C
- conclude verb (conclude, concludes, concluded, concluding)
To conclude is to decide that something is true after thinking about the facts. - conclusion noun (a conclusion, conclusions)
A conclusion is the end or last part of something, such as a story, essay or meeting. - concord noun
agreement and peace between people or things; harmony - concrete noun (concrete — uncountable); adjective (concrete — a concrete wall; also: real, specific)
A hard building material made by mixing cement, sand, small stones and water; it is soft when wet and sets very hard. - concubinage noun
The state of living with a lover as a secondary wife; here it means lustful, unfaithful behavior. - concubine noun
a woman who lived with a man and bore his children but had a lower standing than his wife - concurring verb (present participle)
agreeing with someone or having the same opinion - condemn verb (condemn, condemns, condemned, condemning)
To condemn something is to say strongly and publicly that it is wrong or bad. - condemnation noun (condemnation — mostly uncountable; a condemnation, condemnations)
Condemnation is strong public disapproval: saying clearly that something is very wrong or bad. - condense verb (condense, condenses, condensed, condensing)
To condense is for a gas to turn into a liquid when it cools, as steam turns into water drops. - condescension noun
Here it means kindly gentleness or lowering oneself, not looking down on others. - condition noun (condition, conditions); verb (condition — rare)
The condition of something is the state it is in: good, bad, new or broken. - conduct verb (conduct, conducts, conducted, conducting — stress on -DUCT); noun (conduct — stress on CON-, uncountable)
As a verb, to lead or direct music played by a band or orchestra, by moving your hands or a baton. - conduit noun
A channel or pipe that carries water from one place to another. - confection noun (a confection, confections)
A sweet food such as a cake, sweet, chocolate or pudding, especially a fancy one. - confederacy noun (a confederacy, confederacies; the Confederacy)
1) A confederacy is a group of states, tribes or people who join together for a shared purpose, like defence, while keeping much of their… - confederate noun (confederates)
A confederate is a helper who works secretly with someone else, usually in a trick or a plot. - confer verb (confer, confers, conferred, conferring)
To talk together and share ideas before deciding something: the judges conferred. - confess verb (confess, confesses, confessed, confessing)
To confess is to admit that you did something wrong or something you are ashamed of. - confession noun (a confession, confessions)
A confession is when you admit that you did something wrong. - confidence noun (confidence — mostly uncountable; a confidence — a secret)
Confidence is the feeling that you can do something well, or the belief in yourself: «She answered with confidence.». - confident adjective (confident, more confident, most confident); adverb (confidently)
Confident means feeling sure that you can do something well: a confident swimmer. - confines noun (plural only: the confines)
The edges or limits of a place: «within the confines of the school grounds». - confirm verb (confirm, confirms, confirmed, confirming)
To confirm something is to show or say that it is definitely true or correct. - confiscation noun (confiscation, confiscations)
The act of taking something away from someone because of a rule or as a punishment. - conflict noun (a conflict, conflicts); verb (conflict, conflicts, conflicted, conflicting)
A conflict is a serious disagreement or argument. - conformable adjective
matching or fitting in shape or manner - confound verb (confounds, confounded, confounding)
To confound someone is to confuse them so badly that they cannot think clearly. - confounded adjective; past form of «confound» (confound, confounds, confounded, confounding)
1) Confounded means very puzzled or confused. 2) (old-fashioned, mild swearing) Confounded is used to show annoyance, meaning «annoying»… - confront verb (confront, confronts, confronted, confronting)
To confront someone is to face them, often to argue or talk about a problem. - confuse verb (confuse, confuses, confused, confusing)
To confuse someone is to make them unable to understand or think clearly: «The instructions confused me.». - confused adjective (confused, more confused, most confused); verb (confuse, confuses, confused, confusing — "confused" is the past form)
Not able to understand something or think clearly; not sure what is happening or what to do. - confusion noun (confusion; uncountable mostly, a confusion — rare)
Confusion is the feeling of not understanding something or not knowing what to do. - congealed verb (past tense)
became thick and solid, as a liquid does when it sets - congregation noun (a congregation, congregations)
