparative form of few; more few. Smaller in number.

text: There are fewer people here today than yesterday.

text: My new job has fewer hours and better pay.

text: I see fewer of them than I did before.

text: I've got fewer than you.

determiner-comp

few

fewer

fewest


blow

forms:
blow (canonical)
blows (third-person singular)
blew (past)
blown (past participle)
blowing (present participle)

text: The wind is blowing and the trees are moving.

text: The wind blew the paper down the street.

text: His hat blew off.

text: I could see some grass where the snow had blown away.

text: Her gray hair blew across her face in the wind.

text: Last fall, a storm blew through this town tearing up trees.

glosses: If you blow, you push air out of your mouth or nose.

text: She blew her nose into a tissue.

text: He put his mouth in the water and blew bubbles for a few seconds.

text: He hopes to celebrate his 25th birthday by blowing out the candles.

glosses: If a horn, whistle, etc. blows, it makes a sound.

text: When the final whistle blew, Arsenal had won the game 2 -- 0.

text: The car blew up as it drove over the bomb.

glosses: If something blows you away, it surprises or impresses you.

text: We were blown away. We couldnt believe that a ten-year-old could do that.

text: I dropped the cake and she totally blew up on me.

text: Can you blow that picture up a bit more? I can't see it clearly.

glosses: If something is blown off, away, or out, apart, etc., it is damaged by an explosion or a bullet.

text: BANG! The shot blew off one of his fingers.

text: The truck he was driving was blown apart by a roadside bomb.

text: They put the guns to their heads and blew their brains out.

text: The blast had blown a hole in the wall.

glosses: If you blow something, you do not do it successfully.

text: I can't believe it. You almost had it, but you blew it.

glosses: If you blow money, you spend it, often without being careful.

glosses: If a piece of equipment blows, it stops working because there is an electrical problem.

glosses: If a tire blows, it gets a hole, letting out its air quickly.

text: His little joke had been blown out of proportion and he'd gotten in a lot of trouble.

text: The car blew a tire on the way to our campsite.

glosses: If something is blown out of proportion, it is exaggerated.

glosses: If you blow by something, you move past it very quickly.

glosses: If you blow someone, you perform oral sex on them.

ipa: /blɔʊ/

sampa: /'blOU/

blow

blows

blew

blown

blowing


blow

forms:
blow (singular)
blows (plural)

text: He spent two days in hospital after a serious blow to the head.

text: The thought struck like a blow to the chest.

text: The team was dealt a terrible blow when goalie Ryan Francis was killed.

text: The final blow came when his wife left.

text: To soften the blow, the government will send one-time payments to everyone involved.

text: The town suffered a severe blow when the car factory shut down.

text: He gave a quick blow on the whistle.


wrong

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

glosses: If something is wrong, it is not right. If something is wrong it may be incorrect, not true, or bad.

text: That answer is wrong.

text: "2 + 2 = 5" is wrong.

text: What you did was wrong.

ipa: /rɒŋ/

ipa: /rɔŋ/


wrong

forms:
wrong (canonical)
wrongs (third-person singular)
wronged (past)
wronged (past participle)
wronging (present participle)

glosses: If you wrong someone, you do something that hurts a person.

text: He wrongs you by his actions.


wrong

forms:
wrong (singular)
wrongs (plural)

text: They accused him of wrongs against humanity.


kind

forms:
kind (singular)
kinds (plural)

text: Bread is a kind of food.

enpr: /kīnd/

ipa: /kaɪnd/

sampa: /kaInd/


kind

forms:
kind (positive)
kinder (comparative)
kindest (superlative)

text: I admired them for being so kind, helping me when no one else would.

adjective

kind

kinder

kindest


could

forms:
can (present)
could (past)
couldn't (negative)

glosses: If you could do something, you were able to do it.

text: When I was younger, I could run a five-minute mile.

glosses: If you could something, but you don't know if you want to, you have the option of doing do it.

text: She could do her math or go to the game.

ipa: /kʊd/

sampa: /kUd/

can

could

couldn't


ink

forms:
ink (singular)
inks (plural)

glosses: Ink is a tint, often black, used to write.

text: The ink on the paper has dried.

enpr: ĭngk

ipa: /ɪŋk/

ipa: /iŋk/


ink

forms:
ink (canonical)
inks (third-person singular)
inked (past)
inked (past participle)
inking (present participle)

glosses: If someone inks something, they make a mark or write using ink.

text: He inked his name.

glosses: If someone inks things like a pen, they fill with ink.

text: She inks her pen.


indicate

forms:
indicate (canonical)
indicates (third-person singular)
indicated (past)
indicated (past participle)
indicating (present participle)

glosses: If someone indicates something, they point it out or they point to it; they bring your attention to something.

