C
- cloth noun (cloth — uncountable material; a cloth, cloths — a piece for cleaning)
Cloth is material made by weaving or knitting threads, used for clothes, towels and curtains. - clothe verb (clothe, clothes, clothed, clothing)
To clothe someone is to put clothes on them, or give them clothes to wear. - cloud noun (a cloud, clouds); verb (cloud, clouds, clouded, clouding; cloud over)
A white or grey mass in the sky made of millions of tiny water drops or ice crystals. - clout noun (clout; also a clout, clouts); verb (clout, clouts, clouted, clouting)
Power and influence over what happens: «The big companies have a lot of clout». - cloven adjective (cloven); verb form (an old past participle of cleave: cleave, cleaved/cleft/clove, cleaved/cleft/cloven)
Split into two parts, especially a hoof divided into two toes («cloven hoof»), as on cows, sheep, goats, pigs and deer. - cluster noun (a cluster, clusters); verb (cluster, clusters, clustered, clustering)
A cluster is a group of similar things close together, like a cluster of grapes or stars. - co abbreviation (Co.); prefix (co-)
1) Co. is short for «company», often in business names, like «Smith & Co.». 2) Co. is short for «county» in Ireland, as in «Co. Cork». 3)… - coal noun (coal, uncountable; a coal, coals)
Coal is a hard black rock that is burned as fuel to give heat or make electricity. - coast noun (a coast, coasts; the coast); verb (coast, coasts, coasted, coasting)
The coast is the land right next to the sea or ocean. - coat noun (a coat, coats); verb (coat, coats, coated, coating)
A coat is a warm piece of clothing with sleeves that you wear over your other clothes when you go outside. - cod noun (a cod, cod; plural usually cod); adjective (cod — UK informal, fake)
A cod is a large sea fish with white flesh, eaten a lot as food, especially in fish and chips. - codex noun (a codex, codices or codexes)
1) An old book written by hand, with pages bound together, especially an ancient or medieval book. 2) A book of laws or rules (old use). - coffer noun (plural coffers)
A coffer is a large, strong chest or box with a lid, used to keep money, gold or treasure safe. - coffin noun (a coffin, coffins)
1) A long box in which a dead person is buried or cremated. 2) (idiom) A nail in the coffin: something that helps to end or ruin something. - cognizance noun
Awareness or notice of something. To "take cognizance" is to notice it and pay attention. - cohere verb
To stick together or form a whole that fits together. - cohesive adjective
Sticking together well and forming a united whole. - coil noun (a coil, coils); verb (coil, coils, coiled, coiling)
A series of rings or loops made by winding something long (a coil of rope). - coin noun (coin, coins); verb (coin a word — to make up a new word)
A coin is a small, flat, round piece of metal used as money. - coincidence noun (a coincidence, coincidences; coincidence, uncountable)
When two things happen at the same time or in a surprising way by chance, without being planned (What a coincidence!). - coition noun
Sexual intercourse between a man and a woman. - cold adjective (cold, colder, coldest); noun (a cold, colds; the cold)
Having a low temperature; not warm: "cold water". - coldness noun (coldness — uncountable)
Coldness is the state of being cold, having a low temperature («the coldness of the water»). - collar noun (a collar, collars); verb (collar, collars, collared, collaring)
A collar is the part of a shirt, coat or dress that goes round the neck. - collate verb
To compare texts carefully to find the differences between them. - collateral noun (collateral — uncountable); adjective (collateral)
Collateral is something valuable, like a house, that you promise to give to a bank if you cannot pay back a loan. - collect verb (collect, collects, collected, collecting)
To collect is to gather things together into one place. - collected verb (collect, collects, collected, collecting); adjective (collected — calm)
Collected is the past of collect: gathered together. - collection noun (collection, collections); verb collect
A collection is a group of things a person gathers and keeps, like stamps or shells. - college noun (a college, colleges; college, uncountable)
A place of education after school, where people study for qualifications or a trade. - colossal adjective (colossal)
Colossal means extremely large, huge, enormous. - colour noun (colour, colours); verb (colour, colours, coloured, colouring)
Colour is what you see as red, blue, green, yellow and so on. - colt noun (plural colts)
A colt is a young male horse, especially one under four years old. - column noun (column, columns)
A column is a line of things going straight up and down, one under another. - comb noun (comb, combs); verb (comb, combs, combed, combing)
A comb is a flat strip with a row of thin teeth used to tidy your hair. - combination noun (a combination, combinations; combination, uncountable)
