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- arc noun (an arc, arcs); verb (arc, arcs, arced, arcing)
An arc is part of the curved line of a circle, or any curved line shaped like this. - arcade noun (arcade, arcades)
An arcade is a place with games you play using coins or tokens. - arch noun (an arch, arches); verb (arch, arches, arched, arching); adjective (arch — playful, rare)
An arch is a curved shape or structure, like the top of a doorway or a bridge, that goes up and over. - archaeological adjective (archaeological) — US also «archeological»
1) About archaeology: the study of the past by digging up and studying old objects, buildings and bones. - archaeologist noun (an archaeologist, archaeologists)
1) An archaeologist is a scientist who studies how people lived long ago by digging up and examining old things they left behind, such as… - archaeology noun (archaeology — uncountable)
1) The study of the human past by digging up and examining old things people left behind, such as tools, bones, pots, coins and buildings. - archaeopteryx noun (an archaeopteryx, archaeopteryxes; Archaeopteryx)
1) Archaeopteryx was a small animal that lived about 150 million years ago and had features of both dinosaurs and birds: feathers and… - archaic adjective (archaic, more archaic, most archaic)
1) Very old and from the distant past. 2) Old-fashioned and no longer used, or too old to be useful. - archbishop noun (an archbishop, archbishops)
An archbishop is a very senior bishop who is in charge of the bishops and churches in a large area. - archduke noun (archduke, archdukes; archduchess for a woman)
1) A very important prince in the old royal family of Austria. - archer noun (archers)
1) An archer is a person who shoots arrows from a bow. - archerfish noun (an archerfish, archerfish or archerfishes)
1) An archerfish is a small fish of warm rivers and mangroves in Asia and northern Australia that shoots a jet of water from its mouth to… - archery noun (no plural)
1) Archery is the sport or skill of shooting arrows from a bow at a target. - archipelago noun (archipelago, archipelagos or archipelagoes)
1) A group of islands close together in the sea. - architect noun (an architect, architects)
An architect is a person whose job is to design buildings and draw plans for how they should be built. - architecture noun (architecture; uncountable)
Architecture is the art and work of designing buildings. - archive noun (archives)
An archive is a place where old records, papers and documents are kept safe for many years. - archives noun (archives, plural only)
1) The archives are the old records and papers of a town, a country or a family, kept together in one place. - archway noun (archways)
1) An archway is a passage or doorway with a curved top, like an arch, which you walk or sail through. - arctic adjective; proper noun (the Arctic)
1) The Arctic is the very cold area around the North Pole, including the Arctic Ocean and the northern parts of Canada, Alaska (USA)… - ardent adjective (more ardent, most ardent)
1) Ardent means very eager, full of strong feeling, or keen about something. 2) (old use) Ardent can also mean burning hot, glowing. - arduous adjective (arduous, more arduous, most arduous)
1) Arduous means very hard and tiring, needing a lot of effort for a long time. - area noun (area, areas)
Area is how much flat space a shape covers; we measure it in squares, like square meters or square feet. - arena noun (an arena, arenas)
An arena is a big building or space with seats all around, where people watch sports, concerts or shows. - argent noun (argent — uncountable); adjective (argent)
The colour silver or white on a coat of arms or shield. - argentine adjective (Argentine; also Argentinian, Argentinean); noun (an Argentine, Argentines — a person)
Argentine means from or to do with Argentina, a country in South America. - argon noun (argon — uncountable); chemical symbol Ar
Argon is a gas with no colour, no smell and no taste that is found in small amounts in the air. - argue verb (argue, argues, argued, arguing)
To argue means to speak angrily with someone because you disagree. - arguer noun (arguer, arguers)
1) A person who argues, either one who quarrels a lot or one who gives reasons for an opinion. - argument noun (an argument, arguments)
An argument is an angry talk or quarrel between people who disagree. - argumentative adjective (more argumentative, most argumentative)
Argumentative describes someone who likes to argue and disagree, even about small things. - aria noun (an aria, arias)
An aria is a song for one singer in an opera, usually long and full of feeling. - arid adjective (arid, more arid, most arid)
Arid land or weather is very dry, with very little rain, so few plants can grow. - aright adverb (old use)
