Bible

glosses: The Bible is name of the holy text of Christians consisting of a collection of writings of both Jews, called the Old Testament, and Christians, called the New Testament. (This is always spelled with capital B).

text: The Bible tells stories of God, Jesus Christ, and good and bad people.

glosses: The holy writings of the Jewish tradition, called the Old Testament, are called The Bible. (This is always spelled with capital B).

text: The Jewish Bible has very old stories about the Jews.

glosses: A Bible or Bibles refer to copies of The Bible. This is always spelled with capital B).

text: The book store sells many Bibles.

glosses: A book that is like the Bible but may be about another religion or is not religious. Often, this means a book that tells everything you need to know about something. Sometime this is used in a title to make a book sound very good.

text: The Koran is the Muslim Bible.

text: Anton LaVey wrote a book called "The Satanic Bible," for his new religion called Satanism.

text: We need a history Bible to help us pass our class.

ipa: /'baɪbəl/

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

proper noun

Bible

Bibles


fell

forms:
fall (canonical)
falls (third-person singular)
fell (past)
fallen (past participle)
falling (present participle)

pos: verb

text: The boy fell out of the tree and broke his arm.

ipa: /fɛl/

sampa: /fEl/

fall

falls

fell

fallen

falling

expansion: [POS TABLE]


fell

forms:
fell (canonical)
fells (third-person singular)
felled (past)
felled (past participle)
felling (present participle)

glosses: If you fell something, you make it fall.

text: He felled the tree by chopping it down with an axe.


really

forms:
really (positive)
Superlative–

pos: adv

glosses: When something is really a certain way, its very or very much that way.

text: I really want to see a film.

text: I'm really hungry now.

text: You did a really good job on that.

text: Thank you for coming and helping me this morning. I really appreciate it.

text: I don't really like Japanese food.

glosses: If something really exists or really happens, it does exist or happen.

text: Are you really going to the show?

text: Yes, I really will be there.

ipa: /ˈrɪəli/


really

forms: really

pos: intj

glosses: You can say "really?" when you are surprised.

text: "He won yesterday." "Really?"

glosses: You can say "really" when you agree with something.

text: "That girl talks about herself way too much." "Really. She's a nightmare."


mention

forms:
mention (canonical)
mentions (third-person singular)
mentioned (past)
mentioned (past participle)
mentioning (present participle)

glosses: If you mention something, you say it or talk about it, but only very briefly.

text: Father Poole became very excited when I mentioned your name.

text: As I have already mentioned, I had never tried skiing before.

text: The problem is not mentioned in any of the books.

text: He mentioned that she would probably be there.

text: Did you mention the changes to Susan?

text: Now that you mention it, I do have another key under the mat.

text: "Thank you for your help!" "Oh, don't mention it. It was nothing."

ipa: /ˈmɛnʃən/

hyphenation: men‧tion


mention

forms:
mention (singular)
mentions (plural)

pos: noun

glosses: A mention of something, is when somebody mentions it.

text: Kavanagh's book makes no mention of Katherine's name.

text: The economy received only the briefest of mentions in the speech.


recent

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

pos: adj

glosses: Something that is recent has happened a short while ago.

text: Has there been any recent news on the dispute?

text: In recent weeks, we have seen a big jump in the price of gas.

text: These changes are quite recent.

enpr: rē'sənt

ipa: /ˈriːsənt/

hyphenation: re‧cent

adj

more: true


drum

forms:
drum (singular)
drums (plural)

glosses: A drum is a musical instrument with a skin that you hit to make music.

text: My cousin plays drums.

text: They were keeping garbage in an old oil drum.

ipa: /'drʌm/


drum

forms:
drum (canonical)
drums (third-person singular)
drummed (past)
drummed (past participle)
drumming (present participle)

glosses: If you are drumming you are making music with a drum or drums.

text: I saw him drumming with the band.

glosses: If you are drumming, you are hitting or tapping something like it was a drum.

text: Sometimes I drum on my desk with my fingers.

text: Sometimes I drum my fingers on my desk. (same meaning as above)

verb

drum

m


behave

forms:
behave (canonical)
behaves (third-person singular)
behaved (past)
behaved (past participle)
behaving (present participle)

glosses: How you behave is what you do or how you act.

text: Why do you behave like that.

glosses: How something behaves is what it usually does.

text: We want to know how fire behaves in space.

text: I wish the children would behave.

text: If you behave I will give you a reward.

ipa: /bɪˈheɪv/

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

behav

e


pattern

forms:
pattern (singular)
patterns (plural)

glosses: A pattern is a design that uses the same set of elements many times in the same order.

text: The table cloth had a simple pattern of red and white squares.

glosses: The combined qualities and activities for an individual or a group of people describes a pattern.

text: The people of Spain have a pattern of resting in the afternoon and eating dinner late at night.

ipa: /ˈpat(ə)n/

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

ipa: /ˈpætərn/


pattern

forms:
pattern (canonical)
patterns (third-person singular)
patterned (past)
patterned (past participle)
patterning (present participle)

glosses: When you pattern something, you make it using a pattern.

text: Much of crime fiction is patterned from true police stories.


score

forms:
score (singular)
scores (plural)

glosses: The numbers used to tell who is winning in a sport or game.

text: The final score for the ball game was 30 to 17.

glosses: A copy of written music, usually for an orchestra. Usually, this means all the written music for all the players for a piece of music.

text: I have the whole score for the Brandenburg Concertos.

text: You must earn a score of at least 70 to pass the test.

glosses: The number 20. This is an old meaning; people don't use score for this much any more.

text: Four score and seven years ago.

enpr: skô

ipa: /skɔː/

enpr: skôr

ipa: /skoʊr/

ipa: /skɔːr/


score

forms:
score (canonical)
scores (third-person singular)
scored (past)
scored (past participle)
scoring (present participle)

glosses: To gain points in a game, so that your score is increased.

text: The basketball player just scored three points!

glosses: To get a certain result on a text or quiz.

text: I scored a 95 on the test!

text: I scored some tickets to the game tonight.

text: If you score the paper first, gently using a knife along the edge of a ruler, then you'll be able to fold it neatly and straight.

scor


load

forms:
load (singular)
loads (plural)

glosses: A load is something carried, often something heavy.

text: The truck arrived with a load of dog food.

text: You've got quite a load. Let me help you carry it.

text: The ship won't leave until it has a full load of oil.

glosses: Loads/a load of something is a lot of it.

text: We've had a load of problems ever since we got the new stuff.

text: It costs loads of money.

text: We hired another person to spread the load a bit more.

text: Teachers are asking for a lower teaching load.

glosses: Load is the amount electrical power produced.

ipa: /loʊd/

ipa: /ləʊd/


load

forms:
load (canonical)
loads (third-person singular)
loaded (past)
loaded (past participle)
loading (present participle)

glosses: If you load x on y, you put x on y to be carried. Usually there is a lot of x, and/or it is heavy.

text: We loaded the boxes on the truck and set off for Vancouver.

text: After loading up the horses, we got on and headed north.

text: The waiter loaded all the food onto a tray and carried it out.

glosses: If you load a machine, you put in supplies that the machine uses.

text: He loaded the gun, brought it up, and shot the deer in one continuous motion.

text: All the software has been loaded onto the computer.


secure

forms:
securer (comparative)
securest (superlative)
secure (positive)
more secure (comparative)
most secure (superlative)

glosses: When something is secure, it is firmly held in place and probably will not fall.

text: Mike's bicycle is very secure on the bike rack.

glosses: When a person is secure, they are not afraid of anything and are in a good emotional state.

ipa: /səˈkjʊə(r)/

ipa: /səˈkjʊr/

hyphenation: se‧cure

adj

secure

securer

securest


secure

forms:
secure (canonical)
secures (third-person singular)
secured (past)
secured (past participle)
securing (present participle)

glosses: If you secure something, you make it secure in one of the ways listed above.

verb

secur


finance

forms:
finance (singular)
finances (plural)

glosses: Finance is activities related to banking and money, especially by government.

text: The minister of finance announced that taxes would increase by 1% in May.

glosses: Your finances is the money that you have.

text: She had managed to raise sufficient finances to enable her and her family to travel to Australia.

text: The company's finances seem to be in good shape.

enpr: /fīnăns/

ipa: /ˈfaɪnæns/

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

hyphenation: fi‧nance


finance

forms:
finance (canonical)
finances (third-person singular)
financed (past)
financed (past participle)
financing (present participle)

glosses: If you finance something, you provide money for it.

text: The soccer team was partly financed by a local business.

text: The bank is financing our car loan.

financ


propose

forms:
propose (canonical)
proposes (third-person singular)
proposed (past)
proposed (past participle)
proposing (present participle)

glosses: When you propose something, you say that it should be done or chosen, usually in a formal situation.

text: She proposed that we should see a film.

text: We have proposed that a new group be set up to answer this question.

text: "I'm going to propose real cuts in taxes," said the President.

text: Clinton now proposes doing almost exactly the opposite.

glosses: When you propose a new theory or idea, you say that you believe it to be better than old ideas.

text: I would like to propose that the problems we have had are actually not because of money.

glosses: When you propose to do something, you plan or intend to do it.

text: What does he propose to do in the future?

glosses: If you propose to somebody, you ask them to marry you.

text: He proposed to his girlfriend outside her house.

glosses: If you propose a toast, you celebrate somebody by raising a glass and drinking.

text: I'd like to propose a toast to our new manager.

ipa: /prəˈpəʊz/

ipa: /prəˈpoʊz/

propos


reduce

forms:
reduce (canonical)
reduces (third-person singular)
reduced (past)
reduced (past participle)
reducing (present participle)

glosses: If something is reduced, it has been brought down or made smaller.

text: The new computer system should reduce the number of problems.

text: This image is too large, could you please reduce the size?

text: Eating well will reduce the risk of heart disease.

text: Our time in the country was reduced to just a few days.

text: Taxes have been reduced by 24 percent.

glosses: If you reduce a liquid, you boil it to make it thicker.

ipa: /rɪˈdjuːs/

ipa: /rɪˈduːs/

reduc


recognize

forms:
recognize (canonical)
recognizes (third-person singular)
recognized (past)
recognized (past participle)
recognizing (present participle)

glosses: If you recognize something, you realize what it is.

text: I don't recognize him. Is he a friend of yours?

glosses: If something is recognized, it is accepted.

text: You have to recognize that you can't be right all the time.

text: The government refused to recognize his passport.

text: He's generally recognized as the person who made the first radio.

glosses: If something is recognized, it is given an award.

text: John was recognized for his achievements as a scientist.

ipa: /ˈrɛkəgnaɪz/

hyphenation: re‧cog‧nize

recogniz


listen

forms:
listen (canonical)
listens (third-person singular)
listened (past)
listened (past participle)
listening (present participle)

glosses: If you listen to something, you try to hear and understand it.

text: Shhh! Listen! Did you hear that?

text: She listened carefully to what he said, but it was hard to understand.