text: Brian indicated to his girlfriend the restaurant they were going to on the map.

text: He indicated on the map how to get to the police station.

glosses: If someone indicates something, they show signs of something; they show it.

text: A driver has to turn on the signal in order to indicated that he will turn right.

text: The shaking of his body indicated to the audience that he was nervous about performing in front of them.

text: Jake's nervous expression on his face indicated that he knew more about the topic than he said already.

glosses: If something indicates something, it shows it through measurements; it makes something known.

text: The turn signal indicates that a driver will turn.

text: The thermostat on the wall indicates that the air conditioning is on in the house.

text: Dark clouds indicate rain is coming.

glosses: If someone indicate something, they express it, usually in a short or general way; they signal it.

text: Hailey indicated that she was sick to her friends, but would not say any more about it.

glosses: If a symptom indicates something, it points out a remedy that would help to cure that symptom.

ipa: /ˈɪndɪˌkeɪt/

hyphenation: in‧di‧cate

verb

indicat


wind

forms:
wind (singular)
winds (plural)

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

enpr: wĭnd

ipa: /ˈwɪnd/

sampa: /wInd/


wind

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

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

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

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

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

text: The road winds for miles.

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

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

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

enpr: wīnd

ipa: /waɪnd/

sampa: /waInd/

homophones: whined wined

wind

winds

wound

wound

winding


band

forms:
band (singular)
bands (plural)

glosses: A band is a group of people working together]

text: Those in the army who fought closely together in the war were called a band of brothers.

glosses: A band is a group of people who play different instruments together. It can be of any size.

text: The band played loud music.

glosses: A band is piece of material, often metal, with the shape of a circle.

text: A band was placed around the box to prevent it from breaking open.

text: The man gave his wife a band of gold at the wedding.

enpr: bănd

ipa: /bænd/


band

forms:
band (canonical)
bands (third-person singular)
banded (past)
banded (past participle)
banding (present participle)

glosses: To band together is to get together in a group.

text: The friends banded together in school.


story

forms:
story (singular)
stories (plural)

glosses: A story is a piece of text that tells someone who reads it about a real or fictional (made up) event.

text: This story is about a little girl who is eaten by a wolf.

text: The film is based on a true story.

text: Mother told me to stop telling stories.

glosses: A story is a floor or level in a building.

text: My room is five stories up.

ipa: /ˈstɔːri/

irrnoun

stories


attack

forms:
attack (canonical)
attacks (third-person singular)
attacked (past)
attacked (past participle)
attacking (present participle)

glosses: To try to destroy, especially with words.

ipa: /əˈtæk/


attack

forms:
attack (singular)
attacks (plural)

glosses: An attack is the act of trying to hurt somebody or break something.


latter

forms: latter (positive)

glosses: The latter half, case, etc. is the second of two.

text: The price of oil could reach $150 by the latter half of the decade.

text: We used soap rather than shampoo even though I prefer the latter. (here "latter" refers to shampoo, "former" would refer to soap)

glosses: The latter part of a period of time is the part near the end.

text: The Internet only became well known in the latter part of the 20th century.

enpr: lăt'ə(r)


either

forms: either

text: I can write with either hand.

text: You can drink either tea or coffee.

text: They can be used either alone or in groups.

text: Few people liked it; most either ignored it or hated it.

text: The room has a door at either end.

text: People were walking on either side of the road.

text: I can't find either shoe. I have lost both shoes.

text: I have a blue coat and a green coat. Either will keep me warm.

text: There will still be problems in either of the following two cases.

enpr: ī′thə(r)


either

glosses: Used in negative statements to mean too or also.

text: I don't like him and I don't like her either.

text: I can't sing and I can't dance either.

text: No other country has any real friends either.


countries

forms:
country (singular)
countries (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈkʌntriz/

hyphenation: coun‧tries

noun

country

countries


leaves

forms:
leaf (singular)
leaves (plural)

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

text: The leaves fall in autumn.

ipa: /liːvz/

leaf

leaves


leaves

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

glosses: The third-person singular form of leave.

text: The train leaves the station at 11:00.

leave

left

left

leaving


leave

glosses: When you leave a place, you go away from it.

text: I left the building.

glosses: Something you leave remains where it was.

text: Two cakes are left.

ipa: /liːv/

ipa: /liv/

audio: en-uk-to leave.ogg


dark

forms:
dark (positive)
darker (comparative)
darkest (superlative)

text: The cave is very dark.

glosses: If something is dark, it is scary or not pleasant.

text: World War II was a dark time in world history.

enpr: därk

ipa: /dɑː(r)k/

adj

dark

darker

darkest


dark

forms:
dark (singular)
darks (plural)

text: Most humans are afraid of the dark.

glosses: Late in the day, especially after sunset.

text: Go and play with your friends, but be back before dark!

glosses: Darks are clothes that are not light in color.


sub rosa

forms: sub rosa (positive)

etymology_text: From the Latin word sub (meaning "under") + the ablative of rosa (meaning "rose"). Literally meaning "under a rose" or "under the rose".

text: He made a sub rosa attempt to steal the cake.


sub rosa

forms:
sub rosa (positive)
Superlative–

text: He stole the cake sub rosa.


feature

forms:
feature (singular)
features (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /fiːtʃə(r)/


feature

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

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

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

text: Jazz and Blues feature prominently in the magazine.

