D
- deliver verb (deliver, delivers, delivered, delivering)
To deliver means to take letters, parcels or goods to a place or person: the postman delivers the post. - deliverance noun (deliverance — uncountable)
Deliverance is being rescued or set free from danger, suffering or evil. - deliverer noun (plural deliverers)
A person who sets others free or rescues them from danger or trouble. - delivery noun (a delivery, deliveries)
Taking letters, parcels or goods to the place they are sent to. - delusion noun (plural delusions)
A false belief about something, held even though it is not true. - delve verb
To dig into the ground. It is an old word, now used mostly for searching deeply into something. - demand verb (demand, demands, demanded, demanding); noun (a demand, demands; demand — uncountable)
To demand means to ask for something firmly, as if you have the right to it: she demanded an answer. - demeanour noun (demeanour — usually uncountable; US spelling demeanor)
1) Someone's demeanour is the way they look and behave, which shows their mood or character. - demolish verb
To knock something down completely so that it is destroyed. - demon noun (a demon, demons)
A demon is an evil spirit; Christians believe demons are fallen angels who oppose God. - demonstrate verb (demonstrate, demonstrates, demonstrated, demonstrating)
To demonstrate is to show how something works or how to do something. - demonstration noun (a demonstration, demonstrations)
A demonstration is showing people how to do something or how something works. - den noun (a den, dens)
The home of a wild animal, often hidden, like a fox's or lion's den or a bear's cave. - denominate verb (denominate, denominates, denominated, denominating)
To denominate an amount or a price is to state it in a particular currency or unit. - denote verb (denote, denotes, denoted, denoting) — formal
1) To be a sign or symbol for something; to stand for. 2) (formal) To show or mean something. - denounce verb (denounce, denounces, denounced, denouncing)
To say publicly and strongly that something or someone is wrong, bad or evil. - dental adjective (dental)
1) Dental means about teeth or about looking after teeth. - deny verb (deny, denies, denied, denying)
To deny something is to say that it is not true. - depart verb (depart, departs, departed, departing)
1) (formal) To leave, especially to start a journey. 2) depart from: to do something different from what is usual or planned. 3)… - departed verb (past of «depart»: depart, departs, departed, departing); adjective (departed); noun (the departed)
Left a place, especially to start a journey (the train departed at 9:15). - departing verb (-ing form of depart: depart, departs, departed, departing); adjective (departing)
Departing means leaving, going away from a place, especially for trains, buses and planes. - dependence noun
Needing someone or something else for help or support. - depose verb (depose, deposes, deposed, deposing)
To remove a ruler or leader from power, often by force. - deposit noun (a deposit, deposits); verb (deposit, deposits, deposited, depositing)
1) To put money into a bank account. 2) Money put into a bank account. 3) A part of the price paid first to keep or reserve something… - depraved adjective
Morally bad or wicked, corrupted in behavior. - deprived adjective (deprived, more deprived, most deprived); past form of verb deprive (deprive, deprives, deprived, depriving)
Deprived means not having enough of the things people need for a good life, such as money, food, good homes or schools. - depth noun (depth, depths)
Depth is how deep something is, how far it goes down from the top. - depute verb
To appoint someone to act for you or to do a task on your behalf. - deputy noun (deputies)
A deputy is a person who acts for another and takes their place when needed. - deride verb
To laugh at something with scorn and mock it. - derision noun (derision — uncountable)
Unkind laughter or comments that show you think someone or something is stupid or worthless; mocking. - derivation noun (a derivation, derivations)
The derivation of a word is where it comes from and how it was made, for example from Latin or from another English word. - derive verb (derive, derives, derived, deriving)
To derive something from something is to get it from there: to derive pleasure from reading. - derived adjective (derived); past form of verb derive (derive, derives, derived, deriving)
Coming from or made from something else (a word derived from Latin). - des article and preposition (French «des» = some / of the); name (Des, short for Desmond) — not an English word
«Des» means «some» before a plural noun: «des pommes» is «some apples». - descend verb (descend, descends, descended, descending)
To descend is to go or come down, or to move downwards. - descendants noun, plural of descendant (a descendant, descendants)
