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- each determiner, pronoun; adverb (they cost 2 dollars each)
Each means every single one of a group, taken one by one: each child got a pencil. - eager adjective (eager; more eager, most eager)
1) Wanting very much to do or have something; keen and excited. 2) Showing strong interest: «eager faces», «eager to please». - eagerly adverb (eagerly)
In a way that shows you really want to do or have something and are excited about it. - eagle noun (an eagle, eagles)
An eagle is a large, strong bird of prey with a hooked beak, sharp claws (talons) and excellent eyesight. - ear noun (ear, ears)
One of the two parts on the sides of the head that you hear with. - earlier adverb (earlier = comparative of early); adjective (an earlier time, the earlier one)
Earlier means at a time before now or before another time. - earliest adjective (early, earlier, earliest); adverb (early, earlier, earliest)
Earliest is the superlative of «early»: the first one in time, or the one that comes before all the others. - early adjective (early, earlier, earliest); adverb (early, earlier, earliest)
Before the usual or expected time: «The bus came early». - earn verb (earn, earns, earned, earning)
To earn means to get money because you did work. - earnestly adverb
1) In a serious and sincere way, really meaning what you say or do. 2) Trying hard and with great care. - earring noun (an earring, earrings)
1) An earring is a piece of jewellery worn on the ear, usually through a small hole in the earlobe. - earth noun (Earth — the planet; earth — soil, the ground)
The planet we live on, the third planet from the Sun (often written Earth). - earthen adjective (no forms)
1) Earthen means made of baked clay or earth. - earthquake noun (an earthquake, earthquakes)
1) An earthquake is a sudden, violent shaking of the ground caused by movement of the rocks deep inside the Earth. - ease noun (ease; uncountable); verb (ease, eases, eased, easing)
Ease means with no difficulty: doing something easily. - easily adverb (easily, more easily, most easily)
Easily means without difficulty: «She solved it easily». - east noun, adjective, adverb (east, East)
East is the direction where the sun comes up in the morning. - eastern adjective (eastern; easternmost)
Eastern means in, from or towards the east: eastern Canada, the eastern sky. - eastward adverb (eastward or eastwards); adjective (eastward)
1) (adverb) Towards the east: The ship sailed eastward. 2) (adjective) Going or facing towards the east: the eastward road. - easy adjective (easy, easier, easiest); adverb (easily; also easy in phrases like «take it easy»)
Easy means not difficult, simple to do or understand. - eat verb (eat, eats, ate, eaten, eating)
To eat is to put food in your mouth, chew it and swallow it. - eater noun (an eater, eaters)
A person or animal that eats, often described by how or what it eats: «a fussy eater», «a big eater». - ebn noun
A spelling of "Ibn", meaning "son of" in Arabic names. - ebony noun (plural ebonies); adjective
1) Ebony is a very hard, dark black wood. 2) Ebony means very black, like the wood. - ecliptic noun
The path in the sky that the sun seems to follow through the year. - ect noun
A scanning error, not a real word; it was meant to be "perfect". - ed noun (abbreviation: Ed., ed., eds.); also a name (Ed); verb ending -ed
«Ed» is short for education: «PE» is physical education, «sex ed» means sex education, «special ed» special education (informal, US). - eden proper noun (Eden, the Garden of Eden); noun (an Eden — a paradise)
1) (Bible) The Garden of Eden was the beautiful garden where, in Genesis, God put the first people, Adam and Eve, before they disobeyed by… - edge noun (edge, edges); verb (edge, edges, edged — to move slowly or to make a border)
An edge is the outside line or end of something, like the edge of a table or a cliff. - edict noun (an edict, edicts)
1) An official order or rule given by a king, emperor, government or other ruler. 2) (informal) Any strict order from someone in charge. - edited verb (past form of edit: edited); adjective (edited)
Edited is the past form of «edit»: someone checked and changed a piece of writing, a photo or a film to make it better. - edition noun (an edition, editions)
An edition is one version of a book, newspaper or magazine printed at one time, like a first edition. - editor noun (an editor, editors)
An editor is a person who checks, corrects and improves writing before it is published. - editorial noun (an editorial, editorials); adjective (editorial)
An editorial is an article in a newspaper or magazine that gives the opinion of the editors, not just the news. - ee interjection (UK dialect «ee», Northern England); Scots «ee» = eye (plural «een»); company name (EE); letters «ee» in spelling — a fragment
