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- esteemed adjective (esteemed); verb form (past of esteem: esteem, esteems, esteemed, esteeming)
1) (formal) Esteemed means greatly respected and admired. 2) Esteemed is also the past form of «esteem»: to respect someone highly. - estimate verb (estimate, estimates, estimated, estimating); noun (an estimate, estimates)
To estimate is to make a careful guess about an amount, size, cost or time, without counting or measuring exactly. - estranged adjective
1) Estranged means no longer close to someone, usually a family member or husband or wife, because you have stopped speaking or living… - eternal adjective (eternal); adverb eternally
1) Lasting for ever, without beginning or end. 2) (church) Christians believe God is eternal and that believers will have eternal life… - eternally adverb
1) For ever, without beginning or end. 2) (informal) Always; very often, as in «eternally late». 3) (very strongly) Greatly, as in «I'll… - eternity noun (eternity — uncountable; an eternity, eternities)
Eternity is time that goes on for ever, with no end. - ether noun (uncountable)
A colourless liquid with a strong smell that evaporates easily; it was used long ago to put patients to sleep for operations. - ethereal adjective (more ethereal)
1) Ethereal means very light, delicate and airy, as if it belongs to the sky or to a spirit rather than to the solid world. - ethiopian adjective (Ethiopian); noun (an Ethiopian, Ethiopians)
1) From or to do with Ethiopia, a country in East Africa, or its people, languages and culture. 2) (noun) A person from Ethiopia. - etymological adjective (etymological)
1) Etymological means to do with etymology, the history of where words come from and how their meanings and forms have changed. - eunuch noun (plural eunuchs)
1) A eunuch is a man who has been made unable to have children, who was often given work looking after the rooms of a king or queen. - europe proper noun (Europe)
Europe is one of the seven continents of the world. - ev abbreviation (EV, EVs); noun
EV stands for electric vehicle, a car, bus or bike that runs on electricity from a battery instead of petrol or diesel. - evade verb (evade, evades, evaded, evading)
To escape from or keep away from someone or something, like a chaser. - eve noun (an eve, eves; Eve — a name)
The day or evening before a special day: Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve. - even adjective (even, more even); adverb (even); verb (even out, even up)
An even number can be split into two equal groups with none left over, like 2, 4, 6, 8. - evening noun (evening, evenings)
The evening is the time at the end of the day, after the afternoon and before night, from about 6 o'clock until bedtime. - event noun (an event, events)
An event is something that happens, especially something important or unusual. - eventide noun (old use)
1) Eventide is an old word for evening, the time when the day is ending. - ever adverb
1) At any time: «Have you ever seen a whale?» 2) Always, or all the time (in phrases): ever since, for ever, ever after. 3) Used to make… - everlasting adjective (everlasting); noun (an everlasting — a kind of flower)
Everlasting means lasting for ever, never ending. - evermore adverb (old use, poetic)
1) Evermore means always, for all time to come. - every determiner
Every means each one of a group, with none left out: every child. - everything pronoun (everything)
1) Everything means all the things, every single thing. 2) «Everything» can mean the most important thing: my dog is everything to me. - everywhere adverb; pronoun (everywhere)
1) Everywhere means in every place or to every place. - evident adjective (evident, more evident, most evident)
1) Easy to see or understand; clear and obvious. 2) (formal) Shown by the facts, so that people can be sure of it. - evidently adverb (evidently)
Evidently means clearly or obviously, because you can see it from the signs. - evil adjective (evil, more evil, most evil); noun (evil, evils)
Evil means very bad and cruel, wanting to hurt others. - evildoer noun
A person who does wicked things. - evince verb (evinces, evinced, evincing)
1) To evince is to show a feeling or quality clearly, so that people can see it. - evolution noun (evolution, uncountable)
Evolution is how living things change over a very long time, from one generation to the next. - ewe noun (a ewe, ewes)
1) A female sheep. - ex noun (an ex, exes; informal); prefix (ex-); preposition (ex, Latin)
A person's former husband, wife, girlfriend or boyfriend: «my mum's ex». - exact adjective (exact)
1) Exact means completely correct in every detail, not more or less. 2) Exact describes someone who is careful and precise. - exaction noun
