📖 C — The English dictionary · page 47

collie — Everyday, meaning 1: A breed of dog with a long pointed nose and thick fur, first used in Scotland to herd sheep.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Border collie: a very clever working sheepdog, often black and white.↗ Example: The collie rounded up the sheep.↗ · Our border collie loves to chase balls.↗ · Collies need lots of exercise.↗ · Lassie is a famous rough collie.↗ · The farmer whistled to his collie.↗ · A collie can learn many commands.↗ · Now, if you could plough the fields like the ox, or draw a cart like the horse, or look after the sheep like the collie-dog, that would be something.”↗

collins — Everyday, meaning 1: (a name) Collins is a common surname in Ireland, the UK, the USA and Australia, from the old Irish and English family names.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Collins is also the name of a well-known British publisher of dictionaries and school books (Collins Dictionary).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (rare) A collins, like a Tom Collins, is a tall cold mixed drink for adults made with lemon juice, sugar and fizzy water.↗ Example: Mrs Collins is our new class teacher.↗ · Look the word up in the Collins Dictionary.↗ · Michael Collins flew round the Moon while the others walked on it.↗ · The Collins family live next door to us.↗ · Is your surname spelled Collins with two l's?↗ · Dad ordered a Tom Collins at the wedding, and I had lemonade.↗

collision — Everyday, meaning 1: A collision is when two or more things crash into each other while moving, like cars, people or balls.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A collision is a strong disagreement between ideas or people: «a collision of interests».↗ Example: There was a collision between two cars at the corner.↗ · The bus was in a collision with a lorry.↗ · Look both ways to avoid a collision.↗ · In science, we rolled two balls to watch a collision.↗ · The two players had a collision and both fell.↗ · Their plans are on a collision course.↗ · Such a division of ideas seemed to promise civil wars and all kinds of troubles to the State, and even in the Palace the two parties frequently came into collision.↗

colloquial — Everyday, meaning 1: Colloquial language is the informal, everyday way people talk with friends and family, not the careful language of books, letters and exams.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A colloquial word or phrase is one used mainly in casual speech, such as «gonna», «telly» or «kids».↗ Example: «Kids» is a colloquial word for children.↗ · In your report, avoid colloquial words like «stuff» and «loads».↗ · The characters in the story speak in colloquial English.↗ · «Arvo» is a colloquial Australian word for afternoon.↗ · Our teacher explained that «gonna» is colloquial for «going to».↗ · Colloquially, people say «cheers» to mean «thank you».↗ · The book is written in a chatty, colloquial style.↗ · The colloquial manner rarely rises to the dignified, and the essence of the folk-tale manner in English is colloquial.↗

colloquially — Everyday, meaning 1: In everyday, informal speech, not in formal writing: «A television is colloquially called a telly».↗ Example: A policeman is colloquially called a cop.↗ · The plant is colloquially known as «the sticky weed».↗ · In Australia, afternoon is colloquially «arvo».↗ · Spoken colloquially, «going to» becomes «gonna».↗ · The tower is colloquially called «the Gherkin».↗ · Money is colloquially called «dosh» in the UK.↗

colobus — Everyday, meaning 1: A slender African monkey with long silky fur, a long tail and only a stump instead of a thumb; the best-known kind is black and white.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The group of these monkeys, which live high in forest trees and eat mostly leaves.↗ Example: The colobus leapt from tree to tree high above us.↗ · A black-and-white colobus has a long, white, bushy tail.↗ · Colobus monkeys eat leaves, not bananas.↗ · The word «colobus» comes from a Greek word meaning «cut short», because of its missing thumb.↗ · We saw colobus monkeys at the zoo in their tall tree house.↗ · Cutting down forests puts some kinds of colobus in danger.↗

cologne — Everyday, meaning 1: A light perfume, often for men, also called eau de cologne.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (a name) Cologne is a large city on the River Rhine in western Germany, famous for its huge Gothic cathedral (Köln in German).↗ Example: Dad wears a bit of cologne on special days.↗ · The cologne smelled of lemons and wood.↗ · Too much cologne can make people sneeze.↗ · Cologne Cathedral has two enormous spires.↗ · We took a boat trip on the Rhine at Cologne.↗ · Eau de cologne was first made in Cologne.↗ · She gave a shriek of alarm and fainted away, and they had to pour two barrels of eau-de-cologne over her before she recovered.↗