Your descendants are your children, their children, their children's children and so on into the future. - descent noun (a descent, descents; also uncountable)
A descent is a way or act of going down, like going down a hill, stairs or from the sky. - describe verb (describe, describes, described, describing); nouns: description, descriptive (adjective)
To say or write what someone or something is like: how it looks, sounds, feels, smells or behaves. - description noun (description, descriptions)
A description is words that tell what someone or something is like — how it looks, sounds, feels or behaves. - descriptive adjective
Telling what something is like. - desert noun (a desert, deserts) — said «DEZ-ert»; verb (desert, deserts, deserted, deserting) — said «di-ZURT»
A desert (DEZ-ert) is a large area of land that gets very little rain, so few plants grow; it may be sandy, rocky, hot or cold. - deserter noun
A person who leaves his own side and goes over to the enemy. - deserve verb (deserve, deserves, deserved, deserving)
If you deserve something, you should get it because of what you have done or what you are like. - design noun (a design, designs; design — the activity); verb (design, designs, designed, designing)
A design is a drawing or plan that shows how something will look or be made. - designate verb (designate, designates, designated, designating); adjective (after a noun, formal: president-designate)
To choose someone or something officially for a job or purpose. - designed verb form (past and past participle of design: design, designs, designed, designing); adjective (well-designed, designed for)
Designed means planned and drawn before being made: she designed a poster. - desirable adjective (desirable, more desirable, most desirable)
1) Desirable means worth having or wanting; good, useful or attractive. 2) (formal) Desirable means advisable or a good idea. - desire noun (a desire, desires); verb (desire, desires, desired, desiring)
noun: A desire is a strong wish or longing for something. - desirous adjective (no comparative in use)
Old or formal: wanting very much to have or do something. - desist verb (desist, desists, desisted, desisting)
1) (formal) To stop doing something, especially when told to: «desist from doing it». - desolate adjective (no comparative in use)
1) Desolate means empty and bare, with no people or life. 2) Desolate means sad and lonely, feeling that nothing is good. - desolation noun (desolations)
1) Desolation is a state of being empty, ruined and bare, with nothing living. 2) Desolation is great sadness and loneliness. - despair noun (despair, uncountable); verb (despair, despairs, despaired, despairing)
1) The feeling of having lost all hope. 2) (verb) To lose hope: «Don't despair — we'll find your cat.» 3) (phrase) «Drive someone to… - despatch verb (despatch, despatches, despatched, despatching); noun (despatch, a despatch)
To despatch something is to send it off, especially a parcel, letter or message. - desperate adjective (desperate; more desperate, most desperate)
Feeling that you have little hope and will do anything to change the situation. - despise verb (despises, despised, despising)
To despise someone or something is to hate it or look down on it as worthless or wrong. - despised adjective; past form of «despise» (despise, despises, despised, despising)
To despise someone or something is to dislike them very strongly and think they are worthless. - despite preposition (despite)
1) Despite means without being stopped by something; even though something else is true. - despoil verb (despoils, despoiled, despoiling)
Old use: to rob a place or person of goods or treasure, often by force, and leave it damaged. - despoiled verb (despoil, despoils, despoiled, despoiling)
To despoil is to rob a place or person of its valuable things, often by force, leaving them with nothing. - destine verb
To set aside something for a certain purpose or fate. - destiny noun (destiny, destinies)
Destiny is what will happen to someone in the future, especially when it seems already decided by fate or a higher power. - destitute adjective
Having nothing; extremely poor, without food, money or help. - destroy verb (destroy, destroys, destroyed, destroying)
To destroy something means to damage it so badly that it is ruined or no longer exists. - destroyed verb form (destroy, destroys, destroyed, destroying); adjective (destroyed)
Destroyed is the past form of destroy, which means to damage something so badly that it no longer exists or cannot be used. - destroyer noun
A person or thing that destroys or ruins something. - destruction noun (destruction; usually no plural)
Destruction is the act of destroying something so badly that it is ruined or no longer exists. - details noun, plural of detail (a detail, details); verb (detail, details, detailed, detailing — less common)