text: OK, listen up. Here's what we'll do...

glosses: If you listen to someone, you agree with them, believe them, or do what they tell you.

text: Don't listen to him. He doesn't know what he's talking about.

text: If you listen to your mother, you won't go wrong.

enpr: lĭs'ən

audio: en-uk-to listen.ogg

hyphenation: lis‧ten


listen

forms:
listen (singular)
listens (plural)

glosses: If you give something a listen, you try to hear and understand it.

text: Do you want to have a listen to this new band?


finish

forms:
finish (canonical)
finishes (third-person singular)
finished (past)
finished (past participle)
finishing (present participle)

glosses: If something finishes, it stops and doesn't start again; it comes to the end.

text: I finish work at 4:30 and I get home at 5:00.

text: In June of 1992 I had just finished university and I was looking for a job.

text: She finished off her homework and put it away.

text: Finish up your lunch quickly, please.

glosses: If something finishes somebody off, it uses all their energy or it kills them.

text: That last run around the track completely finished me off.

glosses: If you finish something up, you use the last of it.

text: I finished up the milk this morning. There's none left.

glosses: If you are finished with something, you don't need it anymore.

glosses: If you finish the surface of something, especially wood, you make it smooth and ready to use.

enpr: fĭn'ĭsh

ipa: /ˈfɪnɪʃ/

sampa: /"fInIS/

audio: en-uk-to finish.ogg

finish

es


finish

forms:
finish (singular)
finishes (plural)

glosses: The finish is the last part or end of something.

text: As the runners come to the finish, they are side by side.

text: It was a good day from start to finish.

glosses: The finish is the way a surface looks after it has been made smooth and ready to use.

text: The oil gives the wood a smooth, deep finish.

noun

finishes


proceed

forms:
proceed (canonical)
proceeds (third-person singular)
proceeded (past)
proceeded (past participle)
proceeding (present participle)

glosses: When you proceed, you go forward with something.

text: The reporter proceeded with the interview.

text: They proceeded down the road.

text: After finding the money, he proceeded to put it in his pocket.

ipa: /prəˈsiːd/

hyphenation: pro‧ceed


proceed

forms: proceed (plural)

glosses: (formal) The proceeds of some individual project or sale are the money earned from doing it.

text: We sold the house and bought a small apartment with the proceeds.

text: The proceeds of tonight's show will go to charity.


raise

forms:
raise (canonical)
raises (third-person singular)
raised (past)
raised (past participle)
raising (present participle)

glosses: If you raise something you make it higher; that is you move it up.

text: I need to raise the car off the ground to fix it from below.

text: Raise your hand if you know the answer.

glosses: If you raise children or animals, you care for them until they have grown up (become adults).

text: I raised the children after their mother died.

text: I raised my dog from a puppy.

glosses: If you raise food (plants or animals) you grow it on a farm. This is also used for plants that are not food, like cotton or tobacco.

text: My grandfather raised corn and chickens.

glosses: If you raise a number, you make it bigger.

glosses: If you raise an idea you start talking about it.

text: Why did you have to raise the issue of abortion?

glosses: If you raise somebody in gambling, you make a bigger bet.

glosses: If someone raises the dead they make dead people alive again.

text: Jesus is said to have raised the dead.

enpr: rāz

ipa: /reɪz/

homophones: rase rays raze

verb

rais


raise

forms:
raise (singular)
raises (plural)

text: I have worked here long enough I should get a raise.

glosses: In gambling, a raise is an increased bet.


okay

glosses: You use okay to show that you agree with something.

text: "I'll be late tonight, mom." "Okay dear!"

text: "You don't have to come tomorrow." "Okay, I'll see you next week then."

glosses: You use okay to check if someone agrees with you.

text: I'm leaving now, okay?

glosses: You use okay to show that you are changing topic.

text: Does anybody have questions? No? Okay, let's look at the homework then.

ipa: /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/

ipa: /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/


okay

forms: okay (positive)

glosses: If someone is okay, they are fine or not hurt.

text: Oh, sorry! Are you okay? Let me help you.

text: Thanks, I'm feeling okay now.

glosses: If something is okay, it is good enough, fine, or not bad.

text: "Do you like this?" "It's okay, I guess. Do you have anything nicer?"

text: "Is it okay if I do it tomorrow?" "Yeah, it's okay with me.

text: "How was your day?" "Oh, it was okay--nothing special."

text: He's an okay guy.


okay

forms:
okay (canonical)
okays (third-person singular)
okayed (past)
okayed (past participle)
okaying (present participle)

text: The manager has to okay it before I can let you in.

glosses: If you okay something with somebody, you ask them to approve it.

text: Did you okay this with your dad?


okay

forms:
okay (singular)
okays (plural)

glosses: If you give something your okay, you approve it.

text: We got the okay to go ahead.


original

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

etymology_text: origin + -al

ety-suffix

origin

al

expansion: origin + -al

glosses: The original person or thing, happened or existed before others of its kind.

text: The book has been translated from the original Russian version.

text: The police were able to return to the goods to the original owners.

glosses: If something is original, it is new and creative.

text: Mendelssohn's C minor Trio is a highly original work.

glosses: If you are original, you are creative and different from other people.

text: He's one of Canada's most original thinkers.

ipa: /əˈrɪʤənl/


original

forms:
original (singular)
originals (plural)

glosses: An original is a piece of writing or a work of art that is not a copy.

text: I'll give you a copy and we'll keep the original here.


realize

forms:
realize (canonical)
realizes (third-person singular)
realized (past)
realized (past participle)
realizing (present participle)

etymology_text: real + -ize

real

ize

expansion: real + -ize

glosses: If you realize something, you become aware of it.

text: John just realized that he had left his umbrella at home.

text: It took me some time to realize it was you.

text: Do you realize what you've done?

glosses: If something is realized, it is made real.

text: My dreams of starting my own company have been realized.

hyphenation: re‧al‧ize

verb

realiz


minister

forms:
minister (singular)
ministers (plural)

glosses: A minister is a politician who is in charge of a part of the government.

text: The Minister of Defense has said that the army will remain in the city for at least two more weeks.

glosses: A minister is a person who acts officially in a Christian church.

text: The minister who performed our wedding ceremony was a great speaker.

ipa: /ˈmɪnɨstɚ/

ipa: /ˈmɪnɪstə/

hyphenation: min‧is‧ter


minister

forms:
minister (canonical)
ministers (third-person singular)
ministered (past)
ministered (past participle)
ministering (present participle)

glosses: If you minister, you give help, especially through your words or by nursing.

text: To minister, a church must be sensitive to what is hurting its community.

text: Mother Theresa spent her life ministering to the sick and poor in India.


pension

forms:
pension (singular)
pensions (plural)

glosses: A pension is money paid regularly by a government or company to someone who has stopped working, usually because of age or illness.

text: When her pension ran out, she had to sell her house and move in with her daughter.

text: He regularly puts money into a retirement pension plan.

text: The employees do not like how the company is investing their retirement pension funds.

text: I stayed at a pension during my trip to London.

glosses: A pension is what you pay for living in someone else's house or for staying at a small hotel.

text: Did you remember to pay the landlady the pension?

enpr: pĕn'shən

ipa: /ˈpɛnʃən/

hyphenation: pen‧sion


pension

forms:
pension (canonical)
pensions (third-person singular)
pensioned (past)
pensioned (past participle)
pensioning (present participle)

glosses: If a company pensions a person, they force them to retire on a unpension.


pardon

forms: pardon

glosses: You use pardon to show that you didn't hear or understand someone.

text: "Could you close the door, please?" "Pardon!" "Close the door, please."

glosses: You use pardon when you have made a rude sound like a burp.

ipa: /ˈpɑrdən/


pardon

forms:
pardon (canonical)
pardons (third-person singular)
pardoned (past)
pardoned (past participle)
pardoning (present participle)

glosses: If a government pardons somebody who is guilty of a crime, it allows them to live as though they had not committed the crime.

text: The Ethiopian government has pardoned twenty five prisoners who were found guilty in connection to the unrest that rocked the nation.

glosses: When you pardon someone, you forgive them.

text: I hope he'll pardon me for what I did to him.


pardon

forms:
pardon (singular)
pardons (plural)

glosses: You say pardon me or I beg your pardon when you didn't hear someone, when you accidentally touch someone, when you want someone's attention, or when you'd like someone to move.

glosses: A pardon is given when someone is forgiven.

text: The soldier was given a pardon for all the acts he had committed while fighting in the war.


figure

forms:
figure (singular)
figures (plural)

glosses: Figures are numbers showing the value or amount of something.

text: The sales figures from the spring were down from last year.

text: According to the official figures, unemployment levels are about 6 per cent.

text: You only have to look at the figures for fire deaths in hotels to see this is not a problem.

glosses: A figure is a person, often a well-known person.

text: They have published articles about many leading figures including John Reed, J.A. Hobson, Tom Mann, and Daniel de Leon.

text: The figure of Margaret Thatcher towers over the Falklands War.

glosses: A figure is a person, especially the person's shape.

text: She did not see the figure standing in the shadows of the kitchen doorway.

text: Across the river is the figure of Lenin on top of an armored car carved of stone.

text: Her girlish figure had disappeared as she aged, sat more, and ate more.

text: The most popular boy's toy ever is the G.I. Joe action figure.

text: He looked down at the wet figures of the boy and dog.

glosses: A figure is a picture in a textbook or scientific journal. (Often written fig.)

ipa: /ˈfɪgjɚ/

ipa: /ˈfɪgə/

ipa: /ˈfɪɡɚ/

hyphenation: fig‧ure


figure

forms:
figure (canonical)
figures (third-person singular)
figured (past)
figured (past participle)
figuring (present participle)

glosses: If x figures in something that happens, x is part of that happening.

text: The weather figured prominently in their plans.

text: The fact that he wouldn't be there didn't figure among her worries.

glosses: If you figure that something is true, you think that it is true.

text: Few people figured that he would win.

glosses: If you figure something out, you think about it until you understand it.

text: He figured out that she was speaking Italian.

figur


suppose

forms:
suppose (canonical)
supposes (third-person singular)
supposed (past)
supposed (past participle)
supposing (present participle)

glosses: When you suppose something, you guess that it is true.

text: What do you suppose that he will do?

text: I suppose he'll come back. He always does.

text: I know I can't do it, but I suppose it's possible.

text: "You've been here about an hour, I suppose." "That's right."

text: Do you suppose that was his plan from the beginning?

glosses: You use I suppose to show that you agree weakly with something.

text: "Did she know Paul pretty well?" "I suppose so."

glosses: You use I don't suppose to ask a question, especially when you think the answer is no.

text: I don't suppose you remember me?

glosses: You use suppose to talk about an imaginary situation.

text: Suppose, for example, that there was nothing there. Then what would you do?

ipa: /səˈpəʊz/

ipa: /səˈpoz/

suppos


matter

forms:
matter (singular)
matters (plural)

glosses: A matter is something that you can talk about or do something about a topic or a situation.

