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- advantage noun (an advantage, advantages); verb (advantage — rare)
An advantage is something that helps you do better or makes you more likely to win or succeed. - adventure noun (an adventure, adventures; adventure as uncountable — a love of adventure); adjective adventurous
An adventure is an exciting, unusual and sometimes risky experience or journey. - adversary noun (an adversary, adversaries)
1) (formal) An enemy or opponent; someone you fight or compete against. - adversity noun (adversity, adversities)
A very hard or unlucky time, full of problems and troubles: illness, being poor, losing someone, or facing danger. - advice noun (advice — uncountable)
1) Advice is an idea or opinion someone gives you about what you should do. 2) Good advice helps you make a good choice or solve a problem. - advise verb (advise, advises, advised, advising)
To advise someone is to tell them what you think they should do. - advisement noun
Careful thought before a decision. - aether noun (aether; no plural in use; old use)
1) The bright, very thin air high up in the sky, above the clouds, which in old myths only the gods could breathe. - afar adverb (only in phrases)
1) (old-fashioned or literary) Far away, at a great distance. Used mostly in "from afar". - affairs noun (plural of affair: an affair, affairs)
Matters or business, especially public or official ones: world affairs, foreign affairs, current affairs. - affect verb (affect, affects, affected, affecting)
To affect something means to have an effect on it, to change or influence it («Rain affects the match»). - affectation noun (affectation, affectations)
1) A pretended way of speaking, acting or showing a feeling, put on to seem clever or grand, not genuine. - affection noun (affection — uncountable; affections — plural, formal)
Affection is a gentle feeling of liking and caring for someone or something. - affiliation noun (affiliation, affiliations)
An official connection with a group, club, party or organisation. - affirmative adjective (affirmative); noun (the affirmative)
1) Affirmative means saying "yes" or agreeing. 2) In grammar, an affirmative sentence is a positive statement, not a negative one ("I like… - afflict verb (afflict, afflicts, afflicted, afflicting)
To cause pain, suffering or trouble to someone or something. - afflicted adjective (afflicted); verb form (afflict, afflicts, afflicted, afflicting)
Suffering from an illness, pain or trouble: «afflicted with a cough». - affliction noun (affliction, afflictions)
1) Great suffering, trouble or sadness, such as a serious illness or a grief that will not go away. - affluence noun
A rich flow or great plenty of something, like wealth or abundance. - afford verb (afford, affords, afforded, affording) — usually with can, could, be able to
To have enough money to pay for something (We can't afford a new car). - affright noun (in affright; no plural in use) and verb (affright, affrights, affrighted, affrighting; old use)
1) Noun: a sudden strong fear or shock. 2) Verb: to frighten someone greatly. - aflame adjective (only after a verb: be aflame, set aflame)
1) On fire, burning with flames. 2) Glowing brightly with colour as if burning, like autumn leaves or a sunset. 3) Full of a strong… - afraid adjective (afraid; only after a verb: be afraid, feel afraid)
Afraid means feeling fear, scared that something bad might happen. - afresh adverb
1) Again from the beginning, in a new way. 2) Once more, newly. - after preposition, conjunction, adverb
After means later than something else: «Lunch comes after breakfast». - afterbirth noun
The material that comes out of a mother's womb after a baby is born. - afterward adverb (afterward; afterwards in British use)
1) At a later time; after something has happened. - afterwards adverb
1) Afterwards means later, after something else has happened. - ag abbreviation (ag — agriculture; Ag — silver); interjection (ag — South Africa, informal)
Ag is short for agriculture, the work of farming: «ag school», «ag science». - again adverb
1) Again means one more time, once more. 2) Again means back to how it was before: she was well again. 3) In «again and again» it means… - agate noun (agate, agates)
1) A hard, smooth stone with bands of colour, a kind of quartz, used in jewellery and as a precious stone. - age noun (age, ages); verb (age, ages, aged, ageing or aging)
1) Your age is how many years you have lived. 2) An age is a long period of history, like the Stone Age or the Ice Age. 3) «Ages» means a… - agent noun (an agent, agents)
An agent is a person whose job is to act for someone else, such as a travel agent, an estate agent or a football player's agent. - aghast adjective (no forms)