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

text: I cannot feature that happening.

verb

featur

e


fewest

forms:
few
fewer (comparative)
fewest (superlative)

glosses: The superlative form of few; most few. Smallest in number.

text: How can you say that in the fewest words?

text: I don't have many but you have the fewest.


almost

glosses: Very nearly; about 98% of something; not the same, but near to being the same.

text: I am almost ready to go. I will be ready very soon.

ipa: /ˈɔːlməʊst/

ipa: /ˈɔːlmoʊst/


request

forms:
request (singular)
requests (plural)

glosses: A request the act of asking for something (sometimes in a formal way).

text: We didn't hear his request that we be quiet.

ipa: /rɪˈkwɛst/

hyphenation: re‧quest


request

forms:
request (canonical)
requests (third-person singular)
requested (past)
requested (past participle)
requesting (present participle)

glosses: If you request something, you ask somebody to do something or to give you something.

text: He requested your presence.


such

forms: such (positive)

glosses: Such a person or thing is that same kind that was mentioned before.

text: There are times when the father is unknown. One such case happened recently. (= "when the father is unknown")

text: A good teacher can usually be recognized as such. (= "as a good teacher")

glosses: You use such as or such ... as to give one or more examples.

text: We always had pets, such as cats, dogs, and birds.

text: This includes such costs as bus tickets, groceries, and restaurant meals.

glosses: You use such to emphasize a description.

text: My son had a party. You've never seen such a nice group of kids.

ipa: /sʌʧ/

sampa: /sVtS/


wing

forms:
wing (singular)
wings (plural)

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

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

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

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

enpr: wĭng

ipa: /wɪŋ/

sampa: /wIN/


wing

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

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


chapter

forms:
chapter (singular)
chapters (plural)

text: We read chapter five in the blue textbook.

glosses: A chapter is a local part of a larger organisation.

text: The Toronto chapter of the Red Cross is collecting blood today.

ipa: /ˈt͡ʃæptə/

ipa: /ˈt͡ʃæptɚ/

hyphenation: chap‧ter


world

forms:
world (singular)
worlds (plural)

text: Our world needs to be cared for.

text: I love you more than anybody else in the world.

text: They were in their own world as they talked about trains nobody else knew about.

text: I wonder if there is life on other worlds.

ipa: /wɝəɫd̥/

ipa: /wɜː(r)ld/

enpr: wûrld

ipa: /wɝld/

ipa: /warl(d)/

sampa: /warl(d)/

homophones: whirled whorled


boil

forms:
boil (canonical)
boils (third-person singular)
boiled (past)
boiled (past participle)
boiling (present participle)

glosses: To get to a temperature that a liquid lets out bubbles and gas at.

text: Water boils at 100°C.

text: Anne boiled the water in the kettle.

ipa: /bɔɪl/

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


boil

forms:
boil (singular)
boils (plural)

glosses: If you bring something to a boil, you heat it to 100 °C.

glosses: A swelling on the skin that is filled with pus.

text: Lots of boils started appearing on his skin.


trumpet

forms:
trumpet (singular)
trumpets (plural)

glosses: A trumpet is a metal instrument that makes noise when you blow into it. The person playing the trumpet can press different buttons to change the musical note that is being played.

ipa: /ˈtrʌmpət/


trumpet

forms:
trumpet (canonical)
trumpets (third-person singular)
trumpeted (past)
trumpeted (past participle)
trumpeting (present participle)

glosses: When you trumpet something, usually something you are proud of, you tell everyone about it.

glosses: When an elephant trumpets, it makes a loud sound.


evaluation

forms:
evaluation (singular)
evaluations (plural)

glosses: Evaluation is the process of making a judgement.

text: If a teacher doesn't know the student well, it makes the evaluation of the student's level very difficult.

text: After the problem was found, we began an internal evaluation of the management.

text: Lamont Library’s 24-hour service received a positive evaluation this past spring.

ipa: /ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃən/

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


dust

forms:
dust (singular)
dusts (plural)

glosses: Dust is a thin powder that can be seen in the air or on a surface.

text: The old building was filled with dust.

