📖 A — The English dictionary · page 14

admiration — Everyday, meaning 1: A feeling of liking and respect for someone because they are good, brave or skilful.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Pleasure in looking at something beautiful.↗ Example: She looked at the painting with admiration.↗ · I have great admiration for nurses.↗ · The crowd gasped in admiration.↗ · His bravery won everyone's admiration.↗ · The pupils watched the gymnast in admiration.↗ · My admiration for her grew when she helped the new boy.↗ · Smee had listened with growing admiration.↗

admire — Everyday, meaning 1: To admire someone is to think they are very good, clever or brave and to respect them.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To admire something is to look at it with pleasure because it is beautiful or well done.↗ Example: I admire my grandma because she is so brave.↗ · We stopped to admire the view from the top.↗ · Everyone admired her painting.↗ · He admires footballers who play fair.↗ · I admire how hard you worked.↗ · They admired the sunset over the sea.↗ · Which famous scientist do you admire?↗ · The visitors admired the old castle.↗ · "I admire his wisdom," replied the girl.↗

admirer — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who admires someone or something and thinks very highly of them.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old use) A person, often a man, who wants to marry or court someone; a suitor.↗ Example: I am an admirer of her paintings.↗ · The gift came from some great admirer.↗ · Her admirer visited her every week.↗

admiringly — Everyday, meaning 1: In a way that shows you admire someone or something; with approval and respect.↗ Example: «Does she not drive well?» cried Crimthann admiringly.↗ · The lion looked at him admiringly.↗ · «You are as quick as you are clever,» said he, admiringly.↗

admissible — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Admissible means allowed or acceptable, especially as evidence in a court of law.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Admissible means allowed to enter or be accepted.↗ Example: The judge said the photo was admissible as evidence.↗ · That excuse is not admissible here.↗ · The letter was admissible in court.↗ · Only admissible answers will get marks.↗ · The detective worried the evidence would not be admissible.↗ · Is it admissible to use a calculator in the exam?↗

admission — Everyday, meaning 1: Admission is being allowed to go into a place, school or club.↗ e.g. "admission to the zoo is free for under-fives".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Admission is the money you pay to get in.↗ e.g. "admission is 5 dollars".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Admission to a hospital is being taken in as a patient.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: An admission is saying that something bad is true, often that you did it.↗ e.g. "an admission of guilt".↗ Example: Admission to the museum is free.↗ · Admission costs 6 pounds for adults and 3 pounds for children.↗ · Two adults and two children pay 18 pounds in admission.↗ · He was admitted to hospital; his admission was in the night.↗ · Her admission that she broke the vase surprised everyone.↗ · The school admissions office deals with new pupils.↗ · By his own admission, he is a terrible cook.↗ · She knocked and begged for admission.↗

admit — Everyday, meaning 1: To admit means to agree, often unwillingly, that something is true or that you did something wrong: he admitted breaking the window.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To admit means to let someone enter a place: this ticket admits one child.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To be admitted to hospital means to be taken in to stay there for treatment.↗ Example: He admitted that he had eaten the last biscuit.↗ · I admit I was wrong.↗ · It takes courage to admit a mistake.↗ · This ticket admits two adults and one child.↗ · Children under five are admitted free.↗ · Grandpa was admitted to hospital with a broken hip.↗ · I must admit, your cake is better than mine.↗ · “That will happen indeed,” Goll admitted.↗ · The difference between the human and divine manner of thinking admits no comparison.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · The Second sect admitted Three great Powers ; two of them as in the first case, and a third Power whose function was to decide between (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The Second sect admitted Three great Powers; two of them as in the first case, and a third Power whose function was to decide between [p. 7] the two others, a supreme arbitrator.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

admittance — Everyday, meaning 1: Permission to enter a place; being let in.↗ The verb is «admit».↗ Example: The Ulster gentleman refused Finnian admittance.↗ · Uct Dealv demanded admittance.↗ · He heard someone knocking and asking for admittance.↗

