access

forms:
access (canonical)
accesses (third-person singular)
accessed (past)
accessed (past participle)
accessing (present participle)

glosses: If you access something, you get information from it, usually using a computer.

text: The product enables multiple systems to access a single database.

text: Users of PCs can access images from the photo CDs using any CD-ROM input device.

verb

access

es


summary

forms:
summary (singular)
summaries (plural)

pos: noun

glosses: A summary is a short explanation of a longer idea, article, story, etc.

text: In this short time, I can provide only a summary of the work we have done.

text: So, in summary, our research shows that exercise is most efficient in the late afternoon.

text: Two things are clear from this very brief summary of the content of the Convention.

ipa: 'sʌmərɪ

irrnoun

summaries

expansion: [POS TABLE]


summary

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

pos: adj

glosses: done quickly and without following standard procedures

adj

more: true


receipt

forms:
receipt (singular)
receipts (plural)

glosses: A receipt is a little piece of paper that records how much money someone paid.

text: Keep the receipt when you buy something at that store.

glosses: The receipt of something is the act or situation of receiving something.

ipa: /rɪsiːt/


code

forms:
code (singular)
codes (plural)

text: Children usually learn their parents' moral code.

text: Section 244(1) (a) of the Canadian Criminal Code defines assault.

glosses: A code is a way of storing or sending information, often secretly or in a way that is readable by computers.

text: Microsoft has also licensed Windows source code to companies such as Citrix Systems.

text: In World War II, mathematicians and scientists broke the enemy's secret code.

ipa: /kəʊd/

ipa: /koʊd/

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


code

forms:
code (canonical)
codes (third-person singular)
coded (past)
coded (past participle)
coding (present participle)

pos: verb

glosses: If something is coded, it is written or stored in a code.

text: The completed questionnaires were coded by two people.

text: The wide variety of proteins in the cells are all coded for by the genes in the nucleus.

verb

cod

e


ray

forms:
ray (singular)
rays (plural)

glosses: A ray is a line of light or energy, coming out from where it starts.

text: Some rays of light from the sun shone between the leaves of the tree and lighted the top of his head.

glosses: A ray in math is a line that starts at one point and goes on forever in one direction.

text: Two rays that start at the same point make an angle.

glosses: A ray is a type of fish which lives on the bottom of the ocean.

enpr: rā

ipa: /reɪ/


alter

forms:
alter (canonical)
alters (third-person singular)
altered (past)
altered (past participle)
altering (present participle)

glosses: If you alter something, you change it, usually in a small way.

text: The design can be easily altered by selecting new colours, materials, etc.

text: But not even a good cleaning would alter the fact that the room was dark and unfriendly.

text: Because he was so short, he always needed to have his pants altered to fit him.

hyphenation: al‧ter


servant

forms:
servant (singular)
servants (plural)

etymology_text: serve + -ant

ety-suffix

serve

ant

expansion: serve + -ant

glosses: A servant is someone who works for a person or for a family, doing things like cooking and washing. Often the servant lives in the house where they work. A servant works for the same family all day.

text: This rich family has three servants working for them in their big house.

ipa: /ˈsɜːvənt/

ipa: /ˈsɝvənt/


property

forms:
property (singular)
properties (plural)

glosses: Property is a thing or things that belong to someone; things that someone owns.

text: This house is now my property. I've finished paying for it.

glosses: A property is a quality that something has; a way that something is.

text: One good property of this coat is that it keeps rain out.

ipa: /ˈprɒpəti/

ipa: /ˈprɑpɚti/

hyphenation: prop‧er‧ty

noun

properties


diversity

forms:
diversity (singular)
diversities (plural)

glosses: Diversity is the property of having many different kinds of things or people.

text: Racial diversity is very low in Japan and very high in Toronto.

text: The discussion was wide-ranging, reflecting a diversity of views.

text: Doctors are finding a greater diversity in the kinds of infections they see.

ipa: /daɪˈvɜː(r)sɪti/

diversity

diversities


north

forms: north (singular)

glosses: North is the direction towards the top of the Earth, opposite to south; If you are looking north, the sun sets on your left.

text: Canada is the biggest country in North America.

glosses: North is the end of a magnet that points north.

glosses: The north is the area of land north of the speaker; Also the Arctic.

ipa: /nɔːθ/

ipa: [no̞ːθ]

ipa: /nɔrθ/

enpr: nôrth

ipa: /noːθ/

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


north

forms: north

pos: prep

glosses: In the direction north; towards the north

text: The place you want is two miles north of here.

text: It's colder here because we're further north.


sign

forms:
sign (singular)
signs (plural)

glosses: A flat thing with a few words or pictures on it to tell people something.

text: I saw a stop sign, so I stopped the car.

ipa: /saɪn/


sign

forms:
sign (canonical)
signs (third-person singular)
signed (past)
signed (past participle)
signing (present participle)

glosses: When someone signs a piece of paper, they write their signature on it.

text: They signed a contract saying exactly who would do the work and how much money they would be paid.

glosses: If a company signs someone, they hire them to work.


whale

forms:
whale (singular)
whales (plural)

glosses: A whale is a large animal that lives in the ocean.

text: Some whales with teeth eat fish, but many whales don't have teeth.

text: Dolphins and small whales have also been hunted in the waters of the Caribbean for many years.

enpr: wāl

ipa: /weɪl/

sampa: /weIl/


whale

forms:
whale (canonical)
whales (third-person singular)
whaled (past)
whaled (past participle)
whaling (present participle)

glosses: If you whale on something, you beat it hard repeatedly.

verb

whal


conviction

forms:
conviction (singular)
convictions (plural)

glosses: A conviction is when a court finds a person guilty of doing a crime.

text: There was a conviction in his case, so he went to jail.

glosses: A conviction is a strong belief that you think is true.

text: Because of their strong conviction, I begin to feel that they may be right.

ipa: /kənˈvɪkʃən/


undertake

forms:
undertake (canonical)
undertakes (third-person singular)
undertook (past)
undertaken (past participle)
undertaking (present participle)

etymology_text: under- + take

ety-prefix

under

take

expansion: under- + take

glosses: If you undertake something, you take responsibility for doing it and you start to do it.

text: He is in charge of this project and has undertaken this work largely single-handed since July.

text: After a common two years, some students undertake industrial or professional placement in their third year.

text: Britain has apparently undertaken to review its own aid to Vietnam.

ipa: /ʌndə'teɪk/

undertake

undertakes

undertook

undertaken

undertaking


welfare

forms:
welfare (singular)
welfares (plural)

glosses: Someone's welfare is their health, safety, and other things the make them happy.

text: Children need to exercise each day, for both their physical and psychological welfare.

text: This group has tried to promote the welfare of old people throughout the United Kingdom.

text: It is clear that the issues the environment and animal welfare have become very important recently.

text: Few countries have the same level of social welfare that we have in Canada.

glosses: Welfare is money paid by the government to poor people.

text: The government is reviewing the welfare benefits which single parents receive.

text: He lost his job and his home and has had to go on welfare.

ipa: /ˈwɛlˌfɛə/

ipa: /ˈwɛlˌfɛɚ/

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


nerve

forms:
nerve (singular)
nerves (plural)

glosses: A nerve is a cell in the body that sends signals. The brain is made of nerves.

text: She can't feel anything with this arm, and can't move her arm, because the nerves were cut in an accident.

glosses: Nerve is confidence: a feeling of being able to do something.

text: He didn't have the nerve to ask her to dance.

text: You had a lot of nerve, saying that to me! Go away!

ipa: /nɝv/

ipa: /nɜːv/


rough

forms:
rough (singular)
roughs (plural)

ipa: /rʌf/


rough

forms:
rough (positive)
rougher (comparative)
roughest (superlative)

text: The wooden table felt rough until he rubbed it with sandpaper to make it smooth.

text: Stone roads are rough and make my bicycle go up and down.

text: I quickly drew a rough map to help him find the place.

text: Life can be rough sometimes.

adj

rough

rougher

roughest


rough

forms:
rough (canonical)
roughs (third-person singular)
roughed (past)
roughed (past participle)
roughing (present participle)

glosses: If you rough something, you create it in an approximate form.

text: Rough in the shape first, then polish the details.


resolution

forms:
resolution (singular)
resolutions (plural)

glosses: A resolution is a formal decision, often after a vote.

text: The U.S. may be willing to support a Security Council resolution backing the return of inspectors to Iraq.

glosses: Resolution is the amount of detail that you can see in an image.

text: This camera is cheaper, but, of course, the resolution is much lower.

glosses: A resolution is a solution to a disagreement or difficult situation.

text: The school holds classes in nonviolent conflict resolution.

glosses: A resolution is a personal decision (not) to do something.

text: My New Year's resolution was to quit smoking.

glosses: Resolution is the power to try even when things are difficult.

text: Her resolution to be honest never weakened.

ipa: /ˌrɛzəˈluːʃ(ə)n/

ipa: /ˌrɛzəˈl(j)uʃ(ə)n/

hyphenation: re‧so‧lu‧tion


predict

forms:
predict (canonical)
predicts (third-person singular)
predicted (past)
predicted (past participle)
predicting (present participle)

glosses: If you predict something, you say that it will happen before anyone observes it.

text: It is still difficult to accurately predict the weather more than two days in advance.

text: As predicted by analysts, Toyota has increased the price of the Lexus LS400 by £3000 for 1993.

text: Darwin's theory predicts that animals will try to maximise the number of their children.

ipa: /prɪˈdɪkt/

hyphenation: pre‧dict


news

forms: news (singular)

glosses: News is information about things that happened a short time ago, especially on the radio, TV or in newspapers.

text: Did you hear the news that the war just ended?

text: Do you have any news about Paul's sickness?

enpr: n(y)o͞oz

ipa: /n(j)uːz/

noun

news


phase

forms:
phase (singular)
phases (plural)

text: We will look at very basic ideas during the first phase of training.

text: As the war enters its final phase, the role of the UN will probably become more important.

text: Teenagers often go through a phase of being attracted to someone of the same sex.

glosses: If things are in phase, they are working, moving, or changing together.

enpr: fāz

ipa: /feɪz/


phase

forms:
phase (canonical)
phases (third-person singular)
phased (past)
phased (past participle)
phasing (present participle)

glosses: If you phase something in, you introduce it step by step.

text: Over the next few years, all farm support was slowly phased out.

verb

phas


slope

forms:
slope (singular)
slopes (plural)

text: We will have to climb up this slope to get to the top of the hill.

glosses: The slope of a line is how far up it goes divided by how far along it goes.

glosses: A slope is a person that is Chinese or of a race in East Asia.

ipa: /sloʊp/

ipa: /sləʊp/


slope

forms:
slope (canonical)
slopes (third-person singular)
sloped (past)
sloped (past participle)
sloping (present participle)

glosses: If something slopes, it goes either up or down.