ipa: /dʌst/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Exilexi-dust.wav


dust

forms:
dust (canonical)
dusts (third-person singular)
dusted (past)
dusted (past participle)
dusting (present participle)

glosses: If you dust something, you remove dust from it.

text: Sally dusted her house to prepare it for a party.


prejudiced

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

glosses: Someone who is prejudiced has prejudice against somebody.

text: Sarah is the most prejudiced person I have ever met.


prejudiced

forms:
prejudice (canonical)
prejudices (third-person singular)
prejudiced (past)
prejudiced (past participle)
prejudicing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of prejudice.

prejudic


portmanteau

forms:
portmanteau (singular)
portmanteaus or portmanteaux (plural)

text: Pokémon is a portmanteau of "pocket" and "monster".

glosses: A large case usually made of leather made of two parts.

enpr: pôrt'măntō

ipa: /pɔːrtˈmæntoʊ/

noun

portmanteaux


base

forms:
base (singular)
bases (plural)

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

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

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

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

text: ammonia is a weak base.

enpr: bās

ipa: /beɪs/

sampa: /beIs/


base

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

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

adj

base

baser

basest


base

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

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

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

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

text: The movie is based on the book.

verb

bas


cyan

forms:
cyan (singular)
cyans (plural)

text: Cyan is my favorite color.

ipa: /ˈsaɪˌæn/

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


cyan

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

glosses: Something that is cyan is light blue in color.

text: She was wearing cyan boots.


rest

forms:
rest (singular)
rests (plural)

text: You need to take a rest.

glosses: A mark in music showing counts that are not played.

text: That quarter-note is followed by three rests.

text: I will take the rest of the money.

text: You need rest.

glosses: A rest is a place where you can put something, often your arm.

enpr: rĕst

ipa: /rɛst/

sampa: /rEst/


rest

forms:
rest (canonical)
rests (third-person singular)
rested (past)
rested (past participle)
resting (present participle)

text: He rested for five minutes.

text: The statue rests on the mantle.

text: He rested his foot on the stair.

text: The baby is resting.

text: Rest in peace.

text: She is resting in Jesus.

text: Karen rests in a tomb.


light bulb

forms:
light bulb (singular)
light bulbs (plural)

glosses: A bulb-shaped object usually made of glass and metal that gives off light when given electricity.

text: Jane changed the light bulb to make the room brighter.

ipa: /ˈlaɪtˌbʌlb/


rock

forms:
rock (singular)
rocks (plural)

glosses: A hard substance that forms naturally in the Earth's surface.

glosses: A form of music often played with guitars and drums.

text: Rock music had direct influences from blues and rhythm and blues.

enpr: rŏk

ipa: /rɒk/

sampa: /rQk/


rock

forms:
rock (canonical)
rocks (third-person singular)
rocked (past)
rocked (past participle)
rocking (present participle)

text: The boat rocked in the strong wind.


army

forms:
army (singular)
armies (plural)

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

text: The army fought in Iraq.

text: He joined the army when he was 19.

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

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

hyphenation: ar‧my

noun

army

armies


might

forms:
may (present)
might (past)
mightn't (negative)

glosses: Used to show possible actions. If you might do something, it is possible that you will do it. If something might happen, it is possible that it will happen.

text: I might go to the party, but I haven't decided yet.

enpr: mīt

ipa: /maɪt/

sampa: /maIt/

may

might

mightn't


might

forms: might (singular)

glosses: The power, strength, force or influence of a person or group.


nose

forms:
nose (singular)
noses (plural)

glosses: The part of the face that sticks out and is used for breathing and smelling things.

text: His nose is very big.

ipa: /nəʊz/

ipa: /noʊz/


nose

forms:
nose (canonical)
noses (third-person singular)
nosed (past)
nosed (past participle)
nosing (present participle)

text: The ship nosed through the minefield.

text: She was nosing around other people’s business.

glosses: If you nose something, you push it with your nose.

verb

nos


Muslim

forms:
Muslim (singular)
Muslims (plural)

text: Muhammad is a Muslim.


Muslim

forms: Muslim (positive)

text: There are several Muslim beliefs.


stole

forms:
steal (canonical)
steals (third-person singular)
stole (past)
stolen (past participle)
stealing (present participle)

text: The burglar stole the painting.

ipa: /'stɔl/

steal

steals

stole

stolen

stealing


stole

forms:
stole (singular)
stoles (plural)

glosses: A stole is a piece of clothing that is worn over robes in churches.

glosses: A stole is a piece of clothing that is like a scarf and is often made of fur.


greeting

forms:
greeting (singular)
greetings (plural)

glosses: A greeting is something you do or say when you meet someone.

text: He noticed Karelius, raised a hand in greeting, and dismounted to lead his horse through to the stables. A minute later he entered the bar, tapping frozen mud from his boots at the door-post. "Karelius, my dear fellow. Hope I'm not late."

