📖 C — The English dictionary · page 16

cc — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: It is a short form of "cubic centimetre", or of "carbon copy".↗ Here it is part of a copyright licence note.↗ Example: Source: https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer%20Yetzirah?version=english%7CSefaria+Community+Translation Sefaria versionTitle: Sefaria Community Translation↗ · license: CC0↗ · versionSource: https://www.sefaria.org (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

cd — Everyday, meaning 1: A CD (compact disc) is a thin, shiny, round plastic disc that stores music or computer data, read by a laser.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (computing) «cd» is a command for «change directory»: it moves you to another folder in a terminal.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science) «cd» is the symbol for the candela, the unit of light brightness.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Other meanings in context.↗ e.g. CD can mean «certificate of deposit» (money) or «corps diplomatique» (diplomat's car sign).↗ Example: Grandad still listens to music on CDs.↗ · Put the CD in the player and press play.↗ · The CD was scratched, so it kept skipping.↗ · Type «cd Documents» to go into the Documents folder.↗ · Our class made a CD of our songs.↗ · A CD is read by a laser beam.↗

ce — Everyday, meaning 1: (French) «Ce» means «this» or «that» or «it»: «ce livre» = this book, «c'est» = it is.↗ It sounds like «suh» and is not an English word.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (abbreviation) CE stands for «Common Era», used with years instead of AD; BCE means «Before the Common Era».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (abbreviation) A CE mark on toys and electrical goods shows they meet European safety rules.↗ Example: In French, «c'est mon chien» means «it's my dog».↗ · «Ce garçon» means «this boy».↗ · «Qu'est-ce que c'est?» means «What is it?»↗ · The Romans left Britain in the fifth century CE.↗ · BCE years count down towards year 1 CE.↗ · Check the toy box for a CE safety mark.↗ · French uses «ce» before a masculine noun and «cette» before a feminine one.↗

cease — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To stop happening, or to stop doing something.↗ Example: The rain finally ceased in the afternoon.↗ · The factory ceased making toys.↗ · Both armies agreed to a ceasefire.↗ · You never cease to amaze me!↗ · The noise ceased when the teacher walked in.↗ · Dinosaurs ceased to exist long ago.↗ · Iktomi ceased to beat his drum.↗ · I thought I would make an end of them, I would make their memory cease from among men; (Torah DEU.32.26, JPS 1917)↗ · While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.'↗ (Torah GEN.8.22, JPS 1917)↗ · Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. — (Torah GEN.18.11, JPS 1917)↗ · All the sighing thereof have I made to cease.'↗ (Prophets ISA.21.2, JPS 1917)↗ · The lot causeth strife to cease, and parteth asunder the contentious.↗ (Writings PRO.18.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Weary not thyself to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.↗ (Writings PRO.23.4, JPS 1917)↗

ceaseless — Everyday, meaning 1: Ceaseless means never stopping; going on and on.↗ Example: The ceaseless rain filled the ditches.↗ · She heard the ceaseless ticking of the clock.↗ · My life was a ceaseless scurry of escape.↗

cedar — Everyday, meaning 1: A tall evergreen tree with needle-like leaves and cones, such as the cedar of Lebanon.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The pleasant-smelling, reddish wood of cedar trees, used for chests, fences and pencils.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Some other trees with sweet-smelling wood are also called cedars (for example western red cedar in Canada).↗ Example: A huge cedar stands in the middle of the park.↗ · The cedar of Lebanon is on Lebanon's flag.↗ · Grandma keeps her blankets in a cedar chest.↗ · Cedar wood smells lovely.↗ · King Solomon built the temple with cedar, the Bible says.↗ · The fence is made of red cedar.↗ · At last he came to one of the largest forests in all the world, composed entirely of cedars.↗ · And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.↗ (Torah LEV.14.49, JPS 1917)↗ · As valleys stretched out, as gardens by the river-side; as aloes planted of the LORD, as cedars beside the waters; (Torah NUM.24.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.↗ (Torah NUM.19.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars; (Writings PSA.148.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar?↗ (Prophets JER.22.15, JPS 1917)↗ · The beams of our houses are cedars, and our panels are cypresses.↗ (Writings SNG.1.17, JPS 1917)↗