text: Government must make these changes as a matter of urgency.

text: We can discuss the matter more fully at the meeting.

text: Whether our people should be in the country or not is matter for debate.

text: At the meeting we will have time to talk about new matters arising.

text: They decided on a number of matters related to housing.

text: Try not to do anything to make matters worse.

text: As a matter of principle, we should try to help poor people.

text: It is not a simple matter to stop using gasoline.

text: Care Assistants help them with such matters as toileting, dressing, washing and so on.

text: The truth of the matter is that we do not know how to do it.

text: The questions about the new president are a matter of public concern.

text: Cheating on a test is a serious matter.

glosses: Matter is the stuff that everything is made of.

text: Cities are trying to separate organic matter and other garbage.

text: Scientists now think that there is some kind of "dark matter" in space.

glosses: You use, "as a matter of fact" to add information that may be surprising.

text: "Have you met anyone interesting over there?" "As a matter of fact, I met a whole bunch of people just this afternoon.

glosses: You use "what's the matter" to ask somebody why they are unhappy, or why there is a problem.

glosses: You use "for that matter" when you have just thought about something that you are comparing to something else.

text: He wasn't very nice today. For that matter, he's never nice.

glosses: If something is only a matter of time, it may not happen now, but it will happen after some time.

text: It's only a matter of days now before I start the new job.

glosses: You use "no matter what" to say that even if other things change, a particular thing will not change.

text: I'll be there no matter what. I promise.

ipa: /ˈmætə/

ipa: /ˈmætɚ/

hyphenation: mat‧ter


matter

forms:
matter (canonical)
matters (third-person singular)
mattered (past)
mattered (past participle)
mattering (present participle)

glosses: If something doesn't matter, it is not important.

text: "Should I put it up there?" "Oh, it doesn't matter. Put it anywhere."

text: Anyone can play. It doesn't matter if you're seven or 70.

text: It doesn't matter what you do as long as it's fun.

text: Many people don't like me, but that doesn't really matter to me.

text: This should help a lot of people and that's what matters.

text: "Sorry about that!" "Oh, it doesn't matter."

text: It's not your money, so what does it matter?


refer

forms:
refer (canonical)
refers (third-person singular)
referred (past)
referred (past participle)
referring (present participle)

glosses: If you refer to something, you talk or write about it, usually in passing.

text: The teacher referred to some research, but I didn't know what he meant.

text: The media refers to the war as "the troubles".

text: He referred to her only by her first name.

glosses: If you refer to a book or other source of information, you check it.

text: You should refer to the dictionary to find the meaning.

text: The numbers refer to last year's sales.

glosses: If you refer x to y, you send x to y for help or to be dealt with.

text: He referred me to the science department.

enpr: rī-fû

ipa: /rɪˈfɜː/

enpr: rī-fûr

ipa: /rɪˈfɝ/

hyphenation: re‧fer

refer

r


remember

forms:
remember (canonical)
remembers (third-person singular)
remembered (past)
remembered (past participle)
remembering (present participle)

glosses: If you remember something that you did or knew before, you can think of it again.

text: He can't even remember where he left his books.

text: Writing my last story, I can't help but remember my first.

text: Sam was there, but I don't remember seeing anyone else.

glosses: When you remember something, you put it in your mind so you can think of it later.

text: Please, try to remember how to spell the word.

glosses: If you remember to do something that you are supposed to do, you do it because you think about it.

text: Please remember to ask before you take it.

text: Did you remember to get the milk?

ipa: /rɪˈmɛmbɚ/

ipa: /rɪˈmɛmbə/

audio: en-uk-to remember.ogg


reckon

forms:
reckon (canonical)
reckons (third-person singular)
reckoned (past)
reckoned (past participle)
reckoning (present participle)

glosses: If you reckon that something is true, you think that it is true.

text: What do you reckon we should do?

text: I reckon that he didn't know anything about it.

text: He's reckoned to be quite a good teacher.

glosses: If you reckon a number, cost, etc., you guess or calculate the value.

text: I reckon the cost at about $23,000.

text: Reckoning from the map, Lexington to the headwaters of the Pedlar and back is forty-two miles.

glosses: If you reckon on something, you expect it.

text: Oh dear, we didn't reckon on so many people.

glosses: If you reckon with somebody or something powerful or difficult person, you deal with them.

text: In today's race, the Ethiopians will be a force to be reckoned with.

ipa: /ˈrɛkən/


OK

forms:
OK (positive)
Superlative–

glosses: You use OK to show that you agree with something.

text: "I'll be late tonight, mom." "OK, dear!"

text: "You don't have to come tomorrow." "OK, I'll see you next week then."

glosses: You use OK to check if someone agrees with you.

text: I'm leaving now, OK?

glosses: You use OK to show that you are changing topic.

text: Does anybody have questions? No? OK, let's look at the homework then.

ipa: /ˌəʊˈkeɪ/

ipa: /ˌoʊˈkeɪ/


OK

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

glosses: If someone is OK, they are fine or not hurt.

text: Oh, sorry! Are you OK? Let me help you.

text: Thanks, I'm feeling OK now.

glosses: If something is OK, it is good enough, fine, or not bad.

text: "Do you like this?" "It's OK, I guess. Do you have anything nicer?"

text: "Is it OK if I do it tomorrow?" "Yeah, it's OK with me.

text: "How was your day?" "Oh, it was OK--nothing special."

text: He's an OK guy.


OK

forms:
OK (canonical)
OK's (third-person singular)
OK'd (past)
OK'd (past participle)
OK'ing (present participle)

text: The manager has to OK it before I can let you in.

glosses: If you OK something with somebody, you ask them to approve it.

text: Did you OK this with your dad?

OK

OK's

OK'd

OK'ing


OK

forms:
OK (singular)
OK's (plural)

glosses: If you give something your OK, you approve it.

text: We got the OK to go ahead.


title: French language

redirect: French

pos: hard-redirect


title: 'd rather

redirect: would rather


soon

glosses: Something that happens soon happens shortly after another time, often shortly after the time of speaking.

text: Why did he call me so soon? Did something bad happen?

text: John is coming home soon.

text: How soon will it be ready?

glosses: If x happens as soon as y does, x happens right after y.

text: As soon as he finished eating, he got up and walked away from the table.

enpr: so͞on

ipa: /suːn/


soon

forms:
soon (positive)
sooner (comparative)
soonest (superlative)

glosses: If something is soon, it is shortly after another time, often shortly after the time of speaking.

text: He wanted to leave, but it seemed too soon.

text: There will be a time when we'll need a new school, and that time will probably be soon.

adj

soon

sooner

soonest


therefore

forms: therefore

pos: prep

glosses: You use therefore to show that something was as a result of what was previously stated.

text: He was sick with the flu and, therefore, did not come.

text: Of course, words can mean different things. It is important therefore to understand, first, the meaning behind words.

ipa: /ˈðɛəfɔː/

ipa: /ˈðɛrfɔr/

sampa: /"DErfOr/


report

forms:
report (singular)
reports (plural)

glosses: A report is a description of something that has happened.

text: There was a recent report on the election.

glosses: A report is a document that gives the results of a study of a particular situation.

text: He could hear the report of the explosion.

ipa: /rɪˈpɔrt/

ipa: /rɪˈpɔːt/

ipa: /rəˈpoːt/


report

forms:
report (canonical)
reports (third-person singular)
reported (past)
reported (past participle)
reporting (present participle)

glosses: If the news reports something, it tells us about it.

text: The journalist reported that there were riots in the city.

text: He's been reporting on the ongoing war in Iraq.

glosses: When you report something that has happened, you describe it.

text: They reported to the police that their car had been stolen.

text: She reported hearing loud noises at the time of the incident.

text: He's reported to have been there at the time.

text: So, you should report on your progress in three days.

glosses: If you report somebody for something they've done wrong, you tell an official about the problem.

text: The restaurant was reported to the city because of the dangerous kitchen.

glosses: If you report somewhere, you go there and give your name.

text: Visitors to the school should report to the office.


us both

pos: pron

glosses: You use us both to emphasize that you are talking about yourself and another person together.

text: It would be better for us both to go?

text: He wants us both to come.


papaya

forms:
papaya (singular)
papayas (plural)

glosses: A type of tree that has big, yellow fruit.


you all

glosses: You use you all when you emphasize that you are talking to or about more than just one person.

text: I'd like to introduce our new manager to you all.

text: I want to thank you all for coming.


situate

forms:
situate (canonical)
situates (third-person singular)
situated (past)
situated (past participle)
situating (present participle)

glosses: If something is situated somewhere, it is there.

text: The school is situated in a mostly-white area.

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-situate2.wav

hyphenation: sit‧u‧ate

verb

situat


them all

glosses: You use them all to emphasize that you are talking to or about 100% of those being addressed.

text: We have to make this better for them all.

text: I want them all to be here early tomorrow.


sheet

forms:
sheet (singular)
sheets (plural)

glosses: A sheet is a flat cloth that you cover a bed with.

text: Use the sheets next to the bed.

text: He wanted to sleep between clean white sheets in his own bed.

text: Can I have a sheet of paper?

glosses: A sheet is a thin flat thing, usually something square or rectangular.

text: Place the rolls on the baking sheet.

text: A sheet of ice covered the ground.

glosses: A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.

ipa: /ʃiːt/

ipa: /ʃit/


coir

forms: coir (singular)

glosses: The fibers around the outside of a coconut; coir is often used to make rope or mats.

ipa: /ˈkɔɪə/

noun

coir


loan word

forms:
loan word (singular)
loan words (plural)

glosses: Loan word is another way of spelling loanword.


them both

glosses: You use them both to emphasize that you are talking about two things or people together.

text: Can you give it to them both?

text: I want them both to come.


pass

forms:
pass (canonical)
passes (third-person singular)
passed (past)
passed (past participle)
passing (present participle)

glosses: If you pass something, it was ahead of you and you move so that it is now behind you.

text: Please, step to the right and let faster people pass on your left.

text: She was so close to the road that she could feel the wind from passing cars.

text: He looked in as he passed the window.

text: We passed through the tunnel and were back out into the light.

text: She passed her hand across her face.

text: He passed the belt through the loops in his pants.

text: Did you see two people pass this way, a man and a woman, walking north?

glosses: If a bill, law, motion, etc. passes, it is accepted, usually after a vote.

text: The House passed a law that makes it a crime to have sex with anyone under age 16.

glosses: If you pass a test, exam, etc., you get a score that is good enough, often over 50%.

text: You passed the test. In fact, you got 7 out of 10 correct.

glosses: If time passes, it moves from future to past.

text: I'm bored here. The only thing that helps me pass the time is your letters.

text: They passed the night in a hotel just outside town.

glosses: If a road, river, railway, etc. passes a place, it continues from one side of the place to the other side.

text: They are building a 150-kilometer road that passes through Yasuni Park.

text: The road from Karachi to Gadani passes the route once taken by Alexander the Great.