«Ee!» is a cry of surprise or feeling, like «oh!»: «Ee, it's cold!»; also «ee by gum». - effect noun (an effect, effects); verb (effect, effects, effected, effecting — formal: to make happen)
An effect is a change or result caused by something. - effects noun, plural of «effect» (an effect, effects)
Changes or results that happen because of something. - effort noun (effort — uncountable; an effort, efforts)
Effort is the hard work and energy you use to do something. - effulgent adjective
Shining very brightly, giving off great light. - egg noun (egg, eggs)
An egg is the round or oval thing a hen lays, which people eat. - egyptian adjective (Egyptian); noun (an Egyptian, Egyptians)
Coming from or to do with Egypt, a country in north-east Africa. - eight number (eight, 8)
1) Eight is the number 8, one more than seven. 2) Eight is the count of legs on a spider and of arms on an octopus. - eighteen number (eighteen, 18)
1) Eighteen is the number 18, ten and eight. 2) In many countries, at eighteen you count as a grown-up. - eighteenth adjective, ordinal number (eighteenth, 18th); noun (an eighteenth, eighteenths)
Coming next after the seventeenth in order; number 18 in a line or list. - eighth number, adjective and noun (eighth, an eighth, eighths); adverb (eighth)
1) Eighth means number 8 in order, after the seventh. 2) An eighth is one of eight equal parts of something: 1/8. - eightieth adjective; noun (the eightieth, an eightieth); ordinal number (80th)
1) The ordinal number for 80: coming after the seventy-ninth and before the eighty-first. 2) One of 80 equal parts of something (1/80). - eighty number (eighty, 80)
1) Eighty is the number 80, eight tens. - einstein proper noun (Einstein); noun, informal (an Einstein — a very clever person)
Albert Einstein was a famous German-born scientist who studied light, time, gravity and energy, and is known for the idea E = mc². - either determiner, pronoun (either); adverb (either); conjunction (either … or)
Either means one or the other of two: you can have either an apple or a pear. - el noun (an el, els); abbreviation (El, the El); (Spanish) el
1) The name of the letter L. 2) (USA) the El or el: an elevated railway, a train on a raised track above the street, especially in… - elaborate adjective (elaborate, more elaborate) — pronounced ih-LAB-er-it; verb (elaborate, elaborates, elaborated, elaborating) — pronounced ih-LAB-er-ate
Having many parts or details; carefully planned and complicated: «an elaborate costume». - elbow noun (an elbow, elbows); verb (elbow, elbows, elbowed, elbowing)
1) Your elbow is the joint in the middle of your arm where it bends. 2) To elbow someone means to push them with your elbow. - elder adjective (elder, eldest); noun (an elder, elders; elder tree)
Elder means older, often said of a brother or sister: «my elder sister». - eldest adjective (eldest — superlative of old, used for family); noun (the eldest)
1) Eldest means oldest, used for people in the same family: «my eldest brother». 2) The eldest is the oldest child in a family. - elect verb (elect, elects, elected, electing); adjective (after a noun: the president elect)
To choose someone for a job or position by voting: The class elected Sam as captain. - electrum noun
A shining mix of gold and silver, or an amber-like metal. - elegant adjective (elegant; more elegant, most elegant)
Graceful and stylish in how something looks or moves. - element noun (an element, elements)
One part or feature of something bigger: «an element of surprise». - elemental adjective
Having to do with the basic parts of something, or the first simple building blocks. - elementary adjective (no comparative in common use)
1) Very simple and basic, the first thing to learn. 2) Basic in nature, not made of other parts. - elements noun, plural of element (elements); also «the elements» (weather)
Parts or features that make up something: «the elements of a story». - elevated adjective; verb, past form of elevate (elevate, elevates, elevated, elevating)
Elevated means raised up higher than the ground or things around it. - elevation noun (an elevation, elevations; elevation — uncountable)
The height of a place above sea level: The town is at an elevation of 500 metres. - eleven number (eleven, 11)
1) Eleven is the number 11, one more than ten. 2) A team of eleven players is called an eleven, as in football and cricket. - eleventh adjective, noun (eleventh, 11th)
1) Eleventh means number 11 in order. 2) An eleventh is one of 11 equal parts, written 1/11. 3) «At the eleventh hour» means at the very… - elsewhere adverb (elsewhere)
1) In or to another place, somewhere else. - elucidation noun
An explanation that makes something clear. - elul noun
The sixth month of the Hebrew calendar, around August and September. - em pronoun (informal spoken form of "them"); interjection (em = um); noun (em, a printing measure)
