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- oak noun (oak, oaks; also oak tree); adjective (made of oak)
An oak is a big tree with hard wood that can live for hundreds of years. - oar noun (an oar, oars)
An oar is a long pole with a flat blade at one end, used to row a boat. - oath noun (an oath, oaths)
1) An oath is a serious promise, often in front of others or in a court, that you will tell the truth or do something: "the witness took… - obedience noun (obedience, uncountable)
Doing what you are told by someone in charge, or following rules and laws. - obedient adjective (obedient; more obedient)
1) Doing what you are told by a parent, teacher, rule or owner. 2) (of animals) Trained to follow commands, as in "an obedient dog". - obeisance noun (obeisances)
(formal, old use) A low bow or other sign of respect to someone important. - obey verb (obey, obeys, obeyed, obeying)
1) To do what a person, rule or law tells you to do. - object noun (an object, objects); verb (object, objects, objected, objecting)
An object (OB-ject) is a thing you can see and touch that is not alive. - objection noun (an objection, objections)
An objection is a reason you give for not agreeing with something or not liking a plan. - oblation noun
A gift or offering made to God, often of grain or food, brought to the altar. - oblique adjective (oblique; more oblique); noun (an oblique — UK, the slash sign /)
Oblique means slanting, not straight up and not flat; at an angle. - obscure adjective (obscure, more obscure, most obscure); verb (obscure, obscures, obscured, obscuring)
Not well known (an obscure singer, an obscure village). - obscurity noun (obscurities)
1) The state of being hidden, unknown or unclear. 2) The state of not being famous or well known. - observe verb (observe, observes, observed, observing)
To observe is to watch something carefully to learn about it. - observed verb (past and past participle of «observe»: observe, observes, observed, observing); adjective (observed)
Watched or looked at carefully, often to learn something. - obstacle noun (an obstacle, obstacles)
1) Something in your way that stops you or makes it hard to go forward. 2) A problem or difficulty that makes it hard to do something. - obstinate adjective (obstinate, more obstinate, most obstinate)
Stubborn; refusing to change your mind or to do as you are told. - obstinately adverb (obstinately)
In a stubborn way, refusing to change or give way. - obtain verb (obtain, obtains, obtained, obtaining)
1) (formal) To get something, especially by effort or by asking. 2) (formal, rare) To exist or be in use (of rules). - obvious adjective (obvious, more obvious, most obvious)
1) Easy to see, notice or understand; clear to everyone. 2) Too easy or expected; not clever (an obvious joke). - obviously adverb (obviously)
In a way that is easy to see or understand; clearly. - occasion noun (an occasion, occasions); verb (occasion, occasioned — formal)
A particular time when something happens (on this occasion). - occasions noun, plural of occasion (an occasion, occasions); verb (occasion, formal)
Times when something happens: «on three occasions» means three times. - occult adjective
Hidden, secret, or magical, and known only to a few. - occultism noun
Belief in or study of hidden or magical powers. - occultist noun
A person who studies or practices hidden or magical arts. - occupation noun (an occupation, occupations)
An occupation is a job or the kind of work a person does. - occupied verb (past of «occupy»: occupy, occupies, occupied, occupying); adjective (occupied)
Being used by someone, not free (the toilet is occupied, an occupied seat). - occupy verb (occupy, occupies, occupied, occupying)
1) To live in or use a building, room or space. 2) To fill time or keep someone busy. 3) To take control of a place by force, such as an… - occur verb (occur, occurs, occurred, occurring)
1) (formal) To happen, especially without being planned. 2) To be found or to exist somewhere. 3) occur to someone: to come into someone's… - occurrence noun (an occurrence, occurrences)
1) Something that happens; an event. 2) The fact of something happening or how often it happens (the occurrence of storms). 3) (formal)… - odious adjective
1) Odious means very unpleasant, hateful, so that people cannot bear it. 2) Odious describes a person who is spiteful and unkind. - odour noun (an odour, odours) — UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland spelling; odor in the USA
An odour is a smell, often an unpleasant one: "a strange odour came from the bin". - of preposition; casual spelling «a» or «o'» (lotta, cuppa, o'clock)