Aright means correctly or rightly, with no mistake. - arise verb (arise, arises, arose, arisen, arising)
1) To arise is to begin or appear, usually a problem, question or chance. 2) (formal, old) To arise is to get up or stand up. - aristocratic adjective
Aristocratic describes people of the highest rank in a country, such as lords and ladies, and the grand, proud way they behave. - arithmetic noun (arithmetic — uncountable); adjective (arithmetic, arithmetical)
Arithmetic is the part of maths about numbers and the four basic operations: adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. - arithmetical adjective (arithmetical)
1) About arithmetic: adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing numbers. - ark noun (an ark, arks)
Noah's ark was the huge wooden boat Noah built to save his family and two of every kind of animal from the great flood. - arm noun (an arm, arms); verb (arm, arms, armed — to give weapons)
One of the two long body parts from your shoulder to your hand. - armada noun (an armada, armadas)
1) A large group of warships. 2) The Spanish Armada: the great fleet that King Philip II of Spain sent to invade England in the time of… - armadillo noun (an armadillo, armadillos)
1) An armadillo is a small mammal from the Americas with a body covered in hard, bony plates like armour, which digs for insects with… - armband noun (an armband, armbands)
An armband is a band of cloth worn around the upper arm to show something, like that someone is team captain or that someone has died. - armchair noun (an armchair, armchairs); adjective (armchair — before a noun)
An armchair is a comfortable chair with side parts to rest your arms on. - armful noun (an armful, armfuls)
1) As much as you can carry in one or both arms. - armistice noun (armistice, armistices)
1) An agreement between enemies in a war to stop fighting, usually while they talk about peace. - armless adjective
Armless means having no arms. - armor noun (plural armors); also verb (armors, armored, armoring)
Armor is a covering of metal worn by soldiers or knights to protect the body in battle. - armour noun (armour — uncountable; US spelling armor); verb form armoured (adjective)
Armour is a strong covering of metal or leather that soldiers and knights wore in the past to protect their bodies in battle. - armoury noun (an armoury, armouries; US spelling armory, armories)
A place where weapons and armour are kept, such as a room in a castle or a building used by an army. - armpit noun (an armpit, armpits)
Your armpit is the hollow place under your arm where it joins your shoulder. - armrest noun (an armrest, armrests)
1) An armrest is the part of a chair, sofa, or seat in a car, bus or plane where you rest your arm. - arms noun (plural of arm: an arm, arms); noun (arms — weapons, always plural)
The two body parts from your shoulders to your hands (plural of arm). - army noun (an army, armies)
An army is a large group of soldiers trained to fight on land for a country. - arnica noun (uncountable)
Arnica is a yellow flower that grows in mountains, related to daisies. - around preposition, adverb (around; UK also round)
Around means on every side of something, or in a circle. - arousal noun (arousal; uncountable)
Arousal is the state of being awake, alert or excited, when the body and mind are ready for action. - arouse verb (arouse, arouses, aroused, arousing)
To arouse a feeling is to cause it, like interest, curiosity, anger or suspicion. - arrange verb (arrange, arranges, arranged, arranging)
To arrange things is to put them in a neat or useful order or position. - arranged verb, past form of arrange (arrange, arranges, arranged, arranging); adjective (arranged)
Arranged means put in a certain order or pattern, such as in rows, by size or by colour. - arrangement noun (an arrangement, arrangements)
A plan made in advance for something to happen (travel arrangements). - array noun (array, arrays); verb (array — to set out in order, rare)
An array is a set of things put in equal rows and columns. - arrears noun, plural (arrears)
Money that is owed and should have been paid already: rent arrears. - arrest verb (arrest, arrests, arrested, arresting); noun (an arrest, arrests)
To arrest someone is for the police to take them away because they may have broken the law. - arrival noun (an arrival, arrivals; uncountable for the act)
Arrival is the act of reaching a place, coming to where you were going. - arrive verb (arrive, arrives, arrived, arriving)
To arrive is to get to a place at the end of a trip. - arrogance noun (arrogance; uncountable)
Behaving as if you are more important, cleverer or better than other people. - arrogant adjective (arrogant, more arrogant, most arrogant)
1) Behaving as if you are better or more important than other people. - arrow noun (an arrow, arrows)