admittedly — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: As everyone must agree or confess; it is true that.↗

admixture — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Something added to something else and mixed in, especially a small amount.↗ e.g. "water with an admixture of salt".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) The act of mixing in.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science) In the study of genes and people's ancestry, the mixing of different family lines (populations) over time.↗ Example: The paint has an admixture of sand to make it rough.↗ · The builders added an admixture to the concrete so it set faster.↗ · His story was truth with an admixture of fantasy.↗ · Scientists study admixture to learn where people's ancestors came from.↗ · The water had a small admixture of mud.↗ · "Admixture" is a formal word for "something mixed in".↗

admonish — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: To warn or scold someone gently, to tell them firmly that they should behave better.↗ Example: Now therefore, O ye kings, be wise; be admonished, ye judges of the earth.↗ (Writings PSA.2.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Hear, O My people, and I will admonish thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me!↗ (Writings PSA.81.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Yet He sent prophets to them, to bring them back unto the LORD; and they admonished them, but they would not give ear.↗ (Writings 2CH.24.19, JPS 1917)↗ · «Quiet,» their mother admonished them.↗ · The wise man admonished the king to be fair.↗ · I was admonished for being late.↗

admonition — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A warning or a piece of advice telling someone to change their ways.↗ Example: Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.↗ (Writings ECC.4.13, JPS 1917)↗

ado — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use) Fuss, bustle or trouble.↗ «Without ado» means at once, without delay or fuss.↗ Example: Don't make much ado about nothing.↗ · Without more ado, he turned himself into a pike.↗ · Without ado, he took Jack on his shoulders.↗

adobe — Everyday, meaning 1: Mud mixed with straw and dried in the sun to make bricks.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A building made of these sun-dried bricks, common in dry places like the south-western USA and Mexico.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (a name) Adobe is a software company that makes programs such as Photoshop and the PDF reader.↗ Example: The adobe house stayed cool in the desert heat.↗ · Pueblo people built homes from adobe.↗ · We made tiny adobe bricks from mud and straw in class.↗ · Adobe walls are very thick.↗ · Rain can wear away adobe over time.↗ · Dad opened the file in Adobe Reader.↗ · The old mission church is made of adobe.↗

adolescence — Everyday, meaning 1: The time of life between being a child and being an adult, roughly the teenage years.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An early stage of growth of something, like a country or an idea.↗ Example: Adolescence is when children grow into adults.↗ · Many changes happen to the body during adolescence.↗ · My uncle says adolescence was his noisiest time.↗ · The book follows a girl through her adolescence.↗ · In early adolescence, sleep needs stay high.↗ · Our health lesson talked about feelings in adolescence.↗

adolescent — Everyday, meaning 1: An adolescent is a young person who is growing from a child into an adult, usually aged about 12 to 18; a teenager.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Adolescent means to do with this time of life.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (disapproving) Adolescent can describe behaviour that is silly or immature, like a teenager showing off.↗ Example: An adolescent's body changes a lot during puberty.↗ · My big sister is an adolescent now, and she wants more privacy.↗ · The library has a section for adolescent readers.↗ · Adolescents need plenty of sleep.↗ · The book is about the adolescent years of a famous scientist.↗ · Throwing food was a bit adolescent, Dad said.↗

adopt — Everyday, meaning 1: To take a child into your family legally and raise them as your own.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To take a pet home from a shelter to care for.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To start using a new idea, plan, method or way of behaving.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (formal) To vote to accept a plan or law.↗ Example: They adopted a baby girl from overseas.↗ · We adopted a cat from the animal shelter.↗ · The school adopted a new uniform.↗ · Our class adopted a penguin at the zoo.↗ · The council adopted the plan to build a park.↗ · She adopted a new way of studying and her marks improved.↗ · I have been recommended to adopt a diction not too remote from that of the Authorised Version.↗