text: The hill slopes down at this point.

slop


sense

forms:
sense (singular)
senses (plural)

glosses: Sense is any basic ability or understanding.

text: She has a great sense of fashion.

text: She uses good sense when choosing her friends.

text: Why did you do that?! Where's your common sense?!

enpr: sĕns

ipa: /sɛns/

sampa: /sEns/

homophones: cents scents


sense

forms:
sense (canonical)
senses (third-person singular)
sensed (past)
sensed (past participle)
sensing (present participle)

glosses: Sense is the ability to understand a situation or emotions.

text: I sensed you were upset before you said anything.

text: I sense you don't want to be with me.

text: Do I sense a chance for success in your game plan?

sens


generate

forms:
generate (canonical)
generates (third-person singular)
generated (past)
generated (past participle)
generating (present participle)

glosses: If you generate something, you create it.

text: On the hottest summer days, we are unable to generate enough electricity.

text: Apple is great at generating interest in their computers and other products.

text: They gave away 100 per cent of the income generated by their songs.

hyphenation: gen‧er‧ate

generat


federal

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

glosses: The federal government is the main country-wide government in a country where there are also state or provincial governments.

text: The federal government has said that it will not increase payments to the provinces.

text: While education is a federal issue in countries like Japan, it is more local in countries like Canada or the U.S.

text: Federal taxes will increase next year.

ipa: /ˈfɛdərəl/


edition

forms:
edition (singular)
editions (plural)

glosses: An edition of a book, computer program, etc. is a copy that has been or will be published with changes or in another form.

text: It was first published in 1857, with a second slightly amended edition in 1858.

text: The new paperback edition of the dictionary is coming out next week.

text: The author corrected it in later editions.

ipa: /ɪˈdɪʃən/

hyphenation: e‧di‧tion


conjunction

forms:
conjunction (singular)
conjunctions (plural)

glosses: A conjunction is a word used to join words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.

text: The word or is a conjunction because it can join two words: Tell me if you see a red or blue car.

text: The word that can be used as a conjunction: I think that you are right.

ipa: /kənˈdʒʌŋkʃən/

hyphenation: con‧junc‧tion


approximate

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

glosses: An approximate number, length, time, etc. is close to the real one but may not be equal to it.

text: "How many people are on the team?" "I'm not sure, but I can give you an approximate number."

text: If we knew when he left here, it might help us identify the approximate time of death.


approximate

forms:
approximate (canonical)
approximates (third-person singular)
approximated (past)
approximated (past participle)
approximating (present participle)

glosses: be or become near a value, position, or characteristic.

text: Computers are getting better at approximating human speech.

text: Women's salaries in the company have approximated to male salaries.

approximat


seem

forms:
seem (canonical)
seems (third-person singular)
seemed (past)
seemed (past participle)
seeming (present participle)

glosses: The way something seems to be is the way you think it is when you look at it, hear about it, think about it, etc.

text: It seems unlikely that they will remember your name after meeting you once.

text: As odd as it may seem, the girl's best friend is an eighty year old man.

text: It was a terrible night, but somehow it doesn't seem so bad this morning.

text: It is still raining on him, but he doesn't seem to notice.

text: The bad smells did not seem to bother them.

text: The young man seemed to have forgotten all his promises.

text: They really seemed to be enjoying what they were doing.

text: The changes seem to suggest that the police have new information.

text: It seems to me that we ought to try again.

text: It seemed like forever, but I think it got there in about 12 to 15 minutes.

text: It seemed like a crazy idea; it had never been done before.

text: You seem like a very nice guy.

text: The very air he was breathing seemed as if it were on fire.

ipa: /siːm/


existence

forms:
existence (singular)
existences (plural)

glosses: The existence of a thing is the quality of being real, of being in the world, of just being.

text: Do you believe in the existence of God?

text: The existence of a mark on my shirt is the reason I didn't go to the party.

ipa: /ɛɡˈzɪstɛnts/


shade

forms:
shade (singular)
shades (plural)

glosses: A shade is a shadow of a tree or another big thing that blocks some of the light and heat of the Sun.

text: She rested in the shade of the tree because she felt hot.

glosses: A shade is the slight difference between colors.

ipa: /ʃeɪd/


shade

forms:
shade (canonical)
shades (third-person singular)
shaded (past)
shaded (past participle)
shading (present participle)

glosses: If something is shaded, it is shielded from light.

text: The old tree shaded the animals from the sun.

glosses: If something is shading, it is approaching something slightly.

text: The grassland was green, shading towards brown in the drier areas.

glosses: If you shade something in a drawing, you darken it.

text: Mary started shading in the outlines of the house in her drawing.

shad


owner

forms:
owner (singular)
owners (plural)

glosses: The owner of a thing is the person who owns the thing: who has the thing or who should have the thing. A thing belongs to its owner.

text: Who is the owner of this coat that was left on a chair?

text: You have to give it back to me. I'm the owner.

ipa: /ˈoʊnɚ/

ipa: /ˈəʊnə/

hyphenation: own‧er


see

forms:
see (canonical)
sees (third-person singular)
saw (past)
seen (past participle)
seeing (present participle)

glosses: You see something when you look at it with your eyes.

text: She turned her head up and saw clouds in the sky.

text: I can't see the words in this book because the writing is too small and I don't have my glasses.

glosses: If you are seeing someone, you are dating them.

text: Me and Katie have been seeing each other for a few months.

ipa: /si/

audio: en-uk-to see.ogg

homophones: sea c

see

sees

saw

seen

seeing


see

forms:
see (singular)
sees (plural)

glosses: A diocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, an archbishop or a cardinal

glosses: The office of a bishop or archbishop or cardinal.

text: Venice is the see of a cardinal.

text: The Pope is the bishop of the see of Rome.


terminal

forms:
terminal (singular)
terminals (plural)

glosses: A terminal is the end of a train track or bus route. It is the station or the last stop.

text: The bus drove into the terminal and all the people got off.

glosses: A computer screen and keyboard, which are at the end of a wire joining them to a computer.

text: She sat at the computer terminal and typed some words.

glosses: A terminal is a building in an airport where passengers transfer to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.

ipa: /ˈtərmɪnəl/

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


terminal

forms: terminal (positive)

glosses: The last. At the end, in time or in space. A terminal illness is a sickness that will make the person die.


slow

forms:
slow (positive)
slower (comparative)
slowest (superlative)

glosses: Something is slow if it takes a long time to move. It is not fast.

text: A snail is a very slow animal. It moves slowly.

glosses: If something is slow, it does not happen in a short time.

glosses: If someone is slow, it takes them a while to understand something.

ipa: /sləʊ/

ipa: /sloʊ/

sampa: /sloU/

adjective

slow

slower

slowest


slow

forms:
slow (canonical)
slows (third-person singular)
slowed (past)
slowed (past participle)
slowing (present participle)

glosses: If you slow someone or something, he, she, or it does not move as quickly as he, she, or it did before; you lower the speed of something.

glosses: If you slow, you do not progress as quickly as you did before.


horn

forms:
horn (singular)
horns (plural)

glosses: A horn is a long, sharp thing that grows on the head of some animals such as goats and sheep.

text: The goat used its horn to break the fence.

text: They used a cow's horn as a cup to drink out of.

glosses: A horn is a musical instrument that you blow and usually made of metal.

enpr: hôn

ipa: /hɔːn/

enpr: hôrn

ipa: /hɔːrn/


seventeen

forms: seventeen

pos: det

glosses: ordinal seventeenth) Seventeen is the number that is after sixteen and before eighteen. It can also be written as 17.

text: Seventeen birds sit on the roof.

raw_tags: next word stressed near the first syllable

raw_tags: next word stressed after the first syllable


seventeen

forms:
seventeen (singular)
seventeens (plural)

text: seven and ten makes seventeen.

text: The seventeen were leaving the city.

text: In some countries, you may vote when you are seventeen


enable

forms:
enable (canonical)
enables (third-person singular)
enabled (past)
enabled (past participle)
enabling (present participle)

etymology_text: en- + able

ety-prefix

en

able

expansion: en- + able

glosses: If you enable something or someone, you make make it able to do something or you help it.

text: The program enables users to share data, collaborate and automate tasks without writing any extra code.

text: Night or instrument flying enabled us to fly twenty-four hours a day and in poor weather.

text: The data will not enable the identification of individuals to take place.

text: This switch will enable the song-sharing function.

ipa: /ɪˈneɪbəl/

verb

enabl


rate

forms:
rate (singular)
rates (plural)

glosses: Speed. A rate is how fast something happens. Something can go at a fast rate or a slow rate.

text: The rate of water pouring out of the lake into the river is enough to make the lake empty in a year if it doesn't rain.

text: Her heart rate is 70 beats every minute.

text: If we keep writing pages at this rate we might have 2000 Simple English Wiktionary words by August 4.

enpr: rāt

ipa: /reɪt/


rate

forms:
rate (canonical)
rates (third-person singular)
rated (past)
rated (past participle)
rating (present participle)

glosses: Someone rates something when they decide how much its value is (how much it's worth).

text: I rate this book at six out of ten: it was not the best book.

rat


give

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

glosses: If you give something to someone else, you had the thing and you let the other person have it. Maybe you use your hands to put the thing in the other person's hands. Usually after that, the thing is the other person's thing.

text: Give me that book, please; I want to read it.

text: My mother gave me this stone when I was young.

glosses: If you give a speech, you talk to a group of people.

ipa: /gɪv/

sampa: /gIv/

audio: en-uk-to give.ogg

give

gives

gave

given

giving


from

forms: from

glosses: When something is from someone, the person gave or sent it.

text: I got a gift from my grandmother today.

glosses: When someone is from a place, that's where they started.

text: I am Chinese. I come from Hunan province.

text: Sorry I'm late. I just came from school.

glosses: You use from to talk about distances between thing in space or time.

text: Saturn is far from earth.

text: School is 5km from my home.

text: The year 2515 is a long time from now.

ipa: /frɒm/

enpr: frŭm

ipa: /frʌm/

enpr: frəm

ipa: /frəm/

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


antique

forms:
antique (singular)
antiques (plural)

glosses: An antique is something that is old for its type.

text: This lamp is an antique, it is 200 years old.

ipa: /ænˈtiːk/


antique

forms: antique (positive)

glosses: If something is antique, it is older than most things similar to it.

text: He had his antique car refinished.


fourteen

forms: fourteen

glosses: ordinal fourteenth) Fourteen is the even number that is after thirteen and before fifteen. In numerals, it is 14.

text: Fourteen apples lie on the table.

ipa: /ˌfɔːˈtiːn/

ipa: /ˌfɔrtˈtin/


fourteen

forms:
fourteen (singular)
fourteens (plural)

text: four and ten makes fourteen.

text: The fourteen are never alone.

text: This boy is fourteen.