1) Shocked and horrified, struck dumb by surprise or fear. - agitation noun (agitation; uncountable; an agitation — a campaign)
Agitation is a worried, nervous or upset feeling that makes you restless. - ago adverb
1) Ago means before now, back in the past: «two years ago». - agony noun (agony, agonies)
1) Very great pain of the body. 2) Very great worry or sadness of the mind. 3) (informal) Something very annoying or hard: «The waiting… - agree verb (agree, agrees, agreed, agreeing)
To have the same opinion as someone: «I agree with you». - agreed verb, past form of agree (agree, agrees, agreed, agreeing); adjective
1) Agreed means had the same opinion as someone. 2) Agreed means said yes to something, like a plan. 3) Agreed (adjective) means decided… - agreement noun (agreement, an agreement, agreements)
Agreement is having the same opinion as someone else («We were in agreement»). - ai abbreviation (AI — artificial intelligence); noun (an AI — a computer system with artificial intelligence); also a noun (ai — the three-toed sloth, in word puzzles)
1) AI stands for artificial intelligence: computer programs that can do things that seem to need thinking, like understanding speech… - aid noun (aid — usually uncountable; an aid, aids); verb (aid, aids, aided, aiding)
Aid is help, especially money, food or care given to people who need it. - ail verb (ail, ails, ailed, ailing); old use
To ail is to be the matter with someone, to be wrong with them; «What ails you?» asks what is wrong. - aim noun (an aim, aims); verb (aim, aims, aimed, aiming)
What you are trying to do or get; your goal or purpose. - ain fragment (part of «ain't»); verb form in informal speech: ain't = am not / is not / are not / has not / have not
Ain is not a word on its own; it is the first part of «ain't», a short form cut off at the apostrophe. - air noun (air); verb (air, airs, aired, airing)
Air is the mix of gases that we breathe; it is all around us, but we cannot see it. - akan noun
A man's name, a son of Ezer in the family of Seir the Horite. - al name and fragment (Al — a short name; «al» in «et al.» and «al dente»)
Al is a short form of boys' names like Albert, Alan, Alfred or Alexander. - alarm noun (an alarm, alarms; alarm — uncountable: fear); verb (alarm, alarms, alarmed, alarming)
A device that makes a loud noise to warn people of danger: a fire alarm, a smoke alarm. - alas interjection (alas)
A word that shows sadness, sorrow or regret: «Alas, it was too late.». - alchemical adjective
Having to do with alchemy, the old study that tried to turn metals into gold. - aleph noun
The first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. - alien noun (an alien, aliens); adjective (alien)
A creature from another planet, in stories and films. - alienate verb
To transfer ownership of something to someone else, or to make someone feel distant or unfriendly. - alienated adjective
Turned away and separated, with feelings of love or loyalty gone cold. - alight adjective (alight — only after a verb); verb (alight, alights, alighted, alighting — formal)
1) Alight means on fire or burning. 2) Alight can mean shining with happiness or light, like eyes alight with joy. 3) To alight (formal)… - alike adjective (alike — not before a noun); adverb (alike)
Alike means very similar, looking or being almost the same («The twins look alike»). - alive adjective (alive)
1) Alive means living, not dead. 2) Alive means full of energy, activity or life. 3) Alive can mean still existing or working, like a hope… - all determiner, pronoun (all, all of); adverb (all alone, all wet, all over); noun (give your all)
All means every one, the whole lot, with none left out. - allegiance noun
Loyalty and support that you owe to a ruler, a country, or a cause. - allegorical adjective (allegorical)
Allegorical means standing for a deeper meaning, so that a story or picture teaches a lesson through its people, animals or things. - alliance noun (an alliance, alliances)
An alliance is an agreement between countries, groups or people to work together or to help and protect each other. - allied adjective (allied); also past form of the verb ally
Joined together with others to help each other, especially in a war. - alliteration noun (alliteration, uncountable; an alliteration, alliterations — an example of it)
Alliteration is when several words close together start with the same sound, like «Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers». - alliterative adjective
Using several words close together that begin with the same sound. - allophone noun
One of the different ways of saying the same speech sound in a language, which does not change the meaning of a word. - allot verb (allot, allots, allotted, allotting)
1) To allot is to give a share or an amount of something to someone, or to set time aside for something. - allotment noun (an allotment, allotments)
