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- ascertain verb (ascertain, ascertains, ascertained, ascertaining); noun (ascertainment — rare, formal)
To find out for certain whether something is true, usually by checking carefully. - ascribe verb (ascribe, ascribes, ascribed, ascribing)
To say that something was caused by something, as in «ascribe her success to hard work». - ash noun (ash, ashes; an ash tree, ash trees)
The grey powder left after something has burned. - ashamed adjective (ashamed, more ashamed, most ashamed)
Ashamed means feeling bad and guilty because you did something wrong or something you think is embarrassing. - ashore adverb (ashore)
1) On or onto the land from the sea or a river. - ashy adjective (ashier, ashiest)
1) Ashy means covered with ash, or grey like ash. 2) Ashy pale means very pale, as when someone is scared or shocked. - asia proper noun (Asia)
1) Asia is the biggest of the seven continents, with the most people. China, India, Japan, Korea, Indonesia and Thailand are in Asia. - asian adjective (Asian); noun (an Asian, Asians)
Asian means from Asia, the biggest continent, or connected with its people, countries, languages or food. - asiatic adjective (Asiatic)
From Asia, used mostly in the names of animals and plants, such as the Asiatic lion or the Asiatic black bear. - aside adverb (aside); noun (an aside, asides)
1) To one side; out of the way: "Step aside." 2) Kept for later: "Put some money aside." 3) "Aside from" means except for, or as well as.… - ask verb (ask, asks, asked, asking); noun (a big ask — slang: a hard thing to request)
To ask is to say a question so that you get an answer. - askance adverb
To look askance at something or someone is to look at them with doubt, suspicion or disapproval. - asl abbreviation (ASL)
1) ASL stands for American Sign Language, the language of hand signs, faces and body movements used by many Deaf people in the USA and… - asleep adjective (asleep — only after a verb: be asleep, fall asleep)
1) Sleeping. 2) Of an arm or leg: numb and tingly because you sat on it too long: «My foot is asleep». - asp noun
An asp is a small, poisonous snake, found in hot countries and in old stories. - asparagus noun (asparagus — uncountable)
1) A vegetable with long green, white or purple stalks with pointed tips, eaten cooked. 2) The plant it grows from. - aspect noun (an aspect, aspects)
One part or side of a situation, problem or idea that you can think about. - aspen noun (an aspen, aspens)
1) An aspen is a tall, thin tree of the poplar family, with round leaves on long, flat stalks that make them shake and flutter in the… - asphalt noun (asphalt — uncountable); verb (asphalt, asphalts, asphalted, asphalting)
Asphalt is a black sticky material mixed with stones and used to make road surfaces and playgrounds. - aspirate verb (aspirate, aspirates, aspirated, aspirating); noun (an aspirate, aspirates)
To aspirate a sound is to say it with a puff of breath, like the «h» in «hat» or the «p» in «pin». - aspire verb (aspire, aspires, aspired, aspiring)
To aspire is to want very much to reach something great, such as a high place, a grand job or a better life. - aspirin noun (aspirin — uncountable; an aspirin, aspirins — a tablet)
1) Aspirin is a medicine that reduces pain, fever and swelling. 2) An aspirin is one tablet of this medicine. - ass noun (an ass, asses)
An ass is a donkey, an animal like a small horse with long ears. - assail verb (assail, assails, assailed, assailing)
To assail someone is to attack them violently. - assailant noun (an assailant, assailants)
1) (formal, news and police) An assailant is a person who attacks someone physically. - assassin noun (assassins)
A killer who murders a ruler or an important person, often in secret and for pay. - assassinate verb (assassinate, assassinates, assassinated, assassinating)
1) To assassinate is to murder an important or famous person, such as a leader, usually for political reasons. - assassination noun (an assassination, assassinations)
1) An assassination is the murder of an important or famous person, such as a leader, usually for political reasons. - assault noun (an assault, assaults; also uncountable); verb (assault, assaults, assaulted, assaulting)
An assault is a violent attack on a person, or a threat to hurt them; it is a crime. - assemblage noun (assemblages)
A large gathering of people, or a collection of many things brought together, such as a crowd at a feast or a court. - assemble verb (assemble, assembles, assembled, assembling)
To assemble is to come together in one place as a group. - assembly noun (an assembly, assemblies; assembly)
Assembly is a meeting of the whole school or several classes together, often in the hall, for news, songs, stories and awards. - assent noun (assent; uncountable); verb (assent, assents, assented, assenting)
Agreement or permission, especially official agreement. - assert verb (assert, asserts, asserted, asserting)
To assert something is to say firmly that it is true. - asserted verb form (past of «assert»)