ipa: /ˈgriːtɪŋ/

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


greeting

forms:
greet (canonical)
greets (third-person singular)
greeted (past)
greeted (past participle)
greeting (present participle)

greet


steal

glosses: If you steal, you take somebody's money or things without their permission.

text: The thief stole the diamond ring.

glosses: If you steal a base you run to it before the ball was hit.

enpr: stēl

ipa: /stiːl/


steal

forms:
steal (singular)
steals (plural)

glosses: A steal is a good deal. It is when you pay so little money you almost did not pay.

text: At just $2 each these T-shirts as a real steal.

glosses: A steal is when someone runs to a base before the ball is hit.


former

forms: former (positive)

glosses: A former x (e.g., president, country, wife) used to be the x but is not anymore.

text: Former president Clinton was giving a speech at the school.

glosses: The former is the first of two things that have already been talked about.

text: I've taught in high school and university. The former (i.e., high school) is more exciting, but university is less stressful.

ipa: /ˈfɔrmɚ/

ipa: /ˈfɔːmə/


against

forms: against

text: I am against that proposal. I think it is a bad idea.

text: The vote for the suspension of the party was 283 in favour with 29 against.

text: He held her head against his chest.

ipa: /əˈgɛnst/


quality

forms:
quality (singular)
qualities (plural)

text: This cloth is full of quality.

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

text: The meat was of poor quality.

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

text: Being truthful is his best quality.

hyphenation: qual‧i‧ty

noun

qualities


quality

text: Here is a quality computer.


prejudice

forms:
prejudice (singular)
prejudices (plural)

glosses: an unreasonable hatred for a group, usually a race or a religion, etc.

text: John had prejudice against Muslims.

glosses: a belief, usually negative, that you have about something, before you know that it is actually right

glosses: an idea or preference you have towards something before you actually experience the thing

ipa: /ˈprɛd͡ʒədɪs/

hyphenation: prej‧u‧dice


prejudice

forms:
prejudice (canonical)
prejudices (third-person singular)
prejudiced (past)
prejudiced (past participle)
prejudicing (present participle)

glosses: Prejudicing means to cause a prejudice or to commit prejudiced judgement.


dictionaries

forms:
dictionary (singular)
dictionaries (plural)

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

text: I always keep two dictionaries nearby in case I need to look up the definition of a word.

dictionary

dictionaries


branch

forms:
branch (singular)
branches (plural)

glosses: A part of a tree that grows out from the trunk (center).

text: Sally scraped her arm on a branch when she fell out of a tree.

glosses: A part of something that acts like a branch does to its tree.

text: The study of electricity is a branch of physics.

glosses: One of a series of shops that are owned by the same company in business.

text: McDonalds has many branches spread throughout the country.

ipa: /brænʧ/

sampa: /br{ntS/

irrnoun

branches


branch

forms:
branch (canonical)
branches (third-person singular)
branched (past)
branched (past participle)
branching (present participle)

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

verb

branch

es


bulb

forms:
bulb (singular)
bulbs (plural)

glosses: A solid object that has one large, round end and another thin end.

text: Can you change that bulb, please? It's broken.

glosses: The bulb-shaped part of the root of a plant.

text: People can buy tulip bulbs and grow them at home.

enpr: bŭlb

ipa: /ˈbʌlb/


Wednesday

glosses: The fourth day of the week, third and middle day of the work week.

ipa: /ˈwɛdnzdeɪ/

sampa: /"wEdnzdeI/

ipa: /ˈwɛnzdeɪ/

sampa: /"wEnzdeI/

ipa: /ˈwɛdnzdi/

sampa: /"wEdnzdi/

ipa: /ˈwɛnzdi/

sampa: /"wEnzdi/

hyphenation: Wed‧nes‧day

proper noun

Wednesdays


population

forms:
population (singular)
populations (plural)

glosses: The population of a place is the people or animals that live there.

text: The population of a city is higher than that of a town.

text: The growth of population on earth may lead to much hunger.

ipa: /pɒpjuːleɪʃən/


future

forms:
future (singular)
futures (plural)

glosses: The future is the time of something that hasn't happen yet. The study of the future is known as futurology.

text: I will be more careful in the future.

text: You have a great future ahead of you.

glosses: A future event is one that hasn't happened yet but will happen.

ipa: /ˈfjuːʧə/

ipa: /ˈfjuːʧɚ/


brush

forms:
brush (singular)
brushes (plural)

glosses: A brush is a tool with many thin pieces of plastic to smooth hair and wool.