Of links a part to the whole it belongs to: a piece of cake, 3 of the apples. - off preposition, adverb; adjective (the light is off; the milk is off)
Off means away from a surface or from a place: take it off the table. - offence noun (an offence, offences)
An offence is a crime or an act that breaks a law or rule. - offend verb (offend, offends, offended, offending)
To make someone upset, hurt or annoyed by what you say or do. - offended verb, past of offend; adjective (feel offended)
1) Feeling hurt, upset or insulted by what someone said or did. 2) Past form of offend: made someone upset. 3) (formal) Broke a law. - offender noun (an offender, offenders)
A person who has broken the law or done a crime. - offer verb (offer, offers, offered, offering); noun (an offer, offers)
To offer is to say you will give something to someone, or to hold it out for them to take. - offering noun (an offering, offerings); verb form (offering — from offer)
An offering is something you give, especially as a gift. - office noun (an office, offices)
An office is a room or building where people work at desks, often with computers and papers. - officer noun (an officer, officers)
An officer is a police officer, a person whose job is to keep people safe and make them obey the law. - offshoot noun (offshoot, offshoots)
An offshoot is a branch or shoot that grows out from the main stem of a plant. - offspring noun (offspring — same form for one and many)
1) Offspring are the young of an animal or plant: its babies or seeds. 2) (formal or jokey) A person's offspring are their children. - oft adverb (old use; no forms)
1) (old use) Oft means often, many times. 2) Oft is used in poems and fairy tales to sound old-fashioned. - often adverb (often, more often, most often; also oftener)
1) Often means many times. If you often play, you play a lot. 2) «How often» asks how many times something happens in a time, like each… - oftentimes adverb
Many times; often. An old-fashioned word. - oil noun (oil — uncountable; oils — kinds of oil); verb (oil, oils, oiled)
A thick, slippery liquid that does not mix with water, from plants or animals, used in cooking: olive oil. - ointment noun (an ointment, ointments; ointment — uncountable)
A smooth, greasy cream rubbed on the skin to heal cuts, burns, rashes or sore places. - old adjective (old, older, oldest; elder, eldest for family); noun (the old — old people)
Old tells how long someone or something has lived or been: «Tom is 7 years old». - older adjective (comparative of old)
1) Older means having lived more years than someone else. 2) Older means made or used longer ago than something else: «an older house». - olive noun (an olive, olives; olive, uncountable for colour/oil); adjective (olive — colour)
An olive is a small oval fruit, green or black, with a stone inside, that grows on olive trees and is eaten or pressed for oil. - omission noun (an omission, omissions)
1) Something that has been left out or not done. 2) The act of leaving something out (the omission of a word). - omit verb (omit, omits, omitted, omitting)
1) To leave something out, on purpose or by mistake. 2) (formal) To fail to do something: «He omitted to tell us.» - omnipotent adjective
Having power over everything, able to do all things. - on preposition, adverb; adjective (the light is on; the game is on)
On means touching the top or side of something: on the table, on the wall. - once adverb (once); conjunction (once); noun (the once — casual)
1) Once means one time. 2) Once means at some time in the past: «Once there was a king». 3) Once can also mean «as soon as»: «Once you… - one number (one, ones); pronoun (one, ones; one another); determiner; adjective (the one and only)
One is the number 1, the first and smallest whole number above zero. - ongoing adjective
Still happening and not finished yet. - onion noun (an onion, onions)
A round vegetable with layers, papery brown, red or white skin and a strong smell and taste, used in cooking. - online adjective (online); adverb (online)
1) Connected to the internet or done on it: "online games". 2) As an adverb, on the internet: "We shop online." - only adverb (only); adjective (only); conjunction (only — informal: but)
1) Only means no more than, or just one. «Only 3 are left» means just 3 are left. 2) Only means nothing or nobody else: «Only Sam knew».… - ontological adjective
About what exists and how things are, the nature of being. - onward adverb (onward, onwards); adjective (onward)
1) Onward means forward, going further on. 2) Onward means from a time and later: «from Monday onward». 3) An onward journey is the next… - onyx noun