hadith

forms:
hadith (singular)
hadiths (plural)

glosses: A written record of a saying or action of the Prophet Muhammad. Used as a basis for conduct in Islamic practices.

ipa: [həˈdiːθ]

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


transition

forms:
transition (singular)
transitions (plural)

glosses: A transition is a change from one place or situation to another.

text: Diana has made the transition from girl to woman.

text: The transition from ice to water occurs at 0°C.

text: They want at least a five-year transition period.

enpr: trănzĭ'shən

ipa: /trænˈzɪʃən/

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


transition

forms:
transition (canonical)
transitions (third-person singular)
transitioned (past)
transitioned (past participle)
transitioning (present participle)

glosses: If something transitions, it changes from one place or situation to another.


other

forms: other (positive)

glosses: The other people or things, are those apart from the ones we have or were talking about.

text: No, don't put it on this table. Put it on the other table.

text: The people inside are OK, but the other people are getting wet.

text: He sat on the other side of the table.

text: There are many other kinds of problems.

text: Do you have any other questions?

text: There were some other cars at their house the other day.

ipa: /ˈaðə/

ipa: /ˈʌðə(r)/

enpr: ŭTH'ər

ipa: /ˈʌðɚ/


other

forms:
other (singular)
others (plural)

glosses: Others are those apart from the ones we have or were talking about.

text: Thanks for the books. I'll get the others tomorrow.

text: Wow, this is a lot. How many others are there?

text: We need this one and one other.


public

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

glosses: Something is public if it is about or for all the people.

text: You can't tell me to go away. This is a public place.

ipa: /ˈpʰʌblɪk/

hyphenation: pub‧lic


public

forms:
public (singular)
publics (plural)

glosses: All of the people in a big place like a country.

text: I'm going to write this in the newspaper because the public needs to know it.

text: Getting Western publics to understand the nature of the war is hard enough.

text: The dress rehearsal was opened to the general public as well as celebrities.


utility

forms:
utility (singular)
utilities (plural)

glosses: Utilities are the basic services that come to your house, such as electricity, phone, and water.

text: The government is raising prices on drugs, beer and most public utilities.

glosses: A utility is a basic computer program that handles things like copying disks and setting up printers.

glosses: Something's utility is how useful it is.

text: The design was to maximise the utility of the book as a whole.

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

noun

utilities


evolution

forms:
evolution (singular)
evolutions (plural)

glosses: Evolution is the process of slow change. It is most used in biology to refer to the way living things change over long periods of time in order to adapt to their surroundings.

text: The theory of evolution is the basis of modern biology.

text: For the first time, the evolution of some bacteria has been observed.

text: Evolution is the reason animals and plants of today are different from those of long ago.

text: He believed that the evolution of society followed certain laws.

text: Creationists are people who deny that evolution is real, because it contradicts their religious beliefs, which are that God made everything.

glosses: An evolution is a change that happens over time.

text: Over the last ten years, there has been an evolution in the way we think about this disease.

ipa: /ˌiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)n/

enpr: ĕv'ə-lo͞oʹshən

ipa: /ˌɛvəˈluʃ(ə)n/

hyphenation: evo‧lu‧tion


someone

forms: someone

text: I heard someone at the door.

text: You should ask someone who knows more about it.

text: I'm hoping to meet someone special at the dance.

ipa: /ˈsʌmwʌn/

hyphenation: some‧one


capable

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

glosses: If someone or something is capable of something, they can do it.

text: This system is capable of providing food for about 400 people.

text: I'm quite capable of looking after myself and I don't need you to tell me how.

glosses: If someone is capable, they can do a particular thing well.

text: I'm confident I can leave everything in your capable hands.

text: I may be young but I can assure you I'm quite capable.

ipa: /ˈkeɪpəbl̩/

hyphenation: ca‧pa‧ble


linen

forms:
linen (singular)
linens (plural)

glosses: Linen is a material that some cloth is made of. It comes from the flax plant, and in the past, bed sheets were often made from it, before cotton was used.

text: This shirt is made of linen.

glosses: Linens are something made from linen, especially bed sheets.

text: Would you like to change the linens on your bed?

ipa: /ˈlɪnɪn/


veterinarian

forms:
veterinarian (singular)
veterinarians (plural)

glosses: A veterinarian (sometimes shortened to vet) is a doctor that treats animals.

text: The veterinarian treated the dog.

hyphenation: vet‧er‧i‧nar‧i‧an; ve‧terin‧nar‧i‧an


sell

forms:
sell (canonical)
sells (third-person singular)
sold (past)
sold (past participle)
selling (present participle)

glosses: When you sell something to someone, you give something to someone and the person will give you money for it.

text: I sell good shoes for a small amount money.

ipa: /sɛl/

homophones: cel cell

sell

sells

sold

sold

selling


output

forms:
output (singular)
outputs (plural)

glosses: Output is what is produced by a worker, machine, computer, etc.

text: We have increased our total output from 4,500 to 7,500 barrels per day of oil.

text: Of course, any problems with the program will affect the output.

ipa: /ˈaʊtpʊt/

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


output

forms:
output (past)
output (past participle)
output (canonical)
outputs (third-person singular)
outputted (past)
outputted (past participle)
outputting (present participle)

glosses: If you output something, you produce it.

glosses: The past tense and past participle of output.

output

outputs

output

output

outputting

verb

t


eighteen

forms: eighteen

glosses: ordinal eighteenth) Eighteen is the number that is after seventeen and before nineteen. It can also be written as 18.

text: Eighteen chickens sat on the roof.

ipa: /ˌeɪ(t)ˈtin/

ipa: /ˌeɪˈtiːn/


eighteen

forms:
eighteen (singular)
eighteens (plural)

text: two nines is eighteen.

text: The eighteen were leaving the city.

text: You have to be eighteen to vote in some countries.


gal

forms:
gal (singular)
gals (plural)

ipa: /ɡæl/


gal

forms: gal

pos: abbrev

glosses: Gal is an abbreviation for gallon, which is a unit of measurement for volume.


please

forms:
please (positive)
Superlative–

pos: adv

glosses: We say "please" when we want to ask someone politely to do something.

text: Pass the salt, please.

ipa: /pliːz/


please

forms:
please (canonical)
pleases (third-person singular)
pleased (past)
pleased (past participle)
pleasing (present participle)

glosses: Someone pleases someone else when they do what that person likes or wants.

text: Giving her these flowers will please her.

pleas


sixteen

forms: sixteen

glosses: ordinal sixteenth) Sixteen is the number that is after fifteen and before seventeen. It can also be written as 16.

text: Sixteen persons fit in this small bus.

ipa: /ˌsɪksˈtiːn/


sixteen

forms:
sixteen (singular)
sixteens (plural)

text: six and ten makes sixteen.

text: These sixteen are very beautiful stones.

text: In some countries, you may vote when you are sixteen


pull

forms:
pull (canonical)
pulls (third-person singular)
pulled (past)
pulled (past participle)
pulling (present participle)

glosses: Someone pulls something when they use their hands to move the thing closer to themselves.

text: Pull the handle if you want to open the door.

enpr: po͝ol

ipa: /pʊl/

sampa: /pUl/


result

forms:
result (singular)
results (plural)

glosses: The solution of a mathematical equation.

text: The result of 1 + 1 is 2.

glosses: The situation at the end of a process, its outcome.

text: The result of losing the presents was that everyone was sad.

text: The result of the race was that Peter won.

ipa: /rɪˈzʌlt/


result

forms:
result (canonical)
results (third-person singular)
resulted (past)
resulted (past participle)
resulting (present participle)

glosses: If x results in y, it leads to or causes y.

text: A lot of digging results in a deep hole.

glosses: If x results from y, it comes for or is caused by y.

text: A deep hole resulted from all the digging.


respect

forms:
respect (canonical)
respects (third-person singular)
respected (past)
respected (past participle)
respecting (present participle)

glosses: When someone respects another person that means they think the other person is worthy, responsible, strong or other good qualities.

text: I have great respect for him and I'm sure he'll do well in life.

glosses: Respect is to treat someone in a considerate, genuine and nice manner or to treat one thing or one person with highest regard.

text: He always respects my feelings.

glosses: When someone respects a thing or a person it means they follow rules and don't touch things they shouldn't touch.

text: Please respect things that belong to other people when you're in their house.

ipa: /rɪˈspɛkt/

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


respect

forms:
respect (singular)
respects (plural)

glosses: If you have respect for someone, that means you have high regard for them; you are considerate towards them.

text: I have great respect for all of my classmates.


mind

forms:
mind (singular)
minds (plural)

glosses: Someone's mind is the part of them that thinks.

text: In my mind I know I must go, but in my heart I want to stay here.

text: We will solve this problem. We have the best minds in the country working on it.

enpr: mīnd

ipa: /maɪnd/


mind

forms:
mind (canonical)
minds (third-person singular)
minded (past)
minded (past participle)
minding (present participle)

glosses: If you mind some action or thing, you feel negatively about it.

text: "Do you mind if I sit here?" "No, not at all"

text: "It's raining outside. You should take an umbrella" "It's OK, I don't mind the rain"

glosses: If you mind someone or something, you look after it.

text: "Could you mind the children while I go to the bathroom?"


network

forms:
network (singular)
networks (plural)

glosses: A network is a group of connections between a number of points.

text: Electronic systems control the busiest parts of the rail network.

text: This is the first national TV network that is 100% sports.

text: We conduct much of our overseas banking business through a network of some 3,500 worldwide branches.

text: You can connect to the Internet through a wireless local network system.

text: I don't have a good social network in my new job.

ipa: /nɛtwɜːk/

ipa: /nɛtwɝk/


network

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

glosses: If you network, you make or use social connections, usually for business purposes.

text: I spent most of my time at the conferences networking with other sales people.


loss

forms:
loss (singular)
losses (plural)

glosses: A loss happens when something goes where people can't find it. People don't know where the thing is or they don't have it any more.

text: The loss of my keys means I can't go into my house today.

glosses: Loss is when someone's loved one dies. When someone dies, they are no longer with you.

text: I loss both of my grandparents from old age.

glosses: A loss (shown as L) is charged to the pitcher of the losing team.

ipa: /lɒs/

ipa: /lɔs/

ipa: /lɑs/

noun

loss

losses


natural

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

glosses: Something is natural if people didn't make it.

text: animals, plants and rocks are natural things.

glosses: Something is natural if it's the way it usually is, without people changing it, or is a way that is not a surprise.

text: It's only natural for you to think that.

enpr: năchʹə-rəl

enpr: năchʹər-əl

hyphenation: nat‧u‧ral; natu‧ral


shock

forms:
shock (singular)
shocks (plural)

glosses: A shock is the way it feels when a heavy thing suddenly hits another thing.

glosses: A shock is a sudden change that surprises people.

glosses: Shock is the way a person is when the person has lost some blood or has been hurt, and their heart is beating very fast and weakly.