glosses: If you pass something to someone, you give it to them, usually by hand.

text: Could you pass me the salt, please?

text: The book passed from hand to hand.

text: I passed your name on to my manager.

text: She passed the information on to the police.

text: What has passed today must remain a secret.

glosses: If you pass a ball, puck, etc. you throw, kick, or hit it to another member of your team.

text: He passed to Lafleur, who put the ball in for the goal.

ipa: /pɑːs/

ipa: /pæs/

verb

pass


pass

forms:
pass (singular)
passes (plural)

glosses: A pass is a piece of paper, plastic, etc. that allows somebody to enter a building, vehicle, or area.

text: We have a season's pass for the ski hill.

glosses: A pass is a score on a test, exam, etc. that is good enough, often over 50%. Also a person or paper that gets this score.

text: On the last test there were only five passes; everyone else failed.

text: We have one of the highest pass rates for the exam in the state!

glosses: A pass is a throw, kick, hit, etc. of a ball, puck, etc. to another member of your team.

text: Robert's pass in front of the net is blocked by the goalie.

glosses: A pass is a place in a mountain that is easy to travel.

text: The mountain pass was blocked, which made it difficult to get across.

glosses: A pass is one case of a repeated action or process.

text: We caught some new mistakes on the third pass.

noun

passes


linguistics

forms: linguistics (singular)

glosses: Linguistics is a science that studies languages and how language works.

ipa: lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks

sampa: /lIN"gwIstIks/


would rather

forms: would rather

pos: phrase

glosses: If you would rather do something, you want to do it more than something else.

text: I would rather see a film than stay home.

glosses: If you would rather that something happen, you want it to happen more than something else.

text: I 'd rather that you not speak about my father right now.


pick

forms:
pick (canonical)
picks (third-person singular)
picked (past)
picked (past participle)
picking (present participle)

text: I have picked the best people to work on this job.

text: This was picked as the best new toy of the year.

text: She picked up the glass and put it down again.

text: Pick your clothes up off the floor!

text: The baby's crying. Can you pick him up?

glosses: If you pick up the phone, you answer it.

glosses: If you pick something up from somewhere, you go and get it.

text: Mom, can you pick me up from Austin's at 8:00?

text: I'll go an pick up a pizza.

glosses: If you try to pick up someone you have just met, you talk to them because you want to have sex with them.

glosses: If you pick fruit, flowers, etc., you take them off the plant.

text: We spent the morning picking apples in the forest.

text: Please help me pick up the books that I've dropped.

glosses: If you pick something from somewhere, you take it out of or away from that place.

text: After dinner he picked the rice out of the children's hair.

glosses: If you pick a musical instrument such as a guitar, you play it by pulling its strings and letting them go.

glosses: If you pick at something, you touch it many times without doing anything.

text: He was too sick to eat and just picked at his food.

text: She picked nervously at her dress.

glosses: If you pick on someone, you are not nice to them in particular.

text: He was picked on by his brothers for his small size.

ipa: /pɪk/

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


pick

forms:
pick (singular)
picks (plural)

text: His pick for Man of the Year was John Smith.

text: You have your pick of the rooms. Which one do you want?

text: He dug that hole using a pick.

glosses: A pick is something used to play a guitar with.

text: He forgot his guitar pick.


weak

forms:
weak (positive)
weaker (comparative)
weakest (superlative)

glosses: Weak is used to describe something that does not have a lot of strength.

text: The child was too weak to move the boulder.

glosses: Something that is weak does not have a strong taste.

text: This tea tastes weak and watery. Do you have anything stronger?

text: This place is weak. Let's go somewhere more interesting.

enpr: wēk

ipa: /wiːk/

adj

weak

weaker

weakest


you both

glosses: When you use you both, you emphasize that you are talking about two people together.

text: I'll give it to you both?

text: I want you both to come.


title: n't

redirect: -n't


Baldur

forms: Baldur

pos: name

glosses: Baldur is a Norse god. He is the son of Odin and Freya and he is known for his beauty and near-invulnerability.


vicious

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

glosses: Someone or something that is vicious is evil, immoral, aggressive, or violent.

ipa: /ˈvɪʃəs/


sir

forms:
sir (singular)
sirs (plural)

glosses: You use sir to speak or write to a man formally to be polite.

text: Excuse me, sir, could you tell me where the nearest bookstore is?

glosses: Sir is a title used before certain men's names.

ipa: /ˈsɜː(r)/

enpr: ˈsûr

ipa: /ˈsɝ/


hermaphrodite

forms:
hermaphrodite (singular)
hermaphrodites (plural)

glosses: A hermaphrodite is a living organism that is both male and female.

ipa: /hɝˈmæfrədaɪt/


mankind

forms: mankind (singular)

ipa: /mænˈkaɪnd/


liar

forms:
liar (singular)
liars (plural)

glosses: Someone who says things that are not true, that is, someone who lies.

text: I don't trust that liar.

text: Jessica made him out to be a liar.


loanword

forms:
loanword (singular)
loanwords (plural)

glosses: A loanword is a word in one language that comes from another language.

text: "Tsunami" is a Japanese word, but is a loan word in English.

text: Most languages have some loanwords.

text: There are many loanwords in English.


sale

forms:
sale (singular)
sales (plural)

text: Proceeds from the sale of the art went to the local school.

text: The sale of guns in Canada is tightly controlled.

text: Travel agents don't make money until they make a sale.

text: The president said the company is not for sale.

glosses: Sales is the number or value of things sold.

text: The stronger economy has boosted auto sales by $650 million over last year.

text: Retail sales have fallen for two months in a row.

glosses: Sales is the part of a company or industry that tries to get people to buy more.

text: She's now Seattle's director of marketing and sales.

text: I'm not the kind of person who can be successful in sales.

glosses: A sale is a time when prices are lower than usual.

text: The computer store is having a sale: 50% off everything.

text: Milk is on sale for a dollar a litre.

ipa: /seɪl/


rime

forms:
rime (singular)
rimes (plural)

glosses: The rime is the end of a syllable, the vowel a last consonant make the rime.

text: If the two words have the same rime at the end those words rhyme.

enpr: rīm

ipa: /raɪm/

sampa: /raIm/


poet

forms:
poet (singular)
poets (plural)

glosses: A poet is someone who creates poetry. If you write poems you are being a poet.

ipa: /ˈpəʊɪt/

ipa: /ˈpoʊət/

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


lyric

forms:
lyric (singular)
lyrics (plural)

sampa: /"lIrIk/

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


title: English language

redirect: English


socket

forms:
socket (singular)
sockets (plural)

glosses: A socket is a space that something fits into exactly. For example, an electrical device plugs into an electrical socket.

ipa: /sɒkət̩̩/


title: Polish language

redirect: Polish


title: German language

redirect: German


succeed

forms:
succeed (canonical)
succeeds (third-person singular)
succeeded (past)
succeeded (past participle)
succeeding (present participle)

glosses: If something succeeds, it has happened the way somebody wants it to happen.

text: He succeeded in getting everyone to like him.

glosses: If you succeed, people recognize that you are good at what you do.

text: It's more difficult for women to succeed in business.

text: The new king succeeded his father.

text: DVDs succeeded VHS as the main way to watch movies.

ipa: /səkˈsiːd/

hyphenation: suc‧ceed


orphan

forms:
orphan (singular)
orphans (plural)

glosses: An orphan is someone who does not have parents. That is, their mother and father are both dead. This is most often used for a child.

text: She became an orphan when the storm killed her parents.

text: We could not have children, so we adopted an orphan.


poetic

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

glosses: If something is poetic it is a poem or sounds like poetry.

glosses: If words are poetic they are like a poem, even if they are not a real poem.

glosses: If something that happens is poetic it is like something from literature.

ipa: /poʊˈɛtɪk/

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


switch

forms:
switch (canonical)
switches (third-person singular)
switched (past)
switched (past participle)
switching (present participle)

glosses: If you switch something, you change it to something else.

text: He switched his book with mine.

text: We switched to a cheaper brand of coffee.

text: When they didn't seem to understand, he switched to French.

text: Jump ten times, switch legs and repeat.

text: I just switched jobs, and at my new job I don't have insurance.

text: When his team was losing, he switched sides.

glosses: If you switch a light or machine on, you change something so that it has power and can work.

text: She sat up in bed and switched on the light.

glosses: If you switch a light or machine off, you change something so that it doesn't have power and can't work.

text: I switched off the computer and went to bed.

glosses: If you switch over to something, you change to it, often with no plan to change back to the first thing.

text: We used to watch CNN, but we've switched over to BBC World News.

text: It was difficult when I switched over from writing to acting.

glosses: If you switch gears, you change the way you think or act to match a particular situation.

text: When I come home from work, it takes me a while to switch gears.

glosses: If you switch with somebody, you do something that they usually do and they do the thing that you usually do.

text: Sibyl couldn't work on Tuesday, so I switched with her.

glosses: If you switch a machine to a particular setting or function, you set it to work that way.

text: She switched the TV to another channel.

text: She switched the plane to automatic pilot.

enpr: swĭch

ipa: /swɪtʃ/

sampa: /swItS/

verb

switch


switch

forms:
switch (singular)
switches (plural)

glosses: A switch is what you use to turn lights or other machines and equipment on and off.

text: The light switch is on the wall behind the door.

text: Where's the on/off switch on this printer?

glosses: A switch is a change from one thing to another.

text: It's often difficult for older people to make the switch to living alone.

glosses: A switch is a place on the track where trains can chose between two tracks.

glosses: A switch is a networking device that connects networks together by sending data (packets) only to the devices that need them.

text: Switches are more efficient than hubs because they understand which device needs the data that other devices send them.

noun

switches


suite

forms:
suite (singular)
suites (plural)

glosses: A series of objects; a number of things that are used or grouped together; a set.

glosses: A type of music that has a series of songs all in the same key, mostly in different dance rhythms, sometimes with a complex prelude.

text: My sister only stays in suites when she travels because she likes the extra space.

glosses: A location of a business in an office building or shopping mall.

text: I work at 123 Oak Rd, Suite 5.

ipa: /swiːt/


widower

forms:
widower (singular)
widowers (plural)

ipa: /ˈwɪdoʊɚ/


Belgium

forms: Belgium

ipa: /ˈbɛldʒəm/

sampa: /bEldZVm/


Italy

forms: Italy

glosses: Italy is a country in Europe by the Mediterranean Sea.

ipa: /ˈɪtəli/


Monaco

forms: Monaco

glosses: Monaco is a small country in Europe near France, Italy, and the Mediterranean Sea.

ipa: /ˈmɒnəkəʊ/


poetic justice

forms: poetic justice (singular)

glosses: Poetic justice is when a person has something happen to them that is like something bad they did to someone else.

text: After taking many peoples homes, he went broke and became homeless -- now that was poetic justice.


Switzerland

forms: Switzerland

glosses: Switzerland is a country in central Europe.