Details are the small facts or parts that together make up something bigger. - detain verb (detain, detains, detained, detaining); noun detention
To keep someone in a place and not let them leave, such as the police holding a suspect. - determination noun (determination; uncountable for sense 1, countable for sense 2: a determination, determinations)
Being firm about doing something and not giving up even when it is hard. - determine verb (determine, determines, determined, determining); adjective determined (see notes); noun (determination)
To find out or work out something exactly, often by measuring or calculating. - determined adjective (determined, more determined); past form of verb determine (determine, determines, determined, determining)
Having decided firmly to do something and not letting anything stop you. - detest verb (detest, detests, detested, detesting); adjective (detestable)
1) To hate something or someone very much. - detestable adjective (detestable, more detestable, most detestable)
Very hateful; so bad or nasty that people strongly dislike it. - detestation noun
A strong feeling of hatred or disgust for something. - developed verb, past of develop (develop, develops, developed, developing); adjective (developed, well-developed)
Developed is the past form of «develop»: grew, changed, made or improved over time. - development noun (development, developments; countable and uncountable)
Development is the process of growing or changing and becoming bigger, stronger or more advanced. - device noun (a device, devices)
A device is a machine or tool made for a special job, like a phone, a tablet or a can opener. - devices noun (plural of device: a device, devices)
Devices are machines or tools made for a special job, especially electronic ones like phones, tablets and laptops. - devil noun (a devil, devils; the Devil)
The Devil is the main evil spirit in some religions, the enemy of God. - devise verb (devise, devises, devised, devising)
To invent or plan something clever or new, usually after careful thinking: «devise a plan». - devote verb (devote, devotes, devoted, devoting); devote yourself to; adjective devoted
To devote time, effort or money to something is to give a lot of it to that one thing. - devoted adjective (devoted, more devoted); past form of verb devote (devote, devotes, devoted, devoting)
Very loving and loyal (a devoted dog, a devoted fan). - devotion noun (devotion, devotions)
Great love and loyalty to someone or something. - devour verb (devour, devours, devoured, devouring)
To eat something quickly and hungrily, often all of it. - dew noun (dew — uncountable)
1) Dew is the tiny drops of water that form on grass, leaves and other cool surfaces outside, usually at night or early morning. - diadem noun (diadem, diadems)
1) A diadem is a crown or band worn on the head, often made of gold or jewels, and worn by a queen, princess or other royal person. - diagonal adjective (diagonal); noun (a diagonal, diagonals); adverb diagonally
Diagonal means going in a slanting line, not straight across or straight up. - diagram noun (a diagram, diagrams); verb (diagram, diagrams, diagrammed, diagramming — less common)
A diagram is a simple drawing with lines, shapes and labels that shows how something works, what its parts are, or how things are connected. - dial noun (a dial, dials); verb (dial, dials, dialled/dialed, dialling/dialing)
A dial is the round face of a clock, watch or measuring instrument, with numbers and a pointer. - dialect noun (a dialect, dialects; dialect, uncountable)
1) A dialect is a form of a language spoken in a particular area or by a particular group, with its own words, grammar and pronunciation. - diameter noun (diameter, diameters)
A straight line going from one side of a circle to the other, passing through the centre. - diamond noun (diamond, diamonds); adjective (diamond)
A diamond is a very hard, clear, sparkling precious stone. - diaphragm noun (diaphragm, diaphragms)
The diaphragm is a large, flat, dome-shaped muscle under your lungs that helps you breathe. - dictation noun (dictation, dictations)
Dictation is saying words aloud so that someone else can write them down exactly. - dictionary noun (a dictionary, dictionaries)
A dictionary is a book or website that lists words in alphabetical order and tells you what they mean, how to spell and say them. - die noun (die, dice); verb (die, dies, died, dying)
1) To die means to stop living. 2) A die is one small cube with dots from 1 to 6, used in games. A die has 6 faces. 3) To be dying to do… - differ verb (differ, differs, differed, differing)
To differ means to be not the same as something else. - difference noun (difference, differences)
In maths, the difference is how much bigger one number is than another; you find it by subtracting.
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