glosses: A shock is some electricity that suddenly hurts someone.

ipa: /ʃɒk/


shock

forms:
shock (canonical)
shocks (third-person singular)
shocked (past)
shocked (past participle)
shocking (present participle)

glosses: You are shocked when you are surprised at something

text: He was shocked at how much she had changed since he had last met her.

glosses: If you have been shocked, you were hit by electricity.


payment

forms:
payment (singular)
payments (plural)

etymology_text: pay + -ment

ety-suffix

pay

ment

expansion: pay + -ment

glosses: A payment is some money that someone is giving to someone else when they're buying something.

text: I sent the things they wanted, but I haven't gotten the payment for them yet.

text: I usually use my credit card for payment.

text: Late payment of fees will end the contract.

enpr: pāʹmənt

ipa: /ˈpeɪmənt/

hyphenation: pay‧ment


necessary

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

glosses: Something is necessary if people need it. It must happen or there will be a big problem.

text: It's necessary to stop when you see a red light.

ipa: /ˈnɛsəˌsɛri/

hyphenation: nec‧es‧sary


necessary

forms:
necessary (singular)
necessaries (plural)

noun

necessaries


healthy

forms:
healthy (positive)
healthier (comparative)
healthiest (superlative)

etymology_text: health + -y

ety-suffix

health

y

expansion: health + -y

glosses: A healthy person is someone who is not sick. They are strong and will probably live a long time.

text: I need three young, healthy people to help me.

text: She gets sick frequently. She's never very healthy.

text: Healthy food is full of vitamins and minerals.

adj

healthy

healthier

healthiest


industry

forms:
industry (singular)
industries (plural)

glosses: An industry is a kind of work that makes things.

text: Many people in this country have jobs in the clothing industry.

glosses: Industry is the quality of working hard, trying hard and doing it well.

text: Because of her industry, she made a lot of money.

ipa: /ˈɪndəstri/

hyphenation: in‧dus‧try

noun

industries


nineteen

forms: nineteen

glosses: ordinal nineteenth) Nineteen is the number that is after eighteen and before twenty. It can also be written as 19.

text: Nineteen ducks swim on the lake.

ipa: /naɪnˈtiːn/

hyphenation: nine‧teen


nineteen

forms:
nineteen (singular)
nineteens (plural)

text: nine and ten makes nineteen.

text: The nineteen are the fastest runners in their school.

text: Paul is nineteen, but he looks older


flight

forms:
flight (singular)
flights (plural)

glosses: Flight is the act of flying: moving through the air using wings.

text: Birds have had flight for millions of years.

text: The flight of the bird was beautiful.

text: The flight to Boston leaves soon.

text: This flight is going to New York.

glosses: Flight is the act of running away and hiding.

text: The flight of the man just after the crime made the police think he was guilty.

enpr: flīt

ipa: /flaɪt/


compliment

forms:
compliment (singular)
compliments (plural)

glosses: A compliment is a few words of praise: saying that someone or something is good in some way.

text: William gave me a compliment and that made me feel good. He told me my hair was nice.

ipa: /ˈkɒmplɪmənt/

ipa: /ˈkɑmpləmənt/


compliment

forms:
compliment (canonical)
compliments (third-person singular)
complimented (past)
complimented (past participle)
complimenting (present participle)

text: She complimented him on his clothes because they looked good.


full

forms:
full (positive)
fuller (comparative)
fullest (superlative)

glosses: A container is full of things if there are many of the things in the container and no more can go in.

text: The cup is full of water. If you try to put more water in, the water will fall onto the table.

text: My life is full of problems.

glosses: A full moon is when the moon is a round circle because the sun is shining on the side we can see.

text: I can see the road, because there's a full moon tonight.

glosses: A person is full when they are satisfied, usually with food.

text: The meal was so large that I was full all day.

glosses: Something is full when it is total and completed, does not need any additions

enpr: fo͝ol

ipa: /fʊl/

sampa: /fUl/

adj

full

fuller

fullest


drop

forms:
drop (singular)
drops (plural)

glosses: A drop is a very small amount of a liquid.

text: A drop of water weighs 0.1 grams.

text: There was a drop in the prices last week.

enpr: drŏp

ipa: /drɒp/

sampa: /drQp/

ipa: /drɑp/

sampa: /drAp/


drop

forms:
drop (canonical)
drops (third-person singular)
dropped (past)
dropped (past participle)
dropping (present participle)

text: He dropped from the roof when he was running.

verb

drop

p


rule

forms:
rule (singular)
rules (plural)

glosses: A rule is a statement that tells whether something is right or wrong.

text: Peter picked up the football, which was against the rules, so the other team got a throw-in.

glosses: A king's rule is the time he controls the country.

text: The next king had a very short rule: only two years.

glosses: A rule is another name for a ruler, a measuring device.

ipa: /ruːl/


rule

forms:
rule (canonical)
rules (third-person singular)
ruled (past)
ruled (past participle)
ruling (present participle)

glosses: When someone rules, he or she is in charge, like a king or queen.

text: The king has ruled for 33 years.

rul

e


cite

forms:
cite (canonical)
cites (third-person singular)
cited (past)
cited (past participle)
citing (present participle)

glosses: If you cite people or facts, you write or talk about them to support your point or show where you got your information.

text: Larkin (1979) cites cases of families who have moved out of regular homes into mobile homes or campers.

text: Two thirds of the people cited unemployment as the `main issue'.

glosses: If someone is cited by the police, they are ordered to appear before the court.

glosses: You might cite who you got words, ideas, or information from. This would tell other people where to look to see those people did say it.

text: He cites Deffenbacher (1985) as suggesting that many of the outcomes are negative.

enpr: sīt

ipa: /saɪt/

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

homophones: sight site

cit


predicate

forms:
predicate (singular)
predicates (plural)

glosses: A predicate is the head of a clause and says something about the subject.

ipa: /ˈprɛdɪkət/


predicate

forms:
predicate (canonical)
predicates (third-person singular)
predicated (past)
predicated (past participle)
predicating (present participle)

glosses: If you predicate something, you state or assert it.

glosses: If you predicate that something is true, you state that it is true.

text: The article predicates that the market collapse was caused by weakness of the dollar.

predicat


compound

forms:
compound (singular)
compounds (plural)

glosses: A compound is a material made of a number of other materials.

text: The new chemical compound has far less smell than the original substance.

text: There is a group of gases that do not easily form chemical compounds.

text: The new CD is a compound of North American rock music and Middle Eastern religious songs.

glosses: A compound is a group of buildings surrounded by a fence or wall.

ipa: /ˈkɒmpaʊnd/

enpr: kŏm'pound

ipa: /ˈkɑmpaʊnd/


compound

forms:
compound (canonical)
compounds (third-person singular)
compounded (past)
compounded (past participle)
compounding (present participle)

glosses: If something is compounded, it is added to.

text: Her troubles were now compounded by the rain.

glosses: If interest is compounded, it is paid on earlier interest payments.

text: Interest is compounded monthly.


incorporate

forms:
incorporate (canonical)
incorporates (third-person singular)
incorporated (past)
incorporated (past participle)
incorporating (present participle)

text: All the Wilsons ladies' clubs incorporate features designed to help women players improve and enjoy their game.

text: The systems would try to incorporate some of the ideas of Hayes and others.

glosses: If you incorporate x into y, you make x part of y.

text: Please incorporate these changes into the final book.

glosses: An incorporated company is a corporation. Often written Inc. as part of a company name.

text: We were a partnership for many years, but we incorporated last year.

text: Mona Doyle was hired as president of Consumer Network Inc.

enpr: ĭnkôr'pərāt

ipa: /ɪŋˈkɔrpɚeɪt/

ipa: /ɪŋˈkɔrpɚe(ɪ)t/

hyphenation: in‧cor‧po‧rate

incorporat


professional

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

glosses: About a job such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.

text: The group offers free professional advice on legal matters and housing.

text: The government has established a new professional body to regulate doctors.

glosses: If someone is professional, they do their job seriously and with much skill.

text: We employ friendly, professional staff who can offer the benefit of many years' experience.

glosses: If someone is professional, they are paid for their job, sport, art, etc.

text: After playing amateur tennis for years, he turned professional at the age of 25.

ipa: /prəˈfɛʃənəl/


professional

forms:
professional (singular)
professionals (plural)

glosses: A professional is a person who is paid for doing their job, sport, art, etc.

text: More and more the Olympics are allowing professionals to compete.

glosses: A professional is a person who does a job such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.

text: Professionals often spend years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in school.

glosses: A professional is a person who is serious and skilled in their work.

text: You should get him to fix your car. He's a real professional.


nobody

forms: nobody

text: Nobody would do something like that.

text: Almost nobody lives on Greenland.


nobody

forms:
nobody (singular)
nobodies (plural)

glosses: A nobody is a person who is not important.

text: Bob called Alice a nobody.

text: Don't worry. People won't listen to him. He's a nobody.

irrnoun

nobodies


read

forms:
read (canonical)
reads (third-person singular)
read (past)
read (past participle)
reading (present participle)

glosses: Someone is reading when they are looking at a book or other writing and understanding what it says.

text: Have you read this book?

enpr: rēd

ipa: /riːd/

ipa: /rid/

sampa: /rid/

audio: en-uk-to read.ogg

enpr: rĕd

ipa: /rɛd/

sampa: /rEd/

read

reads

read

read

reading


read

forms:
read (singular)
reads (plural)

text: That last book was a great read.

text: This is a great book. You should give it a read.


roll

forms:
roll (canonical)
rolls (third-person singular)
rolled (past)
rolled (past participle)
rolling (present participle)

glosses: To roll is to move by turning over many times. round things like balls can roll.

text: The snowball rolled down the hill faster and faster.

glosses: To roll something is to make it round by bending it around many times.

text: She rolled the newspaper into a long, thin rod.

ipa: /rəʊl/

enpr: rōl

ipa: /roʊl/

sampa: /roUl/


roll

forms:
roll (singular)
rolls (plural)

glosses: A roll is something round that was made by rolling.

text: The cloth in the store is in big rolls.

glosses: A roll is a bun: a small, round piece of bread.

text: I like jelly rolls!


comparison

forms:
comparison (singular)
comparisons (plural)

glosses: When someone makes a comparison between two things, the person thinks about how the two things are the same and how they are different, which one is bigger etc.

text: I need to make some comparisons between different houses before I make a decision about which house to buy.

text: A careful comparison will show that this cup has a little more water than the other cup.

ipa: /kəmˈpɛrɪsən/

ipa: /kəmˈpærɪsən/


friend

forms:
friend (singular)
friends (plural)

glosses: Two people are friends of each other if they like being together and they like helping each other, but are not related.

text: I only have three close friends.

text: She's been a friend of mine for many years.

text: Some friends are coming to our house for dinner tonight.