Forcing someone to hand over money or goods, often unfairly. - exactly adverb (exactly)
Exactly means just right, not more and not less. - exalt verb (exalts, exalted, exalting)
1) To exalt is to raise someone or something high in rank, honour or status. - exalted adjective
1) Exalted means high in rank, position or honour. - examine verb (examine, examines, examined, examining)
To examine something is to look at it very carefully to find out about it. - example noun (example, examples)
An example is one case that shows how something works or what something is like: a dog is an example of a mammal. - exceed verb (exceed, exceeds, exceeded, exceeding)
1) To be more than a number or amount. 2) To go beyond a limit or rule that is allowed. 3) To do better than expected. - exceeding verb, -ing form of exceed (exceed, exceeds, exceeded, exceeding); adjective (exceeding — old, formal: "of exceeding beauty"); adverb (exceedingly)
Exceeding means going above a limit or amount: "exceeding the speed limit" means driving faster than allowed. - exceedingly adverb (exceedingly)
1) Exceedingly means very or extremely. 2) (formal, old-fashioned) Exceedingly is a stiff, polite way of saying «very much». - excel verb (excel, excels, excelled, excelling); proper noun (Excel — a computer program)
To excel is to be extremely good at something, better than most others. - excellence noun (excellence) — uncountable
1) The quality of being extremely good; very high quality. 2) Being the best at something. - excellency noun (plural excellencies); used as a title: Your Excellency
A title of respect for certain high officials, such as an ambassador or a governor. - excellent adjective (excellent); interjection (Excellent!)
1) Excellent means extremely good, of the highest quality. 2) (interjection) «Excellent!» is said when you are very pleased. - except preposition, conjunction (except); verb (except — rare, formal)
1) Except means not including; leaving out. «Everyone except Tom went» means Tom did not go. 2) Except that means but, apart from the fact… - exception noun (an exception, exceptions)
An exception is a thing or person that does not follow the usual rule or pattern. - exchange noun (exchange, exchanges); verb (exchange, exchanges, exchanged, exchanging)
To exchange means to give one thing and get another thing back. - exchanger noun
A person who swaps one kind of money for another, a money-changer. - excitement noun (excitement, uncountable; an excitement, excitements — rare)
Excitement is the strong happy feeling you have when you are looking forward to something or when something fun or surprising is happening. - exciting adjective (exciting, more exciting, most exciting); verb form (excite, excites, excited, exciting)
Exciting means making you feel very happy and eager, wanting to know what happens next. - exclaim verb (exclaim, exclaims, exclaimed, exclaiming)
1) To say or shout something suddenly and loudly because you feel surprise, joy, anger or pain. - excrescence noun
An unnatural lump or growth sticking out from something. - execrate verb
To curse something and say it is hateful. - execration noun
A curse, or something hated and spoken of with horror. - execute verb (execute, executes, executed, executing)
To kill someone as a punishment ordered by a court or ruler. - executed verb, past form of execute (execute, executes, executed, executing); adjective
Executed means carried out or done, as in «a perfectly executed plan» or «executed a jump». - executing -ing form of the verb execute (execute, executes, executed, executing)
Doing or carrying out a plan, order, task or movement. - execution noun (an execution, executions)
An execution is the killing of a person as an official punishment for a crime, decided by a court or ruler. - exempt adjective; verb (exempt, exempts, exempted, exempting)
Free from a rule, duty or payment that others must follow: Children are exempt from the charge. - exercise noun (exercise, uncountable; an exercise, exercises); verb (exercise, exercises, exercised, exercising)
Exercise is moving your body to keep fit and healthy, like running, swimming or playing sport. - exert verb (exert, exerts, exerted, exerting)
To exert a force or pressure is to push, pull or press with it. - exhaustive adjective (exhaustive; more exhaustive, most exhaustive)
Something exhaustive is complete and thorough, covering every part or every possibility. - exile noun (exile, uncountable — the state; an exile, exiles — a person); verb (exile, exiles, exiled, exiling)
Exile is being forced to live away from your own country, often as a punishment or for safety. - exist verb (exist, exists, existed, existing); noun: existence