A combination is two or more things joined or mixed together, like a combination of colours or flavours. - combine verb (combine, combines, combined, combining); noun (a combine — a combine harvester)
To combine is to join or mix two or more things together to make one: «Combine the flour and sugar.». - combined adjective; verb (combine, combines, combined, combining); noun combination
1) Combined means put together into one: «their combined score». 2) To combine is to join or mix two or more things together. - come verb (come, comes, came, coming)
To come is to move towards here, to the person speaking: Come here! - comeliness noun
(old use) Comeliness is the state of being pleasant or pretty to look at. - comely adjective (comelier, comeliest)
(old use) Comely means pleasant to look at, pretty or handsome. - comfort noun (comfort — uncountable; a comfort, comforts); verb (comfort, comforts, comforted, comforting)
Comfort is a pleasant feeling of being relaxed, warm and free from pain or worry. - comforter noun (a comforter, comforters)
A comforter is a person or thing that comforts someone who is sad or worried. - comforting adjective (comforting, more comforting, most comforting); verb form (comfort, comforts, comforted, comforting)
Comforting means making you feel calmer, safer or less sad or worried: comforting words, a comforting hug. - comfortingly adverb
In a way that makes someone feel less sad or afraid. - coming noun
The act of arriving or approaching; a future arrival. - command verb (command, commands, commanded, commanding); noun (a command, commands; command, uncountable)
To tell someone officially to do something; to order. - commander noun (a commander, commanders; Commander as a title)
A person who is in charge of a group of soldiers, a ship, an aircraft, a mission or a police operation. - commandment noun (a commandment, commandments)
1) (Bible) A commandment is a rule given by God; the Ten Commandments are rules God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai, such as "Do not steal"… - commend verb (commend, commends, commended, commending)
To praise someone or something, especially officially or in public. - comment noun (a comment, comments); verb (comment, comments, commented, commenting)
A comment is something you say or write that gives your opinion or explains something. - commentary noun (a commentary, commentaries; also uncountable)
A spoken description of an event, such as a football match or race, given while it happens on TV or radio. - commentator noun (a commentator, commentators)
A person who describes a sports match or event as it happens, on TV, radio or online. - commerce noun (commerce — uncountable, no plural)
Commerce is the buying and selling of goods and services, especially in large amounts between companies and countries. - commercial adjective (commercial, more commercial); noun (a commercial, commercials)
Connected with buying and selling, business or trade. - commission noun (a commission, commissions); verb (commission, commissions, commissioned, commissioning)
A commission is an official group of people chosen to find out about something or to run something, like a road safety commission. - commit verb (commit, commits, committed, committing)
To commit a crime or a wrong act is to do it: «commit a crime», «commit a sin». - committed adjective (committed); verb, past form of commit (commit, commits, committed, committing)
Someone who is committed works hard at something and is loyal to it. - common adjective (common, commoner or more common, commonest or most common); noun (common, commons — a public field)
Common means happening often or found in many places: a common cold, a common bird. - commonly adverb (commonly, more commonly, most commonly)
Commonly means usually or often, by many people or in many places: "this mistake is commonly made". - commotion noun (a commotion, commotions)
1) A commotion is a lot of sudden noise, confusion and excitement. - commune verb (communes, communed, communing); noun (plural communes)
To commune is to talk quietly, or think deeply, with oneself, a friend or nature. - communication noun (communication, uncountable; a communication, communications)
Communication is sharing information, ideas or feelings by talking, writing, signs or other ways. - communion noun (communion, a communion; Holy Communion)
1) (church) Holy Communion is a Christian service in which people share bread and wine (or juice) to remember Jesus' Last Supper and his… - community noun (community, communities)
A community is all the people who live in one place, such as a town or neighbourhood. - compact adjective (compact, more compact); noun (a compact, compacts); verb (compact, compacts, compacted, compacting)
Compact means small and neatly packed so that it does not take up much space. - companion noun (a companion, companions)
A companion is a person or animal you spend time with or travel with. - company noun (a company, companies; company, uncountable)