text: I stayed awake until the middle of the night talking with some friends.

text: Our house burned down, but some friends helped us build a new one.

ipa: /frɛnd/

sampa: /frEnd/


cycle

forms:
cycle (singular)
cycles (plural)

glosses: A cycle is a number of regular things that happen again and again.

text: Right now we are in an upward-moving part of the business cycle.

text: Although women's monthly cycles vary in length from person to person, the average length is about 28 days.

text: Most car engines have a 4-part cycle.

glosses: A cycle is a short way of saying bicycle or motorcycle.

ipa: /ˈsaɪkəl/


cycle

forms:
cycle (canonical)
cycles (third-person singular)
cycled (past)
cycled (past participle)
cycling (present participle)

glosses: If you cycle somewhere, you go there by bicycle or motorcycle.

text: The rain was falling harder than ever as I cycled home down the Banbury Road.

text: It took me less than 7 minutes to cycle the whole trail.

glosses: If you cycle a machine, you run it through one cycle.

text: The test will cycle the computer through ten start ups.

verb

cycl


inhibition

forms:
inhibition (singular)
inhibitions (plural)

glosses: An inhibition is a feeling that makes you want to avoid (stay away from) something.

text: He threw off his inhibitions and went dancing.

text: Alcohol can take away inhibition.

text: When the cat was absent, the mouse showed no such inhibition.

text: She stays home all day—she has a lot of inhibitions.

text: I feel an inhibition about going onto an airplane.

glosses: Inhibition is the act of stopping or reducing a process, especially a natural or chemical process.

text: When there is no sugar, there is inhibition of cell growth.


relation

forms:
relation (singular)
relations (plural)

glosses: A relation is the way two things are towards each other or in comparison with each other.

text: This building looks too big in relation to the size of the houses on the street.

text: The children sitting in the boat were moving in relation to their parents who were sitting on the shore because the boat was going away from shore.

text: There is a relation between eating good food and being healthy.

text: I have an uncle, two aunts and three cousins but no other relations.

glosses: A relation is a statement of equality between two products of generators that are used when showing a group.

enpr: rĭ-lā'shən

ipa: /rɪˈleɪʃən/


attribute

forms:
attribute (canonical)
attributes (third-person singular)
attributed (past)
attributed (past participle)
attributing (present participle)

glosses: If you attribute x to y, you say that x is the creation or result of y.

text: He attributes his success to the love of his parents.

text: The famous phrase is usually attributed to Winston Churchill, though some believe he never actually said it.

ipa: /ˈætrɪbjuːt/

enpr: ă'trĭ-byo͞ot

ipa: /ˈætrɪbjut/

sampa: /"{trIbjut/

attribut


attribute

forms:
attribute (singular)
attributes (plural)

glosses: An attribute is a part, feature, or characteristic.

text: A good sense of humour is an essential attribute for a doctor to have.

ipa: /æˈtrɪbjuːt/

enpr: ă-trĭb'yo͞ot

ipa: /æˈtrɪbjut/

sampa: /{"trIbjut/


pleasure

forms:
pleasure (singular)
pleasures (plural)

glosses: Pleasure is a nice feeling we have when we do something that's fun or that feels good.

text: Being at this party and seeing my friends again is a real pleasure.

ipa: /ˈplɛʒə/

enpr: plĕzhʹər

ipa: /ˈplɛʒɚ/

hyphenation: pleas‧ure


pleasure

forms:
pleasure (canonical)
pleasures (third-person singular)
pleasured (past)
pleasured (past participle)
pleasuring (present participle)

glosses: If you pleasure someone, you do something for someone to make them feel good.

pleasur


bassist

forms:
bassist (singular)
bassists (plural)

etymology_text: bass + -ist

ety-suffix

bass

ist

expansion: bass + -ist

glosses: A bassist is someone who plays a bass instrument or sings bass.

text: The bassist sat his guitar down.


pump

forms:
pump (canonical)
pumps (third-person singular)
pumped (past)
pumped (past participle)
pumping (present participle)

glosses: To make water or any other liquid move using a machine.

text: We pumped water from the river onto the field to help the plants grow.

text: The heart pumps blood through the body.

enpr: pŭmp

ipa: /pʌmp/

sampa: /pVmp/


pump

forms:
pump (singular)
pumps (plural)

glosses: A pump is a machine for making water move.

text: There was water on the floor of the house, so we had to buy a pump.

glosses: A pump is a machine that gives a liquid, often fuel.

text: Before a car journey, go to the gas station and fill up your tank at the pump.


objective

forms:
objective (singular)
objectives (plural)

glosses: An objective is something that you are trying to do.

text: The main objective of our visit was to climb Mount Kenya.

text: I share the objective of everyone in Britain who want our soldiers home.

text: Sometimes a team is more successful than an individual in achieving challenging objectives.

text: We plan to extend the network with the objective of connecting up 3 million more homes by 1990.

glosses: An objective is a place you want to get to.

hyphenation: ob‧jec‧tive


objective

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

glosses: If something is objective, it is based on facts and things we can see and touch without using people's feelings.

text: It is hard to find objective measures of artistic ability.

text: Newspapers try hard to publish objective stories.

glosses: If someone is objective, they are thinking about things logically based on facts.

text: Watching the play on TV can help an actor to be more objective about his performance.


humor

forms:
humor (singular)
humors (plural)

glosses: Humor is ideas that make people laugh: jokes, funny things.

text: I like the stories she tells because they're full of humor.


humor

forms:
humor (canonical)
humors (third-person singular)
humored (past)
humored (past participle)
humoring (present participle)

glosses:
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minute

forms:
minute (singular)
minutes (plural)

glosses: A minute is a short time equal to sixty seconds. There are sixty minutes in one hour.

text: He ran the race in 1 minute and ten seconds.

text: Please wait a minute while I get my coat and then I will come with you.

enpr: mĭn'ĭt

ipa: /ˈmɪnɪt/

sampa: /"mInIt/

audio: en-uk-a minute.ogg


minute

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

text: The pictures appear similar, with only a few, minute differences.

enpr: mīnyo͞ot'

ipa: /maɪˈnjuːt/

ipa: /mɪ'nɪt/


memory

forms:
memory (singular)
memories (plural)

glosses: When someone remembers something, we call the thing they remember a memory.

text: I have very nice memories of the time when my children were young.

glosses: The part of the mind that remembers; the act of remembering.

text: When we get older, our memory isn't as good.

glosses: The part of a computer that holds information.

ipa: /ˈmɛm(ə)ri/

hyphenation: mem‧o‧ry; mem‧ory

noun

memory

memories


regret

forms:
regret (canonical)
regrets (third-person singular)
regretted (past)
regretted (past participle)
regretting (present participle)

glosses: If you regret something that you have done, you feel sorry about it.

text: I really regret forgetting to buy him a birthday present.

text: He said he regretted the delay in delivery.

ipa: /rɪˈɡrɛt/

verb

regret


regret

forms:
regret (singular)
regrets (plural)

glosses: Regret is the feeling of wishing something hadn't happened, especially something you did.

text: She left her job without any regrets.

text: The regret she felt about not helping would not go away.


flash

forms:
flash (singular)
flashes (plural)

text: He used the flash on his camera.

text: The tall man disappeared in a flash.

ipa: /flæʃ/

noun

flash

flashes


flash

forms:
flash (canonical)
flashes (third-person singular)
flashed (past)
flashed (past participle)
flashing (present participle)

glosses: If something flashes, it shines brightly and suddenly.

text: The fountain flashed in the sunshine.

text: It rained hard. lightning flashed and we heard thunder.

text: The light from the car flashed through the window into the house for a second when the car drove past.

verb

es


flash

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

glosses:
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delicate

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

glosses: A delicate thing is something that can break easily. It is usually beautiful but people need to be careful if they touch it.

text: Flower petals are delicate.

text: I don't want a child to hold my delicate glasses.

text: The things in this box are delicate. Please don't drop them.

ipa: /ˈdɛlɪkət/


establishment

forms:
establishment (singular)
establishments (plural)

etymology_text: establish + -ment

ety-suffix

establish

expansion: establish + -ment

glosses: The establishment of a country, an organization or a building is its creation, or coming to be.

text: The establishment of the United States of America took place in 1776.

text: The senator was proud of his establishment of animal rights in 1967.

glosses: Establishment is the state of being established.

text: 1987 was the fifth year of the company's establishment.

glosses: Something that is established. This can be a government, an organization, business or force.

text: Pedro's is a fine establishment that serves Spanish food.

glosses: The establishment is the ruling class in a society. A person using this word often thinks that the establishment does not want to change the way things are.

text: Janet does not like the establishment, she wants to change things.

ipa: /ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/

hyphenation: estab‧lish‧ment


plant

forms:
plant (singular)
plants (plural)

glosses: A plant is something that lives and grows in one place. Plants usually have green leaves and roots. Flowers and trees are plants. Plants and animals are the main kinds of life.

ipa: /plɑːnt/

ipa: /plænt/


plant

forms:
plant (canonical)
plants (third-person singular)
planted (past)
planted (past participle)
planting (present participle)

glosses: To put a seed or plant in soil for it to grow.

text: I planted some flowers last week and I hope they will grow and blossom.


protest

forms:
protest (canonical)
protests (third-person singular)
protested (past)
protested (past participle)
protesting (present participle)

glosses: Someone protests something when they say loudly or strongly that the thing is bad.

text: The people walked in the street holding signs to protest the war.

text: That's mine. I protest your taking it away.

ipa: /prəˈtɛst/

hyphenation: pro‧test; pro‧test


protest

forms:
protest (singular)
protests (plural)

text: There will be a protest in the street tomorrow.

enpr: prōʹtĕst


sixty

forms: sixty

glosses: ordinal sixtieth) Sixty is the number that is after 59 and before 61.

text: There are sixty seconds in a minute and sixty minutes in an hour.

ipa: /ˈsɪkstɪ/

enpr: sĭksʹtē

ipa: /ˈsɪksti/

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

hyphenation: six‧ty


sixty

forms:
sixty (singular)
sixties (plural)

text: Sixty is ten less than seventy and ten more than fifty.

text: My father is sixty.

noun

sixty

sixties


ornament

forms:
ornament (singular)
ornaments (plural)

glosses: An ornament is something that is put onto something or someone just to look beautiful and for no other reason.

text: One ring on her finger was the only ornament she wore.

text: We put ornaments on the Christmas tree.

ipa: /ˈɔː(r)nəmənt/

enpr: ôrʹnə-mənt

ipa: /ˈɔrnəmənt/


ornament

forms:
ornament (canonical)
ornaments (third-person singular)
ornamented (past)
ornamented (past participle)
ornamenting (present participle)

glosses: If you ornament something, you decorate or add to it.

text: Let's ornament the tree with lights to make it more festive.


tape

forms:
tape (singular)
tapes (plural)

glosses: Tape is a long thin material, often with glue on one side or used for recording.

