📖 A — The English dictionary · page 12

adar — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The twelfth month of the Hebrew calendar, around February and March.↗ Example: The twelve months of the year are: Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tamus, Ab, Elul, Tishri, Marcheshvan, Kislev, Teves, Schevat and Adar.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · He produced Quoph, predominant in Mirth, crowned, combined, and formed Pisces in the world, Adar in the year, and the spleen in man.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · He produced Qoph, predominant in Mirth, crowned it, combined and formed with it Pisces in the Universe, Adar in the Year, and the spleen of Man.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, (Writings EST.9.21, JPS 1917)↗ · upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.↗ (Writings EST.8.12, JPS 1917)↗ · And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.↗ (Writings EZR.6.15, JPS 1917)↗

add — Everyday, meaning 1: To add is to put numbers or things together to find how many there are in all; adding makes the total bigger.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To add is to put one more thing in with others: add sugar to the tea.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To add is to say or write something more: «And bring a coat,» she added.↗ Example: I add one plum on the table.↗ · Sam adds 4 red beads to his 7 blue beads.↗ How many beads does he have?↗ · Add 9 and 6 to find the total.↗ · Mum adds 3 more eggs to the bowl of 5 eggs.↗ · If you add 10 to 25, you get 35.↗ · Add a pinch of salt to the soup.↗ · The coins in my piggy bank add up to 2 dollars.↗ · In science we added vinegar to the baking soda and it fizzed.↗ · «Don't forget your hat,» Dad added.↗ · And turning to the queen, he added:↗ · And she called his name Joseph, saying: 'The LORD add to me another son.'↗ (Torah GEN.30.24, JPS 1917)↗ · But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto thy valuation.↗ (Torah LEV.27.13, JPS 1917)↗ · And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof.↗ (Torah LEV.27.31, JPS 1917)↗ · Mayest Thou add days unto the king's days!↗ (Writings PSA.61.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Add ye year to year, let the feasts come round!↗ (Prophets ISA.29.1, JPS 1917)↗ · Add iniquity unto their iniquity; and let them not come into Thy righteousness.↗ (Writings PSA.69.28, JPS 1917)↗

adder — Everyday, meaning 1: An adder is a small poisonous snake, the only venomous snake native to Britain, with a dark zig-zag pattern down its back.↗ Another name is common European viper.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An adder is a person or thing that adds numbers, such as a part of a computer that adds.↗ Example: An adder was sunbathing on the heath path.↗ · The adder has a black zig-zag stripe.↗ · If an adder bites you, keep still and get medical help.↗ · Adders are shy and usually slip away from people.↗ · A computer has an adder circuit that adds numbers.↗ · The death adder lives in Australia.↗ · In one hand she brandishes a poniard and a hissing adder, whilst in the other she carries a burning torch.↗

addicted — Everyday, meaning 1: Not able to stop taking a harmful drug, alcohol or tobacco, because the body and mind need it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Not able to stop doing something, such as gambling or gaming, even when it causes harm.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, light) Liking something very much: «I'm addicted to this song!».↗ Example: Smoking can make you addicted to nicotine.↗ · My uncle was addicted to alcohol but got help and recovered.↗ · Some people become addicted to gambling.↗ · I'm totally addicted to this book series!↗ · Games can be fun, but be careful not to get addicted.↗ · Doctors and support groups help people who are addicted.↗

addiction — Everyday, meaning 1: An addiction is a strong need to keep doing or taking something, like drugs, alcohol, smoking or gambling, even when it causes harm.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) An addiction can jokingly mean a very strong liking.↗ e.g. "my chocolate addiction".↗ Example: Smoking can lead to addiction.↗ · He got help for his addiction to gambling.↗ · Nicotine in cigarettes causes addiction.↗ · Some games are designed to cause a kind of addiction.↗ · Addiction is an illness, and people can recover.↗ · Her addiction to sweets is a family joke.↗ · Doctors help people with addiction.↗ · Talk to an adult you trust if you are worried about someone's addiction.↗