enpr: brŭsh

ipa: /brʌʃ/

irrnoun

brushes


brush

forms:
brush (canonical)
brushes (third-person singular)
brushed (past)
brushed (past participle)
brushing (present participle)

glosses: If you brush something, you clean it with a brush.

text: I forgot to brush my teeth before going to bed.

verb

brush


price

forms:
price (singular)
prices (plural)

glosses: The amount of money you need to pay to buy something.

text: The price of this book is ten dollars.

enpr: prīs

ipa: /praɪs/

sampa: /praIs/


price

forms:
price (canonical)
prices (third-person singular)
priced (past)
priced (past participle)
pricing (present participle)

pric


bright

forms:
bright (positive)
brighter (comparative)
brightest (superlative)

glosses: If something is bright it gives out or fills with much light.

text: The sun is very bright during summer.

text: The bright room had a lot of windows.

glosses: A person who is bright is clever and intelligent.

text: Tom is a bright child.

enpr: brīt

ipa: /braɪt/

sampa: /braIt/

adj

bright

brighter

brightest


account

forms:
account (singular)
accounts (plural)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ipa: /ə'kaʊnt/

hyphenation: ac‧count


account

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

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

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

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

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


sought

forms:
seek (canonical)
seeks (third-person singular)
sought (past)
sought (past participle)
seeking (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of seek.

text: When she ran into problems, Pam sought advice from an expert.

ipa: /sɔːt/

seek

seeks


usual

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

text: It is usual for me to read the newspaper in the morning.

ipa: /ˈjuːʒʊəl/

ipa: /ˈjuːʒuəl/

hyphenation: u‧su‧al


brake

forms:
brake (singular)
brakes (plural)

glosses: The part of an object that makes it slow down.

text: The crash was caused by the car's brakes failing.

enpr: brāk

ipa: /breɪk/

sampa: /breIk/


brake

forms:
brake (canonical)
brakes (third-person singular)
braked (past)
braked (past participle)
braking (present participle)

glosses: To make an object slow down using brakes.

text: Jimmy braked to avoid hitting the cat.

verb

brak


bathing

forms:
bath (canonical)
baths (third-person singular)
bathe (canonical)
bathes (third-person singular)
bathed (past)
bathed (past participle)
bathing (present participle)

text: She was bathing the baby.

text: Bathing is common in the West Sea.

text: This basin is useful for bathing.

ipa: /ˈbeɪˌðɪŋ(ɡ)/

bath


boot

forms:
boot (singular)
boots (plural)

text: I love my special hiking boots.

text: He put his shopping bags in the boot.

enpr: bo͞ot

ipa: /buːt/


boot

forms:
boot (canonical)
boots (third-person singular)
booted (past)
booted (past participle)
booting (present participle)

glosses: If you boot someone, you force somebody to leave someplace.

text: Billy got booted off of the train after the captain found out that he had no ticket.


anaesthetic

forms:
anaesthetic (singular)
anaesthetics (plural)

glosses: An anaesthetic is a gas that is used by a doctor or nurse to make a person feel no pain or to put a person to sleep.

text: They used an anaesthetic on him before performing the surgery.

ipa: /ˌænəsˈθɛtɪk/

audio: en-US anesthetic.ogg


equal

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

glosses: If two things are equal, they are the same in shape, size, or number.

text: The number of people inside of the store is equal to the number of people outside of the store.

ipa: /ˈiːkwəl/


equal

forms:
equal (singular)
equals (plural)

glosses: Someone who has the same rights as somebody else.

text: I'm your teacher, not your equal.


equal

forms:
equal (canonical)
equals (third-person singular)
equaled (past)
equaled (past participle)
equaling (present participle)

glosses: If x equals y, x and y have the same value.

text: Two plus two equals four.


stomach

forms:
stomach (singular)
stomachs (plural)

glosses: The place in the body where food is digested.

ipa: /ˈstʌmək/


stomach

forms:
stomach (canonical)
stomachs (third-person singular)
stomached (past)
stomached (past participle)
stomaching (present participle)

glosses: To be able to tolerate something emotionally, physically, or mentally; to be able to stand or handle something.

text: I really can’t stomach jobs involving that much paperwork, but some people seem to tolerate them.

text: I can't stomach her cooking.


left

forms: left (positive)

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

text: turn left at the next corner.

text: Three apples are left.

ipa: /lɛft/

sampa: /lEft/


left

forms:
left (singular)
lefts (plural)

text: The shop is on your left.