cede — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To give up land, power or rights to someone else, often because you have to, for example after a war or a deal.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal, sport) To give away a point or advantage, as in «cede possession».↗ Example: The country had to cede land after the war.↗ · In 1842, China ceded Hong Kong Island to Britain.↗ · The king would not cede any power to the nobles.↗ · The team ceded the ball too easily.↗ · The landowner ceded part of his field for a road.↗ · Spain ceded Florida to the United States in 1819.↗

ceiling — Everyday, meaning 1: The inside surface at the top of a room, above your head.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An upper limit that something cannot go above, like a price ceiling.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The height of the lowest clouds, important for planes.↗ Example: A spider was crawling on the ceiling.↗ · The smoke alarm is on the ceiling.↗ · The ceiling is 2.5 metres high.↗ · We painted the ceiling white.↗ · Dad hit the ceiling when he saw the mess.↗ · The ceiling fan kept the room cool.↗ · Bookshelves went from floor to ceiling.↗ · In a fire, smoke collects at the ceiling first, so stay low.↗ · Shining glow-worms covered the ceiling, and sky-blue bats flapped their transparent wings.↗

celebrant — Everyday, meaning 1: A celebrant is a person who leads a ceremony, such as a wedding, a naming day or a funeral.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A priest or minister who leads a church service, especially Mass, is called the celebrant.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Sometimes a celebrant is simply a person who is celebrating something at a party or festival.↗ Example: The celebrant asked everyone to stand as the bride came in.↗ · Our wedding celebrant was a friendly woman with a loud voice.↗ · At Grandad's funeral the celebrant told stories about his life.↗ · The priest was the celebrant at the Sunday service.↗ · In Australia you can marry in a park if a celebrant leads the ceremony.↗ · The celebrants danced in the street until the music stopped.↗ · The celebrant read a poem at my baby sister's naming day.↗

celebrate — Everyday, meaning 1: To do something special and enjoyable because of a happy event or a special day, like a birthday, a festival or a win.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To praise or honour someone or something publicly: the town celebrates its heroes.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: "Celebrated" can also be an adjective meaning famous.↗ Example: We celebrate my birthday with a cake and candles.↗ · The team celebrated their win with a cheer.↗ · Many families celebrate Diwali with lights.↗ · Let's celebrate the end of term with a picnic.↗ · Thanksgiving is celebrated in the USA and Canada.↗ · The school celebrated its 100th birthday.↗ · She celebrated passing her swimming test.↗ · People around the world celebrate New Year with fireworks.↗ · And then the marriage was celebrated.↗ · For the nether-world cannot praise Thee, death cannot celebrate Thee; they that go down into the pit cannot hope for Thy truth.↗ (Prophets ISA.38.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to celebrate and to thank and praise the LORD, the God of Israel: (Writings 1CH.16.4, JPS 1917)↗

celebration — Everyday, meaning 1: A special event, like a party, held because something good has happened or for a special day.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The act of showing that you are happy about something.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) The act of performing a religious ceremony.↗ Example: We had a big celebration for Grandma's birthday.↗ · The team's celebration lasted all night.↗ · There were fireworks in celebration of the festival.↗ · Passing the test is a cause for celebration!↗ · Our class had a celebration assembly.↗ · The whole town joined the celebrations.↗ · The footballer did a funny celebration after his goal.↗ · At a great celebration in honor of King Lion, the Monkey was asked to dance for the company.↗

celebratory — Everyday, meaning 1: Done or made to celebrate something happy, like a birthday or a win.↗ Example: We had a celebratory pizza after winning the match.↗ · The team did a celebratory dance on the pitch.↗ · There was a celebratory mood in the classroom on the last day.↗ · Dad baked a celebratory cake when I passed my swimming test.↗ · The players poured celebratory water over the coach.↗ · A celebratory cheer went up from the crowd.↗ · The village held a celebratory party when the bridge opened.↗

celebrity — Everyday, meaning 1: A celebrity is a famous person, especially in films, music, sport or TV.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Celebrity is the state of being famous.↗ Example: A celebrity came to open the new library.↗ · She wants to be a celebrity when she grows up.↗ · Many celebrities post edited photos online.↗ · The celebrity chef cooked on TV.↗ · Scammers sometimes pretend to be celebrities to trick people.↗ · He enjoyed his short time of celebrity.↗ · "Celebrity is always something!" said the drummer; and so he scratched his own name there, and his little son's name likewise.↗