addictive — Everyday, meaning 1: Something addictive makes people want it again and again until they cannot easily stop, such as cigarettes, alcohol or some drugs.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Very enjoyable so that you keep wanting more: «This game is so addictive».↗ Example: Nicotine in cigarettes is very addictive.↗ · Vapes can be addictive, so they are not for children.↗ · This puzzle game is really addictive!↗ · Some apps are designed to be addictive.↗ · Doctors warn that sugary drinks can feel addictive.↗ · Crisps are addictive; I can't stop at one!↗ · Addictive drugs can damage your brain and body.↗

addition — Everyday, meaning 1: (maths) Putting numbers together to find a total; the sum operation, shown by the sign +.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A thing or person that is added (a new addition to the family).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The act of adding something.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «In addition» or «in addition to»: as well, also.↗ Example: Addition is putting numbers together: 3 + 4 = 7.↗ · We practised addition and subtraction today.↗ · The baby is the newest addition to our family.↗ · In addition to maths, we have art today.↗ · They built an addition to the back of the house.↗ · The new slide is a great addition to the park.↗ · Use addition to find the total cost.↗ · Toto did not like this addition to the party at first.↗ · The same passage is mentioned in the Talmud treatise Chagigah, p. 12, a, with the addition of (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · must not be confused with Zain, Z ; and lastly Qoph, Q is very often replaced by K, which is hardly defensible as there is a true K in addition. '↗ 44.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · It counts n among the simple letters, and, conse- quently, no sound in addition to tiiat of /( can be attached to it.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

additional — Everyday, meaning 1: Additional means extra, more than what was there before.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Additional means added on to something.↗ Example: She bought 5 additional pencils.↗ · Each additional hour costs 3 dollars.↗ · He needs 12 additional points to win.↗ · An additional 8 students joined the club.↗ · There is an additional fee for late books.↗ · We need additional chairs for the party.↗ · Ask the teacher for additional help.↗ · The game has additional levels to unlock.↗ · The drink comes at no additional cost.↗ · Additional rain fell overnight.↗ · "I'm satisfied," said Jack; "and if you stop me from doing a thing after telling me to do it, you are to give me an additional month's wages."↗ · + Maintain attribution The Google "watermark" you see on each file is essential for informing people about this project and helping them find additional materials through Google Book Search.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

additionally — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Additionally means also, as well, in addition.↗ Example: Additionally, you will need a ruler.↗ · The trip costs 10 pounds; additionally, bring money for lunch.↗ · She sings, and additionally plays the piano.↗ · Tom bought 5 apples and additionally 3 pears, so 8 fruits in all.↗ · Plants need water.↗ Additionally, they need sunlight.↗ · Additionally, the school will be closed on the trip day.↗

address — Everyday, meaning 1: The details of where a person lives or a building is: house number, street, town, postcode or ZIP code.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An email or website address.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A formal speech: an address to the school.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Verb: to write an address on a letter or parcel.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Verb: to speak to someone or a group: «address the class».↗ Everyday, meaning 6: Verb: to deal with a problem: «address the issue».↗ Example: Do you know your home address?↗ · Write the address on the envelope.↗ · Never share your address online.↗ · What's your email address?↗ · The head teacher addressed the whole school.↗ · Address your teacher as Mr Smith or Ms Jones.↗ · We moved house, so we have a new address.↗ · The president gave an address on TV.↗ · When they were alone, Scheherazade addressed her thus:↗

addressee — Everyday, meaning 1: The person a letter, parcel, email or message is sent to.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (language) The person someone is speaking to.↗ Example: The postman could not find the addressee, so the letter was returned.↗ · Write the addressee's name in the middle of the envelope.↗ · The sender's address goes on the back, and the addressee's on the front.↗ · Only the addressee should open this letter.↗ · Check you have the right addressee before you click «Send».↗ · The parcel said «Addressee unknown».↗

adduce — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To give something as a reason or proof in an argument: to adduce evidence is to bring it forward to support what you say.↗ Example: The lawyer adduced new evidence in court.↗ · In her essay she adduced three reasons for saving the woods.↗ · Scientists must adduce data to back up their claims.↗ · He could adduce no proof that the dog ate his homework.↗ · The teacher asked us to adduce examples from the text.↗ · Several facts were adduced to show the bridge was unsafe.↗

