📖 E — The English dictionary · page 14

employment — Everyday, meaning 1: Employment is having a paid job.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Employment is the act of giving someone work.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) The employment of something is the use of it.↗ Example: My brother found employment at a garage.↗ · The new factory brought employment to the town.↗ · The employment rate went up this year.↗ · She is in full-time employment.↗ · 80 of every 100 adults are in employment; what fraction is that?↗ · The employment of robots has changed farming.↗ · Is that the proper sort of employment for me?↗

empowered — Everyday, meaning 1: Feeling strong, confident and in control of your life.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Given the power, right or permission to do something, especially officially: «The police are empowered to arrest».↗ Example: Learning to swim made Amy feel empowered.↗ · The school council is empowered to choose new games for the yard.↗ · Police officers are empowered to stop cars.↗ · Speaking up in class left him feeling empowered.↗ · The judge is empowered to decide the case.↗ · Girls in the club felt empowered to try coding.↗

empress — Everyday, meaning 1: An empress is a woman who rules an empire.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An empress is the wife of an emperor.↗ Example: Catherine the Great was Empress of Russia.↗ · Queen Victoria was also called Empress of India.↗ · Wu Zetian was the only woman to rule China as empress.↗ · The empress wore a gold crown.↗ · The emperor and the empress greeted the visitors.↗ · In the story, the empress loved nightingales.↗ · ‘Let them take their silliness home,’ said the empress.↗

emptiness — Everyday, meaning 1: The state of having nothing or nobody inside.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A sad feeling that something is missing in your life, or that nothing matters.↗ Example: The emptiness of the classroom after school felt strange.↗ · After her friend moved away, she felt a deep emptiness.↗ · Astronauts look out at the emptiness of space.↗ · The emptiness of the desert stretched for miles.↗ · The house echoed with emptiness.↗ · If you feel emptiness for a long time, tell a grown-up you trust.↗ · If I have requited him that did evil unto me, or spoiled mine adversary unto emptiness; (Writings PSA.7.5, JPS 1917)↗ · But the pelican and the bittern shall possess it, and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein; and He shall stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.↗ (Prophets ISA.34.11, JPS 1917)↗

empty — Everyday, meaning 1: Empty means with nothing in or on it: an empty box.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Empty means with no people: an empty street.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To empty is to take everything out: empty your bag.↗ Example: Scene 1.↗ The table is empty.↗ · The jar was empty, then Kim put in 7 coins.↗ · After the party the box was empty.↗ · Please empty the dishwasher.↗ · The playground was empty after the bell.↗ · My water bottle is empty; can I fill it?↗ · She emptied her pockets onto the table.↗ · An empty glass is not really empty: it is full of air.↗ · The bed was cold and empty!↗ · And none shall appear before Me empty.↗ (Torah EXO.34.20, JPS 1917)↗ · And it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty; (Torah EXO.3.21, JPS 1917)↗ · And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty; (Torah DEU.15.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?↗ (Prophets HAB.1.17, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.↗ (Writings JOB.22.9, JPS 1917)↗ · He stretcheth out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth over nothing.↗ (Writings JOB.26.7, JPS 1917)↗

emu — Everyday, meaning 1: An emu is a very large bird from Australia that cannot fly but can run very fast.↗ It is the second-tallest bird in the world, after the ostrich.↗ Example: An emu can run faster than a car on a city street.↗ · Emus cannot fly, but they are great runners.↗ · The emu laid big dark green eggs.↗ · The father emu sits on the eggs.↗ · We saw a mob of emus in the outback.↗ · An emu and a kangaroo are on Australia's coat of arms.↗ · The emu is the second-tallest bird after the ostrich.↗

emulsion — Everyday, meaning 1: A mixture of two liquids that do not usually mix, such as oil and water, where tiny drops of one are spread through the other.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK) Emulsion paint: a water-based paint for walls and ceilings.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The light-sensitive coating on old photographic film.↗ Example: Mayonnaise is an emulsion of oil and egg yolk.↗ · Shake the dressing to make an emulsion.↗ · Milk is an emulsion of fat in water.↗ · The oil and vinegar separated when the emulsion settled.↗ · Dad painted the ceiling with white emulsion.↗ · Old cameras used film with a light-sensitive emulsion.↗