Luxembourg

forms: Luxembourg

glosses: Luxembourg is a country in central Europe beside Germany, France, and Belgium.


title: black-eyed susan

redirect: black-eyed Susan


us all

glosses: You use us all two emphasize that you are talking to or about 100% of the people with you.

text: We have to make this better for us all.

text: I want us all to be here early tomorrow.


morphosyntax

forms: morphosyntax (singular)

glosses: morphology and syntax together. This is the study of the parts of words are put together in a sentence.


Spain

forms: Spain

glosses: Spain is a country in Europe near Portugal, Andorra, and France.

ipa: /speɪn/


press

forms:
press (singular)
presses (plural)

glosses: The press are the people and organisations that report the news.

text: The president gave an interview with members of the press.

text: The company put out a press release about the new equipment.

glosses: The press is the news as it is reported.

text: The next day, the fire was all over the press.

text: The book was published by University of California Press.

glosses: A press is a machine that prints books, newspapers, etc.

text: Stop the presses! We've got a new story.

glosses: A press is a machine that pushes down on something to make it flat or to push out the water or juice.

glosses: A press is a time when you push something.

text: She gave the button a quick press.

ipa: /prɛs/

presses


press

forms:
press (canonical)
presses (third-person singular)
pressed (past)
pressed (past participle)
pressing (present participle)

glosses: If you press something, you push it against something.

text: She pressed her nose against the window.

text: Please, press a button.

text: He found the cut and pressed down firmly to stop the blood.

glosses: If you press clothes, you use an iron to make them flat.

glosses: If you press someone to do something, you ask them strongly or many times.

text: When she pressed him for an answer, he hung up the phone.

text: The group has been pressing for new laws to reduce pollution.

glosses: If you press on or forward, you keep going even though it's difficult.

glosses: If you press a weight, you exercise by moving the weight up and away from your body.

glosses: If you press a CD or record, you make a physical copy of it.

verb

press


feminine

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

glosses: If something is feminine it is like something a girl or woman would do.

text: Wearing dresses is very feminine.

glosses: If someone is feminine they act in a way that is usual for a girl or woman.

text: She is not very feminine, she always acts like a man.

glosses: If something is feminine it has to do with girls or women.

text: A tampon is a feminine item.

glosses: In some languages, feminine is a gender that a word can have.

text: Some German words are feminine, but English words do not have gender.

ipa: /ˈfɛmɪnɪn/


LMAO

forms:
LMAO
LMAO

pos: abbrev

glosses: A short way to say "laughing my ass (arse) off" when you are talking on the internet.

ipa: /ɛlˌɛmˌeɪˈoʊ/


daylights

forms: daylights (plural)

glosses: A person's daylights are his mental stability or his wits.

text: You scared the daylights out of me!

text: My dad will knock the living daylights out of me if I'm late.


water-proof

forms:
water-proof (positive)
more water-proof (comparative)
most water-proof (superlative)

etymology_text: water + -proof

ety-suffix

water

proof

expansion: water + -proof

glosses: Water-proof is another way of spelling waterproof.


wonder

forms:
wonder (canonical)
wonders (third-person singular)
wondered (past)
wondered (past participle)
wondering (present participle)

glosses: If you wonder about something, you think about it because you want to know more about it.

text: I wonder when they will be home.

text: You know, it makes you wonder whether something could be done about it.

text: I wonder if there's any way you can actually check.

text: Is he really working every night? I wonder.

glosses: You use "wonder if/whether" to ask for or suggest something.

text: I wonder if you could give me a hand with the door.

text: I was wondering whether you would mind making room for a third person at your table.

glosses: If you don't wonder something, you expect it.

text: I don't wonder you've had problems with that old car.

ipa: /ˈwʌndə/

ipa: /ˈwʌndɚ/


wonder

forms:
wonder (singular)
wonders (plural)

glosses: A wonder is something that makes a person think.

text: It is a wonder why he ran away.

text: The Pyramids are quite a wonder.


Curitiba

forms: Curitiba

glosses: Curitiba is the name of the largest city in the south of Brazil, and the capital of the state of Paraná.


Portugal

forms: Portugal

glosses: Portugal is a country near Spain in Europe.

ipa: /ˈpɔːt͡ʃəɡəl/

ipa: /ˈpɔrt͡ʃəɡəl/


General American

forms: General American

glosses: General American is a dialect that is common in many places in the United States.

ipa: /ˈdʒɛnrəl əˈmɛrəkən/

sampa: /"dZEnr@l @"mEr@k@n/


poem

forms:
poem (singular)
poems (plural)

glosses: A poem is a group of words written or spoken as an art. Usually, a poem has a rhythm. Many poems rhyme (have words that end the same), and some poems repeat the same first sound in a word (called alliteration).

text: I have written some poems.

text: The poem was very beautiful.

hyphenation: po‧em


dollar

forms:
dollar (singular)
dollars (plural)

glosses: The dollar is the main unit of money in the United States, Canada, and other countries including Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Fiji, Guyana, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Liberia, New Zealand, Singapore, the Solomon Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and Zimbabwe. It is usually equal to 100 cents.

ipa: /ˈdɒlə/

enpr: dälʹər

ipa: /ˈdɑːlɚ/

hyphenation: dol‧lar


pos: symbol

glosses: A symbol that means "at"; it is commonly used as part of e-mail addresses.

text: My e-mail address is joe@abc123.com.

text: Her note said "Meet me @ 6pm".

enpr: ăt

ipa: /æt/


traffic

forms:
traffic (singular)
traffic (plural)

glosses: Traffic is the things that move along a path, especially cars on a road.

text: Traffic is slow at rush hour.

text: On holiday weekends there are traffic jams that stretch for miles.

text: He turned quickly, nearly getting hit by oncoming traffic.

text: Almost half of all traffic accidents are alcohol-related.

text: Why does it take the traffic lights so long to turn green?

text: As the amount of traffic on the Internet increases, there are more and more problems.

glosses: Traffic is the buying and selling of goods, especially illegal goods.

text: Governments are working to prevent the abduction and sale of, or traffic in children.

enpr: trăf'ĭk

ipa: /ˈtræfɪk/

noun

traffic

traffic


traffic

forms:
traffic (canonical)
traffics (third-person singular)
trafficked (past)
trafficked (past participle)
trafficking (present participle)

glosses: If you traffic in certain goods, you buy and sell them, especially illegally.

text: They were arrested for trafficking in stolen goods.

verb

k


ladylike

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

glosses: If someone is ladylike she is polite in a feminine way. She behaves in a way that an important woman (a lady) would long ago.

text: Her ladylike ways impressed the older people in the room.

glosses: If an action is ladylike it is something that would be right for a lady. It is something someone does if she is ladylike.

text: Do not eat with your hands, it's not ladylike.


meadow

forms:
meadow (singular)
meadows (plural)

glosses: An open field or grassy area; meadows are often found near rivers.

text: They found a meadow full of flowers on their walk by the stream.

ipa: /ˈmɛdəʊ/


politics

forms:
politics (singular)
politics (plural)

glosses: Politics is the activity of controlling, affecting or studying an organisation, especially a government.

text: The Prime Minister entered politics when she was in university.

text: It is very hard to keep the Church out of national politics.

text: The decision about the war will be about both foreign policy and domestic politics.

text: Office politics have stopped her from getting the job.

hyphenation: pol‧i‧tics

noun

politics

politics


women

forms:
woman (singular)
women (plural)

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

ipa: /ˈwɪmɪn/

ipa: /ˈwɪmən/

woman

women


-na

forms: -na

pos: suffix

glosses: -na is added to a few words when they introduce bare infinitival clauses.

text: When are you gonna be finished?

text: I don't wanna do that.


vulgar

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

glosses: If something is vulgar, it is obscene or offensive.

text: The words "cunt" and "fuck" are seen as very vulgar, you should be careful using them.

text: A vulgar fraction is a rational number.

enpr: vŭlʹgər


title: alot

redirect: a lot


settle

forms:
settle (canonical)
settles (third-person singular)
settled (past)
settled (past participle)
settling (present participle)

glosses: If you settle a fight, argument, case, etc., you find an answer that stops it.

text: They settled the dispute. Both men were happy with the results.

text: OK, it's settled: we're going to Florida this summer.

glosses: If something settles, it moves to a position where it can stay in for a long time, often in a low position.

text: She got a drink and then calmly settled herself in front of the TV.

text: After the crash, it took some time for the dust to settle.

text: His eyes settled on the red flower.

text: The put the earth back into the hole. It was high, but it would settle in time.

text: A feeling of sadness settled over them.

glosses: If you settle for something, you accept it even though it is not as good as you wanted.

text: This year, she would have to settle for third place.

glosses: If you settle a place, you move there and live there.

text: After moving to Canada, they settled in Toronto.

glosses: If something settles (down), it becomes still and quiet.

text: The noisy class needs to settle down.

glosses: If you settle (up) a bill, or your affairs, you pay the money you owe and/or receive the money that others owe you.

glosses: If your stomach settles, it doesn't feel sick anymore.

ipa: /ˈsɛtəl/

verb

settl

e


title: laptop

redirect: laptop computer


FYI

forms: FYI

glosses: A short way of saying "for your information".

text: We've updated our phone system, FYI.

text: FYI, I'm going to be out of the office next week.

ipa: /ɛf-waɪ-aɪ/


morpheme

forms:
morpheme (singular)
morphemes (plural)

glosses: Part of a word. A morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in a language. Basic words (word roots) and word endings like "-ed," "-s," and "-ing" are examples of morphemes.

ipa: /ˈmɔː(r)fiːm/

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


kingdom

forms:
kingdom (singular)
kingdoms (plural)

etymology_text: king + -dom

ety-suffix

king

dom

expansion: king + -dom

glosses: A country that has a king or queen. The king or queen might control the kingdom, or might just be symbols of the country.

ipa: /ˈkɪŋdəm/


teenager

forms:
teenager (singular)
teenagers (plural)

glosses: A teenager is a person whose age is a number that ends in "-teen." That is, someone between the ages of 13 and 19.

text: Many teenagers want to rebel.


consonant

forms:
consonant (singular)
consonants (plural)

glosses: A consonant is a sound or letter that is not a vowel. Consonants usually do not last long and are less loud than vowels. In a syllable (a piece of a word) a vowel will be in the middle and consonants might come before or after.

text: The letters "t", "s", "f", and "g" are all consonants.

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

enpr: kŏn'sənənt

enpr: kän's(ə)nənt

ipa: /ˈkɒnsənənt/


grammars

forms:
grammar (singular)
grammars (plural)

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

text: Three large English grammars sit on his shelf.

noun

grammar


corpse

forms:
corpse (singular)
corpses (plural)

etymology_text: From the Latin word corpus, meaning "body".

ipa: /kɔːps/

ipa: /korps/


duck tape

forms: duck tape (singular)

duck tape


Polish

forms: Polish

ipa: /ˈpəʊlɪʃ/

enpr: pōʹlĭsh

ipa: /ˈpoʊlɪʃ/

audio: en-us-Polish proper.ogg


Polish

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

glosses: Things or people from Poland are Polish.


