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- affect verb (affect, affects, affected, affecting)
To affect something means to have an effect on it, to change or influence it («Rain affects the match»). - affectation noun (affectation, affectations)
1) A pretended way of speaking, acting or showing a feeling, put on to seem clever or grand, not genuine. - affection noun (affection — uncountable; affections — plural, formal)
Affection is a gentle feeling of liking and caring for someone or something. - affectionate adjective (affectionate, more affectionate, most affectionate); adverb (affectionately)
Affectionate means showing love and fondness in a gentle way, for example with hugs, kind words or cuddles. - affectionately adverb
1) In a loving, caring and gentle way. - affiance verb (affiance, affiances, affianced, affiancing; old use)
1) To promise a person in marriage, or to become engaged to marry them. Affiance is an old word for betroth. - affiliate verb (affiliate, affiliates, affiliated, affiliating); noun (an affiliate, affiliates)
verb: To join or connect officially with a larger group or organisation. - affiliated adjective (affiliated); also past form of the verb affiliate (affiliate, affiliates, affiliated, affiliating)
1) Officially connected to or part of a bigger group or organisation. 2) (verb) To join or link up with a larger group. - affiliation noun (affiliation, affiliations)
An official connection with a group, club, party or organisation. - affinity noun (affinity, affinities)
A natural liking for or feeling of understanding with someone or something. - affirm verb (affirm, affirms, affirmed, affirming)
To affirm something is to say firmly and clearly that it is true. - affirmation noun (an affirmation, affirmations)
Saying firmly that something is true or that you agree with it. - affirmative adjective (affirmative); noun (the affirmative)
1) Affirmative means saying "yes" or agreeing. 2) In grammar, an affirmative sentence is a positive statement, not a negative one ("I like… - affix verb (affix, affixes, affixed, affixing); noun (an affix, affixes)
noun (grammar): A letter group added to a word to change its meaning: a prefix at the start (un-, re-) or a suffix at the end (-ful, -ness). - affixed verb form (past of «affix»: affix, affixes, affixed, affixing); adjective
Affixed means fixed, stuck or attached to something. - afflict verb (afflict, afflicts, afflicted, afflicting)
To cause pain, suffering or trouble to someone or something. - afflicted adjective (afflicted); verb form (afflict, afflicts, afflicted, afflicting)
Suffering from an illness, pain or trouble: «afflicted with a cough». - affliction noun (affliction, afflictions)
1) Great suffering, trouble or sadness, such as a serious illness or a grief that will not go away. - afford verb (afford, affords, afforded, affording) — usually with can, could, be able to
To have enough money to pay for something (We can't afford a new car). - affordable adjective (affordable, more affordable, most affordable)
1) Affordable means cheap enough for people to be able to buy or pay for. - affright noun (in affright; no plural in use) and verb (affright, affrights, affrighted, affrighting; old use)
1) Noun: a sudden strong fear or shock. 2) Verb: to frighten someone greatly. - affront verb (affront, affronts, affronted, affronting) and noun (an affront, affronts)
1) Verb: to insult someone openly, or to face something bravely and boldly. 2) Noun: an open insult or rude act toward someone. - afghan noun (an Afghan, Afghans; an afghan, afghans); adjective (Afghan)
An Afghan is a person from Afghanistan, a country in Central and South Asia; Afghan means from or to do with Afghanistan. - afield adverb (afield; no forms; old use)
1) In the fields, out in the countryside, away from home. 2) Far afield means far away from home or from where one lives. - aflame adjective (only after a verb: be aflame, set aflame)
1) On fire, burning with flames. 2) Glowing brightly with colour as if burning, like autumn leaves or a sunset. 3) Full of a strong… - afloat adjective (afloat — after the verb only); adverb
1) Afloat means floating on water, not sinking. 2) Afloat means on a boat or ship at sea. 3) (figurative) If a person or business stays… - aforesaid adjective (no forms; formal, old use)
1) Mentioned earlier in the same piece of writing or speech; the one already named. - afraid adjective (afraid; only after a verb: be afraid, feel afraid)
Afraid means feeling fear, scared that something bad might happen. - afresh adverb
1) Again from the beginning, in a new way. 2) Once more, newly. - african adjective (African); noun (an African, Africans)
African means from, of or about Africa, the second-largest continent. - afrikaans noun (Afrikaans; uncountable); adjective (Afrikaans)
Afrikaans is a language spoken in South Africa and Namibia. - after preposition, conjunction, adverb