en — Everyday, meaning 1: (French) «En» means «in» or «to» with countries and months, and «in» or «by» for ways of travelling: «en France» (in France), «en été» (in summer), «en bus» (by bus).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (French) «En» also means «some» or «of it»: «j'en veux» means «I want some».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: English borrows French phrases: «en route» (on the way), «en masse» (all together in a big group).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (printing) An «en dash» (–) is a dash about the width of the letter n.↗ To an English ear French «en» sounds like a nasal «on».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: En can also mean "and" in some old country speech, as in "Brer Rabbit en Brer Fox.".↗ Example: «J'habite en Angleterre» means «I live in England».↗ · «En hiver» means «in winter».↗ · We stopped for a snack en route to the beach.↗ · The parents arrived en masse for the school play.↗ · «Tu en veux?» means «do you want some?»↗ · Use an en dash in ranges like «5–10».↗ · French «en» sounds a bit like «on» said through the nose.↗ · How Miss Brune en Miss Brindle?"↗ · And they turned back, and came to En-mishpat — the same is Kadesh — and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.↗ (Torah GEN.14.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/SepherYetzirah (/Preface, /Introduction, /SepherYetzirah), fetched via index.php?action=render on 2026-10-17.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · psn ppn nvnix DTtfl onK'y Twenty-two letters He en- (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor; (Prophets JOS.19.37, JPS 1917)↗ · and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam; (Prophets JOS.15.34, JPS 1917)↗ · and Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez; (Prophets JOS.19.21, JPS 1917)↗

enable — Everyday, meaning 1: To enable means to make it possible for someone or something to do something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To enable a setting on a computer or phone means to turn it on.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, disapproving) To enable someone can mean to help them keep doing something bad for them.↗ Example: Glasses enable my grandad to read.↗ · Wings enable birds to fly.↗ · Enable Bluetooth to connect the speaker.↗ · The ramp enables wheelchair users to get in.↗ · Knowing the length and width enables you to find the area.↗ · Money from the fair enabled the school to buy books.↗ · “But 'tis the air which enables thee to breathe,” said the poet's voice.↗

enact — Everyday, meaning 1: (law) To enact a law means to make it officially into law.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To enact a story or scene means to act it out or perform it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) To enact something can also mean to carry out a plan.↗ Example: Parliament enacted a new law about plastic bags.↗ · The class enacted the story of the Gunpowder Plot.↗ · The plan was enacted after months of talks.↗ · We enacted the story of Robin Hood in drama.↗ · The law was enacted last year.↗ · Then having given the necessary instructions to the redskins he returned to the home, where an unworthy scene had been enacted in his absence.↗

enactment — Everyday, meaning 1: (law) The act of making a bill into law, or the law itself.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Acting out a story or event, like a re-enactment of a battle.↗ Example: The enactment of the new law took many months.↗ · We watched a re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings.↗ · Our class did an enactment of the Nativity story.↗ · The Parliament voted for the enactment of the bill.↗ · The enactment made school compulsory for all children.↗ · Each enactment is written down in the law books.↗

enamel — Everyday, meaning 1: The hard, white, shiny outer layer of your teeth that protects them.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A hard, shiny coating like glass, melted onto metal or pottery, like an enamel mug or a badge.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A type of glossy paint.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To enamel something means to cover it with a hard, shiny coating.↗ Example: Enamel is the hard white layer on your teeth.↗ · Sugary drinks can damage your tooth enamel.↗ · Fluoride toothpaste makes enamel stronger.↗ · Grandpa drinks tea from a chipped enamel mug.↗ · The badge was made of colourful enamel.↗ · Enamel is the hardest part of the human body.↗ · Acid from cola can soften enamel.↗ · Once enamel is gone, it doesn't grow back.↗ · ‘We will try it,’ said Manawyddan, and they began to make shields, and fashioned them after the shape of the shields they had seen; and these likewise they enamelled.↗