colon — Everyday, meaning 1: A colon is the punctuation mark (:) that introduces a list, an explanation or an example: «You will need: a pen, a ruler and glue».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The colon is the main part of the large intestine (large bowel), the tube in the body where water is taken out of food waste.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In maths and times, a colon separates numbers: in ratios (2:3) and in clock times (7:30).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: The colon is the money of Costa Rica (colón).↗ Example: Put a colon before the list.↗ · Bring three things: a hat, a drink and sun cream.↗ · The colon is part of the large intestine.↗ · The ratio of boys to girls is 3:4.↗ · School starts at 8:45.↗ · In a play script, write a colon after the name: «Tom: Hello!»↗

colonel — Everyday, meaning 1: A high-ranking officer in the army, air force or marines, above a major and below a general.↗ Example: The colonel gave the order to march.↗ · A colonel is higher than a major.↗ · Colonel Mustard did it in the library with the rope!↗ · The colonel's uniform had shiny badges.↗ · Her grandfather was a colonel in the army.↗ · The soldiers saluted the colonel.↗ · It was the colonel himself who came with the patrol, and he was not a little surprised when he found the recruit safe and sound.↗

colonial — Everyday, meaning 1: Colonial describes things to do with a colony, a land ruled by another, faraway country.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Colonial describes the time when a country was a colony, such as colonial America or colonial India, and its buildings and furniture style.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science) Colonial animals live joined together in groups, like corals.↗ Example: India was under British colonial rule for many years.↗ · The thirteen colonial states became the USA.↗ · Colonial houses often have tall white columns.↗ · The museum shows life in colonial Australia.↗ · Colonial powers drew borders across Africa.↗ · Corals are colonial animals.↗

colonisation — Everyday, meaning 1: When one country takes control of another land and sends people to live there, often taking power from the people already living there.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) When plants or animals move into a new place and start living there.↗ Example: The colonisation of Australia began in 1788.↗ · Colonisation took land from Indigenous peoples.↗ · Moss is often the first plant in the colonisation of bare rock.↗ · Some people dream of the colonisation of Mars.↗ · India gained independence after years of British colonisation.↗ · Lessons discuss both what colonisers built and the harm they did.↗

colonise — Everyday, meaning 1: To colonise a place means a country sends people to settle there and takes control of the land, often from the people already living there.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) When plants, animals or germs colonise a place, they spread into it and start living and growing there.↗ Example: Britain began to colonise Australia in 1788.↗ · Settlers from Europe colonised large parts of North America.↗ · The First Nations people did not invite anyone to colonise their land.↗ · Weeds quickly colonised the empty car park.↗ · Bacteria can colonise a cut if you do not clean it.↗ · Some scientists dream of colonising Mars one day.↗ · Lichens are often the first living things to colonise bare rock.↗

colonised — Everyday, meaning 1: When a country colonised a land, it took control of it and sent its people to live there, often taking the land from the people already living there.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) When animals or plants colonise a place, they move in and start living and growing there.↗ Example: Britain colonised Australia and New Zealand.↗ · The land was colonised by Europeans who took it from the people already living there.↗ · Many colonised countries became independent later.↗ · After the fire, grasses quickly colonised the bare ground.↗ · Moss colonised the old wall.↗ · Bacteria colonised the dish of jelly in our experiment.↗

coloniser — Everyday, meaning 1: A country or person that takes control of another land, settles there and rules the people who already live there.↗ Example: The colonisers took land from the Aboriginal people.↗ · Spanish colonisers came to South America in the 1500s.↗ · Many colonisers forced local people to work for them.↗ · The museum shows the story from the point of view of the colonised, not just the colonisers.↗ · Some colonisers built railways, but mainly to take away goods.↗ · Ireland had English colonisers in the plantation times.↗