adopted — Everyday, meaning 1: An adopted child is a child who has become, by law, a full member of a family that he or she was not born into.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Adopted means taken as your own: an adopted pet, an adopted country, an adopted idea or rule.↗ Example: My cousin was adopted when she was a baby.↗ · We adopted a cat from the animal shelter.↗ · Our class adopted a penguin at the zoo.↗ · The school adopted a new rule about phones.↗ · Canada is his adopted country — he was born in India.↗ · Adopted children are real family members.↗ · The adopted puppy settled in quickly.↗ · “This woodland child is adopted by the chieftain's eldest daughter.↗ · The translation adopted here follows a popular logic.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · 14) I adopted here the reading of Judah Halevi, namely: (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · 33) The aspirating pronunciation of ρ in the Greek, was adopted by the ancient Jews in Palestine for the Hebrew letter ר.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

adoption — Everyday, meaning 1: Taking a child into your family by law and becoming their parent for ever.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Taking an animal from a shelter to give it a home: pet adoption.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Starting to use a new idea, rule or method: the adoption of a new timetable.↗ Example: My cousin joined our family through adoption.↗ · The shelter holds a pet adoption day every month.↗ · Adoption makes the child a full member of the family.↗ · The kitten is up for adoption.↗ · (formal) The adoption of the new rules took a year.↗ · They celebrate the day of her adoption with a cake.↗

adoptive — Everyday, meaning 1: Adoptive describes the family who adopts a child: adoptive parents, adoptive mother.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An adoptive home or country is one you choose and come to belong to.↗ Example: Ella loves her adoptive parents very much.↗ · His adoptive mum came to the school play.↗ · Canada became her adoptive country.↗ · The adoptive family welcomed the puppy too.↗ · Many children grow up happy with adoptive families.↗ · Her adoptive brother taught her to ride a bike.↗

adorable — Everyday, meaning 1: Very sweet, cute and lovely, so that you want to cuddle or look after it: «an adorable puppy».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Charming and easy to love.↗ Example: The puppy with the floppy ears is adorable!↗ · My baby cousin looks adorable in his little hat.↗ · Grandma thought my drawing was adorable.↗ · The kittens were curled up in an adorable heap.↗ · «You're adorable,» said the girl to her hamster.↗ · The lamb's wobbly first steps were adorable.↗ · The King, much moved, said, ‘Adorable Princess, dry your tears.↗

adoration — Everyday, meaning 1: A feeling of very deep love, respect and worship for someone.↗ The verb is «adore».↗ Example: They gave the lad not love but adoration.↗ · The crowd showed their adoration for the prince.↗ · Her adoration of her dog was plain to see.↗ · The Word is in them as they rush forth and as they return, they speak as from the whirlwind, and returning fall prostrate in adoration before the Throne.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The Word is in them as they rush forth and as they return, they speak as from the whirl- wind, and returning fall prostrate in adoration before the Throne.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

adore — Everyday, meaning 1: To adore someone is to love them very much: she adores her baby brother.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To adore something is to like it very much.↗ e.g. I adore chocolate cake.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (church) To adore God is to worship and praise him; Christians speak of the shepherds and wise men coming to adore the baby Jesus.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To adore a god or goddess is to worship them with great devotion.↗ Example: I adore my grandma.↗ · She adores horses and draws them all the time.↗ · The puppy was adorable.↗ · The singer waved to her adoring fans.↗ · (church) "O come, let us adore him," we sang at Christmas.↗ · My dad adores old rock music.↗ · The people of Crete adored her as the Great Mother, more especially in her signification as the sustainer of the vegetable world.↗

adorer — Everyday, meaning 1: Someone who loves or admires someone or something very much.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church, old use) Someone who worships.↗ Example: The singer waved to her adorers.↗ · He was a great adorer of cats.↗ · The prince had many adorers at court.↗ · She is a true adorer of chocolate cake.↗ · In the old hymn, the adorers knelt in prayer.↗ · The puppy had a crowd of adorers at the park.↗