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


left

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

glosses: The past tense and past participle of leave.

leave


evaluate

forms:
evaluate (canonical)
evaluates (third-person singular)
evaluated (past)
evaluated (past participle)
evaluating (present participle)

glosses: If you evaluate someone or something, you judge it.

text: It is difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of the LINK programme, but we believe it has been useful.

ipa: /ɨˈvaljʊeɪt/

ipa: /ɪ̈ˈvaljəˌweɪt/

hyphenation: eval‧u‧ate

evaluat


own

forms: own (positive)

glosses: If something is your own it belongs to you or is about you (often used for emphasis).

text: I wish I had my own home.

text: I bought it in my own name.

text: The toy began to move as though it had a life of its own.

text: accidents happen, and often in your very own home.

glosses: If you are on your own, you are by yourself, there is no body else with you. This can also mean there is no one helping you.

text: I was on my own in the woods.

text: If you try to do that you're on your own - or at least I won't help you!

ipa: /əʊn/

enpr: ōn

ipa: /oʊn/

sampa: /oUn/


own

forms:
own (canonical)
owns (third-person singular)
owned (past)
owned (past participle)
owning (present participle)

glosses: If you own something it belongs to you, it is yours.

text: Yes, I own a car.

text: I plan to build a house on the land I own.

glosses: If you "own up" to something, you admit you did it.

text: I had to own up to lying about our relationship.


fourth

forms: fourth (positive)

glosses: The fourth thing is something that is number four (4) in order.

ipa: /fɔːθ/

ipa: /fɔrθ/

sampa: /fOrT/


fourth

forms:
fourth (singular)
fourths (plural)

glosses: A fourth of something is one of four equal parts of that thing; a quarter.

text: Three is one fourth of twelve.


approval

forms:
approval (singular)
approvals (plural)

glosses: Approval is when you formally allow something to happen.

text: The treaty requires approval by Parliament.

text: I can do whatever I want, I don't need your approval.

text: In spite of objections, the committee granted approval for the project.

ipa: /əˈpruːvəl/

ipa: /əˈpruvəl/


broken

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

glosses: Something that is broken is not as it should be because it has been damaged or injured

text: The broken cup lay in pieces on the floor.

text: After the crash his arm seemed broken.

text: A broken stone is apart(in more than one piece).

glosses: If something in a game, such as a gun, is broken, it is overpowered

enpr: brōk'ən

ipa: /ˈbrəʊkən/


broken

forms:
break (canonical)
breaks (third-person singular)
broke (past)
broken (past participle)
breaking (present participle)

text: The cup was broken when it fell to the floor.

text: His arm was broken during the crash.

text: If my computer hadn't broken, I would have had money to go to the concert instead of paying to get it fixed.

break

breaks

broke

broken

breaking


field

forms:
field (singular)
fields (plural)

glosses: A field is an open area of land that can be used for many different things, from sports to crop-growing.

text: He was an expert in the field of American history.

ipa: /fiːld/

ipa: /fild/


field

forms:
field (canonical)
fields (third-person singular)
fielded (past)
fielded (past participle)
fielding (present participle)

glosses: If you field something, you answer it; you address it.

glosses: If you field the team, you place them in the game.


participation

forms:
participation (singular)
participations (plural)

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

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


number

forms:
number (singular)
numbers (plural)

glosses: A symbol that that is used to describe quantity; a numeral.

text: 2, 5589, and 0 are all numbers.

text: She has a number of dictionaries--four or five, I think.

glosses: A musical, theatrical, or literary selection or production.

text: She chose a number from "Swan Lake" for her dance recital.

enpr: nŭm'bə(r)

poses: verb noun

enpr: nŭm'bər

hyphenation: num‧ber


number

forms:
number (canonical)
numbers (third-person singular)
numbered (past)
numbered (past participle)
numbering (present participle)

text: Number the baskets so that we can find them easily.

text: I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands.


number

forms:
numb (positive)
number (comparative)
numbest (superlative)

glosses: The comparative form of numb; more numb.

text: My hand feels number than it did before.

enpr: nŭm'ə

ipa: /ˈnʌmə/

enpr: nŭm'ər

ipa: /'nʌmɚ/

adjective

numb

number

numbest


institute

forms:
institute (singular)
institutes (plural)

glosses: An institute is an organisation such as a school or hospital that does teaching or research.

text: This is the conclusion of the National Institute of Economic & Social Research and London Business School.

text: William Wallace is deputy director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs.

glosses: An institute is an organization that has a particular purpose such such as scientific or educational work, or the building is based Or to introduce or start a system, rule, legal process etc..

text: I think that the new WWW rule should not be Instituted because the old program provided a great opportunity for students to lean about other nation's culture, religion, and to socialize and appreciate the people.

glosses: An institute is an important system of organization in society that has existed for a long time.

ipa: /ˈɪnstɪt(j)uːt/


institute

forms:
institute (canonical)
institutes (third-person singular)
instituted (past)
instituted (past participle)
instituting (present participle)

text: He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school.

text: We have no choice but to institute court proceedings against the airline.

verb

institut


bit

forms:
bit (singular)
bits (plural)

glosses: A bit is an amount, usually a small amount.