ade — Everyday, meaning 1: A sweet drink made from fruit juice, water and sugar, such as lemonade, orangeade or limeade.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (suffix) -ade ends many words: lemonade, parade, blockade, barricade, escapade.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (a name) Ade is a short form of the names Adrian or Adeola.↗ Example: We sold lemonade at a stand outside our house.↗ · Orangeade is an orange drink, like lemonade.↗ · The menu had a mango ade.↗ · The words parade and lemonade both end in -ade.↗ · Ade is short for Adrian.↗ · Limeade is green and sour.↗

adelie — Everyday, meaning 1: A kind of penguin of Antarctica, black and white with a white ring round each eye; one of the most common penguins.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (a name) Adélie Land is a part of the Antarctic coast, named after Adèle, the wife of the French explorer who found it; the penguin takes its name from it.↗ Example: Adélie penguins build their nests from pebbles.↗ · An Adélie penguin has a white ring around each eye.↗ · Adélies eat tiny shrimp-like animals called krill.↗ · Some Adélie penguins steal stones from their neighbours' nests.↗ · Scientists count Adélie penguins to learn how the ice is changing.↗ · The Adélie is smaller than the emperor penguin.↗

adept — Everyday, meaning 1: Adjective: very skilled at doing something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Noun: a person who is very skilled at something.↗ Example: He is adept at chess.↗ · After years of study he became an adept in the black art.↗ · She is an adept at folding paper.↗ · Kalisch in the supplementary paragraphs gives a different attribution ; both are wrong, as an adept cultured clairvoyant could prove.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

adequate — Everyday, meaning 1: Adequate means enough or good enough for a need or purpose.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Adequate can mean only just good enough, not very good.↗ Example: Make sure you drink an adequate amount of water.↗ · The room had adequate light for reading.↗ · Is 20 pounds adequate for the trip?↗ · Her work was adequate, but she can do better.↗ · Plants need adequate sunlight to grow.↗ · The tent gave adequate shelter from the rain.↗

adequately — Everyday, meaning 1: Well enough, enough for what is needed, but not especially well.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In a way that is suitable or sufficient for a job.↗ Example: The room was adequately heated, though not cosy.↗ · Make sure you are adequately dressed for the snow.↗ · The plants were not adequately watered, so they drooped.↗ · She answered the question adequately but forgot the units.↗ · The bridge was not adequately checked before the storm.↗ · Children must be adequately supervised near the pool.↗ · Explain your method adequately so the marker can follow it.↗

adhd — Everyday, meaning 1: ADHD stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; it is a difference in how the brain works that can make it hard to pay attention, sit still or wait, and it can also bring energy and creativity.↗ Example: My cousin has ADHD and finds it hard to sit still for a long time.↗ · Doctors can tell if someone has ADHD.↗ · ADHD is a difference in how the brain works.↗ · People with ADHD can be very creative and full of ideas.↗ · The teacher lets him take a movement break because of his ADHD.↗ · Having ADHD does not mean someone is not clever.↗ · Some grown-ups with ADHD use lists and alarms to remember things.↗

adhere — Everyday, meaning 1: To adhere means to stick firmly to something, like glue or a sticker on a surface.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) To adhere to a rule, plan or belief means to follow it or keep to it carefully.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) To adhere to a group or idea can mean to support it loyally.↗ Example: The sticker would not adhere to the wet window.↗ · Paint adheres better if the wall is clean.↗ · All players must adhere to the rules of the game.↗ · Our family adheres to a strict bedtime on school nights.↗ · The glue helps the paper adhere to the card.↗ · The school adheres to safety guidelines on trips.↗ · Christians who adhere to the old ways keep Sunday as a day of rest.↗ · One spring day the neighbor's boy brought him some field-flowers, and among them was one to which the root still adhered.↗ · And Judah and Benjamin adhered to him.↗ (Writings 2CH.11.12, JPS 1917)↗