An allotment is a small piece of land people rent to grow vegetables, fruit and flowers. - allotted adjective (allotted); also the past form of the verb allot (allot, allots, allotted, allotting)
Allotted means given out as a share for a purpose: "each team has an allotted area". - allow verb (allow, allows, allowed, allowing)
To let someone do something; to give permission: "Dogs are not allowed.". - allowance noun (an allowance, allowances)
1) An allowance is an amount of money given regularly, for example the money parents give a child each week (US/Canada; UK usually «pocket… - alloy noun (an alloy, alloys); verb (alloy, alloys, alloyed, alloying)
An alloy is a metal made by mixing two or more metals, or a metal with another element, to make it stronger or better. - allude verb (allude, alludes, alluded, alluding); always with «to»
To allude to something is to mention it briefly or indirectly, without saying it outright. - allure verb
To attract someone by offering something pleasing, or to tempt them gently. - allusion noun (allusions)
1) An allusion is a short mention of a story, person or event that points to it without explaining it fully: «a joke with an allusion to… - ally noun (an ally, allies); verb (ally, allies, allied, allying)
A person, group or country that agrees to help and support you, especially against someone else. - almighty adjective (almighty); noun (the Almighty, a name for God in old stories)
Almighty means having all power, so strong that nothing can stop it. - almond noun (an almond, almonds)
An oval nut with a brown skin, from the almond tree, eaten raw, roasted or used in baking. - almost adverb
Almost means very nearly but not completely: «It is almost ten o'clock». - almsgiving noun (almsgiving; uncountable)
1) (church) Giving money, food or help to poor people, especially as a religious duty. 2) Charity given out of kindness to people in need. - aloes noun (aloes; singular aloe)
1) Aloes is a plant with thick, spiky leaves. 2) In old tales, «aloes wood» is a sweet-smelling wood, burned or used for perfume. - aloft adverb (aloft); adjective (aloft)
Up in the air or high above the ground: the kite stayed aloft for an hour. - alone adjective, adverb (alone)
Alone means without anyone else: if you are alone, nobody is with you. - along preposition, adverb (along)
Along means following the length of something, like walking along a road. - aloof adjective (aloof); adverb (aloof: stand aloof, keep aloof)
Aloof means unfriendly and distant, keeping away from other people and not joining in. - aloud adverb (aloud)
1) Aloud means in a voice that other people can hear, not silently: read aloud. 2) «Think aloud» means say your thoughts as you think them. - alpha noun (alpha — the Greek letter Α, α); adjective (alpha — first, top); noun (Gen Alpha)
Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, written Α or α. - alphabet noun (an alphabet, alphabets; the alphabet)
The alphabet is the set of letters used to write a language, put in a fixed order. - alphabetic adjective
Having to do with the alphabet, or written using letters. - already adverb (already)
1) Already means before now, or before a certain time. 2) Already means sooner than expected: «Are you finished already?» - also adverb (also)
1) Also means too, or as well, adding one more thing. 2) Also can start a new point: «Also, bring a coat». - altar noun (an altar, altars)
An altar is a holy table at the front of a church where the priest or minister prepares communion (the bread and wine). - alter verb (alter, alters, altered, altering)
To alter something is to change it, usually a little. - altered verb past form of alter (alter, alters, altered, altering); adjective (altered)
1) Altered means changed, made different. 2) (adjective) Altered describes something that has been changed: an altered photo. 3)… - alternative noun (an alternative, alternatives); adjective (alternative)
An alternative is another choice or possibility instead of the first one. - altitude noun (altitude, altitudes)
Altitude is how high something is above the level of the sea or above the ground, as for a plane, mountain or town. - altogether adverb
Altogether means counting everything together as one total. - alveolar adjective
Made by touching the tongue to the ridge just behind the upper teeth. - always adverb
1) Always means every time, with no exception. 2) Always means for all time, forever: I will always love you. 3) Always can mean again and… - amazed adjective (amazed); verb form (past of amaze: amaze, amazes, amazed, amazing)
Amazed means very surprised, often in a happy way, because something is wonderful or hard to believe.
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