📖 E — The English dictionary · page 5

edgewise — Everyday, meaning 1: Edgewise means with the edge facing forward, sideways on.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «To get a word in edgewise» means to find a chance to speak when others keep talking.↗ Example: He could not get a word in edgewise.↗ · Turn the book edgewise to fit it on the shelf.↗ · The sheet slid through the gap edgewise.↗

edgy — Everyday, meaning 1: Nervous, tense and easily annoyed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Bold, new and a bit shocking, especially in art, music, fashion or comedy.↗ Example: Everyone felt edgy before the big match.↗ · The dog was edgy during the fireworks.↗ · Dad gets edgy when he's hungry.↗ · Mole was edgy in the Wild Wood, jumping at every rustle.↗ · The band has an edgy new sound.↗ · Her edgy haircut was half pink and half black.↗ · Don't be so edgy; it's only a practice test.↗

edible — Everyday, meaning 1: Edible means safe and good to eat.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Edible can describe something made to be eaten that usually is not, like edible glitter.↗ Example: These berries are edible, but those red ones are poisonous.↗ · Is the cake decoration edible?↗ · Some flowers, like nasturtiums, are edible.↗ · The burnt toast was hardly edible.↗ · We made edible slime from cornflour.↗ · Never eat a wild mushroom unless an expert says it is edible.↗ · The Christmas tree had edible chocolate decorations.↗

edict — Everyday, meaning 1: An official order or rule given by a king, emperor, government or other ruler.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Any strict order from someone in charge.↗ Example: The emperor issued an edict that all people must pay a new tax.↗ · The Edict of Milan in 313 gave Christians freedom to worship.↗ · By royal edict, the forest belonged to the king.↗ · Mum's new edict: no phones at the table!↗ · The people refused to obey the unfair edict.↗ · The edict was read out in the town square.↗ · An Imperial Edict was sent forth to all the Buddhist temples commanding the priests to offer up continuous prayers to Heaven to stop the noise of the flood.↗ · Three—Fire, Water, and Wind; Fire above and Water below, with Wind the edict deciding between them.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · An edict—Twelve [another version: Ten] and Seven and Three He appointed them: the Dragon Teli, and the Wheel, and the Heart.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · Goodness distinguishes evil and evil distinguishes goodness; goodness is kept for the good and evil is kept for the evil.↗ [6:3] Three, but each one stands alone.↗ 7 divided: Three opposite Three, with an edict deciding between them.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

edifice — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) An edifice is a large, grand or impressive building.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal, figurative) An edifice is a big system or set of ideas built up over time, which could fall apart.↗ Example: The cathedral is a magnificent stone edifice.↗ · Tourists stared up at the huge edifice.↗ · The old bank was an edifice of marble and glass.↗ · In the story, the wizard's tower was a dark edifice on the hill.↗ · One lie and the whole edifice of his excuses fell apart.↗ · The town hall is the oldest edifice on the square.↗ · Jurgen followed the sailor he was with into the church, and stood in the sacred edifice.↗

edit — Everyday, meaning 1: To edit writing is to check it and change it to make it better, by fixing mistakes and improving words.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To edit a film, photo or video is to cut and arrange it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To be in charge of a newspaper, magazine or book and decide what goes in it is also to edit it.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: An edit is a change made in this way.↗ Example: Edit your story before you write it out neatly.↗ · I edited my paragraph and fixed three spelling mistakes.↗ · She edits videos for her family.↗ · The teacher asked us to edit with a green pen.↗ · He edited out the boring part of the film.↗ · My edits made the sentence much clearer.↗ · Photos can be edited, so not every picture online is real.↗

edited — Everyday, meaning 1: Edited is the past form of «edit»: someone checked and changed a piece of writing, a photo or a film to make it better.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An edited text, photo or video has been changed from the original.↗ Example: I edited my story to fix the spelling.↗ · The teacher edited the class newspaper.↗ · This photo has been edited to look brighter.↗ · The film was edited to make it shorter.↗ · She edited her work with a green pen.↗ · An edited picture may not show the truth.↗ · were the short and the long version, whicli were edited in Mantua in 1562, and Saadia's text, edited by M. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

edition — Everyday, meaning 1: An edition is one version of a book, newspaper or magazine printed at one time, like a first edition.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An edition is one copy or issue of a regular newspaper, show or event, like «this week's edition».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A special or limited edition is a version made in small numbers or for a special reason.↗ Example: This is a first edition of the book.↗ · The new edition has extra pictures.↗ · Today's edition of the newspaper has a story about our school.↗ · They made a limited edition of 500 teddy bears.↗ · Grandad collects special edition coins.↗ · Six extant Hebrew editions of the "Sepher Yetzirah' were collected and printed at Lemberg in 1680.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Six extant Hebrew editions of the " Sepher Yetzirah " were collected and printed at Lemberg in 1680.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · In the early edition the words '' like scintillating flame'" are used : the Hebrew word is BRQ.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