colonist — Everyday, meaning 1: A colonist is a person who goes to live in a new land that is ruled by their home country, or who settles a new colony.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In history it often means the first settlers from Europe in places such as America, Australia or New Zealand.↗ Example: The colonists built small wooden houses near the river.↗ · Many colonists died during the first hard winter.↗ · The colonists traded with the local people for food.↗ · The American colonists did not want to pay taxes to Britain.↗ · Aboriginal people had lived in Australia long before the colonists arrived.↗ · In the story, colonists on Mars grow potatoes in domes.↗ · Our class acted out a meeting between colonists and Native leaders.↗ · This divinity was introduced into Crete by its first colonists from Phrygia, in Asia Minor, in which country she was worshipped under the name of Cybele.↗

colonized — Everyday, meaning 1: To colonize a place is to go to a faraway land, settle there and take control of it, often with people from another country.↗ Example: Greek settlers colonized the land by the sea.↗ · Long ago, many people colonized new islands.↗ · The settlers colonized the valley and built farms there.↗

colonnade — Everyday, meaning 1: A colonnade is a row of tall pillars, called columns, standing along the front or side of a building, with a roof over them.↗ Example: Tall white pillars made a colonnade along the palace front.↗ · We walked under the colonnade to get out of the rain.↗ · The old church has a fine colonnade.↗

colony — Everyday, meaning 1: A group of animals or plants of one kind that live together: a colony of ants, a bat colony.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A country or area ruled by another, usually faraway, country: the thirteen American colonies.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A group of people living together in a new place, far from their home country.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (science) A group of bacteria or mould growing together on a dish.↗ Example: A colony of ants can have thousands of workers.↗ · We saw a seal colony on the rocks.↗ · The thirteen colonies became the United States.↗ · Australia was once a British colony.↗ · A bacteria colony grew on the dish in the lab.↗ · Penguins nest in huge colonies.↗ · The Cat cunningly resolved to destroy this chance-made colony.↗

color — Everyday, meaning 1: Color is what we see when light of different kinds reaches our eyes, such as red, blue, green or yellow.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To color something is to fill it in with crayons, pens or paint.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A person's color can mean the color of their skin; this is a sensitive topic and should be spoken about with respect.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Color can mean interest or liveliness, as in «the story has lots of color».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To color something can mean to change how it seems, as in «Her anger colored her judgment».↗ Everyday, meaning 6: «Colors» can mean the flag of a team, school or army.↗ Example: What is your favorite color?↗ · Color the triangle blue and the square red.↗ · A rainbow has seven colors.↗ · Mix yellow and blue to get the color green.↗ · The leaves change color in the fall.↗ · She passed the test with flying colors.↗ · The bag has 3 red marbles and 2 blue ones; what is the chance of picking each color?↗ · Treat everyone fairly, whatever the color of their skin.↗ · They were of every fragrance and color.↗

coloration — Everyday, meaning 1: Coloration is the pattern and colours on an animal or plant.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Coloration can mean the general colour of something, or the way something is coloured.↗ Example: The tiger's striped coloration hides it in long grass.↗ · Bright warning coloration tells birds that the frog is poisonous.↗ · The bird's coloration changes in winter.↗ · Scientists studied the coloration of the butterfly wings.↗ · Some animals use coloration to attract a mate.↗

colored — Everyday, meaning 1: Colored means having a color, or not plain white or black.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Colored is also the past of color: filled in with color, like with crayons.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Colored can also mean changed to a rich brown or other shade by long use, as with a smoked pipe.↗ Example: She has 24 colored pencils.↗ · 3 of the 8 parts are colored.↗ · He bought 5 packs of colored paper.↗ · What fraction is colored?↗ · The window has colored glass.↗ · She colored the sky blue.↗ · The tree has colored lights.↗ · Draw it with colored chalk.↗ · One can see that he's a colored meerschaum.↗

colors — Everyday, meaning 1: (US spelling) Colors is the plural of «color», the qualities like red, blue and yellow that we see.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A team's or country's colors are the colours of its uniform or flag.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As a verb, «colors» means fills with colour or influences: «It colors her opinion».↗ Example: The rainbow has seven colors.↗ · Mix two colors to make green.↗ · The fans wore their team's colors.↗ · She passed the test with flying colors.↗ · He showed his true colors when he cheated.↗ · My little sister colors in her book every day.↗ · The endless halls shine in marble and many colors.↗