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- anchovy noun (anchovies)
1) An anchovy is a small, thin, salty fish, often sold in tins or used on pizza. - ancient adjective (ancient, more ancient, most ancient)
Ancient means belonging to a time very, very long ago, often thousands of years ago. - and conjunction
And joins two words or two parts of a sentence: bread and butter. - andean adjective (Andean); noun (an Andean, Andeans)
1) Andean describes the Andes, the long chain of mountains along the west of South America, or the people and things from there. - andromeda proper noun (Andromeda)
Andromeda is the nearest large galaxy to our own galaxy, the Milky Way. - ane fragment; Scots word (ane); suffix (-ane in chemistry)
«Ane» is the Scots word for «one»: «ane o them» means one of them. - anecdote noun (an anecdote, anecdotes); adjective: anecdotal
A short, interesting or funny story about a real event or person. - anemometer noun (an anemometer, anemometers)
1) An anemometer is an instrument that measures how fast the wind is blowing. - anemone noun (an anemone, anemones; sea anemone)
An anemone is a garden or wild flower with bright petals, often red, purple, pink or white, and a dark centre. - anew adverb (anew)
1) Again, once more. 2) In a new and different way, starting fresh. - ang fragment; Mandarin pinyin (áng / àng); Tagalog word (ang); surname (Ang)
«ang» is a sound in Mandarin Chinese, as in «áng» (昂, to raise the head). - angel noun (an angel, angels)
1) (religion) An angel is a spirit that Christians, Jews and Muslims believe serves God and brings messages from him; in pictures angels… - angelfish noun (an angelfish, angelfish or angelfishes)
1) An angelfish is a brightly coloured tropical fish with a flat body and long fins, living on coral reefs or kept in aquariums. - angelus noun (the Angelus)
1) (church) A Catholic prayer remembering that, Christians believe, the angel Gabriel told Mary she would be the mother of Jesus; it is… - anger noun (anger, uncountable); verb (anger, angers, angered, angering); adjective angry
Anger is the strong feeling you have when you think something is unfair, wrong or hurtful, which can make you want to shout or hit. - angle noun (an angle, angles); verb (angle, angles, angled, angling)
An angle is the space or turn between two lines that meet at a point; it is measured in degrees. - anglerfish noun (an anglerfish, anglerfish or anglerfishes)
1) An anglerfish is a fish with a big mouth and sharp teeth that catches prey using a long spine on its head with a glowing or wiggly tip… - anglican adjective (Anglican); noun (an Anglican, Anglicans)
1) (church) Anglican describes the Church of England and the churches around the world that grew from it, such as the Church of Ireland… - anglicise verb (anglicises, anglicised, anglicising)
1) To anglicise is to change a word, name, or text into English form or English ways. - angrily adverb
1) Angrily means in an angry way, showing that you feel cross or mad. - angry adjective (angry, angrier, angriest); adverb angrily; noun anger
Feeling strong annoyance or upset because something seems wrong, unfair or hurtful. - anguish noun (no plural form)
1) Anguish is very great pain or sorrow of the mind or heart. - angular adjective (angular, more angular, most angular)
1) Having sharp corners or angles. 2) (of a person or face) Thin, with bones showing clearly. 3) (maths, science) About angles or measured… - angus noun (Angus, Angus cattle); proper noun (Angus, a name and a place)
A breed of black or red cattle with no horns, first from Scotland, famous for beef. - animal noun (animal, animals); adjective
An animal is a living thing that can move and eat, like a dog, a bird or a fish. - animalcule noun (an animalcule, animalcules — old-fashioned)
1) (old science) An animalcule is a tiny living thing that can only be seen with a microscope, such as a single-celled creature. - animate verb (animate, animates, animated, animating); adjective (animate)
verb: To make drawings or models seem to move in a film or cartoon. - animated adjective (animated); verb form (animate, animates, animated, animating)
An animated film or cartoon is made from many drawings, models or computer pictures shown quickly so they seem to move. - animation noun (animation — uncountable; an animation, animations)
A cartoon or film made by showing many drawings, models or computer pictures one after another so they seem to move. - animator noun (an animator, animators)
1) An animator is a person who makes animated films, cartoons or computer games by creating moving pictures. - anime noun (anime, uncountable)
1) A style of cartoon film or TV series from Japan, with bright colours, big eyes and exciting stories. - animosity noun (animosity; uncountable; animosities — rare)
1) Animosity is a strong feeling of dislike or anger towards someone, often lasting a long time. - ankle noun (an ankle, ankles)
The joint that connects your foot to your leg, letting the foot bend up and down and turn. - ankylosaurus noun (an ankylosaurus, ankylosauruses or ankylosauri)