editor — Everyday, meaning 1: An editor is a person who checks, corrects and improves writing before it is published.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An editor is the person in charge of a newspaper, magazine or part of one.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An editor is a person who cuts and puts together film or video.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In computing, an editor is a program for changing text, pictures or code.↗ Example: The editor fixed all my spelling mistakes.↗ · She is the editor of the school magazine.↗ · The film editor cut the boring parts.↗ · Open the file in a text editor.↗ · The newspaper editor chose the front page story.↗ · Swap your story with a partner and be their editor.↗ · Better go and hire a hall," remarked the sporting editor, with a yawn.↗ · These numbers have been a source of difference between the editors and copyists, hardly any two editors concurring.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Some late editors to cover the difficulty of this passage, have given SPR, SPUR, SIPR, pointing them to read Separ, Seepur, Saypar.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Meroz has associated these ‘three books’ with what she regards to be the three original textual layers of the SY, woven together after their composition into a single work by an editor.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

editorial — Everyday, meaning 1: An editorial is an article in a newspaper or magazine that gives the opinion of the editors, not just the news.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Editorial (adjective) means to do with editing or with the people who choose and check what is published, as in editorial team.↗ Example: The editorial said the town needs a new park.↗ · Remember, an editorial gives an opinion, not only facts.↗ · The class wrote an editorial for the school newspaper about longer playtimes.↗ · The editorial team chose which photos to print.↗ · That was an editorial decision by the magazine.↗ · We compared a news report and an editorial on the same story.↗ · This is certainly an editorial error, confusing a Chet for a Taw.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

edmontosaurus — Everyday, meaning 1: A large plant-eating duck-billed dinosaur (a hadrosaur) that lived in North America near the end of the age of dinosaurs, about 68 to 66 million years ago.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Named after Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, where the first fossils were found.↗ Example: Edmontosaurus had a flat beak like a duck.↗ · Edmontosaurus ate plants with hundreds of grinding teeth.↗ · A T. rex bite mark was found on an Edmontosaurus bone.↗ · Herds of Edmontosaurus roamed Canada and the USA.↗ · Edmontosaurus could grow up to 12 metres long.↗ · The museum had a mummified Edmontosaurus with skin prints.↗

edo — Everyday, meaning 1: (a name) Edo is the old name of the city of Tokyo in Japan, before 1868.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (a name) The Edo period (1603–1868) was a time in Japanese history when shoguns ruled from Edo.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (a name) Edo is also a people and a language of southern Nigeria, around Benin City, and a state in Nigeria.↗ Example: Tokyo was called Edo until 1868.↗ · Samurai lived in the Edo period.↗ · Hokusai made his famous wave print in the Edo period.↗ · The Edo people live in southern Nigeria.↗ · The Benin Bronzes were made by Edo artists.↗ · We made a timeline of Edo Japan.↗

educate — Everyday, meaning 1: To teach someone over a long time, especially at school, college or university.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To give people information so they understand something better, such as about health or safety.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (passive) «Be educated at» a school means you went to school there.↗ Example: Teachers educate children to read and write.↗ · The poster educates people about recycling.↗ · She was educated at a small village school.↗ · In the past, many girls were not educated at all.↗ · We want to educate our friends about online safety.↗ · Make an educated guess if you are not sure.↗ · When Amphitryon heard the noble destiny which awaited the child intrusted to his care, he resolved to educate him in a manner worthy of his future career.↗

educated — Everyday, meaning 1: Educated describes a person who has learned a lot, especially at school, college or university.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As a verb form, «educated» means taught: «She was educated at a school in Dublin».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An «educated guess» is a guess based on some knowledge, not a wild guess.↗ Example: My grandma was educated at a small village school.↗ · She is a well-educated woman who speaks four languages.↗ · Make an educated guess: how many sweets are in the jar?↗ · Before the experiment, write an educated guess about what will happen.↗ · In the past, many girls were not educated at all.↗ · He was educated at home by his parents.↗ · "He must be a well-educated swineherd.↗

education — Everyday, meaning 1: Education is the teaching and learning that happens at school, college and university.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The knowledge and skills a person gets from learning.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Teaching about a special subject, like «road safety education» or «physical education».↗ Example: Every child has the right to an education.↗ · PE stands for physical education.↗ · My aunt works in education as a teacher.↗ · She got a good education at her local school.↗ · Road safety education teaches us how to cross safely.↗ · Higher education means university and college.↗

educational — Everyday, meaning 1: Educational means teaching you something or helping you learn.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Connected with schools and teaching, as in «educational system».↗ Example: We went on an educational trip to the science museum.↗ · This app is fun and educational.↗ · Grandma gave me an educational board game.↗ · Museums are very educational places.↗ · The documentary was really educational.↗ · The government spends money on educational programmes.↗

educator — Everyday, meaning 1: A person whose job is to teach or educate people, like a teacher, tutor or lecturer.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Someone who is an expert in education or helps plan how children learn.↗ Example: My mum is an educator at the science museum.↗ · Educators met to talk about reading in schools.↗ · Maria Montessori was a famous educator from Italy.↗ · The zoo educator showed us a snake.↗ · Parents and educators want children to be safe online.↗ · A good educator makes learning fun.↗

edwardian — Everyday, meaning 1: Belonging to the time when Edward VII was king of the United Kingdom, from 1901 to 1910 (often stretched to 1914, before the First World War).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) A person who lived in that time.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In a style typical of that time: clothes, houses, furniture.↗ Example: Our school is in an old Edwardian building.↗ · The Wind in the Willows was written in Edwardian times.↗ · Edwardian ladies wore long dresses and huge hats.↗ · The first cars appeared on Edwardian roads and scared horses.↗ · We dressed up as Edwardians for history day.↗ · The Edwardian era came after the Victorian era.↗