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- encounter verb (encounter, encounters, encountered, encountering); noun (an encounter, encounters)
To encounter means to meet someone or something, often by chance or unexpectedly: "we encountered a bear". - encourage verb (encourage, encourages, encouraged, encouraging)
To encourage someone is to give them hope, confidence or support so they keep trying. - encouragingly adverb
In a way that gives courage and hope. - encyclopaedia noun (an encyclopaedia, encyclopaedias); US spelling encyclopedia
1) A book or set of books, or a website, giving information on many subjects, or on many parts of one subject, usually arranged in… - end noun (end, ends); verb (end, ends, ended, ending)
The end is the last part of something, like the end of a story or a day. - endanger verb (endanger, endangers, endangered, endangering)
To put someone or something in danger; to make harm likely. - endangered adjective (endangered); also the past form of «endanger» (endanger, endangers, endangered, endangering)
1) An endangered animal or plant is one that may soon die out completely because very few are left. 2) Endangered means put in danger. - endeavor verb (endeavor, endeavors, endeavored, endeavoring); noun (an endeavor)
1) To endeavor is to try hard to do something. 2) An endeavor is a hard task or effort that someone tries to do. - endeavour noun (endeavour, endeavours); verb (endeavour, endeavours, endeavoured, endeavouring) — formal
A serious effort or attempt to do something: «a new endeavour». - ending noun (ending, endings); verb (end, ends, ended, ending)
An ending is the last part of a story, film or song. - endless adjective (endless)
1) Endless means without an end, going on for ever. 2) In everyday talk endless means seeming to go on for a very long time, or very many. - endowed adjective (endowed); verb past form of endow (endow, endows, endowed, endowing)
If a person is endowed with something, they naturally have a good quality or ability: «endowed with great patience». - endue verb
To give someone a quality or gift, such as skill or understanding. - endure verb (endure, endures, endured, enduring)
1) To endure is to bear or suffer something hard or painful without giving up. 2) To endure is to last for a long time. - enemy noun (an enemy, enemies)
An enemy is a person who hates you or wants to harm you, or someone you fight against. - energy noun (energy, energies)
The strength and liveliness to be active: "I have lots of energy.". - enfeeble verb (enfeeble, enfeebles, enfeebled, enfeebling)
To enfeeble someone is to make them weak, so they lose their strength. - engage verb (engage, engages, engaged, engaging)
To take part or get involved in something: «engage in a discussion». - engine noun (engine, engines)
An engine is a machine that burns fuel or uses power to make something move, like a car, train or plane. - english noun (English — the language; the English — the people of England); adjective (English)
English is a language, the one you are reading now. - engrave verb
To cut letters or designs into a hard surface like stone or metal. - engraved verb (engrave, engraves, engraved, engraving); adjective (engraved)
Cut or carved into a hard surface such as metal, stone, glass or wood: «His name was engraved on the cup.». - engraver noun
A person who cuts designs or letters into stone, metal, or wood. - engraving noun (an engraving, engravings; engraving — the craft, uncountable); verb form of engrave (engrave, engraves, engraved, engraving)
1) A picture made by cutting lines into a metal plate or block of wood, then covering it with ink and pressing paper onto it to print the… - enigma noun (enigma, enigmas)
An enigma is a puzzle or a mystery that is hard to understand. - enigmatic adjective
Mysterious and hard to understand. - enjoin verb (enjoin, enjoins, enjoined, enjoining)
To enjoin someone to do something is to order or strongly urge them to do it. - enjoy verb (enjoy, enjoys, enjoyed, enjoying); adjective enjoyable; noun enjoyment
To enjoy something means to like doing it or to get pleasure from it. - enlarge verb (enlarge, enlarges, enlarged, enlarging)
1) To enlarge something is to make it bigger. 2) To enlarge a photo or picture is to print or show a bigger copy of it. 3) (maths) To… - enlarged adjective; verb form (enlarge, enlarges, enlarged, enlarging)
1) Made bigger: an enlarged photo. 2) (medicine) Bigger than normal, often because of illness: an enlarged heart. 3) (past of enlarge)… - enlargement noun (enlargement, enlargements)
1) The act of making something bigger. 2) A photo that has been printed or made bigger. 3) (maths) A transformation that makes a shape… - enlighten verb
To give someone knowledge or understanding. - enlightened adjective (enlightened, more enlightened, most enlightened); past form of verb enlighten (enlighten, enlightens, enlightened, enlightening)
1) Enlightened means having understanding and wisdom about something. 2) Enlightened means having been shown the truth, so you see clearly. - enlightening adjective
Giving light or understanding. - enmity noun (enmity, enmities) — formal
