R
- ra proper noun (Ra — Egyptian god); abbreviation (RA, Ra); interjection (rah)
Ra (also Re) was the sun god of ancient Egypt, often shown with a falcon's head and the sun disc on top. - rabbi noun (a rabbi, rabbis)
1) A rabbi is a Jewish religious leader and teacher who leads a community, explains the Jewish holy books and leads services in a synagogue. - rabbinical adjective
Having to do with rabbis, their teaching, their writings or their learning. - race noun (race, races); verb (race, races, raced, racing)
1) A race is a contest to see who is fastest. 2) To race is to run or go very fast, often against others. 3) A race is a contest to be… - radiant adjective (radiant, more radiant, most radiant); noun (a radiant — science, rare)
1) Shining brightly; giving off light or warmth. 2) (of a person) Looking very happy, healthy or beautiful, as if glowing. 3) (science)… - radical adjective (radical, more radical, most radical); noun (a radical, radicals)
Very big and basic, changing the most important parts of something: a radical change. - rafter noun (a rafter, rafters)
1) One of the long sloping beams of wood that hold up a roof. 2) (phrase) «packed to the rafters» = completely full of people or things. - rafts noun (plural of raft); verb (third person of raft: he rafts)
Rafts is more than one raft: flat floating platforms or rubber boats. - rag noun (a rag, rags); verb (rag, rags, ragged, ragging — UK informal)
A rag is a piece of old cloth used for cleaning or wiping. - rage noun (rage, rages — usually uncountable); verb (rage, rages, raged, raging)
Rage is very strong anger that is hard to control. - raid noun (a raid, raids); verb (raid, raids, raided, raiding); noun: raider
A raid is a sudden attack on a place by soldiers, ships or aircraft. - raiment noun (raiment, uncountable)
1) (old, Bible) Clothing, especially fine clothes. - rain noun (rain); verb (rain, rains, rained, raining)
Rain is water that falls from clouds in drops. - rainy adjective (rainy, rainier, rainiest)
1) Rainy means with a lot of rain: a rainy day, a rainy country. 2) A rainy season is the time of year when it rains most. - raise verb (raise, raises, raised, raising); noun (a raise, raises — American)
To raise something is to lift it or move it higher. - raisin noun (a raisin, raisins)
1) A raisin is a dried grape, small, wrinkly, brown and sweet. - ram noun (a ram, rams; RAM, computer memory); verb (ram, rams, rammed, ramming)
A ram is a male sheep, usually with big curled horns. - rampart noun (ramparts in the plural)
A rampart is a high wall of earth or stone built to defend a town or castle. - range noun (range, ranges); verb (range, ranges, ranged, ranging)
In maths, the range is the difference between the smallest and the biggest of a set of numbers. - rank noun (a rank, ranks); verb (rank, ranks, ranked, ranking); adjective (rank — smelly)
A position in a group or list, higher or lower than others: She is first in rank. - ransom noun (a ransom, ransoms); verb (ransom, ransoms, ransomed, ransoming)
A ransom is money demanded by criminals to set free a person they have kidnapped or to give back something they have taken. - rapine noun
Taking things by force, robbery or plunder. - rare adjective (rare, rarer, rarest)
Rare means not happening often or not found often; there are only a few of it. - rarely adverb
1) Rarely means not often; almost never. 2) Rarely can also mean unusually, as in «a rarely beautiful day» (older use). - rase verb
An old spelling of "raze": to tear a building down to the ground. - rash noun (a rash, rashes); adjective (rash, rasher, rashest — doing something too quickly without thinking)
An area of red spots, bumps or blotches on the skin, often itchy, caused by an illness, an allergy or something that irritates the skin. - rashly adverb
Hastily and without thinking. - rat noun (a rat, rats); verb (rat on — informal, rats, ratted, ratting); interjection (Rats! — informal)
A rodent like a large mouse, with a long thin tail, sharp teeth and grey or brown fur. - rate noun (rate, rates); verb (rate, rates, rated, rating)
A rate tells how much of one thing goes with one unit of another, like miles in each hour or dollars for each hour of work. - rather adverb (rather); in phrases (would rather, rather than)
Rather means quite or a little, like «rather cold». - rational adjective
1) Able to think clearly and sensibly, using reason rather than feelings. 2) Sensible, fair and based on good thinking. - rationality noun
The quality of being able to think clearly, using reason. - rattle verb (rattle, rattles, rattled, rattling); noun (a rattle, rattles)
To rattle means to make a lot of short, knocking sounds by shaking, or to shake something so it does this. - ravage verb (ravage, ravages, ravaged, ravaging); noun (the ravages of — plural)