An ankylosaurus was a large, plant-eating dinosaur covered in thick bony plates, like armour, with a heavy club at the end of its tail. - anna noun (an anna, annas); name (Anna)
1) (a name) Anna is a girl's name. 2) (old, India) An anna was an old coin of India and nearby lands; sixteen annas made one rupee. - annex noun (an annex, annexes; UK often annexe); verb (annex, annexes, annexed, annexing)
An extra building joined to or near a main building: «the school annexe». - annexation noun (annexation; an annexation, annexations)
Annexation is when one country takes control of land that belonged to another country and makes it part of itself, often by force. - annihilated verb form (annihilated), past of «annihilate»; adjective (annihilated)
1) Destroyed completely. 2) (informal) Beaten very badly in a game or contest. 3) (slang) Very drunk or very tired. - anniversary noun (an anniversary, anniversaries)
An anniversary is the day exactly one or more years after an important event, which people remember or celebrate. - announce verb (announce, announces, announced, announcing)
To announce something is to tell lots of people about it officially or publicly. - announced verb form (announce, announces, announced, announcing)
Announced is the past form of «announce»: told many people something important, officially or loudly. - announcement noun (an announcement, announcements)
1) An announcement is a public message that tells people some news or information. 2) The act of telling people something officially. - annoy verb (annoy, annoys, annoyed, annoying)
To annoy someone is to make them a little angry or fed up. - annoyance noun (annoyance — uncountable; an annoyance, annoyances)
Annoyance is the feeling of being a little angry or cross because something bothers you. - annoyed adjective (annoyed, more annoyed); verb form of annoy (annoy, annoys, annoyed, annoying)
Annoyed means a bit angry or irritated about something («I was annoyed when my brother took my pens»). - annual adjective (annual); noun (an annual, annuals)
Happening once every year: our annual sports day. - annually adverb
1) Annually means once every year. 2) Annually means for each year, in a year: «she earns 30,000 pounds annually». - annul verb (annul, annuls, annulled, annulling); noun (annulment)
To officially say that something such as a marriage, contract or election never counted and is cancelled. - annum noun (Latin; used almost only in "per annum")
1) (formal, money) A year; "per annum" means each year or for every year. - annunciation noun (the Annunciation)
The Annunciation is when, as the Bible tells, the angel Gabriel came to Mary to say that she would be the mother of Jesus. - anoint verb (anoint, anoints, anointed, anointing)
1) (church, Bible) To anoint is to put holy oil on someone's head or body as a sign of blessing, healing, or being chosen by God, for… - anon adverb (old use)
1) Anon means soon or shortly. 2) «Ever and anon» means now and then, from time to time. - anonymous adjective (anonymous)
Anonymous means made, given or done by someone whose name is not known or not told. - anonymously adverb
1) Without giving your name, so nobody knows who you are. 2) In a way that hides who someone is. - anorak noun (an anorak, anoraks)
A waterproof jacket with a hood, often padded. - another determiner, pronoun
Another means one more of the same kind: have another cookie. - answer noun (answer, answers); verb (answer, answers, answered, answering)
An answer is what you say or write back to a question. - answerable adjective (answerable)
1) Having to explain your actions to someone and take responsibility: «answerable to» someone. 2) Able to be answered. - ant noun (an ant, ants)
A very small insect with six legs that lives in large, organised groups called colonies, often in nests under the ground. - antacid noun (an antacid, antacids); adjective (antacid)
1) A medicine that makes stomach acid weaker, used for heartburn and indigestion. 2) (adjective) Working against acid: «antacid tablets». - antagonist noun (antagonist, antagonists)
The main enemy or opponent of the hero in a story, play or film (opposite: protagonist). - antarctic adjective (Antarctic); proper noun (the Antarctic — the region around the South Pole)
The Antarctic is the very cold region around the South Pole, including the continent of Antarctica and the seas around it. - antbird noun (antbird, antbirds)
1) A small bird of the tropical forests of Central and South America; some kinds follow army ants to catch the insects fleeing from them. - ante noun (an ante, antes); verb (ante, antes, anted, anteing — ante up); prefix (ante- meaning before)
An ante is a stake put into the pot before a card game starts. - anteater noun (an anteater, anteaters)
An anteater is a South and Central American mammal with a long snout and a long sticky tongue that eats ants and termites. - antecedent noun (an antecedent, antecedents); adjective (antecedent — formal)
An antecedent is something that came before something else and led to it. - antechamber noun (antechambers)
1) An antechamber is a small room leading into a bigger, grander room, where people wait before being let in. - antelope noun (an antelope, antelopes or antelope)