Asserted means said firmly that something is true. - assertion noun (an assertion, assertions)
An assertion is a strong statement that something is true, often without proof given. - assess verb (assess, assesses, assessed, assessing)
1) To judge or decide how good, big, important or serious something is. 2) To work out the amount or value of something. - assessment noun (an assessment, assessments)
An assessment is a test or task to find out what someone knows or can do. - assessor noun (an assessor, assessors)
A person whose job is to judge or measure how good, big or valuable something is, such as work, damage or property. - asset noun (an asset, assets)
An asset is a person or thing that is useful or valuable, that helps you. - assets noun (assets — plural; singular asset)
Things a person or company owns that are worth money, like a house, savings or machines. - assigned verb (past form and past participle of assign: assign, assigns, assigned, assigning); adjective (assigned)
Assigned means given as a job or task to someone: «the homework assigned by the teacher». - assignment noun (an assignment, assignments)
An assignment is a piece of work a teacher gives you to do, often at home or over several days. - assimilate verb (assimilate, assimilates, assimilated, assimilating)
To take in and understand new information fully. - assist verb (assist, assists, assisted, assisting); noun (an assist, assists — in sport)
1) To help someone do something. 2) (sport) A pass that helps a teammate score; the player who passes gets an assist. 3) (formal) «Assist… - assistance noun (assistance — uncountable)
1) Assistance is help or support given to someone. 2) Assistance is often a formal word for help from a service, like medical assistance. - assistant noun (an assistant, assistants); adjective (assistant — assistant head teacher)
A person whose job is to help someone else do their work. - assisted adjective (assisted: "assisted living"); the past form of the verb assist (assist, assists, assisted, assisting)
Assisted means helped: "she assisted the teacher" means she helped the teacher. - associate verb (associate, associates, associated, associating); noun (an associate, associates); adjective (associate)
To associate one thing with another is to connect them in your mind: I associate summer with ice cream. - association noun (an association, associations)
An association is a group of people who join together for a shared purpose, like a club or society. - assortment noun (assortment, assortments)
1) A mixture of different kinds of things. - assume verb (assume, assumes, assumed, assuming)
To assume is to think something is true without checking or having proof. - assumption noun (an assumption, assumptions)
1) Something you believe is true without proof. 2) (formal) Taking on a job, power or responsibility: the assumption of power. 3) The… - assurance noun (an assurance, assurances)
An assurance is a promise or a statement that makes someone feel sure or less worried. - assure verb (assure, assures, assured, assuring)
1) To tell someone firmly that something is true, so they stop worrying. 2) To make sure something happens: «Practice assures success.» - assured adjective (assured; more assured); verb (past form of assure: assure, assures, assured, assuring)
Assured means sure and confident in yourself: «She gave an assured speech.». - assyrian adjective (Assyrian); noun (an Assyrian, Assyrians; Assyrian — the language)
1) (history) Assyrian means to do with ancient Assyria, a powerful empire in Mesopotamia (today mostly northern Iraq), with cities like… - asteroid noun (an asteroid, asteroids)
An asteroid is a rocky or metal object in space, smaller than a planet, that goes around the Sun. - asthma noun (asthma — uncountable)
1) An illness that makes the small air tubes in the lungs become narrow, so that breathing is hard and a person may cough, wheeze and feel… - astir adjective (no change in form; used after a verb, as in 'was astir')
Up and moving, out of bed and busy, with people or animals awake and active. - astonish verb (astonish, astonishes, astonished, astonishing)
To surprise someone so much that they cannot quite believe it. - astonished adjective (astonished); verb form (past of «astonish»: astonish, astonishes, astonished, astonishing)
1) Very surprised, so much that you can hardly believe it. 2) (verb, past) Surprised someone very much: «The news astonished us.» - astonishing adjective; present participle of «astonish» (astonish, astonishes, astonished, astonishing)
1) Astonishing means so surprising that it is hard to believe; amazing. - astonishingly adverb (astonishingly)
1) In a way that causes great surprise. 2) Very, extremely: «astonishingly fast». - astonishment noun (astonishment — uncountable)
1) Astonishment is a feeling of very great surprise. - astounded adjective (from the verb 'astound')
Very much surprised, so amazed that you are almost stunned. - astounding adjective (no change in form)
Amazing and very surprising, hard to believe. - astray adverb (astray)
