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- colon noun (a colon, colons)
A colon is the punctuation mark (:) that introduces a list, an explanation or an example: «You will need: a pen, a ruler and glue». - colonel noun (colonel, colonels)
1) A high-ranking officer in the army, air force or marines, above a major and below a general. - colonial adjective (colonial); noun (a colonial, colonials — old use)
Colonial describes things to do with a colony, a land ruled by another, faraway country. - colonisation noun (colonisation; US colonization)
When one country takes control of another land and sends people to live there, often taking power from the people already living there. - colonise verb (colonise, colonises, colonised, colonising); US spelling colonize
To colonise a place means a country sends people to settle there and takes control of the land, often from the people already living there. - colonised verb past form of colonise (colonise, colonises, colonised, colonising); adjective (colonised); US spelling colonized
1) When a country colonised a land, it took control of it and sent its people to live there, often taking the land from the people already… - coloniser noun (a coloniser, colonisers); US spelling colonizer
1) A country or person that takes control of another land, settles there and rules the people who already live there. - colonist noun (a colonist, colonists)
A colonist is a person who goes to live in a new land that is ruled by their home country, or who settles a new colony. - colonized verb (colonize, colonizes, colonized, colonizing)
To colonize a place is to go to a faraway land, settle there and take control of it, often with people from another country. - colonnade noun (plural colonnades)
A colonnade is a row of tall pillars, called columns, standing along the front or side of a building, with a roof over them. - colony noun (a colony, colonies)
A group of animals or plants of one kind that live together: a colony of ants, a bat colony. - color noun (a color, colors); verb (color, colors, colored, coloring); adjective (color photos, color TV)
Color is what we see when light of different kinds reaches our eyes, such as red, blue, green or yellow. - coloration noun (coloration — mostly uncountable)
Coloration is the pattern and colours on an animal or plant. - colored adjective (colored; British coloured); verb (color, colors, colored, coloring)
Colored means having a color, or not plain white or black. - colors noun (colors, plural of «color»; US spelling); verb (colors, he colors)
Colors is the plural of «color», the qualities like red, blue and yellow that we see. - colossal adjective (colossal)
Colossal means extremely large, huge, enormous. - colossus noun (a colossus, colossi or colossuses); a name (the Colossus of Rhodes; Colossus — the computer)
1) A huge statue, much bigger than life size. 2) A person, company or thing that is enormously big, powerful or important («a colossus of… - colour noun (colour, colours); verb (colour, colours, coloured, colouring)
Colour is what you see as red, blue, green, yellow and so on. - colouration noun (colouration, uncountable; US spelling coloration)
Colouration is the pattern and mix of colours on an animal or plant, such as the stripes of a tiger or the spots on a ladybird. - colourful adjective (colourful, more colourful, most colourful; US colorful)
1) Colourful means having many bright colours. 2) Colourful means interesting, lively and exciting, like a colourful character or story. - colouring noun (colouring, colourings; US spelling coloring); verb form (present participle of colour: colouring)
The colour or colours of something, especially of a person's skin, hair and eyes or an animal's fur or feathers: «a fox's red colouring». - colourless adjective (colourless; US «colorless»)
Colourless means having no colour at all, like clear water or air. - colt noun (plural colts)
A colt is a young male horse, especially one under four years old. - columbian adjective (Columbian); noun (a Columbian — rare)
To do with Christopher Columbus (as in pre-Columbian, before Columbus reached the Americas). - column noun (column, columns)
A column is a line of things going straight up and down, one under another. - comanche noun, a name (the Comanche, Comanche people; Comanche — the language)
1) (a name) The Comanche are a Native American people of the southern Great Plains (today mainly Oklahoma, USA), famous in history as… - comb noun (comb, combs); verb (comb, combs, combed, combing)
A comb is a flat strip with a row of thin teeth used to tidy your hair. - combat noun (combat — usually uncountable); verb (combat, combats, combated/combatted, combating/combatting)
Combat is fighting, especially between soldiers in war. - combatant noun (a combatant, combatants); adjective combatant
1) A person, army or country that takes part in fighting in a war or battle. 2) A person who takes part in a fight, argument or contest. - combative adjective (combative, more combative, most combative)
1) Combative means ready and eager to fight or argue. 2) In sport, combative means playing hard and strongly against the other side. - combination noun (a combination, combinations; combination, uncountable)
A combination is two or more things joined or mixed together, like a combination of colours or flavours. - combine verb (combine, combines, combined, combining); noun (a combine — a combine harvester)