1) A fast, graceful wild animal like a deer, with horns, that lives mainly in Africa and Asia, such as the gazelle, impala and gnu. - antenna noun (an antenna, antennae for insects; antennas for radio)
One of two long, thin feelers on the head of an insect or shellfish, used to touch and smell. - anterior adjective (anterior)
1) (science) Anterior means at or near the front, especially of the body. 2) (formal) Anterior means earlier in time. - anteriority noun (anteriority) — formal
1) (formal) Being earlier in time than something else. 2) (formal, science) Being at the front. - anteroom noun (anterooms)
A small room you go through before you reach a bigger room. - anthem noun (an anthem, anthems)
An anthem is a song that is special to a country or group, often sung at big events; a national anthem. - anti preposition (anti); prefix (anti-); noun (an anti, antis — informal)
Against; opposed to something ("They are anti the new road"). - antibacterial adjective (antibacterial); noun (an antibacterial — rare)
1) Antibacterial means killing bacteria or stopping them from growing. 2) (rare) An antibacterial is a substance that does this. - antibiotic noun (an antibiotic, antibiotics); adjective (antibiotic cream)
A medicine that kills bacteria or stops them from growing, used to treat infections caused by bacteria, like some ear or chest infections. - antibody noun (an antibody, antibodies)
An antibody is a special protein made by your body's immune system that sticks to germs, like viruses and bacteria, and helps destroy them. - antic noun (antics; the plural is used most)
1) A silly, playful trick or action that makes people laugh. - anticipate verb (anticipate, anticipates, anticipated, anticipating)
To expect that something will happen and get ready for it. - anticipation noun (anticipation; uncountable)
Anticipation is the excited feeling of waiting for something you expect to happen, especially something nice. - anticlockwise adverb and adjective (anticlockwise) — UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ; US and Canada say «counterclockwise»
Anticlockwise means turning in the opposite direction to the hands of a clock: from 12 towards 9, then 6, then 3. - antidote noun (antidotes)
1) A medicine or substance that stops a poison from harming you. 2) Anything that cures or removes a bad effect, such as a sad feeling. - antifreeze noun (antifreeze, uncountable)
1) Antifreeze is a liquid added to the water in a car engine (and some other machines) to stop it freezing in cold weather and to help… - antifungal adjective (antifungal); noun (an antifungal, antifungals)
Antifungal means killing or stopping the growth of fungi, such as mould or the fungus that causes athlete's foot. - antihistamine noun (an antihistamine, antihistamines); adjective (antihistamine)
A medicine that calms allergic reactions such as sneezing, itchy eyes, rashes and hay fever. - antimacassar noun (an antimacassar, antimacassars)
1) An antimacassar is a small cloth, often lacy, put over the back or arms of a chair or sofa to keep it clean. - antimicrobial adjective (antimicrobial); noun (an antimicrobial, antimicrobials)
Killing or stopping the growth of tiny living things (microbes) such as bacteria, viruses or fungi. - antipathy noun (antipathy, antipathies)
1) A strong feeling of dislike for someone or something. 2) Something that a person strongly dislikes. - antipodes noun (the Antipodes, plural); adjective (antipodean)
Places on exactly opposite sides of the Earth from each other. - antique noun (an antique, antiques); adjective (antique)
An old object, usually a hundred years old or more, valued because it is old, rare or beautiful. - antiquity noun (antiquity — uncountable; antiquities)
Antiquity is the distant past, especially the time of ancient Greece and Rome. - antisemitism noun (antisemitism, also anti-Semitism, uncountable)
1) Antisemitism is hatred of, prejudice against or unfair treatment of Jewish people because they are Jewish. - antiseptic noun (an antiseptic, antiseptics; antiseptic, uncountable); adjective (antiseptic)
An antiseptic is a substance you put on skin or a wound to kill germs and stop infection. - antisocial adjective (antisocial; more antisocial, most antisocial)
Behaving in a way that harms or annoys other people in the community, like vandalism or shouting late at night. - antler noun (an antler, antlers)
An antler is one of the two branched, bony horns that grow on the head of a deer, elk, moose or reindeer. - anvil noun (an anvil, anvils)
A heavy iron block with a flat top on which a blacksmith hammers hot metal into shape. - anxiety noun (anxiety, anxieties)
Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness or fear about what might happen. - anxious adjective (anxious, more anxious, most anxious)
Anxious means worried or nervous about something that might happen: "she was anxious about the test". - anxiously adverb (anxiously)
In a worried, nervous way: she waited anxiously for the results. - any determiner, pronoun, adverb (any)
Any means one or some, it does not matter which.
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