text: There's quite a bit of money. Where did it all come from?

text: There was a little bit of blood when she brushed her teeth.

text: Her mouth opened just a tiny bit.

text: I'm a little bit nervous.

text: She saw the shop a bit farther up the road.

text: She slowed down a little and then a bit more until someone saw her.

text: I see him quite a bit.

text: At the second practice, I was a little bit more ready.

text: He felt quite a bit older.

text: Try not to have bits of cake on the floor when you eat.

text: He listened to her as Mary told bits and pieces of her story.

text: Scrape up any browned bits from bottom of pot.

text: The car was blown to bits by the bomb.

text: I'm going to relax for a bit.

glosses: A bit is the amount of information coded by a 1 or a 0 in a computer.

text: Even the best 24-bit scanners suffer from noise.

glosses: A bit is a sharp tool that spins to make holes.

text: Drill a hole slightly smaller than your hook with a 1/16-inch drill bit.

text: Slide the router bit into the slot, turn on the motor and guide the tool along the jig.

glosses: A bit is a metal bar that people put in a horse's mouth to control it.

enpr: bĭt

ipa: /bɪt/

sampa: /bIt/


bit

forms:
bite (canonical)
bites (third-person singular)
bit (past)
bitten (past participle)
biting (present participle)

bite

bites

bit

bitten

biting


primary

forms: primary (positive)

text: Primary education covers infant schooling from the ages of 5–7 or 8, then junior schooling concluding at the ages of 10 or 11.

text: Most patients are managed in primary care but the vast majority of research publications derive from hospitals.

text: The company had shops in buildings whose primary purpose was as office space.

text: The primary colors are red, blue, and yellow.

ipa: /ˈpraɪməri/

enpr: prīʹmĕr-ē

ipa: /ˈpraɪmɛri/

sampa: /"praImEri/

enpr: prīʹmə-rē


primary

forms:
primary (singular)
primaries (plural)

glosses: A primary is a kind of election held by a political party to choose the people it prefers for public office.

text: Arlen Specter defeated Pat Toomey in the Republican primary election for U.S. Senate.

glosses: Primary means the first grade in an elementary school.

glosses: Primary means a base, something that is irreducible.

noun

primary

primaries


foot

forms:
foot (singular)
feet (plural)

glosses: The lowest part of the leg, below the ankle; the part of the body used to stand on.

text: He hurt his foot playing football.

text: We meet at the foot of the hill.

glosses: A length of 12 inches; three feet is almost one meter. The foot is used mostly in the United States, but was common in Europe a long time ago.

text: There are about 30 centimeters in one foot.

text: My friend is six feet tall.

enpr: fo͝ot

ipa: /fʊt/

ipa: [fʊt̚]

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

foot

feet


foot

forms:
foot (canonical)
foots (third-person singular)
footed (past)
footed (past participle)
footing (present participle)

text: He foots it to work every day.


change

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

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

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

enpr: chānj

ipa: /t͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/

sampa: /tSeIndZ/

verb

chang


change

forms:
change (singular)
changes (plural)

glosses: A change is when something becomes different.

text: The building plan required some small changes.

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

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

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


would

glosses: Would is used to show your past plan or decision.

text: He said he would be seeing Mr Moi in Bonn on Monday.

glosses: Would is used to show that in the past you expected something to happen.

text: It would soon be time to go home, but I didn't want to leave.

text: It looked like it would rain soon.

glosses: Would is used to show that something happened regularly in the past but not now.

text: Every summer we would go to the lake for a few weeks.

text: When I was in Ottawa, the snow would be so deep you couldn't walk.

glosses: Would is used to talk about unreal, unlikely, or conditional situations.

text: You wouldn't like it if you had to see it every day.

text: If I could choose I would go to bed at about two o'clock in the morning.

text: I think if he wanted you he would have come to you, don't you?

text: "Y equals 5x. If x equals two, what would Y be?" "Y would be ten."

glosses: Would is used to ask politely for something.

text: Would you please explain that to me?

text: Would you mind if I had a party while you were away?

glosses: Would is used to offer something politely.

text: Would you like to go out for lunch then?

text: Would you have some bread?

text: I would go back and talk to him about it.

glosses: Would is used to show that something is typical, usually when you are unhappy about it. In this case, it's always stressed.

text: He would come just when we were leaving.

ipa: /wʊd/

ipa: /wəd/


land

forms:
land (singular)
lands (plural)

glosses: Land is the part of the Earth that is not water

text: The Earth is 70% water, and 30% land.

glosses: Land is an area of ground that can be used for farming, making buildings, etc.

text: All this land belongs to me.

enpr: /lănd/

ipa: /lænd/

sampa: /l{nd/