A stone with bands of color, often black and white, used as a gem. - open verb (open, opens, opened, opening); adjective (open); noun in «in the open»
To open is to move something so you can go in or see inside: open a door, open a box. - opening noun (an opening, openings); verb form (open, opens, opened, opening); adjective (the opening scene)
An opening is a gap or hole that something can pass through. - operation noun (operation, operations)
In maths, an operation is a way of working with numbers: add, subtract, multiply or divide. - opinion noun (an opinion, opinions)
An opinion is what you think or believe about something; it may not be the same as what others think. - opposed adjective (opposed); verb past form (oppose → opposed)
If you are opposed to something, you are against it. - opposing adjective (opposing); verb form (oppose, opposes, opposed, opposing)
Being against someone or something in a game, fight or argument (the opposing team). - opposite noun (opposite, opposites); adjective (opposite); preposition and adverb (opposite)
The opposite is the thing that is as different as can be: up is the opposite of down. - opposition noun (opposition — uncountable; the Opposition)
Opposition is strong disagreement with a plan or idea, often shown by speaking or acting against it. - oppress verb (oppresses, oppressed, oppressing)
1) To oppress people is to treat them cruelly and unfairly, keeping them under hard control. - oppressed adjective (oppressed); verb form (past tense and past participle of oppress: oppress, oppresses, oppressed, oppressing); noun (the oppressed)
Treated in a cruel and unfair way by people with power, and not given freedom or rights. - oppression noun (no plural)
1) Oppression is cruel and unfair treatment of people, keeping them down and taking away their freedom. - oppressor noun
A person who treats others cruelly and unfairly and uses power to keep them down. - opprobrium noun
Public shame or disgrace, bad name. - optical adjective (optical); adverb (optically)
1) To do with seeing and the eyes. 2) To do with light and how it travels, or with instruments that use light, such as lenses, microscopes… - opus noun
A Latin word meaning a work, especially a piece of writing or music. - or conjunction
Or gives a choice between two or more things: tea or juice? - oracle noun (an oracle, oracles)
1) In ancient Greece and Rome, a priest or priestess through whom people believed the gods gave advice or told the future, or the holy… - orb noun (an orb, orbs)
An orb is a ball or round object, especially one that glows. - orbit noun (an orbit, orbits); verb (orbit, orbits, orbited, orbiting)
An orbit is the curved path of a planet, moon or satellite going around a star or planet. - ordain verb (ordain, ordains, ordained, ordaining)
To ordain someone is to make them a priest, minister or rabbi in a special religious ceremony. - ordained verb past form (ordain, ordains, ordained, ordaining); adjective (ordained)
Ordained means made a priest, minister or religious leader in a special ceremony. - order noun (order, orders); verb (order, orders, ordered, ordering)
Order is the way things follow one after another: in alphabetical order, in order of size. - ordering noun
The way things are put in order; arranging or arrangement. - ordinance noun
A rule or law that must be kept, especially one given by an authority. - ordinary adjective; noun (out of the ordinary)
1) Ordinary means normal, usual or plain; not special or different. 2) «Out of the ordinary» means unusual or surprising. - ore noun (ore, ores)
1) Ore is rock or earth that has a useful metal in it, like iron or copper, which people dig up and take the metal out of. - organ noun (an organ, organs)
A part of the body that has a special job, like the heart, lungs, brain, stomach or skin. - organize verb
To arrange things in a neat and sensible order. - orient verb (orient, orients, oriented, orienting); noun (the Orient)
To find out or work out where you are or which way you are facing, as in "orient yourself with a map". - oriental adjective (oriental; Oriental); noun (an Oriental — old-fashioned, offensive)
From or to do with the countries of East Asia, like China, Japan and Korea. - orifice noun
An opening in the body, such as the mouth, nose or ears. - origin noun (an origin, origins)
The origin of something is where or how it began. - original adjective (original); noun (an original, originals)
First; existing at the beginning, before changes: «the original plan». - originality noun (no plural)
1) Originality is being new and different, not copied from others.
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