A thin straight stick with a sharp point at the front and feathers at the back, shot from a bow. - arse noun (an arse, arses — rude, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand); verb (arse about/around — rude, UK)
1) (rude, UK) The bottom, the part of the body you sit on. 2) (rude, UK) A stupid or annoying person. 3) (rude, UK) Can't be arsed: too… - arsenal noun (an arsenal, arsenals); proper noun (Arsenal)
An arsenal is a big collection of weapons, or a building where weapons are made or stored. - arsenic noun (arsenic — uncountable)
Arsenic is a chemical element (symbol As); many of its compounds are very poisonous. - art noun (art, arts; an art)
Art is making pictures, sculptures and other things that are beautiful or show ideas and feelings, like painting and drawing. - artefact noun (artefact, artefacts) — UK spelling; US: artifact
An object made by people long ago, such as a tool, pot or jewel, that tells us about the past. - artemisia noun (artemisia, artemisias); name (Artemisia)
Artemisia is a group of plants with strong-smelling, often silvery leaves, including wormwood, mugwort, sagebrush and tarragon. - artery noun (an artery, arteries)
An artery is a tube in the body that carries blood away from the heart to the rest of the body. - artful adjective (artful, more artful, most artful)
1) Artful means clever at getting what you want, especially by tricking people; crafty. 2) Artful can mean done with skill and cleverness. - artfully adverb
Artfully means in a clever, sly way, often to get what you want without anyone noticing. - arthritis noun (arthritis)
1) Arthritis is an illness that makes the joints, the places where bones meet like knees, hips and fingers, swollen, stiff and painful. - article noun (an article, articles)
An article is a piece of writing in a newspaper, magazine or website. - articulate adjective (articulate, more articulate, most articulate); verb (articulate, articulates, articulated, articulating)
An articulate person can express ideas clearly and well in words. - articulated adjective (articulated); verb (articulate, articulates, articulated, articulating — past form)
An articulated lorry, bus or vehicle has two or more parts joined by a bendy joint so it can turn corners. - artifice noun (artifice, artifices)
1) A clever trick used to fool people. 2) Clever skill, or a way of doing things that is not natural. - artificer noun (old use)
An artificer is a skilled craftsman who makes or builds things, especially with metal. - artificial adjective
1) Artificial means made by people, not natural. 2) Artificial means a copy of something natural: «artificial flowers». 3) Artificial… - artificially adverb (artificially)
Artificially means made or done by people, not by nature. - artillery noun
Artillery means big guns and cannons used in war, and also the soldiers who fire them. - artisan noun (an artisan, artisans); adjective (artisan)
An artisan is a skilled worker who makes things by hand, such as a carpenter, potter or weaver. - artist noun (an artist, artists)
An artist is a person who paints, draws, makes sculptures or other works of art. - artistic adjective (artistic, more artistic, most artistic)
Artistic means good at art or creative things like drawing, painting, music or design. - arts noun (the arts — plural; art, arts); verb form (no)
1) The arts are activities like painting, drawing, music, dance, drama, film and writing, where people make things to express ideas and… - artwork noun (an artwork, artworks; artwork, uncountable)
An artwork is a piece of art, such as a painting, drawing, sculpture or collage. - arum noun (an arum, arums)
1) An arum is a plant with arrow-shaped leaves and a hood-like flower around a spike, such as the arum lily or the wild arum (cuckoo pint… - aryan adjective (Aryan); noun (an Aryan, Aryans)
1) (history) Aryan was an old name for the ancient people who spoke early Indo-Iranian languages in Iran and northern India; «arya» meant… - as preposition (as a teacher); conjunction (as he left, as you know); adverb (as tall as)
As means in the role of: she works as a nurse. - asap abbreviation (ASAP, asap — informal)
1) (informal) ASAP stands for «as soon as possible»: very soon, without delay. - ascend verb (ascend, ascends, ascended, ascending)
To ascend means to go up, to climb or rise: "the balloon ascended into the sky". - ascender noun (an ascender, ascenders)
An ascender is the part of a lowercase letter that goes up above the middle of the line, as in b, d, f, h, k, l and t. - ascension noun (the Ascension; an ascension, ascensions)
The Ascension is the event when, Christians believe, Jesus rose up into heaven forty days after he rose from the dead. - ascent noun (an ascent, ascents)
An ascent is a climb up a mountain, hill or stairs.
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