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- conscript noun (a conscript, conscripts); verb (conscript, conscripts, conscripted, conscripting); noun conscription
1) (noun) A person who is made by law to join the army or armed forces. 2) (verb) To make someone join the armed forces by law. - consecrate verb (consecrates, consecrated, consecrating)
To consecrate something is to make it holy by a religious ceremony. - consecrated adjective (also the past form of consecrate)
Consecrated means made holy by a blessing or religious ceremony. - consecration noun (consecrations)
Consecration is the act of making something holy by a religious ceremony. - consecutive adjective (consecutive)
1) Consecutive means following one after another in order, without a gap. - consecutively adverb (consecutively)
1) Consecutively means one after another, in order, without a gap or break. - consensus noun (consensus, usually uncountable; a consensus)
Agreement among all or most people in a group. - consent noun (consent, uncountable); verb (consent, consents, consented, consenting)
Permission or agreement to let something happen (give consent). - consequence noun (a consequence, consequences)
A consequence is something that happens because of an action or event, a result. - consequent adjective (consequent); adverb consequently
1) (formal) Consequent means happening as a result of something. 2) The adverb «consequently» means «as a result» or «so». - consequently adverb (consequently)
1) As a result; because of that: «It rained all day; consequently, the match was cancelled». - conservation noun (conservation — mostly uncountable)
Protecting nature — animals, plants, forests, seas — so it is not damaged or lost. - conservative adjective (conservative; more conservative, most conservative); noun (a conservative, conservatives; a Conservative)
Not liking sudden change and preferring traditional ways, values and styles: «My grandad has conservative taste in music». - conservatoire noun (a conservatoire, conservatoires); US often conservatory
1) (music) A college where people study music, singing, dance or drama to a very high level, often to become professional performers. - conservatory noun (a conservatory, conservatories)
A room with glass walls and a glass roof, built onto a house, where people sit in the sun and grow plants. - conserve verb (conserve, conserves, conserved, conserving); noun (a conserve, conserves — formal or old-fashioned for jam)
To save something so it is not wasted or used up, such as water, energy or money. - conserved adjective (conserved); verb past form of conserve (conserve, conserves, conserved, conserving)
Protected and kept safe from damage or being wasted, like conserved forests or conserved water. - conserves noun (conserves — plural of conserve); verb form (conserves — he/she conserves)
Conserves are jams made from whole fruit pieces cooked with sugar. - consider verb (consider, considers, considered, considering)
To consider something is to think about it carefully, especially before deciding: «Consider all the answers». - considerable adjective (considerable)
Large in size, amount or importance; quite a lot: a considerable amount of money. - considerably adverb (considerably)
Much, a lot, to a large degree: the weather is considerably warmer today. - considerate adjective (considerate, more considerate, most considerate)
A considerate person thinks about other people's feelings and needs and acts kindly because of that. - considerately adverb (more considerately, most considerately)
In a way that thinks kindly of other people's feelings and needs. - consideration noun (consideration, considerations)
Careful thought about something before deciding: after much consideration. - considered adjective (considered); verb, past form of consider (consider, considers, considered, considering)
Considered (past of consider) means thought about carefully before deciding. - consign verb (consign, consigns, consigned, consigning) — formal
To send goods to someone, often to be sold or delivered. - consignment noun (a consignment, consignments)
A load of goods that is sent or delivered to someone at one time. - consist verb (consist, consists, consisted, consisting) — used with "of" or "in"
1) consist of: to be made up of certain parts or things. 2) consist in (formal): to have something as the main or only part. - consistency noun (consistency, consistencies)
Consistency is always acting, working or happening in the same way, steady and reliable. - consistent adjective (consistent; more consistent, most consistent)
Always behaving or happening in the same way; steady and reliable. - consistently adverb (consistently); adjective consistent; noun consistency
1) In the same way every time, again and again, without changing. 2) In a way that agrees and does not contradict itself. - consolation noun (consolation, uncountable; a consolation, consolations)
Comfort given to someone who is sad or disappointed. - console verb (console, consoles, consoled, consoling) — said con-SOLE; noun (a console, consoles) — said CON-sole