Received Pronunciation

forms: Received Pronunciation

glosses: Received Pronunciation is the way words are spoken by the educated classes of the south-east of England; it is considered to be a standard and is used in most British dictionaries. The abbreviation for Received Pronunciation is RP.


IP addresses

forms:
IP address (singular)
IP addresses (plural)

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

text: Most vandalism on Simple English Wiktionary is done by IP addresses.

IP address

IP addresses


prevention

forms: prevention (singular)

glosses: The act of preventing something or hindering it; when someone or something is stopped from getting close, getting inside, or doing something.

text: We built a wall to help the prevention of an attack on the city.

ipa: /prɪˈvɛnʃən/

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

hyphenation: pre‧ven‧tion


Andorra

forms: Andorra

glosses: Andorra is a small country in Europe between France and Spain.

ipa: /ænˈdɔːrə/

hyphenation: An‧dor‧ra


TTYL

forms: TTYL

glosses: A shorter way of saying "talk to you later", usually used in texting or chatting over the Internet.


RP

forms: RP

glosses: A shortening of "Received Pronunciation".

glosses: A shortening of "roleplay" (both verb and noun)


RP

glosses: A shortening of Rhineland-Palatinate, a federal state of Germany.


title: mary jane

redirect: Mary Jane


WTF

forms: WTF

glosses: A short way of saying "what the fuck", "where the fuck", "why the fuck", "when the fuck" or "who the fuck".

text: You weren't at the party like you said you would be--WTF?.


catastrophe

forms:
catastrophe (singular)
catastrophes (plural)

glosses: A catastrophe is a violent, sudden and unlucky change, which makes very big problems.

text: The Great Fire destroyed the city completely. This was a catastrophe.

text: His wife left him for another man. This was his personal catastrophe.

ipa: /kə'tæstrəfi/


disc

forms:
disc (singular)
discs (plural)

glosses: An object that is thin, flat, and circular.

text: A coin is a disc of metal.

text: Venus' disc cut off light from the Sun.

text: Turn the disc over, after it has finished.

enpr: dĭsk

ipa: /dɪsk/

sampa: /dIsk/


-ta

forms: -ta

glosses: -ta is added to a few words when they are followed by bare infinitival clauses.

text: I'm sorry, I gotta go.

text: You don't hafta do that if you don't wanna.


lawn

forms:
lawn (singular)
lawns (plural)

glosses: Ground (generally in front of or around a house) that is covered with grass that is mowed short.

text: In summer, I have to mow my lawn twice a week.


third-person

forms: third-person (positive)

glosses: When a verb is used in the third person.

glosses: When a story is told using verbs in the third person; the storyteller is not a character in the story.


crop rotation

forms:
crop rotation (singular)
crop rotations (plural)

glosses: In farming, crop rotation is the when the same land is used to grow different crops season after season.


in spite

forms: in spite

glosses: If x happens in spite of y, it is surprising that y did not stop x.

text: They couldn't move it in spite of their strength.

text: In spite of all the problems, the project was finished on time.


cyclamen

forms:
cyclamen (singular)
cyclamens (plural)

etymology_text: *From kyklos meaning "circle"

glosses: An indoor plant that is cultivated for its white to pink to deep red flowers.

glosses: A genus of flowering plants, the cyclamen. Cyclamen persicum is the floristic`s cyclamen.


French

forms: French

text: The family spoke French.

text: Pardon my French.

enpr: frĕnch

ipa: /frɛnʧ/

sampa: /frEntS/


French

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

text: The French and the English have often been at war.

text: We have crossed the French border with Italy.

glosses: Something that is related to the French people.

text: She was born in Paris, so she should know about French customs.

glosses: Something that is related to the French language.

text: "Sauter" is a French verb for "Jump".


truthiness

forms: truthiness (singular)

etymology_text: truthy + -ness

ety-suffix

truthy

ness

expansion: truthy + -ness

glosses: The truthiness of an idea is its ability to be believed emotionally and not because it is supported by evidence or logic.

glosses: Following incorrect ideas because you wish or believe them to be true.

text: Your truthiness amazes me. Don't you care that it's been proven false?


catalyst

forms:
catalyst (singular)
catalysts (plural)

glosses: A substance that makes a chemical reaction happen faster. The catalyst is not changed by the process and can be used again.

glosses: Someone or something that encourages progress or change, or helps it happen.

text: I hope the new CEO will be a catalyst for change.

text: Communication is a catalyst for peace.


painter

forms:
painter (singular)
painters (plural)

etymology_text: paint + -er

paint

er

expansion: paint + -er

glosses: A painter is someone who paints. This might be an artist, or might be someone who paints buildings.

ipa: /ˈpeɪntə/

ipa: /ˈpeɪntɚ/


black-eyed Susan

forms:
black-eyed Susan (singular)
black-eyed Susans (plural)

glosses: A Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) is a flowering plant.

text: You can never have too many Black-eyed Susans in your garden.

noun

black-eyed Susans


Thunbergia

forms:
Thunbergia (singular)
Thunbergias (plural)

glosses: A genus of flowering plants, like as T. alata.


artist

forms:
artist (singular)
artists (plural)

etymology_text: art + -ist

ety-suffix

art

ist

expansion: art + -ist

text: An artist was in the park painting the birds.

glosses: An artist is a performer on a musical track.

ipa: /ˈɑːtɪst/

ipa: /ˈɑrtɪst/

sampa: /"Ar\tIst/


poetry

forms: poetry (singular)

text: Poetry is much cheaper than painting since you don't need special supplies.

text: This is a book of poetry.

text: Poetry is found all over the world.

text: To hear my child speak is poetry.

ipa: /ˈpəʊɪtri/

ipa: /ˈpoʊətri/

hyphenation: po‧et‧ry


length

forms:
length (singular)
lengths (plural)

glosses: The length of an object is the distance between one end of that object and the other.

text: What is the length of the car?

glosses: The length of a horse is used to show the distance between horses at the end of a race.

glosses: Length is the distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.

enpr: lĕngth

ipa: /lɛŋθ/


olive

forms:
olive (singular)
olives (plural)

glosses: A tree, Olea europaea, that is grown in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil that comes from it.

glosses: The small oval fruit of an olive tree; olives are eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).

glosses: A grayish green color, the color of an unripe olive.

enpr: ŏ'lĭv

ipa: /ˈɒlɪv/

sampa: /"QlIv/


consistency

forms:
consistency (singular)
consistencies (plural)

glosses: The quality of being consistent or uniform.

text: They want their employees to have a high level of consistency in the quality of their customer service.

text: Mix it until it has a thick consistency.

text: The consistency of water is pretty thin.

ipa: /kənˈsɪst(ə)nsi/

ipa: /kənˈsɪstənsi/

hyphenation: con‧sis‧ten‧cy

noun

consistencies


fighter

forms:
fighter (singular)
fighters (plural)

glosses: A fighter is someone who fights for a cause, a job, or a sport.

glosses: Someone else whose job is to fight, is fighting, or often fights.

glosses: A fighter is small, fast airplane used for war.

ipa: /ˈfaɪtɚ/

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


overcorrect

forms:
overcorrect (canonical)
overcorrects (third-person singular)
overcorrected (past)
overcorrected (past participle)
overcorrecting (present participle)

etymology_text: over- + correct

glosses: If you overcorrect, you do too much to fix a problem, so that you make another problem.

text: The driver overcorrected and hit another car.


kick-ass

forms:
kick-ass (positive)
more kick-ass (comparative)
most kick-ass (superlative)

glosses: If something is kick ass it is very good (it kicks ass).

text: The show was totally kick ass.


loudspeaker

forms:
loudspeaker (singular)
loudspeakers (plural)

text: Everyone in the building heard her message as she spoke through the loudspeaker.


teen

forms:
teen (singular)
teens (plural)

text: Teens are often hard on parents.

text: Everyone scored in the teens.


ceiling

forms:
ceiling (singular)
ceilings (plural)

text: This room has a very interesting ceiling.

text: price ceilings

glosses: The highest altitude that an aircraft may fly.

glosses: The smallest integer greater than or equal to a given number.

text: The ceiling of 4.5 is 5.


anilingus

forms: anilingus (singular)

glosses: Anilingus is when a person stimulates another person's anus with their tongue.

anilingus


adolescent

forms:
adolescent (singular)
adolescents (plural)

glosses: An adolescent is a person or animal that is older than a child but younger than an adult.

text: The teacher worked mostly with adolescents.

glosses: An adolescent is a person going through sexual maturation.

enpr: ăd'əlĕsʹənt

ipa: /ˌædəˈlɛsənt/


adolescent

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

glosses: If something is adolescent it is typical of adolescents.

text: The woman still had an adolescent appearance.


Grace

forms: Grace

glosses: Grace is a given name for a girl or woman.


title: christmas

redirect: Christmas


daddy

forms:
daddy (singular)
daddies (plural)

glosses: Another word for father, a male parent. This is usually used by children.

text: The girl was very happy to see her daddy.

glosses: Someone who is better than someone else. This is often used to say you are better than the person you are talking to, especially if you have beat them at something.

text: You know I'm your daddy.

text: Who's your daddy? (Same meaning as above)

text: He really thinks he's the daddy!

enpr: dăd'i

ipa: /ˈdædi/

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

daddies


powerful

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

glosses: If someone (or something) is powerful, they have much power.

text: The king is a very powerful man.

text: Big guns are powerful weapons.

text: A tiger is powerful animal.

text: The train has a powerful engine.

ipa: /ˈpaʊɚfəl/

ipa: /ˈpaʊəfəl/

hyphenation: pow‧er‧ful


electronic

forms: electronic (positive)

glosses: Something that is electronic relates to an electron or electrons.

glosses: A device that is electronic runs on the energy caused by electrons flowing through semiconductors.

text: What does that electronic device do?

glosses: Something that is electronic is made by an electronic (2) device

text: electronic music

sampa: /I%lEk"trQnIk/

hyphenation: e‧lec‧tron‧ic


assimilation

forms:
assimilation (singular)
assimilations (plural)

glosses: The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.

glosses: Adding new ideas to an old way of thinking.

glosses: Changing a sound so that it becomes similar to the sound next to it.

glosses: When a minority group takes on the customs and attitudes of the dominant culture.


factory

forms:
factory (singular)
factories (plural)

glosses: A factory is a building where things are made.

text: This factory makes one hundred cars every day.

glosses: A factory is anything that makes other things, especially if it makes a really large amount of things.

ipa: /ˈfæktəri/

irrnoun

factories


boxer

forms:
boxer (singular)
boxers (plural)

glosses: A boxer is a person who boxes (fights for sport by hitting with fists).

glosses: A boxer is a kind of dog, that was originally bred in Germany to protect houses from burglars. They cropped their ears so people could not grab them, the same with their tail.

ipa: /ˈbɒksə/

enpr: bäksʹər

ipa: /ˈbɑːksɚ/

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


daylight

forms: daylight (singular)

glosses: The light from the sun that is seen in the daytime.

glosses: The time when the sun is out and daylight can be see; the daytime.

ipa: /ˈdeɪlaɪt/


title: christianity

redirect: Christianity


title: christian

redirect: Christian


German

forms: German

ipa: /ˈdʒɜːmən/

ipa: /ˈdʒɜrmən/


German

forms:
German (singular)
Germans (plural)

glosses: A German is a person who comes from Germany.

text: My friend is a German.