1) To be real; to be present in the world or in a place. 2) To live or stay alive, especially in a hard way (to exist on very little food). - existence noun (existence, existences)
Being real or being alive; the fact that something exists. - existent adjective
Real; being or living now. - exodus noun (an exodus; Exodus — the book)
1) (Bible) Exodus is the second book of the Bible, telling how Moses led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, through the Red Sea, to… - expectation noun (an expectation, expectations)
An expectation is a belief that something will happen. - expense noun (an expense, expenses; expense, uncountable)
Expense is the amount of money something costs. - expensive adjective (expensive, more expensive, most expensive)
1) Expensive means costing a lot of money. - experience noun (experience, experiences; uncountable for knowledge); verb (experience, experiences, experienced, experiencing)
Experience is knowledge or skill you get by doing or seeing things over time. - expert noun (an expert, experts); adjective (expert — very skilled)
1) A person who knows a lot about a subject or is very skilled at something. 2) Very skilled or knowing a lot (an expert swimmer). - expiate verb (expiates, expiated, expiating)
To make up for a wrong or sin by suffering or doing something good, so that the guilt is removed. - expiation noun
A making up for wrong, so that the wrong is forgiven. - expire verb (expire, expires, expired, expiring)
When something expires, it stops being valid or usable after a certain time, like a ticket, card or password. - expired verb (expire, expires, expired, expiring); adjective (expired)
1) (euphemism, medical or formal) died. 2) came to the end of the time it is valid or allowed: «My passport has expired». 3) (of food or… - explain verb (explain, explains, explained, explaining)
1) To make something clear or easy to understand by describing it. 2) To give a reason for something: «Can you explain why you were late?» - explanation noun (explanation, explanations)
An explanation is what you say or write to make something clear and easy to understand: an explanation of how plants grow. - explanatory adjective
Meant to explain something and make it clear. - explicitly adverb (explicitly)
In a clear and direct way, saying exactly what you mean so there is no doubt, as in «She explicitly told us not to touch it». - explore verb (explore, explores, explored, exploring)
To travel around a place you do not know, to find out what it is like. - exposed verb form (past of expose: expose, exposes, exposed, exposing); adjective (exposed, more exposed)
Exposed means not covered or protected, open to wind, weather, sun or danger. - expound verb
To explain something in detail. - expounder noun
A person who explains a text in detail. - express verb (express, expresses, expressed, expressing); adjective (express); noun (an express, expresses)
To show or say what you think or feel, with words, faces, art or actions. - expressed past form and past participle of the verb express (express, expresses, expressed, expressing); adjective
Said or shown in words, looks or actions (a feeling, an idea). - expressible adjective
Able to be said or shown in words or signs. - expression noun (an expression, expressions; also uncountable)
A word or phrase with a special meaning; a saying. - expressly adverb (expressly)
1) (formal) Expressly means clearly and directly, so there is no doubt. 2) (formal) Expressly means specially, for one particular purpose. - extant adjective (formal)
Still existing today, especially something very old: the oldest extant painting. - extend verb (extend, extends, extended, extending)
To extend means to make something longer, bigger or last longer. - extended adjective; verb, past form of extend (extend, extends, extended, extending)
Extended means made longer in time or length: «an extended holiday». - extensive adjective (extensive, more extensive, most extensive)
1) Covering a large area. 2) Large in amount or very thorough and detailed. 3) (farming) Using a lot of land with little work or money per… - exterminate verb
To destroy completely, wiping out every one of something. - extermination noun
The complete destruction of a pest, a group or a thing, so that none is left. - extinct adjective (extinct)
An extinct animal or plant no longer exists anywhere in the world, because every last one has died. - extinguish verb (extinguish, extinguishes, extinguished, extinguishing)
1) To extinguish a fire or light is to put it out so it stops burning or shining. 2) (formal) To end or destroy something such as hope.
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