To damage or destroy something badly: «The storm ravaged the coast.». - rave verb (rave, raves, raved, raving); noun (a rave, raves); adjective (rave — rave reviews)
To talk with great excitement and praise about something you like: «She raved about the film.». - raven noun (a raven, ravens); adjective (raven — black and shiny)
1) A very large black bird of the crow family, with a deep croaking call and a thick beak. 2) adjective (of hair) Shiny black: raven hair. - ravenous adjective
Very, very hungry, so hungry that you could eat a great deal. - ravine noun (a ravine, ravines)
1) A deep, narrow valley with steep sides, usually cut by a stream or river over a long time. - ravish verb
To seize a woman by force and violate her. (Old English also meant to carry off or enchant.) - raw adjective (raw, rawer, rawest)
1) Raw food is not cooked. 2) Raw materials are things in their natural state before they are made into something, like raw cotton or… - ray noun (a ray, rays)
A ray is a thin line or beam of light or heat coming from something bright, like the Sun. - razor noun (a razor, razors)
A razor is a tool with a very sharp blade used to shave hair off the face, legs or head. - re preposition (formal: re, in letters and emails); prefix (re-); noun (re — the musical note, also spelt ray)
Re means «about» or «on the subject of», used at the top of letters and emails. - reach verb (reach, reaches, reached, reaching); noun (reach)
To reach is to get to a place: the train reached the city. - read verb (read, reads, read, reading); noun (a read — a time spent reading)
To read is to look at written words and understand what they say. - reader noun (a reader, readers)
A reader is a person who reads, or who is reading a book, a paper or a story. - reading noun (reading, readings); verb (-ing form of read)
Reading is looking at written words and understanding them. - ready adjective (ready, readier, readiest); adverb readily; noun readiness
Ready means prepared and able to do something now. - real adjective (real, more real); adverb (real — informal for «really»)
Existing in fact, not imagined: «Dragons are not real.». - reality noun (reality, realities)
Reality is what really exists or happens, not what is imagined or pretend. - really adverb
1) In fact, truly: «Is it really true?» 2) Very: «really hot». 3) Used to show surprise or doubt: «Really?» 4) Used to make a statement… - realm noun (a realm, realms)
A country ruled by a king or queen; a kingdom. - realty noun
Land and buildings; real estate. - reap verb (reap, reaps, reaped, reaping)
To cut and gather a crop, like wheat, from a field: «Farmers reap the corn in late summer.». - reaper noun (a reaper, reapers)
A person who cuts and gathers a crop such as wheat (old-fashioned). - rear noun (the rear); adjective (rear); verb (rear, rears, reared, rearing)
The back part of something: "the rear of the bus". - rearrange verb (rearrange, rearranges, rearranged, rearranging)
1) To change the order or position of things. 2) To change the time or date of a meeting or event. 3) (maths) To change the order of… - rearward noun
The back part of a group, especially an army on the march. - reason noun (a reason, reasons); verb (reason, reasons, reasoned, reasoning)
A reason is why something happens or why someone does something; a cause or explanation. - reasonable adjective (reasonable, more reasonable, most reasonable); adverb reasonably
1) Reasonable means fair and sensible. 2) A reasonable amount or price is not too much and not too little. 3) Reasonable can mean fairly… - reasonably adverb (reasonably)
Fairly or quite, but not very: The test was reasonably easy. - reasoning noun (reasoning); verb form (-ing form of reason)
Reasoning is thinking step by step to find out why something is true or to solve a problem. - rebel noun (a rebel, rebels); verb (rebel, rebels, rebelled, rebelling); adjective (rebel)
A rebel is a person who fights against the government or people in power. - rebellion noun (a rebellion, rebellions; rebellion, uncountable)
A rebellion is when a group of people fight against or refuse to obey the people in power, such as a ruler or government. - rebellious adjective (more rebellious, most rebellious)
Refusing to obey, and fighting against rules or the people in charge. - rebuild verb (rebuild, rebuilds, rebuilt, rebuilding)
To rebuild is to build something again after it has been damaged or destroyed. - rebuke verb (rebuke, rebukes, rebuked, rebuking); noun (a rebuke, rebukes)
To tell someone sharply that they have done something wrong. - rebus noun (a rebus, rebuses)