Astray means away from the right path or place, lost. - astride preposition; adverb (no change in form)
With one leg on each side of something, sitting or standing across it, such as on the back of an animal. - astrolabe noun (an astrolabe, astrolabes)
An old instrument made of brass discs and a pointer, used to measure how high the Sun or a star is above the horizon. - astrologer noun (astrologers)
A person who studies the stars and planets and claims to tell what will happen from them. - astrology noun (astrology — uncountable)
1) The belief that the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars at the time someone is born, or on a certain day, affect people's… - astronaut noun (an astronaut, astronauts)
1) A person trained to travel and work in space, in a spacecraft or on a space station. - astronomer noun (an astronomer, astronomers)
An astronomer is a scientist who studies the stars, planets, moons, comets, galaxies and everything else in space. - astronomical adjective (astronomical); adverb (astronomically)
1) To do with astronomy, the science of stars, planets and space. 2) (informal) Extremely large, especially about prices or numbers. - astronomy noun (astronomy — uncountable)
1) The science that studies the stars, planets, moons, comets, galaxies and everything else in space. - astute adjective (astute, more astute, most astute); adverb (astutely)
1) Clever at understanding people and situations quickly, and using that to your advantage; sharp and shrewd. - asunder adverb (old use, in fairy tales and old stories)
Apart, into pieces, split or torn apart. - asylum noun (asylum, uncountable — protection; an asylum, asylums — an old kind of hospital)
Asylum is safety and protection that a country gives to people who have run away from danger, war or unfair punishment in their own country. - at preposition; noun (@, the at sign in emails and posts)
At shows where something is: at the shop, at school. - atheism noun (atheism; uncountable)
1) The belief that there is no God or gods. 2) Not believing in any god. - atheist noun (an atheist, atheists); adjective (atheist)
1) An atheist is a person who believes there is no God or gods. 2) As an adjective, atheist describes such a person or view. - athenian adjective (Athenian); noun (an Athenian, Athenians)
Belonging to or coming from Athens, the capital city of Greece, especially ancient Athens. - athlete noun (an athlete, athletes)
A person who is good at sports and trains to take part in them. - athletic adjective (athletic, more athletic, most athletic)
1) Strong, fit and good at sport. 2) To do with athletics or sport. - athwart preposition; adverb
Athwart means across, from one side to the other of something. - atlantic adjective / proper noun (the Atlantic, the Atlantic Ocean — written with a capital A)
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean, lying between the Americas on the west and Europe and Africa on the east. - atlantis proper noun (Atlantis)
A legendary island city that, in an old story by the Greek writer Plato, sank under the sea in one day and night. - atlas noun (an atlas, atlases); Atlas (a name)
1) An atlas is a book of maps. 2) Atlas is a giant in Greek myths who held up the sky on his shoulders. 3) (science) The atlas is the top… - atm noun (ATM, ATMs; UK also cash machine, cashpoint)
An ATM (automated teller machine) is a machine where people take money out of their bank account using a card and a secret number (PIN). - atmosphere noun (an atmosphere, atmospheres; uncountable for the feeling)
The atmosphere is the layer of gases (air) around the Earth or another planet. - atmospheric adjective (atmospheric; more atmospheric)
Atmospheric means to do with the atmosphere, the layer of air around the Earth or another planet («atmospheric pressure»). - atom noun (an atom, atoms)
1) An atom is the smallest piece of a chemical element, far too small to see even with an ordinary microscope; everything around us is… - atomic adjective (atomic)
Atomic means to do with atoms, the tiny particles everything is made of. - atone verb (atone, atones, atoned, atoning)
To make up for a wrong you have done, by doing something good or by paying for the harm. - attach verb (attach, attaches, attached, attaching)
To fix or join one thing to another, such as with glue, a clip or string. - attached adjective (attached); past form of the verb attach (attach, attaches, attached, attaching)
1) Joined or fixed to something. 2) Fond of and loving someone or something. 3) Sent along with an email or letter. 4) Linked or connected… - attachment noun (an attachment, attachments; also uncountable)
1) A file sent with an email. 2) A feeling of love or closeness to someone or something. 3) An extra part you can fix onto a machine, like… - attack verb (attack, attacks, attacked, attacking); noun (an attack, attacks)
To attack means to try to hurt someone or something with force. - attacker noun (an attacker, attackers)
1) A person or animal that attacks someone. 2) (sport) A player whose job is to score goals or points.
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