A congregation is the group of people gathered in a church, synagogue or mosque for worship. - congress noun (a congress, congresses; Congress)
The group of people elected to make laws in the USA, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives. - conjectural adjective (conjectural)
1) (formal) Based on a guess or an idea that has not been proved, not on firm facts: «The date of the old map is conjectural». - conjecture noun (a conjecture, conjectures; also uncountable); verb (conjecture, conjectures, conjectured, conjecturing)
A conjecture is a guess or opinion formed without full proof. - conjoin verb (conjoin, conjoins, conjoined, conjoining)
To join or combine two or more things together into one: «two ideas conjoined». - conjointly adverb
together, in combination or at the same time - conjugal adjective (old use)
Conjugal means to do with marriage, especially the duties and love between a husband and wife. - conjure verb (conjures, conjured, conjuring)
1) To conjure is to do magic, making things appear as if by magic. 2) To conjure up is to call a picture, a fear or a scene into the mind. - connect verb (connect, connects, connected, connecting)
To join two or more things together so they touch or are linked: «connect the wires». - connected adjective (connected, more connected); verb, past of connect (connect, connects, connected, connecting)
Connected means joined or linked to something else (connected rooms, connected wires). - connection noun (connection, connections)
A place or thing where two things are joined: «a loose connection in the wire». - conqueror noun (a conqueror, conquerors)
A person, army or country that takes control of a land or people by force, or wins a war. - consecrate verb (consecrates, consecrated, consecrating)
To consecrate something is to make it holy by a religious ceremony. - consecrated adjective (also the past form of consecrate)
Consecrated means made holy by a blessing or religious ceremony. - consecration noun (consecrations)
Consecration is the act of making something holy by a religious ceremony. - consent noun (consent, uncountable); verb (consent, consents, consented, consenting)
Permission or agreement to let something happen (give consent). - consequence noun (a consequence, consequences)
A consequence is something that happens because of an action or event, a result. - consequently adverb (consequently)
1) As a result; because of that: «It rained all day; consequently, the match was cancelled». - consider verb (consider, considers, considered, considering)
To consider something is to think about it carefully, especially before deciding: «Consider all the answers». - considerable adjective (considerable)
Large in size, amount or importance; quite a lot: a considerable amount of money. - consideration noun (consideration, considerations)
Careful thought about something before deciding: after much consideration. - considered adjective (considered); verb, past form of consider (consider, considers, considered, considering)
Considered (past of consider) means thought about carefully before deciding. - consist verb (consist, consists, consisted, consisting) — used with "of" or "in"
1) consist of: to be made up of certain parts or things. 2) consist in (formal): to have something as the main or only part. - consistency noun (consistency, consistencies)
Consistency is always acting, working or happening in the same way, steady and reliable. - consolation noun (consolation, uncountable; a consolation, consolations)
Comfort given to someone who is sad or disappointed. - consonant noun (a consonant, consonants); adjective (formal: consonant with)
A letter of the alphabet that is not a vowel, such as b, c, d, f, g. - consort noun (consorts); verb (consorts, consorted, consorting)
A consort is a husband or wife, especially the partner of a king or queen. - conspicuous adjective (conspicuous, more conspicuous, most conspicuous); adverb conspicuously
1) Very easy to see or notice; standing out. 2) (in phrases) Attracting attention, as in "conspicuous by its absence" (noticeable because… - conspiracy noun (a conspiracy, conspiracies; also uncountable)
A secret plan made by a group of people to do something harmful or illegal: «a conspiracy to rob the bank». - conspirator noun (conspirators)
1) A person who joins with others in secret to plan something bad, such as overthrowing a ruler. - conspire verb (conspire, conspires, conspired, conspiring)
To plan secretly with other people to do something bad or against the law. - constant adjective (constant); noun (a constant, constants)
Constant means happening all the time or again and again: "constant noise". - constantinople noun (Constantinople, a name of a city)
Constantinople was the old name of the great city on the Bosphorus strait that is now called Istanbul, in Turkey. - constantly adverb (constantly)