To comfort someone who is sad or upset and help them feel better. - consolidate verb (consolidate, consolidates, consolidated, consolidating)
To consolidate is to make something stronger, firmer or more secure: «consolidate your learning». - consolidation noun (consolidation, uncountable; a consolidation)
Making something stronger, firmer or more settled (consolidation of learning). - consonant noun (a consonant, consonants); adjective (formal: consonant with)
A letter of the alphabet that is not a vowel, such as b, c, d, f, g. - consonantal adjective
1) Consonantal means to do with consonants, or made of consonants. - consort noun (consorts); verb (consorts, consorted, consorting)
A consort is a husband or wife, especially the partner of a king or queen. - conspicuous adjective (conspicuous, more conspicuous, most conspicuous); adverb conspicuously
1) Very easy to see or notice; standing out. 2) (in phrases) Attracting attention, as in "conspicuous by its absence" (noticeable because… - conspicuously adverb (more conspicuously, most conspicuously)
1) In a way that is easy to see; plainly, so that everyone notices. - conspiracy noun (a conspiracy, conspiracies; also uncountable)
A secret plan made by a group of people to do something harmful or illegal: «a conspiracy to rob the bank». - conspirator noun (conspirators)
1) A person who joins with others in secret to plan something bad, such as overthrowing a ruler. - conspire verb (conspire, conspires, conspired, conspiring)
To plan secretly with other people to do something bad or against the law. - constable noun (a constable, constables); a name (John Constable)
A police officer of the lowest rank; often written PC (police constable), as in «PC Smith». - constabulary noun (a constabulary, constabularies)
1) (UK, Ireland, formal) A constabulary is the police force of an area. - constancy noun (no plural in this sense)
1) Being faithful and steady; keeping to your word or your love and not changing. - constant adjective (constant); noun (a constant, constants)
Constant means happening all the time or again and again: "constant noise". - constantinople noun (Constantinople, a name of a city)
Constantinople was the old name of the great city on the Bosphorus strait that is now called Istanbul, in Turkey. - constantly adverb (constantly)
1) Constantly means all the time, again and again, without stopping. 2) Constantly can mean always in the same way, without changing. - constellation noun (a constellation, constellations)
A constellation is a group of stars that people see as a pattern or picture in the night sky and give a name to. - consternation noun (no plural)
1) A sudden feeling of shock and worry, when people are upset and do not know what to do. - constipated adjective (constipated); verb form of constipate (rare)
1) Constipated means unable to empty your bowels easily; your poo is hard, dry or does not come for days. - constipation noun (constipation — uncountable)
1) Constipation is when you can't poo easily or often, because your poo is hard and dry. - constituency noun (a constituency, constituencies)
An area of a country whose voters elect one or more members to parliament. - constituent noun (a constituent, constituents); adjective (constituent)
A constituent is one of the parts that make up a whole: «Flour is a constituent of bread.». - constitute verb (constitute, constitutes, constituted, constituting)
To make up or form something; to be the parts of a whole. - constituted verb (past form of constitute: constitute, constitutes, constituted, constituting)
Constituted means made up, formed: «The class is constituted of 30 pupils.». - constitution noun (a constitution, constitutions)
A constitution is the set of basic laws and rules that says how a country or group is governed. - constitutional adjective (constitutional); adverb constitutionally; noun (a constitutional — old-fashioned, a walk for your health)
To do with a country's constitution, the main set of laws that says how the country is governed and what rights people have. - constitutionally adverb (constitutionally)
In a way that follows or is allowed by a country's constitution (its main set of laws and rules). - constraint noun (a constraint, constraints; constraint uncountable)
Something that limits or controls what you can do (time constraints, money constraints). - constrict verb (constrict, constricts, constricted, constricting)
To make something narrower or tighter by squeezing it: «The snake constricted its prey». - constrictor noun (a constrictor, constrictors)
1) A snake that kills its prey by wrapping its body around it and squeezing until the animal cannot breathe, such as a boa constrictor or… - construct verb (construct, constructs, constructed, constructing); noun (a construct, constructs)
To build or make something, such as a house, bridge or model. - construction noun (construction, constructions; uncountable for the activity)
Construction is the work of building things such as houses, roads and bridges. - constructive adjective (constructive)
Helpful and useful, aiming to improve something: constructive criticism. - consul noun (consul, consuls)