text: We can fix the tear with some tape.

text: The reporters surrounded the president with their cameras, tape recorders and notebooks.

text: The band put three songs on tape.

text: The tape is peeling off my hockey stick.

ipa: /teɪ̯p/


tape

forms:
tape (canonical)
tapes (third-person singular)
taped (past)
taped (past participle)
taping (present participle)

glosses: If you tape music, a speaker, a TV program, etc., you record it on tape or film.

text: It is not known who taped the conversation or how.

text: I didn't want to stay up to watch the show, so I taped it so I could watch it tomorrow.

glosses: If you tape something, you put tape on it.

text: Can you tape this closed for me?

text: Her coach taped her knee before the game.

verb

tap


scale

forms:
scale (singular)
scales (plural)

glosses: The scale of something is its size or level.

text: It's hard to understand the scale of the change.

glosses: A scale is a small machine for measuring (finding out) how much something weighs (how heavy the thing is.)

text: She stood on the scale and found out she weighed 150 pounds.

ipa: /skeɪl/

ipa: /skæɪl/

hyphenation: sc‧ale


scale

forms:
scale (canonical)
scales (third-person singular)
scaled (past)
scaled (past participle)
scaling (present participle)

glosses: If you scale something, then you climb up it.

scal


meeting

forms:
meeting (singular)
meetings (plural)

glosses: A meeting is when a group of people come together to talk about something important.

text: The meeting will be in the green room after lunch. I hope you'll be there.

ipa: /ˈmiːtɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈmitɪŋ/


meeting

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

meet

meets

met

met

meeting


instrument

forms:
instrument (singular)
instruments (plural)

glosses: An instrument is any thing people hold in their hand and use to do something.

text: A hammer is a heavy instrument.

glosses: An instrument is something used to play music.

text: I enjoy playing music, my favorite instrument is the guitar.

ipa: /ˈɪnstrʌmənt/

hyphenation: in‧stru‧ment


explicit

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

glosses: If something is explicit, it is clearly said or shown, not hidden or just suggested.

text: It is very important that the company write an explicit statement of workers' responsibilities.

text: Sometimes it helps to be more explicit when speaking to children.

text: The problem is made explicit in the letter sent last July.

enpr: ĭk-splĭsʹĭt


paste

forms:
paste (singular)
pastes (plural)

glosses: Paste is a thick liquid for sticking (attaching) things together. Paste is like glue, but glue is more liquid and paste is more solid.

text: He mixed flour and water to make a paste for sticking the paper together.

text: Tomato paste is good in sauce to put on rice or spaghetti.

ipa: /peɪst/


paste

forms:
paste (canonical)
pastes (third-person singular)
pasted (past)
pasted (past participle)
pasting (present participle)

glosses: If you paste something in a computer program, you cut or copy it from one place and put a copy of it somewhere else.

text: She pasted the pictures onto the wall.

past


position

forms:
position (singular)
positions (plural)

glosses: The position of something is the place where the thing is.

text: The position of the table is two metres from the wall.

text: You're in my way. Please move to a different position.


position

forms:
position (canonical)
positions (third-person singular)
positioned (past)
positioned (past participle)
positioning (present participle)

glosses: If you position something somewhere, you put or move it there.

text: The players positioned themselves on the field.

glosses: If you position something in a situation, you make changes so that it can work in that situation.

text: The company is now well positioned to take advantage of popularity of online music.


monkey

forms:
monkey (singular)
monkeys (plural)

glosses: A monkey is a primate with a long tail that climbs trees.

text: We saw Vervet monkeys in the Zoo.

enpr: mŭngki

ipa: /ˈmʌŋki/

sampa: /"mVNki/

hyphenation: mon‧key


monkey

forms:
monkey (canonical)
monkeys (third-person singular)
monkeyed (past)
monkeyed (past participle)
monkeying (present participle)

glosses: If you monkey something, you make changes to it.

text: I foolishly monkeyed with the control panel and it ended up exploding.


polish

forms:
polish (canonical)
polishes (third-person singular)
polished (past)
polished (past participle)
polishing (present participle)

glosses: Someone polishes something when they rub it with a cloth to make it smooth and shiny. Sometimes wax or a special liquid is used.

text: A wooden floor should be polished with floor wax.

text: Silver needs to be polished to make it shiny.

enpr: pŏ'lĭsh

ipa: /ˈpɒlɪʃ/

sampa: /"pQlIS/

enpr: pä'lĭsh

ipa: /ˈpɑlɪʃ/

sampa: /"pAlIS/

polish


polish

forms:
polish (singular)
polishes (plural)

glosses: Polish is a special liquid used for polishing things.

text: I need to buy some polish for polishing my wooden table.

noun

polishes


destruction

forms:
destruction (singular)
destructions (plural)

etymology_text: destruct + -ion

ety-suffix

destruct

ion

expansion: destruct + -ion

glosses: The destruction of a thing is the act of breaking the thing; the end of existence of the thing. Before the destruction, the thing is there. After the destruction, there is no thing any more.

text: The destruction of the house was necessary because the walls were not strong and people were not safe from falling bricks.

text: The earthquake caused a lot of destruction.

ipa: /ˌdɪsˈtrʌkʃən/

hyphenation: de‧struc‧tion


pin

forms:
pin (singular)
pins (plural)

glosses: A pin is a small, sharp thing used for holding things together.

enpr: pĭn

ipa: /pɪn/

sampa: /pIn/


pin

forms:
pin (canonical)
pins (third-person singular)
pinned (past)
pinned (past participle)
pinning (present participle)

glosses: When you pin something, you are fastening it with a pin.

text: We should pin this poster to that wall.

text: She pinned the dress pattern to the fabric.

text: Joey pinned the tail on the donkey and won the prize.

glosses: If you pin someone, you force someone firmly onto the ground to prevent them from moving.

text: A term in wrestling meaning to force an opponent's shoulders to the mat and holding them there for three seconds.

verb

pin

n


challenge

forms:
challenge (singular)
challenges (plural)

glosses: A challenge is something difficult that you want or have to do.

text: Many churches overseas are struggling to meet the AIDS challenge.

text: After 25 years in the same job, this move will allow me to take on new challenges.

glosses: A challenge is an offer to compete or fight.

text: The president issued a challenge to his critics to appear in a public debate.


challenge

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

glosses: If you challenge somebody, you give them something very difficult to do.

text: The job challenges his computer skills.

glosses: If you challenge somebody, you offer to compete or fight.

text: He challenged me to a game of chess.

challeng


hook

forms:
hook (singular)
hooks (plural)

glosses: A hook is a curved, sharp thing, usually made of metal and often small. Someone can put the hook through a hole in something to grip it so that they can pull the thing.

enpr: ho͝ok

ipa: /hʊk/


hook

forms:
hook (canonical)
hooks (third-person singular)
hooked (past)
hooked (past participle)
hooking (present participle)

glosses: If you are hooking something, you are attaching it to a hook.

text: Hook the bag here, and the conveyor will carry it away.


project

forms:
project (singular)
projects (plural)

glosses: A project is a complex job or assignment, often involving research or construction.

text: Shell is also working on projects to help find training and work experience for some of Brazil's 13 million street children.

text: The paper summarizes fifty research projects on the relationship between unemployment and crime.

text: She's a project manager with British construction company John Mowlem.

text: At college, I did this project on images of Black women in the media because it bothered me.

ipa: /ˈprɑdʒεk̚t/

ipa: /ˈprəʊʤεkt/

ipa: /ˈprɑʤεkt/


project

forms:
project (canonical)
projects (third-person singular)
projected (past)
projected (past participle)
projecting (present participle)

glosses: If you project, you plan for or estimate something in the future.

text: We have projected the loss of income forward for five years.

text: Projecting into the future, wondering what may or may not happen and being afraid of it, is a common danger.

glosses: If something projects out or beyond something else, it stands out.

text: During flight, the legs of this bird project beyond the tail.

glosses: If you project an image somewhere, you use light to make it appear there.

text: During the presentation, she projected various graphs on the screen behind her.

glosses: If you project an image, you try to give people a particular feeling about something.

text: The program will project a modern image of workers.

ipa: /prəˈʤεk̚t/

ipa: /prəˈʤεkt/


elastic

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

glosses: Something is elastic if it can stretch or bend and go back to the way it was.

text: She held the papers together by putting an elastic (rubber) band around them.

text: A metal spring is elastic: it gives back the energy that was put into it when it was pushed.


attached

forms:
attach (canonical)
attaches (third-person singular)
attached (past)
attached (past participle)
attaching (present participle)

glosses: The past tense and past participle of attach.

ipa: /əˈtæt͡ʃt/

hyphenation: at‧tached

attach


attached

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

glosses: If you are attached to something or someone, you like it and do not want to lose it; you have an emotional connection to it.

text: Many young adults are still as attached to their parents as they were when they were small.

text: Marjorie was surprised at how attached Bill became to Lizzie, as if Lizzie were his daughter.

text: Farmers tend to be very attached to their land.


parenthesis

forms:
parenthesis (singular)
parentheses (plural)

glosses: A parenthesis is a symbol that looks like ( or ). A person may see parentheses when reading books. Most of the time, they are not used to tell the main story, but gives the reader extra information so they can understand.

text: Billy and Bob wrote their papers (Billy wrote about karate, and Bob wrote about dogs).

ipa: /pəˈrɛnθəsɪs/

noun

parenthesis

parentheses


kidney

forms:
kidney (singular)
kidneys (plural)

glosses: Kidney is an organ that is part of the human body. It cleans the blood and makes urine (pee) which is the dirty water that needs to leave the body.

text: Our kidneys are very important organs in our body.

text: When you drink more water, your kidneys can clean the blood better and make more urine.

glosses: The organ that does the same thing in the body of other animals.

ipa: /ˈkɪdni/

sampa: /"kIdni/


round

forms: round

glosses: If x is round y, y is in the middle and x is on all sides.

text: Everyone stood round the fire to keep warm.

glosses: If you turn or look round, you are now facing the opposite direction.

text: She turned round to see what had made the noise.

text: You round 28 up to 30.

ipa: /ˈraʊnd/

sampa: /"raUnd/


round

forms:
round (positive)
rounder (comparative)
roundest (superlative)

glosses: Something is round if it's like a circle or like part of a circle. It is curved, not straight.

adjective

round

rounder

roundest


round

forms:
round (canonical)
rounds (third-person singular)
rounded (past)
rounded (past participle)
rounding (present participle)

glosses: If you round something, you make it round, like a circle or a sphere.


understand

forms:
understand (canonical)
understands (third-person singular)
understood (past)
understood (past participle)
understanding (present participle)

glosses: To hear and then fully know what was said, know enough to do it. To know the meaning of something.

text: He understood what I said to him.

text: She didn't understand. She thought I meant the meeting was today.