A company is a business that makes or sells things or provides a service. - comparable adjective (comparable, more comparable)
Similar in size, amount or quality, so it makes sense to compare them: «two schools of comparable size». - compare verb (compare, compares, compared, comparing)
To compare is to look at two or more things to see how they are the same and how they are different. - comparison noun (comparison, comparisons)
A comparison is when you look at two things to see how they are alike or different. - compass noun (a compass, compasses; compasses or a pair of compasses — the drawing tool)
An instrument with a magnetic needle that always points north, used to find directions. - compassion noun (compassion, uncountable)
A strong feeling of sympathy and sadness for someone who is suffering, together with wanting to help them. - compassionate adjective (more compassionate, most compassionate)
Compassionate means feeling sorry for people in trouble and wanting to help them. - compel verb (compel, compels, compelled, compelling); adjective compelling
To force someone to do something, by law, rules or strong pressure (be compelled to). - complain verb (complain, complains, complained, complaining)
To complain is to say that you are not happy or not satisfied about something. - complaint noun (a complaint, complaints)
A statement that something is wrong or not good enough. - complete verb (complete, completes, completed, completing); adjective
1) To complete something is to finish all of it. 2) Complete means whole, with every part: «a complete set». 3) Complete means total: «a… - completely adverb (completely)
Completely means fully, totally, with nothing left out. - completion noun (completion — usually uncountable)
1) Completion is finishing something, so it is all done. 2) Completion is the state of being complete or whole. - complex adjective (complex, more complex, most complex); noun (a complex, complexes)
Complex means made of many connected parts and hard to understand or explain. - component noun (a component, components); adjective (component)
One of the parts that something is made of, especially a machine or a system. - composed verb (past of «compose»: compose, composes, composed, composing); adjective (composed)
«Composed of»: made of or formed from certain parts (water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen). - composition noun (composition, uncountable; a composition, compositions)
What something is made of; its parts and how much of each (the composition of air). - compound noun (a compound, compounds); adjective (compound); verb (compound, compounds, compounded, compounding)
A substance made of two or more elements joined chemically: water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen. - comprehend verb (comprehend, comprehends, comprehended, comprehending); noun comprehension
1) (formal) To understand something fully. 2) (formal) To include or contain. - comprehensible adjective
Able to be understood. - comprehension noun (comprehension; a comprehension, comprehensions — school exercise)
Comprehension is understanding: being able to know what something means. - comprise verb (comprise, comprises, comprised, comprising)
To be made up of certain parts; to consist of. - con noun (a con, cons); verb (con, cons, conned, conning); prefix (con-)
A con is a trick to cheat someone, usually to get their money: it was all a con. - conceal verb (conceal, conceals, concealed, concealing)
To conceal something is to hide it so that it cannot be seen or found. - concealed adjective (concealed); verb, past form of "conceal" (conceal, conceals, concealed, concealing)
1) (formal) Concealed means hidden, kept out of sight. 2) (formal) To have concealed something is to have hidden it or kept it secret. - conceit noun (conceit — uncountable in sense 1; a conceit, conceits in sense 2)
Thinking far too well of yourself; being too proud of how clever, good-looking or important you are. - conceive verb (conceive, conceives, conceived, conceiving)
1) To form an idea or plan in the mind; to imagine or understand. 2) To begin to have a feeling, such as love or respect, for someone. - concept noun
An idea or thought about how something is. - conception noun (conception, conceptions)
Conception is the moment when a baby starts to grow inside its mother, when a sperm joins an egg. - concern verb (concern, concerns, concerned, concerning); noun (a concern, concerns)
1) (noun) A worry about something. 2) (verb) To worry someone. 3) (verb) To be about something or to involve someone. 4) (noun) Something… - conciliate verb (conciliate, conciliates, conciliated, conciliating)
1) (formal) To calm someone who is angry, or win back their goodwill, by kind or generous acts. - conciliation noun
The act of bringing peace or agreement between sides. - conciseness noun
Saying much in few words.
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