To combine is to join or mix two or more things together to make one: «Combine the flour and sugar.». - combined adjective; verb (combine, combines, combined, combining); noun combination
1) Combined means put together into one: «their combined score». 2) To combine is to join or mix two or more things together. - combo noun (a combo, combos) — informal
A combination of things that go together, like a meal deal of burger, chips and drink. - combust verb (combust, combusts, combusted, combusting)
To burn, or to catch fire, especially through a chemical reaction with oxygen. - combustion noun (combustion, uncountable)
Combustion is burning: a chemical reaction when a fuel joins with oxygen and gives out heat and light. - come verb (come, comes, came, coming)
To come is to move towards here, to the person speaking: Come here! - comeback noun (a comeback, comebacks); verb phrase (come back, comes back, came back, coming back)
A comeback is when someone or something becomes successful or popular again after a bad time: the team made a great comeback. - comedian noun (a comedian, comedians)
A comedian is a person whose job is to make people laugh by telling jokes or doing funny things, on stage, on TV or in films. - comedy noun (comedy, uncountable; a comedy, comedies)
Films, plays, shows or stories meant to make people laugh. - comely adjective (comelier, comeliest)
(old use) Comely means pleasant to look at, pretty or handsome. - comer noun (plural comers)
A comer is a person who comes to a place, a newcomer or arrival. - comestible noun (comestibles, usually plural); adjective (comestible)
1) (formal or humorous) Comestibles are things to eat, food. 2) (formal) Comestible means fit to be eaten: «comestible plants». - comet noun (a comet, comets)
A comet is a ball of ice, dust and rock that travels around the Sun. - cometary adjective (cometary)
1) (science) To do with comets, the icy bodies that travel around the Sun and grow glowing tails when they come near it. - comfit noun (a comfit, comfits)
1) (old) A small sweet made of a seed or nut, such as aniseed, caraway or an almond, coated in hard sugar. - comfort noun (comfort — uncountable; a comfort, comforts); verb (comfort, comforts, comforted, comforting)
Comfort is a pleasant feeling of being relaxed, warm and free from pain or worry. - comfortable adjective (comfortable, more comfortable, most comfortable)
Pleasant to use, sit in, wear or be in, without pain or being too hot, cold or tight. - comfortably adverb (comfortably; more comfortably)
In a way that feels relaxed and free from pain or worry: «sitting comfortably». - comforter noun (a comforter, comforters)
A comforter is a person or thing that comforts someone who is sad or worried. - comforting adjective (comforting, more comforting, most comforting); verb form (comfort, comforts, comforted, comforting)
Comforting means making you feel calmer, safer or less sad or worried: comforting words, a comforting hug. - comfortless adjective
Comfortless means having no comfort; cold, bare, dark or sad, with nothing to make a person feel better. - comfrey noun (comfrey – uncountable; comfreys for kinds)
A tall wild plant with large hairy leaves and bell-shaped purple, pink or white flowers, growing in damp places by rivers and ditches. - comfy adjective (comfy, comfier, comfiest)
Comfy means comfortable: soft, cosy and pleasant to sit, lie or be in. - comic noun (comic, comics); adjective (comic — funny)
A comic is a book or magazine that tells a story with pictures in boxes and words in speech bubbles. - comical adjective (comical, more comical, most comical)
Comical means funny, especially in a silly or odd way that makes people laugh, often without meaning to. - comma noun (a comma, commas)
A comma is a punctuation mark (,) that shows a short pause or separates parts of a sentence. - command verb (command, commands, commanded, commanding); noun (a command, commands; command, uncountable)
To tell someone officially to do something; to order. - commander noun (a commander, commanders; Commander as a title)
A person who is in charge of a group of soldiers, a ship, an aircraft, a mission or a police operation. - commandment noun (a commandment, commandments)
1) (Bible) A commandment is a rule given by God; the Ten Commandments are rules God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai, such as "Do not steal"… - commemorate verb (commemorate, commemorates, commemorated, commemorating)
To commemorate an important event or person is to remember and honour them, often with a ceremony or a special object. - commemoration noun (a commemoration, commemorations; also uncountable)
An event, ceremony or thing that helps people remember and honour a person or an important event. - commemorative adjective (commemorative)
1) Made or done to help people remember an important event or person: «a commemorative coin». - commence verb (commence, commences, commenced, commencing)
1) (formal) To begin or start. - commencement noun (commencement, commencements)
Commencement is the beginning or start of something. - commend verb (commend, commends, commended, commending)
To praise someone or something, especially officially or in public. - commendable adjective (commendable); adverb: commendably