German

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

glosses: Something or someone that is German comes from Germany.

text: My friend Dagmar is German.

text: I bought a German car last year.

glosses: Some people call themselves German because their family came from Germany, even if they have never been to Germany.

text: Mr. Schwartz is German, his grandmother came to the U.S. from Germany.


lyrics

forms:
lyric (singular)
lyrics (plural)

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

glosses: Lyrics are the words that go to a song. Often, lyrics are like a poem set to music.

text: I wish I knew the lyrics to Dreams by The Cranberries.

text: The singer was trying to write lyrics for a new album.

noun

lyric


debris

forms: debris (singular)

glosses: The bits of something that are left after an object has been destroyed; rubble, wreckage.

text: There was a lot of debris after the building was demolished.

glosses: litter or trash that has been discarded.

text: Look at all the debris in the gutters!.

glosses: Large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc.

ipa: /ˈdɛbriː/

ipa: /dəˈbriː/


stepchild

forms:
stepchild (singular)
stepchildren (plural)

etymology_text: step- + child

ety-prefix

step

child

expansion: step- + child

glosses: A stepchild is the child of a person's husband or wife. A stepchild is a child from an earlier marriage.

text: When I married my wife I got two stepchildren.

hyphenation: step‧child

stepchild

stepchildren


warrior

forms:
warrior (singular)
warriors (plural)

glosses: A person whose job is to fight and kill enemies of their people or country. Often this is used for someone from a long time ago, or to say some is like a hero from long ago.

glosses: Someone who is tough or wants to be seen as like a warrior from long ago.

ipa: /ˈwɔriɚ/

ipa: /ˈwɒrɪə/

hyphenation: war‧ri‧or


supply

forms:
supply (singular)
supplies (plural)

etymology_text: supple + -ly(adverb only)

ety-suffix

supple

ly

expansion: supple + -ly

glosses: A supply is an amount of something that you can use when you need it.

text: We will need a supply of water.

text: During the war, the Americans destroyed their food supply.

text: Sadly these books are in very short supply in Britain.

text: The price of oil changes quickly to match supply and demand.

glosses: Supplies are things like food, water, medicine, gasoline, etc. that people need when they are not near somewhere where they can get them easily.

text: The Japanese government is finally planning to send medical supplies and financial support.

glosses: Supply is the act or system of supplying something.

text: They plan to fix the Russian economy and improve the supply of food and consumer goods.

text: The airplane's air supply wasn't working.

enpr: səplīʹ

poses: verb noun

ipa: /səˈplaɪ/

hyphenation: sup‧ply

noun

supplies


supply

forms:
supply (canonical)
supplies (third-person singular)
supplied (past)
supplied (past participle)
supplying (present participle)

glosses: If you supply something, you make it available, usually regularly.

text: We were supplied with a few basic tools that we needed for the job.

text: Our garden supplies us with all the food we need.

text: The office was well supplied with chairs.

verb

suppl

y


supply

enpr: sŭpʹlē

ipa: /ˈsʌpli/

sampa: /"sVpli/


term

forms:
term (singular)
terms (plural)

glosses: A term is a word or group of words, usually one with a special meaning in a particular field or area.

text: They didn't know the meaning of the technical terms the doctor was using.

text: What is the definition of this term?

text: At age 10, she only knew that it was a term of abuse, a swear word.

text: She spoke in glowing terms about the progress they had made.

glosses: You use "in terms of" to introduce a topic or subject.

text: Simply spending more money is not useful in terms of getting people back to work.

text: In terms of both numbers of people and size, California is one of the largest States in America.

glosses: If you talk about something in general/economic/human, etc. terms, you talk about it from that point of view.

text: The changes are great in dollar terms, but the human cost is too high.

text: The President of Mexico is limited to serving a single term of six years.

text: He faces a maximum prison term of 15 years and $8.5 million in fines

text: The price may be up and down, but over the long term it will certainly rise.

text: The period of employment comes to term in three years.

text: She carried the baby to term.

glosses: A term is one of the times of year when school classes are held, usually September to December and January to April or June, also June to August.

glosses: A term is a number or symbol in a formula.

text: The equation only worked when we included an extra constant term.

glosses: If you compare money or numbers in real terms, you compare the value on an equal basis.

text: Today we are paying less for gasoline in real terms than we have at any time since 1918.

text: Although the absolute number of trucking accidents is up slightly, they are down 10 percent in the decade in real terms .

glosses: If you come to terms with something that is not nice, you accept it.

text: He hasn't come to terms with the fact that she's not coming back.

glosses: The terms of a contract or purchase are its rules, conditions and limits.

text: The company has announced generally agreement on a new contract though the exact terms still have to be worked out.

text: Under the terms of the purchase, we get the house on July 14th.

glosses: If two or more people or groups are on good/equal/bad etc. terms, they have a relationship that is good/equal/bad etc.

glosses: If two or more people or groups are on speaking terms, they are not close but do speak to each other.

enpr: tûrm

ipa: /tɜːm/

ipa: /tɝm/


term

forms:
term (canonical)
terms (third-person singular)
termed (past)
termed (past participle)
terming (present participle)

glosses: If you term something a particular name or description, you give that name or description to it.

text: The 1980s have been termed "The Forgotten Decade" by rock fans.

text: White House Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater termed the GNP growth "moderately healthy".

text: For lack of a better word, you might term it a police state.


syntax

forms:
syntax (singular)
syntaxes (plural)

glosses: A part of the grammar of a language. Syntax is the rules for putting words together to make a sentence.

text: English syntax is never easier than English spelling.

text: The linguist studied the syntax of many languages.

text: The child had a problem with syntax after his head was hurt.

text: The syntax of many computer languages is based on English syntax.

glosses: Syntax is the formal rules of formulating statements of a computer language.

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

noun

syntaxes


laptop computer

forms:
laptop computer (singular)
laptop computers (plural)

glosses: A laptop computer or a laptop is a small computer that is light enough to be used on your lap and can be carried around with you.


passed

forms:
pass (canonical)
passes (third-person singular)
passed (past)
passed (past participle)
passing (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of pass.

ipa: /pæst/

sampa: /p{st/

verb

pass

es


niggas

forms:
nigga (singular)
niggas (plural)

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

noun

nigga


regard

forms:
regard (singular)
regards (plural)

glosses: If you have regard for something, you respect it.

text: He has a high regard for his teacher.

text: These people have no regard for other people's feelings.

glosses: Regard is how something is though about or looked at.

text: We do disagree, but only in regard to how much the government is spending.

text: What has he said with regard to taxes?

text: He's made a lot of money and is certainly a success in that regard.

glosses: You use Regards as a closing in a formal letter.

glosses: You ask somebody to give somebody else your regards as a formal way to show your concern for and interest in these people.

ipa: /rɪˈgɑːd/

ipa: /rɪˈgɑrd/


regard

forms:
regard (canonical)
regards (third-person singular)
regarded (past)
regarded (past participle)
regarding (present participle)

glosses: If you regard something, you think about it.

text: How do you regard his actions?

text: She's widely regarded as the best tennis player in history.

glosses: When you regard something, you look at it.

text: She regarded him with a smile.


soldier

forms:
soldier (singular)
soldiers (plural)

glosses: A soldier is someone who is part of an army.

text: The soldier was shot in the war.

enpr: sōlʹjə(r)

ipa: /ˈsəʊld͡ʒə/

enpr: sōlʹjər

ipa: /ˈsoʊld͡ʒɚ/


wouldn't

text: My hands were full but she wouldn't open the door for me.

ipa: /ˈwʊdn̩t/

ipa: [wʊdⁿn̩t]


LOL

forms:
LOL
LOL

glosses: A short way to say "laugh out loud", "laughing out loud", or "lots of laughs" when you are talking on the internet.

text: Lol. You just got roasted by the reply above you.

glosses: A short way to write "Loyal Orange Lodge", a prefix that is given to all branches of the Loyal Orange Order.

text: LOL 1 is Portadown branch.

ipa: /ɛl-əʊ-ɛl/

ipa: /ɛl-oʊ̯-ɛl/

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

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-LOL2.wav

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-LOL3.wav


vagina

forms:
vagina (singular)
vaginas (plural)

glosses: A vagina is a tube that goes from the vulva to the uterus of female mammals.

enpr: /vəjīʹnə/

ipa: /vəˈdʒaɪnə/


blowjob

forms:
blowjob (singular)
blowjobs (plural)

glosses: A blowjob is when someone stimulates a penis with their mouth.

text: Mary gave John a blowjob.

ipa: /ˈbləʊdʒɒb/

ipa: /ˈbloʊdʒɑb/


syllable

forms:
syllable (singular)
syllables (plural)

glosses: A syllable is a word or part of a word that has one vowel sound in it. The vowel might have consonants around it or be by itself.

text: The word "potato" has three syllables, "po," "ta," and "to."

ipa: /ˈsɪləbɫ/

hyphenation: sy‧lla‧ble


wee

forms:
wee (positive)
weer (comparative)
weest (superlative)

glosses: A wee bit, boy, while etc. is a very small one.

text: He was a wee bit upset about the changes.

text: What a lovely wee child!

enpr: wē

ipa: /wiː/

homophones: we Wii

adj

wee

weer

weest


wee

forms:
wee (canonical)
wees (third-person singular)
weed (past)
weed (past participle)
weeing (present participle)

glosses: If an animal wees, it passes waste liquid from its body.

verb

wees

weed

weed

weeing


serve

forms:
serve (canonical)
serves (third-person singular)
served (past)
served (past participle)
serving (present participle)

glosses: When you serve food or drink, you give it to somebody to eat or drink, especially as a host.

text: Shall I serve your drinks first?

text: Lunch is served from 11:00 until 3:00.

glosses: If something serves (as something), it used or useful for a certain purpose.

text: This cup can serve as a holder for my paintbrushes.

text: This program has served as a model for smaller enterprises throughout the state.

text: His experiences during the war served as the basis for his book.

text: The area is served by a number of schools.

text: The law no longer serves the function it once did.

glosses: When you serve (as something), you work.

text: John served in the army.

text: He served as the director of the company from 1992 until 2003.

text: He serves the king.

glosses: If you serve time in prison, you stay there because you are a criminal.

glosses: If you serve, in a game like tennis, you begin play by sending something like a ball over a net.

ipa: /sɜːv/

ipa: /sɝv/

serv

e


serve

forms:
serve (singular)
serves (plural)

glosses: A serve in a game like tennis is the action beginning of play by sending something like a ball over a net.

text: Whose serve is it?

text: That was a great serve!


parking lot

forms:
parking lot (singular)
parking lots (plural)

glosses: A parking lot is an open area where you can park your car.

text: When I got the restaurant, I parked my car in the parking lot.


waterproof

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

ety-suffix

water

proof

glosses: If something is waterproof, water cannot go through it.

text: I needed a waterproof coat to walk in the rain.


masculine

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

glosses: If something is masculine it is like something a boy or man would do.

text: Playing sports is often seen as masculine.

glosses: If someone is masculine they act in a way that is usual for a man.

text: The character Rambo is very masculine.

text: She is a masculine woman, she always acts like a man.

glosses: In some languages, masculine is a gender that a word can have.

text: Some German words are masculine, but English words do not have gender.

ipa: /ˈmæskjʊlɪn/

ipa: /ˈmæskjuːlɪn/


kindness

forms:
kindness (singular)
kindnesses (plural)

etymology_text: kind + -ness

kind

ness

expansion: kind + -ness

glosses: The quality of being kind. When you have kindness, you do many kind things.

glosses: Kind things people do. When you help people you are showing kindness.

ipa: /ˈkaɪndnɪs/

noun

kindnesses


asshole

forms:
asshole (singular)
assholes (plural)

glosses: The anus, the hole in the butt where feces comes out.

text: Don't be an asshole.

text: Do I have to be an asshole for you to listen?

ipa: /ˈæsˌhoʊl/


OMG

forms: OMG

glosses: Object Management Group (who define CORBA).