A spoken short form of "them", often written 'em. - emanate verb
To flow out or come forth from a source, like light from the sun. - emanation noun (emanations)
Something that comes out from a source, such as a light, a smell or a spirit. - embalm verb (embalm, embalms, embalmed, embalming); noun embalming, embalmer
To embalm a dead body is to treat it with special chemicals or salts so it does not rot quickly. - embark verb (embark, embarks, embarked, embarking)
To embark is to go on board a ship or aircraft to start a journey. - embarrassment noun (embarrassment, embarrassments)
A feeling of being shy, silly or uncomfortable because of something you did or something that happened in front of others. - embitter verb (embitters, embittered, embittering)
To embitter someone is to make them resentful and angry for a long time, after they have been hurt or treated unfairly. - embrace verb (embrace, embraces, embraced, embracing); noun (an embrace, embraces)
To put your arms around someone to show love or friendship; to hug. - embroidery noun (embroideries)
1) Embroidery is decorating cloth by sewing patterns on it with coloured thread. 2) An embroidery is a piece of cloth decorated in this way. - emendation noun
A change made to a text to fix a mistake or make it clear. - emerald noun (an emerald, emeralds; emerald — the colour); adjective (emerald)
An emerald is a bright green precious stone used in jewellery. - emerge verb (emerge, emerges, emerged, emerging)
To come out from inside or behind something and be seen: A chick emerged from the egg. - emerging verb form (-ing form of emerge: emerge, emerges, emerged, emerging); adjective (emerging)
Emerging is the -ing form of «emerge», which means to come out from somewhere hidden or dark. - eminence noun (eminences)
1) Eminence is the state of being famous, important or high in rank. 2) An eminence is a high hill or rising ground (formal use). - eminent adjective (no change in form)
Eminent means famous, respected and important, known for doing something very well. - emperor noun (an emperor, emperors)
A man who rules an empire, a group of many countries or lands, such as the Roman emperors. - emphasize verb
To give special importance or attention to something by stressing it. - empire noun (empire, empires)
A group of countries or lands ruled by one ruler or government, often an emperor or empress. - employ verb (employ, employs, employed, employing); noun (employ — formal, «in the employ of»)
To employ someone is to give them a job and pay them. - employed adjective; past form of the verb employ (employ, employs, employed, employing)
1) Having a paid job. 2) (past form) Gave someone a job and paid them. 3) (formal) Used: "the method employed". 4) Employed can also mean… - employment noun (employment — usually uncountable)
1) Employment is having a paid job. 2) Employment is the act of giving someone work. 3) (formal) The employment of something is the use of… - emptiness noun (emptiness, uncountable)
1) The state of having nothing or nobody inside. 2) A sad feeling that something is missing in your life, or that nothing matters. - empty adjective (empty, emptier, emptiest); verb (empty, empties, emptied, emptying)
Empty means with nothing in or on it: an empty box. - en preposition and pronoun (French «en» = in, to, of it); noun (an en, ens — printing: en dash); in phrases «en route», «en masse» — not an English word on its own
1) (French) «En» means «in» or «to» with countries and months, and «in» or «by» for ways of travelling: «en France» (in France), «en été»… - encamp verb (encamps, encamped, encamping)
To encamp is to set up tents or a camp in the open and stay there for a time. - encampment noun (an encampment, encampments)
A place where a group of people, like soldiers, refugees or travellers, set up tents or shelters for a time. - enchanter noun (an enchanter, enchanters); feminine enchantress
An enchanter is a person in stories who uses magic spells, especially to charm or control people. - enchantment noun (enchantment, enchantments)
An enchantment is a magic spell that makes things happen or changes someone. - enclose verb (enclose, encloses, enclosed, enclosing)
To enclose a place is to put a wall, fence or cover all the way round it. - enclosed adjective; verb, past form of enclose (enclose, encloses, enclosed, enclosing)
Enclosed means surrounded on all sides by walls, a fence or something else. - enclosure noun (an enclosure, enclosures)
An enclosure is an area with a fence or wall all round it, often to keep animals in. - encompass verb (encompass, encompasses, encompassed, encompassing)
1) (formal) To encompass something is to include it or cover all of it. 2) (formal) To encompass a place is to surround it completely.
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