1) (formal) Deserving praise, worthy of being admired. - commendation noun (a commendation, commendations; also uncountable)
A commendation is official praise or an award given to someone for doing something well or bravely. - comment noun (a comment, comments); verb (comment, comments, commented, commenting)
A comment is something you say or write that gives your opinion or explains something. - commentary noun (a commentary, commentaries; also uncountable)
A spoken description of an event, such as a football match or race, given while it happens on TV or radio. - commentator noun (a commentator, commentators)
A person who describes a sports match or event as it happens, on TV, radio or online. - commerce noun (commerce — uncountable, no plural)
Commerce is the buying and selling of goods and services, especially in large amounts between companies and countries. - commercial adjective (commercial, more commercial); noun (a commercial, commercials)
Connected with buying and selling, business or trade. - commission noun (a commission, commissions); verb (commission, commissions, commissioned, commissioning)
A commission is an official group of people chosen to find out about something or to run something, like a road safety commission. - commissioner noun (a commissioner, commissioners; Commissioner as a title)
A commissioner is an important official put in charge of a government department, an organisation or an area of work. - commit verb (commit, commits, committed, committing)
To commit a crime or a wrong act is to do it: «commit a crime», «commit a sin». - commitment noun (a commitment, commitments; commitment uncountable)
Commitment is working hard and sticking with something, being loyal to it: «her commitment to the team». - committal noun (a committal, committals)
The part of a funeral when the body is buried or cremated, with a final prayer. - committed adjective (committed); verb, past form of commit (commit, commits, committed, committing)
Someone who is committed works hard at something and is loyal to it. - committee noun (committee, committees)
1) A group of people chosen to make decisions or plan something for a bigger group. - commodity noun (a commodity, commodities)
A product or raw material that is bought and sold, such as wheat, oil, coffee, gold or copper. - common adjective (common, commoner or more common, commonest or most common); noun (common, commons — a public field)
Common means happening often or found in many places: a common cold, a common bird. - commonly adverb (commonly, more commonly, most commonly)
Commonly means usually or often, by many people or in many places: "this mistake is commonly made". - commonplace adjective (commonplace); noun (a commonplace, commonplaces)
1) (adjective) Ordinary and happening often, not surprising. 2) (noun) Something ordinary and common. 3) (noun) A remark said so often… - commonwealth noun (a commonwealth, commonwealths; the Commonwealth — a name)
1) (a name) The Commonwealth (Commonwealth of Nations) is a group of more than fifty countries, most of which were once part of the… - commotion noun (a commotion, commotions)
1) A commotion is a lot of sudden noise, confusion and excitement. - communal adjective (communal)
Shared by all the people in a group or building (a communal kitchen, communal garden). - commune verb (communes, communed, communing); noun (plural communes)
To commune is to talk quietly, or think deeply, with oneself, a friend or nature. - communicate verb (communicate, communicates, communicated, communicating)
To communicate means to share ideas, feelings or information with others by talking, writing, signs or gestures. - communication noun (communication, uncountable; a communication, communications)
Communication is sharing information, ideas or feelings by talking, writing, signs or other ways. - communicative adjective (communicative; more communicative)
Willing and happy to talk and share information with others. - communion noun (communion, a communion; Holy Communion)
1) (church) Holy Communion is a Christian service in which people share bread and wine (or juice) to remember Jesus' Last Supper and his… - communist noun (a communist, communists); adjective (communist)
1) A communist is a person who believes in communism: the idea that land, factories and wealth should be owned by everyone together, not… - community noun (community, communities)
A community is all the people who live in one place, such as a town or neighbourhood. - commuting verb form (commute, commutes, commuted, commuting); noun (commuting, uncountable)
Commuting is travelling the same way regularly between home and work or school. - comp noun (a comp, comps — informal, clipped)
Short for «competition», especially one to win a prize (enter a comp). - compact adjective (compact, more compact); noun (a compact, compacts); verb (compact, compacts, compacted, compacting)
Compact means small and neatly packed so that it does not take up much space. - compaction noun (compaction, uncountable)
Pressing something together so it becomes tighter and smaller, with less space inside it. - companion noun (a companion, companions)
A companion is a person or animal you spend time with or travel with. - companionship noun (companionship, uncountable)
The good feeling of being with friends or others and not being alone.
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