enamour — Everyday, meaning 1: To enamour someone is to charm them so they feel love for you.↗ It is usually used as «be enamoured of» someone, meaning to be full of love for them.↗ Example: He was enamoured of the girl with golden hair.↗ · The prince became enamoured with the singer.↗ · The old king was enamoured of his youngest daughter.↗

encamp — Everyday, meaning 1: To encamp is to set up tents or a camp in the open and stay there for a time.↗ Example: The soldiers encamped by the river.↗ · We encamped under the stars.↗ · The knights encamped where they stood.↗ · And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.↗ (Torah GEN.26.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.↗ (Torah EXO.13.20, JPS 1917)↗ · And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and three score and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there by the waters.↗ (Torah EXO.15.27, JPS 1917)↗ · Ah, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped!↗ (Prophets ISA.29.1, JPS 1917)↗ · And they encamped one over against the other seven days.↗ (Prophets 1KI.20.29, JPS 1917)↗ · So they encamped from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.↗ (Writings NEH.11.30, JPS 1917)↗

encampment — Everyday, meaning 1: A place where a group of people, like soldiers, refugees or travellers, set up tents or shelters for a time.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A camp, especially a large or temporary one.↗ Example: The Roman soldiers built an encampment by the river.↗ · The refugees lived in a large encampment for months.↗ · The scouts set up an encampment in the woods.↗ · Smoke rose from the encampment at night.↗ · Archaeologists found the remains of an ancient encampment.↗ · Protesters made an encampment outside the building.↗ · He marched back singing to the encampment, and men saw once more the merry Chief they had almost forgotten.↗ · And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.↗ (Torah NUM.31.10, JPS 1917)↗ · these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations.↗ (Torah GEN.25.16, JPS 1917)↗ · Let their encampment be desolate; let none dwell in their tents.↗ (Writings PSA.69.26, JPS 1917)↗ · Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot, (Writings 1CH.6.39, JPS 1917)↗ · therefore, behold, I will deliver thee to the children of the east for a possession, and they shall set their encampments in thee, and make their dwellings in thee; they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.↗ (Prophets EZK.25.4, JPS 1917)↗

encase — Everyday, meaning 1: To cover or surround something completely, as if in a case or box.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To put something inside a hard protective cover.↗ Example: The insect was encased in amber millions of years ago.↗ · Snow encased the car overnight.↗ · His broken leg was encased in plaster.↗ · The wires are encased in plastic for safety.↗ · The chocolate egg was encased in shiny foil.↗ · Builders encase the steel in concrete.↗

encased — Everyday, meaning 1: Completely covered or surrounded by something hard or protective.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Put inside a case or shell.↗ Example: The mammoth was encased in ice for thousands of years.↗ · The knight was encased in shining armour.↗ · Her phone was encased in a tough rubber cover.↗ · The fossil fish was encased in stone.↗ · The bridge was encased in scaffolding.↗ · His arm was encased in a bright blue cast.↗ · His tail was encased in a blue silk covering, which was to protect it from the rain.↗

enchanted — Everyday, meaning 1: Enchanted means under a magic spell, or full of magic.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Enchanted can mean charmed or delighted by something.↗ Example: The enchanted forest was full of singing birds.↗ · The lion was an enchanted prince.↗ · Had she come to the enchanted garden?↗

enchanter — Everyday, meaning 1: An enchanter is a person in stories who uses magic spells, especially to charm or control people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (figurative) An enchanter is someone who charms and delights people.↗ Example: The enchanter turned the prince into a frog.↗ · In the legend, Merlin the enchanter helped King Arthur.↗ · The wicked enchanter cast a sleeping spell on the castle.↗ · The children broke the enchanter's spell with kindness.↗ · The storyteller was a real enchanter; nobody moved while she spoke.↗ · An enchantress lived in the tower.↗ · When the Enchanter heard this he insisted that she must come.↗ · There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, a soothsayer, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, (Torah DEU.18.10, JPS 1917)↗ · The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers.↗ (Writings DAN.5.7, JPS 1917)↗ · The captain of fifty, and the man of rank, and the counsellor, and the cunning charmer, and the skilful enchanter.↗ (Prophets ISA.3.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams.↗ (Writings DAN.2.2, JPS 1917)↗