After means later than something else: «Lunch comes after breakfast». - afterlife noun (the afterlife, afterlives — rare)
The afterlife is a life that many people believe comes after death, for example in heaven. - afternoon noun (afternoon, afternoons)
The afternoon is the part of the day after midday (12 o'clock) and before evening. - aftershock noun (an aftershock, aftershocks)
An aftershock is a smaller earthquake that comes after a big earthquake in the same area. - afterthought noun (an afterthought, afterthoughts)
Something that you think of, say or add later, after the main thing is done. - afterward adverb (afterward; afterwards in British use)
1) At a later time; after something has happened. - afterwards adverb
1) Afterwards means later, after something else has happened. - ag abbreviation (ag — agriculture; Ag — silver); interjection (ag — South Africa, informal)
Ag is short for agriculture, the work of farming: «ag school», «ag science». - again adverb
1) Again means one more time, once more. 2) Again means back to how it was before: she was well again. 3) In «again and again» it means… - agaric noun (an agaric, agarics)
A mushroom with a cap and gills underneath, such as the common field mushroom. - agate noun (agate, agates)
1) A hard, smooth stone with bands of colour, a kind of quartz, used in jewellery and as a precious stone. - agave noun (an agave, agaves)
An agave is a plant with thick, spiky, sword-shaped leaves that grows in hot, dry places, mainly Mexico and the south-west USA. - age noun (age, ages); verb (age, ages, aged, ageing or aging)
1) Your age is how many years you have lived. 2) An age is a long period of history, like the Stone Age or the Ice Age. 3) «Ages» means a… - agency noun (an agency, agencies)
An agency is a business or organisation that provides a service for other people, like a travel agency. - agenda noun (agenda, agendas)
A list of things to be talked about or done at a meeting. - agent noun (an agent, agents)
An agent is a person whose job is to act for someone else, such as a travel agent, an estate agent or a football player's agent. - aggravate verb (aggravate, aggravates, aggravated, aggravating)
1) To make a problem, injury or illness worse. 2) (informal) To annoy someone. - aggravation noun (aggravation, aggravations)
1) Annoyance, irritation or anger caused by something that keeps bothering you. 2) Something that makes a bad situation worse. - aggregate noun (an aggregate, aggregates); adjective; verb (aggregate, aggregates, aggregated, aggregating)
A total made by adding several amounts together. - aggregation noun (aggregation; an aggregation, aggregations)
Aggregation is bringing many things together into one group or total. - aggression noun (uncountable)
Aggression is angry or violent behaviour or feelings that make a person or animal want to attack or hurt others. - aggressive adjective (aggressive, more aggressive, most aggressive)
Aggressive describes someone who acts angrily and is ready to attack, fight or hurt others. - aggressor noun (an aggressor, aggressors)
1) An aggressor is a person, group or country that starts a fight, attack or war. - aghast adjective (no forms)
1) Shocked and horrified, struck dumb by surprise or fear. - agile adjective (agile, more agile, most agile)
Able to move quickly, easily and lightly: «an agile monkey». - agility noun (agility — uncountable)
1) Agility is being able to move quickly, easily and lightly. 2) Agility (of mind) is being able to think quickly and cleverly. - agitate verb (agitate, agitates, agitated, agitating)
To make someone feel worried, nervous or upset. - agitated adjective (agitated, more agitated, most agitated); past of «agitate»
1) Worried, nervous and upset, unable to keep calm. 2) Shaken or stirred, as a liquid. - agitating verb form (agitating), the -ing form of «agitate»; adjective (agitating — rare)
1) Making someone worried or upset. 2) Shaking or stirring a liquid. 3) Campaigning loudly for a change. - agitation noun (agitation; uncountable; an agitation — a campaign)
Agitation is a worried, nervous or upset feeling that makes you restless. - agnostic noun (an agnostic, agnostics); adjective (agnostic)
A person who believes that we cannot know for sure whether God exists, so they do not say yes or no. - ago adverb
1) Ago means before now, back in the past: «two years ago». - agonized adjective (agonized)
Agonized means showing great pain of body or mind, or great worry and fear. - agony noun (agony, agonies)
1) Very great pain of the body. 2) Very great worry or sadness of the mind. 3) (informal) Something very annoying or hard: «The waiting… - agouti noun (an agouti, agoutis)
An agouti is a rodent of Central and South America, with long legs, like a large guinea pig, that eats fruit and nuts. - agrarian adjective (agrarian)
1) About farming, farmland or the people who work on the land. - agree verb (agree, agrees, agreed, agreeing)