celery — Everyday, meaning 1: Celery is a vegetable with long pale-green crunchy stalks and leafy tops, eaten raw or cooked.↗ Example: Mum chopped celery for the soup.↗ · Celery is crunchy and full of water.↗ · We put a stick of celery in blue water and the leaves turned blue.↗ · Ants on a log is celery with peanut butter and raisins.↗ · This salad contains celery.↗ · Celery seeds are used as a spice.↗

celestial — Everyday, meaning 1: To do with the sky or outer space, as in «celestial bodies» like stars, planets and moons.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To do with heaven, or heavenly and very beautiful, as in «celestial music».↗ Example: The Sun, the Moon and the planets are celestial bodies.↗ · Ancient sailors used celestial navigation by the stars.↗ · The choir sounded celestial.↗ · A celestial map shows the constellations.↗ · In the poem, angels sang in the celestial city.↗ · The comet was a rare celestial event.↗ · Christians believe in a celestial heaven with God.↗ · URANIA, the muse of Astronomy, stands erect, and bears in her left hand a celestial globe.↗ · Dr. Cassel is of the opinion that our author meant here, probably the invisible, celestial or universal axis that carries the whole Universe.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · [paragraph continues] God stands in close connection with the Universe, and just so is Tali connected with the world, that is, an invisible, celestial or universal axis carries the whole fabric.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · The Thirtieth Path is the Collecting Intelligence, and is so-called because Astrologers deduce from it the judgment of the Stars, and of the celestial signs, and the perfections of their science, according to the rules of their resolutions.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

celibacy — Everyday, meaning 1: Celibacy is the state of not marrying and not having a husband or wife, often by choice and often for religious reasons.↗ Example: She was the patroness of those vowed to celibacy.↗ · Some priests chose a life of celibacy.↗ · The goddess remained a maiden all her life.↗

cell — Everyday, meaning 1: A cell is the smallest living part of a plant or animal; all living things are made of cells.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A cell is a small room where a prisoner is kept.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A cell is a battery, a single unit that makes electricity.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A cell is one small box in a table or spreadsheet.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A cell (cell phone, American) is a mobile phone.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: A cell can also be a small room where a monk, nun or hermit lives alone.↗ Example: All living things are made of cells.↗ · We looked at onion cells under a microscope.↗ · Red blood cells carry oxygen.↗ · The prisoner sat alone in his cell.↗ · Add another cell to make the bulb brighter.↗ · Write the total in the last cell of the table.↗ · Bees store honey in wax cells.↗ · "But one thing more," said the Wise Woman, going back to her cell.↗ · When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; (Prophets JER.37.16, JPS 1917)↗ · And he measured the gate from the roof of the one cell to the roof of the other, a breadth of five and twenty cubits; door against door.↗ (Prophets EZK.40.13, JPS 1917)↗ · the cells thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof; and there were windows therein round about; the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.↗ (Prophets EZK.40.36, JPS 1917)↗

cellar — Everyday, meaning 1: A cellar is a room under a house or building, below the ground, often used for storage.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A wine cellar is a place where wine is stored, or the wine itself.↗ Example: We keep the bikes in the cellar.↗ · It was dark and damp down in the cellar.↗ · They hid in the storm cellar during the tornado.↗ · The old castle had a huge wine cellar.↗ · A spooky noise came from the cellar.↗ · Potatoes keep well in a cool cellar.↗ · The cellars were full of wine.↗ · and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite; and over the increase of the vineyards for the wine-cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite; (Writings 1CH.27.27, JPS 1917)↗ · and over the olive-trees and the sycomore-trees that were in the Lowland was Baal-hanan the Gederite; and over the cellars of oil was Joash; (Writings 1CH.27.28, JPS 1917)↗

cello — Everyday, meaning 1: A cello is a large musical instrument with four strings, played with a bow while sitting down with the cello held between the knees.↗ Example: She plays the cello in the school orchestra.↗ · The cello has a deep, warm sound.↗ · A cello is bigger than a violin but smaller than a double bass.↗ · My brother practises the cello every evening.↗ · You play the cello sitting down.↗ · The cellist tuned all four strings.↗