A consul is an official sent by a country to live in a foreign city to help its own citizens there and to look after trade. - consult verb (consult, consults, consulted, consulting)
To go to someone for advice or information: consult a doctor. - consultant noun (a consultant, consultants)
A person whose job is to give expert advice to businesses or people. - consultation noun (consultation, consultations)
A meeting with an expert, such as a doctor or lawyer, to get advice. - consume verb (consume, consumes, consumed, consuming)
1) (formal) To eat or drink something. 2) To use up fuel, energy, time or money. 3) (of fire) To destroy completely. 4) be consumed with… - consumer noun (a consumer, consumers)
A consumer is a person who buys or uses goods and services. - consummate adjective (consummate); verb (consummate, consummates, consummated, consummating – formal)
Showing very great skill; perfect at something: «a consummate musician». - consumption noun (consumption, uncountable)
The amount of something that is used up, such as energy, water or food (fuel consumption). - contact noun (contact, uncountable; a contact, contacts); verb (contact, contacts, contacted, contacting)
Contact is touching: two things in contact are touching each other. - contagious adjective (contagious; more contagious)
A contagious disease is one that spreads from person to person by touching or being close, such as a cold, flu or chickenpox. - contain verb (contain, contains, contained, containing)
1) To contain means to have something inside. A box that contains toys has toys in it. 2) To contain also means to be made of or to… - container noun (container, containers)
A container is anything you can keep or carry things in, such as a box, jar, bottle, tin or tub. - contaminant noun (a contaminant, contaminants)
1) A substance that makes something dirty, impure, harmful or poisonous, such as germs, chemicals or dirt in water, food, air or soil. - contaminate verb (contaminate, contaminates, contaminated, contaminating)
To make something dirty, impure or harmful by adding something bad to it, such as germs, poison or chemicals. - contaminated adjective (contaminated); verb (contaminate, contaminates, contaminated, contaminating)
1) Made dirty, impure or harmful by something mixed in, such as germs, poison or chemicals. - contamination noun (contamination, uncountable)
The state of being made dirty, impure or harmful by something unwanted (water contamination). - contemn verb (contemns, contemned, contemning) old use
1) (old use) To look down on something as worthless; to scorn or despise it. - contemplate verb (contemplates, contemplated, contemplating)
1) To look at something quietly for a long time and think about it. 2) To think about doing something; to consider it. - contemplation noun (no plural)
1) Quiet, long thinking; looking at something and thinking about it deeply. - contemporaneous adjective (contemporaneous)
Existing or happening at the same time as something else: «contemporaneous accounts of the battle». - contemporaneously adverb (contemporaneously — formal)
1) (formal) At the same time as something else happened, or during the same period. - contemporary adjective (contemporary); noun (a contemporary, contemporaries)
Contemporary means modern, belonging to the present time: «contemporary art». - contempt noun (contempt — uncountable)
Contempt is the feeling that someone or something is worthless and does not deserve any respect. - contemptible adjective (more contemptible, most contemptible)
1) So mean or bad that people despise it and deserve scorn. - contemptuous adjective (more contemptuous, most contemptuous)
1) Showing that you think someone or something is worthless or beneath you; scornful. - contemptuously adverb
1) Contemptuously means in a way that shows you think someone or something is worthless or does not deserve respect. - contend verb (contend, contends, contended, contending)
Contend with: to have to deal with a problem or difficulty: «Farmers have to contend with drought». - content noun (CON-tent: content, contents); adjective (con-TENT: content); verb (con-TENT: content yourself with)
The contents of a box, bag or bottle are the things inside it. - contentedly adverb (no comparative in common use)
1) In a happy, calm way, feeling pleased with what you have. - contention noun (contentions)
1) An argument or quarrel between people, often about who is right. 2) A point that you argue for; a view you claim is true. - contentment noun (contentment — uncountable)
1) A calm, happy feeling of being satisfied with what you have, without wanting more. - contest noun (contest, contests); verb (contest, contests, contested — to argue against)
A contest is a game, race or competition where people try to win, such as a spelling contest. - contestant noun (a contestant, contestants)
1) A person who takes part in a competition, quiz or game show and tries to win. - context noun (a context, contexts; also uncountable: context)
The context of a word or sentence is the words and sentences around it that help you understand what it means.
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