Wiktionary

glosses: A collaborative project that is run by the Wikimedia Foundation. The goal is to produce a free and complete dictionary in every language.

glosses: The dictionary resulting from this project.

ipa: /ˈwɪkʃən(ə)rɪ/

enpr: /wĭkʹshə-nĕr'ē/

ipa: /ˈwɪkʃəˌnɛri/

hyphenation: Wik‧tion‧a‧ry

proper noun

Wiktionary

Wiktionaries


disk

forms:
disk (singular)
disks (plural)

glosses: A disk is an object that is thin, flat, and circular.

text: A coin is a disk of metal.

text: Venus' disk blocked light from the Sun.

text: Turn the disk over after it has finished.

text: He still uses floppy disks from 1979.

glosses: A disc – either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD.

text: She burned some disks yesterday to back up the information on her computer.

ipa: /dɪsk/


headword

forms:
headword (singular)
headwords (plural)

etymology_text: head + word

compound

head

word

expansion: head + word

glosses: A word that is used as the title of a section, especially in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus.

glosses: A headword is the word under which a set of related dictionary or encyclopedia entries appears.

glosses: The headword of a phrase is the most important word in the phrase.

ipa: /ˈhɛdwɜːd/

ipa: /ˈhɛdwɝd/


fuckhead

forms:
fuckhead (singular)
fuckheads (plural)

glosses: A very insulting word to call someone you don't like; a stupid or unlikable person.

text: That fuckhead has been cheating on me with my best friend!

enpr: fŭk'hĕd"

ipa: /ˈfʌkˌhɛd/

sampa: /"fVk%hEd/


rhyme

forms:
rhyme (canonical)
rhymes (third-person singular)
rhymed (past)
rhymed (past participle)
rhyming (present participle)

glosses: If two words rhyme the end of the words sounds the same.

text: The words "day" and "way" rhyme.

text: Rhyming is a good way to remember some things.

enpr: rīm

ipa: /raɪm/

verb

rhym


rhyme

forms:
rhyme (singular)
rhymes (plural)

glosses: A rhyme is two words (or a word and a phrase) that end with the same sound, including at least one vowel sound.

text: "Agree" and "degree" make a rhyme, and "rhyme" and "time" are also a rhyme.


third person

forms: third person (singular)

glosses: The form of a verb that is used when the subject of a sentence is not the one making the statement. Some pronouns that are used with the third person are he, she, it, one, they, and who.

text: "Is" is the third person singular of "to be"

glosses: A form of storytelling that uses verbs in the third person to show that the storyteller is not a character in the story.

noun

third person


unsaturated

forms: unsaturated (positive)

glosses: Not saturated; able to dissolve more of a solute at the same temperature.

glosses: Having atoms share more than one valence bond; especially of an organic compound having one or more double bond or triple bond between carbon atoms.


betrayal

forms:
betrayal (singular)
betrayals (plural)

etymology_text: betray + -al

ety-suffix

betray

al

expansion: betray + -al

ipa: /bɪˈtreɪəl/

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


yerba mate

forms:
yerba mate (singular)
yerba mates (plural)

glosses: A small tree that is part of the holly family; Ilex paraguariensis. It is often used to make a tea called mate.


killer

forms:
killer (singular)
killers (plural)

glosses: Someone who kills. Usually this mean someone who kills other people, and does not have a good reason to kill.

text: The police caught the killer today.

text: She was happy that her brother's killer was caught.

text: Lighting can be a real killer.

text: Failing the exam was a real killer.

text: The show was great, a real killer.


killer

forms: killer (positive)

text: Watch out! There are killer bees!

text: The family barely got away from the killer storm.

text: That was a killer show!

adjective

killer


hay

forms:
hay (singular)
hays (plural)

glosses: Hay is tall grass that has been cut and dried. Hay is often used to feed animals.

enpr: hā

ipa: /heɪ/

sampa: /heI/


sales

forms:
sale (singular)
sales (plural)

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

glosses: Sales is the number or value of things sold.

text: The stronger economy has boosted auto sales by $650 million over last year.

text: Retail sales have fallen for two months in a row.

glosses: Sales is the part of a company or industry that tries to get people to buy more.

text: She's now Seattle's director of marketing and sales.

text: I'm not the kind of person who can be successful in sales.

noun

sale


musical

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

glosses: If something is musical it makes music or is about music.

text: A drum is a musical instrument.

glosses: If a person is musical, they are good at making music or often make music.

text: My cousin is very musical and can play many songs and musical instruments.


musical

forms:
musical (singular)
musicals (plural)

glosses: A musical is a theatrical production with music, dance, and spoken words.

text: My favorite musical is "Wicked".

text: Busby Berkley's old-time Hollywood movie musicals are classics.

text: Tom and Jerry honeymooned in New York City and bought tickets for three Broadway musicals.


pack

forms:
pack (canonical)
packs (third-person singular)
packed (past)
packed (past participle)
packing (present participle)

glosses: When you pack something, you put it in a container to carry with you.

text: Did you pack your swimming suit?

glosses: When you pack a container, you put things in it to carry with you.

text: The students have all packed their bags and left for the summer.

text: It's time to pack up and go.

glosses: If you pack a place or a container with something (or pack something in a place or container), you put a lot inside.

text: The hall was packed with visitors.

glosses: If you pack something like snow or earth, you press it to make it take up less space.

text: All the runners had packed the earth hard.

glosses: If you pack a gun, you carry it with you.

glosses: If you pack something away, you put it away in a container.

ipa: /pæk/


pack

forms:
pack (singular)
packs (plural)

glosses: A pack is a container that things are sold in.

text: Cigarettes were selling for over $10 a pack.

glosses: A pack is a bag used to carry things, usually on your back.

text: My spare clothes are in my pack.

glosses: A pack of cards is a set of 52 playing cards.

glosses: A pack is a group of animals, usually that hunt together.

glosses: A pack of people is a group, usually not a nice group.

glosses: A pack of lies is something that is completely untrue.

glosses: An ice pack is something cold that you put on an injury.


fur

forms:
fur (singular)
furs (plural)

text: My dog has very soft fur.

glosses: Hairy skin of an animal, often used to make of clothes.

text: It take many beaver furs to make a coat.

glosses: or (uncountable) Clothes made from animal fur.

text: She loved to wear fur.

text: She often wears furs.

text: She had fur on last night.


reader

forms:
reader (singular)
readers (plural)

etymology_text: read + -er

ety-suffix

read

er

expansion: read + -er

glosses: A reader is somebody or something that reads.

text: I would describe myself as a reader because I'm always reading books.

text: We got a new card reader for the door.


jumpy

forms:
jumpy (positive)
jumpier (comparative)
jumpiest (superlative)

etymology_text: jump + -y

jump

expansion: jump + -y

glosses: If you are jumpy you are very nervous or anxious. That is you may feel like jumping in fear if surprised, because you are a little afraid already.

text: Are you okay, you seem jumpy today.

text: I was a little jumpy after the car wreck.

ipa: /ˈdʒʌmpi/

adj

jumpy

jumpier

jumpiest


Buddhism

forms: Buddhism

glosses: Buddhism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of Buddha that teaches enlightenment can be achieved by ending desire and attachment.

text: Buddhism is often practiced in Japan, Tibet, and Korea.

text: Teachers in Tibetan Buddhism have sought to teach Buddhism to children.

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


Africa

forms: Africa

glosses: Africa is the continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.

text: Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia.

ipa: /ˈæfrɪkə/

audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Justinrleung-Africa.wav


permit

forms:
permit (singular)
permits (plural)

glosses: If you have a permit to do something, you have a document that says you are allowed to do it, it is legal for you to do it.

ipa: /ˈpɜːmɪt/

ipa: /ˈpɝmɪt/


permit

forms:
permit (canonical)
permits (third-person singular)
permitted (past)
permitted (past participle)
permitting (present participle)

glosses: If you permit something, you let it happen.

glosses: If you permit something, you make it legal.

ipa: /pəˈmɪt/

ipa: /pɚˈmɪt/

verb

permit

t


slight

forms:
slight (positive)
slighter (comparative)
slightest (superlative)

glosses: A slight increase, difference, etc. is a small change.

text: This year's 5.6% level is a slight increase from last year's 5.4%.

text: Don't worry about me. It's just a slight pain

text: I don't have the slightest idea what she meant.

text: Out stepped a slight, middle-aged woman who smiled kindly.

enpr: slīt

ipa: /slaɪt/

ipa: [sl̥ɐɪʔ]

adj

slight

slighter

slightest


slight

forms:
slight (canonical)
slights (third-person singular)
slighted (past)
slighted (past participle)
slighting (present participle)

glosses: If you slight someone, you treat them as if they were not important.

text: Ever since that time, he's been slighted by his fellow workers.


slight

forms:
slight (singular)
slights (plural)

glosses: A slight is when you are not polite to someone.

text: Has she forgiven him for his slight?


uncountable

forms: uncountable (positive)

etymology_text: un- + countable

ety-prefix

un

countable

expansion: un- + countable

glosses: A word is uncountable if it means something that there is not a set number of. This usually means that it names a substance like water or wood. Uncountable words are sometimes called mass nouns, and they cannot be plural.

ipa: /ʌnˈkaʊntəbəl/

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

hyphenation: un‧count‧able


Taoism

forms: Taoism

glosses: The first religion of China. Taoism teaches people to live in harmony with the natural way (called the Tao, which means way in Chinese).