To have the same opinion as someone: «I agree with you». - agreeable adjective (agreeable, more agreeable, most agreeable)
1) Pleasant and nice. 2) Friendly and easy to get on with. 3) Willing to agree to something. 4) (formal) Acceptable to people. - agreeably adverb (agreeably)
1) In a pleasant, nice way. 2) In a friendly, willing way. 3) Agreeably to something means in line with it, or following it as advised. - agreed verb, past form of agree (agree, agrees, agreed, agreeing); adjective
1) Agreed means had the same opinion as someone. 2) Agreed means said yes to something, like a plan. 3) Agreed (adjective) means decided… - agreement noun (agreement, an agreement, agreements)
Agreement is having the same opinion as someone else («We were in agreement»). - agricultural adjective (agricultural)
To do with farming: growing crops and keeping animals. - agriculture noun (agriculture, uncountable); adjective (agricultural)
Agriculture is farming: growing crops and keeping animals for food, wool and other products. - aground adverb (aground); adjective (aground; after a verb)
1) If a ship runs aground or goes aground, it gets stuck on sand, rocks or the sea bottom in shallow water. - ague noun (ague, no plural in use); old use
An ague was an old word for an illness with fever and shivering, the kind caught from damp places. - ahead adverb (ahead; ahead of)
Ahead means in front, or further on: a runner who is ahead is in front of the others. - ahem interjection (ahem)
1) A written sound like a small cough, made to get people's attention, to show you are about to speak, or to show you don't approve of… - ahimsa noun (ahimsa, uncountable)
1) (religion) Ahimsa is the idea of not harming any living thing, in thought, word or action; it is an important teaching in Hinduism… - ai abbreviation (AI — artificial intelligence); noun (an AI — a computer system with artificial intelligence); also a noun (ai — the three-toed sloth, in word puzzles)
1) AI stands for artificial intelligence: computer programs that can do things that seem to need thinking, like understanding speech… - aid noun (aid — usually uncountable; an aid, aids); verb (aid, aids, aided, aiding)
Aid is help, especially money, food or care given to people who need it. - aide noun (an aide, aides)
An aide is a person who helps someone important, such as a president, prime minister or general, with their work. - aigu adjective (French, in «accent aigu»)
Means «sharp» or «high»; in English it is used in «accent aigu», the acute accent, the little mark sloping up to the right on the letter é. - ail verb (ail, ails, ailed, ailing); old use
To ail is to be the matter with someone, to be wrong with them; «What ails you?» asks what is wrong. - ailing adjective (ailing); verb form of ail
Ailing means ill or unwell, often for a long time and not getting better quickly. - ailment noun (an ailment, ailments)
1) An ailment is an illness, usually a minor one, like a cold, cough or rash. - aim noun (an aim, aims); verb (aim, aims, aimed, aiming)
What you are trying to do or get; your goal or purpose. - aimlessly adverb (aimlessly)
1) Without any purpose, plan or direction: they wandered aimlessly round town. - ain fragment (part of «ain't»); verb form in informal speech: ain't = am not / is not / are not / has not / have not
Ain is not a word on its own; it is the first part of «ain't», a short form cut off at the apostrophe. - air noun (air); verb (air, airs, aired, airing)
Air is the mix of gases that we breathe; it is all around us, but we cannot see it. - airborne adjective (airborne)
Moving or carried through the air: «airborne seeds», «airborne germs». - aircraft noun (an aircraft, aircraft)
Any machine that flies in the air, such as an aeroplane, helicopter, glider or airship. - airdrop noun (an airdrop, airdrops); verb (airdrop, airdrops, airdropped, airdropping)
An airdrop is sending food, medicine or other supplies by dropping them from an aircraft, often by parachute. - airflow noun (airflow, airflows)
1) The movement of air from one place to another, for example through a room, a machine or around a wing. - airless adjective (airless)
With no fresh air moving; stuffy and hard to breathe in: «an airless room». - airline noun (an airline, airlines)
An airline is a company that flies planes carrying passengers or goods to different places. - airliner noun (an airliner, airliners)
1) A large aeroplane that carries passengers on regular flights for an airline. - airplane noun (an airplane, airplanes); UK and Australia: aeroplane
A flying machine with wings and engines that carries people or goods through the air. - airport noun (an airport, airports)
1) A place where aeroplanes take off and land, with buildings (terminals) where passengers check in, go through security and wait for… - airtight adjective (airtight)
Airtight means sealed so tightly that no air can get in or out.
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