1) (formal) A feeling of hate or strong dislike between people or groups; being enemies. - enormity noun
A very great wickedness or crime. - enough adjective, adverb, pronoun (enough)
1) Enough means as much as you need or want. If you have enough money, you can buy it. 2) Enough after a word means to the needed amount… - enquire verb (enquire, enquires, enquired, enquiring); also spelled inquire
To ask someone for information: «enquire about train times». - enrich verb (enrich, enriches, enriched, enriching)
To make something better, fuller or more interesting by adding something good to it. - ensign noun
A flag or banner that shows who a group or army belongs to. - ensnare verb (ensnare, ensnares, ensnared, ensnaring)
To ensnare an animal is to catch it in a snare or trap. - ensure verb (ensure, ensures, ensured, ensuring)
To ensure means to make certain that something happens or is true: "please ensure the door is locked". - entangle verb (entangle, entangles, entangled, entangling)
To catch something in a tangle of string, net, rope, hair or wire so it cannot get free. - entangled adjective (entangled); also past tense and past participle of entangle
Caught and twisted up in string, rope, nets, hair or plants so it cannot move freely. - enter verb (enter, enters, entered, entering); noun (the Enter key)
1) To enter means to go or come into a place. 2) To enter a competition or race means to take part in it. 3) To enter information means to… - enterprise noun (an enterprise, enterprises)
1) A business or company. 2) A big, new or bold plan or project. 3) Being willing to try new things and work hard to make them happen… - enthrone verb
To place a king on a throne, or to treat someone as ruler. - entice verb (entice, entices, enticed, enticing)
1) To entice someone is to get them to come or do something by offering them something nice or tempting. - entire adjective (entire); adverb entirely
1) Whole; with every part included (the entire class, the entire day). 2) Complete, total (with his entire attention). - entirely adverb (entirely)
1) Entirely means completely, totally, in every way. 2) Entirely can mean only, as in «entirely made of wood». - entitled adjective (entitled); verb, past form of entitle (entitle, entitles, entitled, entitling)
If you are entitled to something, you have a right to have it or do it. - entity noun (an entity, entities)
An entity is something that exists as a separate, single thing with its own identity, such as a company, a country or a living being. - entrance noun (an entrance, entrances); verb (entrance, entrances, entranced, entrancing — to delight)
An entrance is a door, gate or opening where you go into a place. - entrap verb (entrap, entraps, entrapped, entrapping); noun entrapment
To entrap someone or something is to catch them in a trap. - entreat verb (entreat, entreats, entreated, entreating)
1) To entreat someone is to beg them earnestly to do something; it is stronger than asking. - entreaty noun (entreaty, entreaties)
1) An entreaty is a strong, urgent request, a begging for something. - entrenched adjective
Fixed in a strong position, or protected with ditches or walls. - entry noun (an entry, entries)
An entry is a way in, like a door or gate, or the act of going in. - envelop verb (envelop, envelops, enveloped, enveloping)
1) To envelop something is to cover or wrap it all round so that it cannot be seen clearly. - envelope noun (envelope, envelopes)
An envelope is a flat paper cover in which you put a letter or card before posting it. - envious adjective (envious, more envious, most envious)
1) Wanting something that someone else has, and feeling unhappy or annoyed that you do not have it; jealous. - environs noun
The area all around a place. - envision verb (envision, envisions, envisioned, envisioning); UK also envisage
To envision something is to imagine it or picture it in your mind, especially something in the future. - envy noun (envy, uncountable); verb (envy, envies, envied, envying)
Envy is the unhappy feeling of wanting something that someone else has, like their toys, skills or luck. - ephah noun
An ancient Hebrew measure for dry things like flour or grain, about a bushel or a little less. It is also a man's name. - equal adjective; verb (equal, equals, equalled/equaled, equalling/equaling); noun (an equal)
Equal means the same in size, number or amount: equal groups. - equalize verb
To make things the same or balanced. - equalizer noun
Something that balances or makes two sides equal. - equilibrium noun (equilibrium, uncountable; equilibria, rare plural)
Equilibrium is a state of balance in which opposite forces or amounts are equal, so nothing changes: "the scales are in equilibrium". - equipoise noun
A state of balance, where weights or forces are equal. - equity noun (equity — uncountable; equities — money)
Equity is fairness: treating people so each has what they need for a fair chance, not just exactly the same. - equivalent adjective (equivalent); noun (an equivalent, equivalents)
Equivalent means equal in value, amount, meaning or importance: "1/2 is equivalent to 2/4". - er interjection (er — a hesitation sound); also abbreviation (ER, E.R.)