1) Constantly means all the time, again and again, without stopping. 2) Constantly can mean always in the same way, without changing. - constellation noun (a constellation, constellations)
A constellation is a group of stars that people see as a pattern or picture in the night sky and give a name to. - constitute verb (constitute, constitutes, constituted, constituting)
To make up or form something; to be the parts of a whole. - constitution noun (a constitution, constitutions)
A constitution is the set of basic laws and rules that says how a country or group is governed. - constrained verb
urged strongly or pressed someone to do something - constraint noun (a constraint, constraints; constraint uncountable)
Something that limits or controls what you can do (time constraints, money constraints). - construct verb (construct, constructs, constructed, constructing); noun (a construct, constructs)
To build or make something, such as a house, bridge or model. - consult verb (consult, consults, consulted, consulting)
To go to someone for advice or information: consult a doctor. - consume verb (consume, consumes, consumed, consuming)
1) (formal) To eat or drink something. 2) To use up fuel, energy, time or money. 3) (of fire) To destroy completely. 4) be consumed with… - consummate adjective (consummate); verb (consummate, consummates, consummated, consummating – formal)
Showing very great skill; perfect at something: «a consummate musician». - consummation Noun
The final completing or perfecting of something. - consumption noun (consumption, uncountable)
The amount of something that is used up, such as energy, water or food (fuel consumption). - contact noun (contact, uncountable; a contact, contacts); verb (contact, contacts, contacted, contacting)
Contact is touching: two things in contact are touching each other. - contain verb (contain, contains, contained, containing)
1) To contain means to have something inside. A box that contains toys has toys in it. 2) To contain also means to be made of or to… - contemn verb (contemns, contemned, contemning) old use
1) (old use) To look down on something as worthless; to scorn or despise it. - contemplate verb (contemplates, contemplated, contemplating)
1) To look at something quietly for a long time and think about it. 2) To think about doing something; to consider it. - contemplation noun (no plural)
1) Quiet, long thinking; looking at something and thinking about it deeply. - contempt noun (contempt — uncountable)
Contempt is the feeling that someone or something is worthless and does not deserve any respect. - contemptible adjective (more contemptible, most contemptible)
1) So mean or bad that people despise it and deserve scorn. - contemptuously adverb
1) Contemptuously means in a way that shows you think someone or something is worthless or does not deserve respect. - contend verb (contend, contends, contended, contending)
Contend with: to have to deal with a problem or difficulty: «Farmers have to contend with drought». - content noun (CON-tent: content, contents); adjective (con-TENT: content); verb (con-TENT: content yourself with)
The contents of a box, bag or bottle are the things inside it. - contention noun (contentions)
1) An argument or quarrel between people, often about who is right. 2) A point that you argue for; a view you claim is true. - contentious adjective
fond of quarreling or arguing - continual adjective (continual; more continual — rare)
Continual means happening again and again, often in an annoying way, with short breaks in between. - continually adverb
Continually means again and again, very often, with short breaks in between. - continuance noun (continuance) — formal
The state of going on or lasting; continuing: «the continuance of the old custom». - continue verb (continue, continues, continued, continuing)
1) To keep doing something without stopping. 2) To start again after a break. 3) To go on further in the same direction or to the next… - contradict verb (contradict, contradicts, contradicted, contradicting)
To contradict someone means to say the opposite of what they have said, showing you think they are wrong. - contradiction noun (a contradiction, contradictions; also uncountable)
A situation in which two statements or facts cannot both be true: «There is a contradiction between his two stories». - contrary adjective (contrary); noun (the contrary); also «on the contrary»
Contrary means opposite or very different: «contrary opinions». - contrast noun (a contrast, contrasts — also uncountable); verb (contrast, contrasts, contrasted, contrasting)
noun A clear difference between two things when you put them side by side. - contribute verb (contribute, contributes, contributed, contributing)
To contribute is to give money, time or help together with other people.
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