1) A puzzle in which pictures, letters, numbers or symbols stand for words or parts of words: a picture of an eye + a heart + a ewe = «I… - recall verb (recall, recalls, recalled, recalling); noun (recall, a recall)
To recall means to remember something from the past. - recapitulation noun
A short summary that repeats the main points of something. - receive verb (receive, receives, received, receiving); noun receipt
To receive is to get something that someone gives or sends you. - recent adjective (recent, more recent, most recent)
1) Happening or made not long ago: a recent photo, recent rain. 2) «The most recent» means the newest or latest one. - recently adverb (recently)
1) Recently means a short time ago, or in the period not long before now. - recess noun (recess, recesses)
In the USA, Canada and Australia, the break between lessons when children play outside; in the UK it is called "break" or "playtime". - reckon verb (reckon, reckons, reckoned, reckoning)
1) (informal, especially UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland) To think or believe; to have an opinion. 2) To guess or estimate a number. 3)… - recline verb (reclines, reclined, reclining)
To lean or lie back in a relaxed way, often resting on something. - recognise verb (recognise, recognises, recognised, recognising)
To recognise someone or something is to know who or what they are because you have seen, heard or met them before. - recognition noun (recognition — usually uncountable)
Recognition is knowing someone or something because you have seen or heard it before. - recompense noun (recompense — uncountable); verb (recompense, recompenses, recompensed, recompensing)
Recompense is money or something else given to make up for harm, loss or trouble someone has suffered. - reconcile verb (reconcile, reconciles, reconciled, reconciling); noun «reconciliation»
To make friends again after a quarrel: «The two friends were reconciled». - recondite adjective
Hard to understand because it is deep and known by only a few. - record noun (a record, records); verb (record, records, recorded, recording); adjective (record — a record score)
A record is a written or saved note of facts, so you can look at it later. - recorder noun (a recorder, recorders)
A recorder is a simple wooden or plastic wind instrument with holes, which you blow into and play by covering the holes with your fingers. - recount verb (recount, recounts, recounted, recounting); noun (a recount, recounts)
verb To tell a story or describe events in order: «He recounted his adventure.». - recover verb (recover, recovers, recovered, recovering); noun recovery
To recover means to get well again after an illness or injury. - red adjective (red, redder, reddest); noun (red, reds)
Red is the color of strawberries, blood and fire trucks. - reddened verb form (redden, reddens, reddened, reddening); adjective (reddened)
Past of «redden»: became red or made something red. - reddish adjective (reddish)
1) Reddish means a little red, or nearly red, but not completely («reddish-brown hair»). - redeem verb (redeems, redeemed, redeeming)
1) To get something back by paying for it or by giving something in return. 2) To save someone from wrong-doing or from a bad fate. - redeemed verb, past form of «redeem» (redeem, redeems, redeemed, redeeming); adjective (redeemed)
Exchanged a voucher, coupon or points for something. - redemption noun
The act of buying back or setting free, or the price paid for it. - redness noun (redness — uncountable)
1) Redness is the state of being red. 2) Redness of the skin is a red patch that can mean it is sore, hot, sunburnt or infected. - redress verb (redresses, redressed, redressing); noun (redresses)
To put right an unfair or harmful state of things. - reduction noun (a reduction, reductions)
A reduction is making something smaller or less, or the amount by which it is made smaller. - redundancy noun (redundancy, a redundancy, redundancies)
1) (work, UK, Ireland, Australia) Redundancy is losing your job because the employer no longer needs that job — for example when a factory… - reed noun (a reed, reeds)
A reed is a tall, thin, grass-like plant with a hollow stem that grows in or near water. - reel noun (a reel, reels); verb (reel, reels, reeled, reeling)
A round thing that thread, film, fishing line or wire is wound on. - refer verb (refer, refers, referred, referring)
To refer to someone or something is to talk or write about them. - reference noun (a reference, references; also uncountable); verb (reference, references, referenced, referencing)
Talking about or mentioning something: "She made a reference to the trip.". - refine verb
To make something purer or better by taking out what is not wanted.
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