enpr: ŭn(′)dər-stănd'

ipa: /(ˌ)ʌndəˈstænd/

enpr: ŭn′dər-stănd'

ipa: /ˌʌndɚˈstænd/

audio: en-uk-to understand.ogg

hyphenation: un‧der‧stand

understand

understands

understood

understood

understanding


observation

forms:
observation (singular)
observations (plural)

etymology_text: observe + -ation

ety-suffix

observe

ation

expansion: observe + -ation

glosses: Observation is the act of carefully seeing things that happen.

text: To learn, you must be good at observation.

glosses: An observation is something someone saw, heard etc.

text: In science, we record our observations so we can think about them later.

enpr: ŏb'zər-vāʹshən

ipa: /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃən/

ipa: /ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃ(ə)n/


how

forms:
how (positive)
Superlative–

glosses: The word how is used to ask about the way something happens or the way people do things.

text: How will we ever solve this problem?

glosses: The word how is used to tell about the way something happens or the way people do things.

text: I know how we can solve this problem.

text: This is how to make this machine work.

glosses: The word how is used to show that you feel strongly about something.

text: How old he looks!

ipa: /haʊ/

sampa: /haU/


how

forms: how (positive)

glosses: You use how to ask if something was good or bad, or what qualities it has.

text: How was the movie?

text: How are you feeling?


how

forms: how

pos: conj

glosses: You use how to tell that something happens, is done, or is true.

text: She told him how it wasn't fun anymore.


pursue

forms:
pursue (canonical)
pursues (third-person singular)
pursued (past)
pursued (past participle)
pursuing (present participle)

glosses: If you pursue a job or hobby, you do it for a long time.

text: The band motivated her to pursue a career in music.

glosses: If you pursue someone or something, you try to reach, catch or get it.

ipa: /pəˈsjuː/

ipa: /pɚˈsu/

ipa: /pəˈʃu/

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

verb

pursu


net

forms:
net (singular)
nets (plural)

glosses: A net is a thing made of ropes or string that lets small things through but keeps big things in.

text: I forgot my fishing net. What will we use to catch fish now?

text: The tennis player hit the ball into the net.

enpr: nĕt

ipa: /nɛt/


net

forms:
net (canonical)
nets (third-person singular)
netted (past)
netted (past participle)
netting (present participle)

glosses: To net something is to catch it in a net.

text: He netted a big fish.

net

t


net

forms: net (positive)

glosses: A company's net income is its profits minus its expenses.


monitor

forms:
monitor (singular)
monitors (plural)

glosses: A monitor is part of a computer or other similar machine, and it looks like a TV.

text: The engineers stood around the monitor making suggesting about how the drawing could be improved.

glosses: A monitor is a person or group whose job is to watch for problems, changes, etc.

text: During the test, a monitor caught me copying off the guy sitting next to me.

glosses: A monitor is a speaker that helps musicians hear what they are playing or helps people listen to an area that they are interested in.

text: We put the baby to sleep, closed the door, and turned on the monitor in the kitchen.

ipa: /ˈmɒnɨtə/

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


monitor

forms:
monitor (canonical)
monitors (third-person singular)
monitored (past)
monitored (past participle)
monitoring (present participle)

glosses: If you monitor something, you watch or listen to it for problems, changes, etc.

text: The army was sent in to monitor the police.

text: Parents should monitor their children's computer use.


precede

forms:
precede (canonical)
precedes (third-person singular)
preceded (past)
preceded (past participle)
preceding (present participle)

text: A precedes B in the alphabet.

text: More change has happened in the last 20 years than in the preceding 100.

text: Each of the above exercises should be immediately preceded by taking a deep breath.

ipa: /prəˈsɪid/

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

preced


screw

forms:
screw (singular)
screws (plural)

glosses: A screw is a small metal thing for holding pieces of wood together. You turn it to move it in or out of the wood.

text: I need some screws to hold the shelf to the wall.

ipa: /skruː/


screw

forms:
screw (canonical)
screws (third-person singular)
screwed (past)
screwed (past participle)
screwing (present participle)

glosses: If you screw in a screw, you put it into a piece of wood by turning it.

text: I screwed the hinge into the door.

glosses: If you say, "screw this", you decide not to do it because you are frustrated.

text: Screw this, I will just sit here and do nothing all day.

glosses: If you screw someone, you have sex with them.


stress

forms:
stress (singular)
stresses (plural)

glosses: Stress is emotional pressure that makes you worry because things are not going well.

text: Death is a time of great stress for family and friends.

text: Plants under stress from lack of water or disease are the most likely to attract problem insects.

glosses: Stress is physical pressure that gradually can cause things to break

text: Sitting puts an unnatural stress on the back and shortens the neck.

glosses: Stress is extra attention or importance that you put on something.

text: Psychology has put a lot of stress on the childhood roots of adult problems.

glosses: Stress is extra loudness that you use in a word or in music.

text: Put more stress on the first syllable of the word.

ipa: /strɛs/

noun

stress

stresses


stress

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

glosses: If you stress something, you say that it is very important.

text: I have repeatedly stressed the importance of hard work, but luck is also helpful.

glosses: If you stress a word, part of a word, or a note in music, you make it louder than other words or notes.


justice

forms:
justice (singular)
justices (plural)

glosses: Justice is the morally fair and right state of everything. To have justice as a person's character trait means that they are just and treat everyone the same, or how they would like to be treated.

text: Making fun of someone or not letting them do something others can do because of the way someone looks, where they come from, their religion, or other things that are not wrong and a part of a person naturally or by birth is not just.


married

forms: married (positive)

glosses: A man and a woman are married if they are husband and wife to each other. Usually when two people are married they live in the same house and they often have children. Two people have a special day to become married.

text: I don't need to meet more young men—I'm already married.

glosses: If two things are married they have been made into one thing.

text: Music and television are married in music videos.

ipa: /mæriːd/


married

forms:
marry (canonical)
marries (third-person singular)
married (past)
married (past participle)
marrying (present participle)

verb

marr

y


light

forms:
light (singular)
lights (plural)

glosses: The energy that our eyes sense is light.

text: And dance by the light of the moon.—Buffalo Gals, American folksong

glosses: If someone talks about a light, he or she means something bright that can be seen.

text: The lights of the city shine all over the valley.

text: When you leave the room, turn off the light.

enpr: līt

ipa: /laɪt/

sampa: /laIt/


light

forms:
light (positive)
lighter (comparative)
lightest (superlative)

glosses: Something that is light in color is close to white.

text: The morning sky was very light.

glosses: Something that is light in weight does not weigh much.

text: I lifted her easily because she was so light.

glosses: Light may also mean that something is not serious.

text: The light bruise on my leg didn't hurt much.

text: I enjoy light comedy, where lots of funny things happen.

adj

light

lighter

lightest


light

forms:
lighted (past)
lighted (past participle)
light (canonical)
lights (third-person singular)
lit (past)
lit (past participle)
lighting (present participle)

glosses: If someone lights a fire, the fire starts to burn.

text: Let's light the wood in the fireplace.

text: The match lit and I could see around me.

glosses: Something that lights a place makes it less dark.

text: The moon lighted the forest path.

lights

lit

lit

lighting


experience

forms:
experience (singular)
experiences (plural)

glosses: An experience is an event that happens to you or that you are a part of.

text: The spelling bee was a horrible experience.

glosses: Experience is the amount of time you have been doing something (especially, a job).

text: He has ten years of experience in law.

ipa: /ɪksˈpɪriəns/

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

hyphenation: ex‧pe‧ri‧ence


experience

forms:
experience (canonical)
experiences (third-person singular)
experienced (past)
experienced (past participle)
experiencing (present participle)

glosses: If I experience something, it happens to me or I am involved in it.

text: We are experiencing technical difficulties.

text: We will never experience poverty because we are so rich.

verb

experienc

e


lift

forms:
lift (canonical)
lifts (third-person singular)
lifted (past)
lifted (past participle)
lifting (present participle)

glosses: Someone lifts something when they use their hands to make the thing go up.

text: He lifted the little boy onto his shoulders.

text: She lifted the heavy box from the floor onto the table.

text: He is lifting some suitcases.

enpr: lĭft

ipa: /lɪft/


lift

forms:
lift (singular)
lifts (plural)

glosses: If you give someone a lift, you drive them somewhere, usually in your car.

glosses: A lift is a machine that lifts people up or down to different parts of a building.


case

forms:
case (singular)
cases (plural)

glosses: A case is a container to hold something.

text: He opened the case and pulled out his violin.

glosses: A case is a matter for police or in court.

text: The judge did not accept his case.

glosses: A case is the form of a noun showing how it is used in a sentence.

text: The word "he" is in the subject or nominative case.

text: That man is sure a hard case.

ipa: /keɪs/

sampa: /keIs/


case

forms:
case (canonical)
cases (third-person singular)
cased (past)
cased (past participle)
casing (present participle)

glosses: If a police officer cases a house, he or she watches it until something happens.

text: We were casing a house all night in Brooklyn.

cas


enhance

forms:
enhance (canonical)
enhances (third-person singular)
enhanced (past)
enhanced (past participle)
enhancing (present participle)

glosses: If you enhance something, you make it bigger or better.

text: He can greatly enhance his reputation by winning tonight.

text: Our aim is to enhance the quality of life for the British people.

ipa: /ɪnˈhɑːns/

ipa: /ɪnˈhæns/

sampa: /In"h{ns/

enhanc


acknowledge

forms:
acknowledge (canonical)
acknowledges (third-person singular)
acknowledged (past)
acknowledged (past participle)
acknowledging (present participle)

glosses: If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.

text: The government yesterday acknowledged the need for more money.

text: I should be grateful if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter.

text: Britain's science is widely acknowledged to be in very bad shape.

text: He left the game in 1984, acknowledged as the best player in the world.

glosses: If you acknowledge something, you say publicly that it is good.

text: She isn't very good at acknowledging the work of her staff.

hyphenation: ac‧knowl‧edge

acknowledg


gun

forms:
gun (singular)
guns (plural)

glosses: A gun is a weapon that sends bullets through its metal tube.

text: John F. Kennedy was shot by a gun.

enpr: gŭn

ipa: /ɡʌn/

sampa: /gVn/


gun

forms:
gun (canonical)
guns (third-person singular)
gunned (past)
gunned (past participle)
gunning (present participle)

glosses: To make an engine work fast by opening its throttle.

text: I gunned the engine and passed his car.

glosses: If someone is gunned down, they are shot by something, usually a gun.

text: He was gunned down by a hitman.

gun


shoe

forms:
shoe (singular)
shoes (plural)

glosses: Two shoes are two things that someone wears on their feet. Shoes have a hard, flat bottom.