«Er» is a sound people make when they are not sure what to say or are thinking, like «um»: «It's, er, somewhere here.». - era noun (an era, eras)
An era is a long period of history with special features or events, like the Victorian era. - erase verb (erase, erases, erased, erasing)
To rub out writing or marks, for example with a rubber or an eraser. - erect verb (erect, erects, erected, erecting); adjective (erect)
To erect something is to build it or put it up, like a tent, a fence or a statue. - err verb (err, errs, erred, erring) — formal
To make a mistake or be wrong: «To err is human». - errand noun (errand, errands)
1) An errand is a short trip to do a small job, like buying something, delivering something or taking a message. - erroneous adjective (erroneous) (formal)
1) (formal) Erroneous means wrong or containing a mistake. - erroneously adverb (erroneously) — (formal)
1) (formal) Wrongly; by mistake; in a way that is not correct. - error noun (an error, errors)
An error is a mistake, something done wrongly. - erst adverb
An old word meaning formerly or at first. In the text it is a German word meaning only or not until. - erudite adjective (more erudite, most erudite)
Having great learning, gained from long study and wide reading; said of a clever person or of a serious, well-researched book. - es verb (Spanish «es» = is; French «es» = (you) are); suffix «-es» (plurals and verbs); symbol (Es = einsteinium) — not an English word
«Es» means «is» in Spanish: «es grande» means «it is big». - escape verb (escape, escapes, escaped, escaping); noun (an escape, escapes)
To escape means to get away from a place where you are kept, or from danger. - esophagus noun
The tube that carries food from the throat to the stomach; the gullet. - esoteric adjective
Understood by only a few people who have special knowledge, and kept secret. - especially adverb
Especially means more than usual, or more than others; particularly. - espousal noun
Betrothal, the promise to marry, or a wedding. - espouse verb (espouses, espoused, espousing)
1) To take up a cause and support it warmly, often as your own. 2) (old use) To marry someone. - essay noun (an essay, essays); verb (essay — formal, rare: to try)
An essay is a short piece of writing on one subject, written by a pupil or a writer. - essence noun (essences)
The most important part or real nature of a thing, which makes it what it is. - essential adjective (essential; more essential, most essential); noun (an essential, essentials)
Something essential is completely necessary; you cannot manage without it. - essentially adverb (essentially)
Essentially means basically, in the most important way, when you leave out small details. - est verb (French «est» = is); abbreviation (est. = established, estimated; EST = Eastern Standard Time); suffix «-est»
«Est» means «is» in French: «il est content» is «he is happy»; the «s» and «t» are silent, so it sounds like «eh». - establish verb (establish, establishes, established, establishing)
To establish something is to start or set it up so that it lasts, such as a school, a business or a rule. - established adjective; also past form of the verb establish (establish, establishes, established, establishing)
Set up and existing for a long time, so accepted and trusted. - establishment noun (an establishment, establishments; the Establishment)
An establishment is a business, organisation or place such as a shop, restaurant, school or hotel. - estate noun (an estate, estates)
An estate is a large area of land in the country, often with a big house, owned by one person or family. - esteem noun (uncountable); verb (esteem, esteems, esteemed, esteeming)
Esteem is great respect and good opinion of someone.
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