ipa: /ʃuː/

homophones: shoo shew


shoe

forms:
shod (past participle)
shod (past)
shodden (past participle)
shoe (canonical)
shoes (third-person singular)
shoed (past)
shoed (past participle)
shoeing (present participle)

glosses: If you shoe, you put shoes on your feet. We usually use this verb as a past participle: We say say someone is shod if they have shoes on their feet.

text: He was dressed and shod, ready to go out.

glosses: If you shoe a horse, you put horseshoes on the horse.

glosses: To put protection on something so that it does not get worn down.

text: Let's shoe that cane before you get a splinter in your hand!

shoe

shoes

shod

shod

shoeing

shodden

shoed

shoeing


fowl

forms:
fowl (singular)
fowls (plural)

glosses: A fowl is a bird: an animal with feathers that can fly, especially a kind that people eat.

text: This farmer keeps sheep and two kinds of fowl: chickens and ducks.

enpr: foul

ipa: /faʊl/

sampa: /faUl/


learning

forms:
learn (canonical)
learns (third-person singular)
learned (past)
learned (past participle)
learning (present participle)

glosses: Someone is learning ideas if they didn't know the ideas before and they are starting to know them.

text: I'm learning to speak French by reading lots of French books.

ipa: /ˈlɝnɪŋ/

ipa: /ˈlɜːnɪŋ/

learn


learning

forms: learning (singular)

glosses: Learning is the action of someone learning something.

text: Lots of learning happens at school. That's what school is for.

noun

learning


fifteen

forms: fifteen

glosses: ordinal fifteenth) Fifteen is the number that is after fourteen and before sixteen. It can also be written as 15.

text: Fifteen ducks swim on the lake.

ipa: /fɪfˈtiːn/


fifteen

forms:
fifteen (singular)
fifteens (plural)

text: five and ten makes fifteen.

text: The fifteen were leaving the city.

text: Paul is fifteen, but he looks older


nonetheless

forms:
nonetheless (positive)
Superlative–

glosses: When x is true, and nonetheless y is true, then x being true didn't stop y from being true.

text: It's raining, but we're going to eat outside nonetheless.

text: The British were very interested in starting talks. Nonetheless, it was the Americans who actually got things organised.

ipa: /ˌnʌnðəˈlɛs/


muscle

forms:
muscle (singular)
muscles (plural)

glosses: A muscle is a part of the body of a person or animal. It's a part that pulls to make parts of the body move.

text: He can lift heavy things because he has strong muscles.

enpr: mŭʹsəl


muscle

forms:
muscle (canonical)
muscles (third-person singular)
muscled (past)
muscled (past participle)
muscling (present participle)

glosses: To muscle is to use strength or muscles to do something.

text: He muscled his way into the room between the people who were trying to stop him.

verb

muscl


humour

forms:
humour (singular)
humours (plural)

glosses: Humour is ideas that make people laugh: jokes, funny things.

text: I like the stories she tells because they're full of humour.


humour

forms:
humour (canonical)
humours (third-person singular)
humoured (past)
humoured (past participle)
humouring (present participle)

glosses: To humour someone is to agree with them only to make the them happy.


grip

forms:
grip (canonical)
grips (third-person singular)
gripped (past)
gripped (past participle)
gripping (present participle)

glosses: Someone grips a thing by holding it tightly in their hand.

text: He gripped the rope and pulled.

enpr: grĭp

ipa: /ɡrɪp/

sampa: /grIp/

grip

p


grip

forms:
grip (singular)
grips (plural)

text: It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.

text: The ball will move differently depending on the grip used when throwing it.

text: There are several good grips on the northern face of this rock.


moon

forms:
moon (singular)
moons (plural)

glosses: The moon is the shining white and grey object in the sky at night. It appears to change shape from round (a full moon) to a crescent and back again. It's like a small planet that goes around the Earth.

text: I was able to see the road because there was a full moon that night.

glosses: A moon is a thing like a small planet that goes around another planet.

text: Galileo saw four moons of Jupiter: Callisto, Europa, Ganymede and Io.

ipa: /muːn/

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


moon

forms:
moon (canonical)
moons (third-person singular)
mooned (past)
mooned (past participle)
mooning (present participle)

glosses: If you moon someone, you show them your bare buttocks.

text: Someone in the car pulled down their pants and mooned us as they drove past.


foolish

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

etymology_text: fool + -ish

ety-suffix

fool

ish

expansion: fool + -ish

glosses: Unwise. A person who is foolish does not have good sense or judgement. They do things without thinking carefully; they do things that are bad ideas.

text: The person who saw and copied my homework today is being foolish.

glosses: Foolish means someone who is usually foolish. They have the characteristic (quality) of being foolish.

text: Being foolish once in a while does not make a person a foolish one.

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


nephew

forms:
nephew (singular)
nephews (plural)

glosses: A nephew is the male child of someone's sister or brother, and is a part of their extended family.

text: My sister just had a baby boy. He is my nephew.

sampa: /nEvju/

sampa: /nEfju/


reading

forms:
read (canonical)
reads (third-person singular)
read (past)
read (past participle)
reading (present participle)

enpr: rēd'ĭng

ipa: /ˈriːdɪŋ/

verb

read

reads

reading


reading

forms:
reading (singular)
readings (plural)

glosses: A reading is a spoken performance of something written.

text: The author was giving a reading of his new book.


name

forms:
name (singular)
names (plural)

glosses: A name is what a person, place, or thing is called or how it is identified.

text: My name is Jack.

ipa: /ˈneɪm/

sampa: /"neIm/


name

forms:
name (canonical)
names (third-person singular)
named (past)
named (past participle)
naming (present participle)

glosses: To name is to give a name to someone, someplace, or something.

text: She named her cat Fluffy.

nam


help

forms:
help (canonical)
helps (third-person singular)
helped (past)
helped (past participle)
helping (present participle)

glosses: If you help another person do something, you do things to make it easier for them to do the thing, or you do part of it for them.

text: Will you please help me wash the dishes?

glosses: If you can't help doing something or can't help but do it, you cannot avoid it. You do it even without wanting or planning to.

text: When I look at the class, I can not help feeling that something has gone wrong.

text: They agreed that it was good, but I can't help wondering, "good for who?"

enpr: hĕlp

ipa: /hɛlp/

sampa: /hElp/

audio: en-uk-to help.ogg


help

forms:
help (singular)
helps (plural)

text: Will you please give me some help? This is hard for just one person to do.

glosses: The help is people who work in a home cooking, cleaning, etc.

text: The help arrives as 9 o' clock.


go

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

glosses: If you go, you move in space, especially to or through a place.

text: I go to the seashore every summer.

text: Kathy goes to the seashore every summer, too.

text: I went to the seashore last year.

text: She's gone to the seashore.

text: I'm going to the seashore next year.

glosses: If you go, you move in time, often in your mind.

text: You have to go back to 1911 to find a wetter day.

text: Marty McFly jumped in the time machine and went to 1965.

glosses: If you go, you move on the computer, the internet, or in the memory.

text: Then go to the C: drive.

text: His mind went to the last time he saw her.

glosses: If you go, you move a certain distance or a certain way.

text: We've gone 10 kilometers today.

text: Sandra is going in circles.

text: Please don't go.

text: People have been coming and going all day.

glosses: If you go bad, wild, blind, etc., you become like that.

text: Jim went blind.

enpr: gō

ipa: /gəʊ/

ipa: /goʊ/

sampa: /goU/

audio: en-uk-to go.ogg

go

goes

went

gone

going


line

forms:
line (singular)
lines (plural)

glosses: A line is a mark that is long, straight and very thin.

text: She drew a line down the middle of the page to divide the page into two parts.

text: Put the buttons in a straight line on the front of the shirt.

glosses: A line is a row of people who are waiting for something in order; a queue.

text: You got here last, so you have to stand at the back of the line.

enpr: līn

ipa: /laɪn/

sampa: /laIn/


line

forms:
line (canonical)
lines (third-person singular)
lined (past)
lined (past participle)
lining (present participle)

glosses: Someone lines things up when they put them in a straight line or row.

glosses: Someone lines something up when they put it just in the right place or at the edge of something.

text: Line up the end of the piece of wood with the edge of the table.

glosses: Someone lines up when they start waiting in a line (queue) with other people.

text: Everyone line up here, please, and I'll help you one at a time.

glosses: Someone lines something when they mark it with one or more lines.

text: Please line the pitch before the match.

glosses: Someone lines something when they add an inside layer of material (liner) to it.

lin


crack

forms:
crack (canonical)
cracks (third-person singular)
cracked (past)
cracked (past participle)
cracking (present participle)

glosses: When something cracks it breaks along a line, maybe not a straight line. It might break into two pieces, or it might break but the two pieces are still attached.

text: She cracked an egg and put the inside of the egg into a bowl.

ipa: /kræk/


crack

forms:
crack (singular)
cracks (plural)

glosses: A crack is the line where something is breaking.

text: There is a crack from the edge of this plate to the middle. It will break soon.

glosses: A loud sound like the sound of something breaking.

text: It was raining, and she saw a flash of lightning and heard the crack of thunder.

glosses: A strong, fairly cheap form of cocaine; crack often comes in the form of a rock and it is usually smoked in a crack-pipe.

text: "I wouldn't use it, if I was going to use it I can afford real cocaine. Crack is wack." - Whitney Houston


promote

forms:
promote (canonical)
promotes (third-person singular)
promoted (past)
promoted (past participle)
promoting (present participle)

glosses: If you promote someone or something, you help it to get bigger, higher, or more popular.

text: The environment provided by the school promotes the reading development of all students.

text: Remember too that sleepiness is promoted by a warm, quiet environment.

text:
She became assistant manager and was then promoted to general manager within two years.
Antonym: demote

text: She's on tour promoting sales of her new book.

ipa: /prəˈmoʊt/

ipa: /prəˈməʊt/

hyphenation: pro‧mote

promot


growth

forms:
growth (singular)
growths (plural)

glosses: The act of growing (getting bigger); an increase in size, number, value, or strength.

text: I'm pleased with the growth in value of our house in the years after we bought it.

glosses: Something that grows or has grown; a mass that is not normal, such as a tumor.

text: There was a healthy growth of bushes near the house.

text: He died of a growth in his brain.

ipa: /ɡroʊθ/

ipa: /ɡrəʊθ/


drawer

forms:
drawer (singular)
drawers (plural)

glosses: A drawer is a box made of wood that is part of a piece of furniture (such as a desk); drawers can slide in and out so that people can put things into them.

text: I keep my socks in the top drawer of the chest.

text: Did you draw this picture? Wow, you're a really good drawer.

glosses: A person who writes a bank draft, check, or promissory note.

text: We'll have to have a drawer draw up the promissory note.


subsidiary

forms:
subsidiary (singular)
subsidiaries (plural)

glosses: A subsidiary is a company that is owned by a larger company. {[ant|parent}}

text: This company owns three subsidiaries that make different kinds of machines.

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

noun

subsidiaries