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- contiguous adjective (contiguous; not compared)
Contiguous things touch each other or share a border, with no gap between them. - continent noun (a continent, continents)
A continent is one of the very large areas of land on Earth. - continental adjective (continental); noun (a Continental — UK, old)
Continental means to do with a continent, one of the world's large land masses: «continental shelf», «continental climate». - contingent adjective (contingent on/upon); noun (a contingent, contingents)
Depending on something else happening first: «The trip is contingent on good weather.». - continual adjective (continual; more continual — rare)
Continual means happening again and again, often in an annoying way, with short breaks in between. - continually adverb
Continually means again and again, very often, with short breaks in between. - continuance noun (continuance) — formal
The state of going on or lasting; continuing: «the continuance of the old custom». - continuation noun (a continuation, continuations)
A continuation is something that continues or carries on from something before, like the next part of a story. - continue verb (continue, continues, continued, continuing)
1) To keep doing something without stopping. 2) To start again after a break. 3) To go on further in the same direction or to the next… - continuity noun (no plural)
1) Being unbroken; carrying on without a break, so that things stay linked from one time to the next. - continuous adjective (continuous)
Going on without stopping or breaking: continuous rain. - continuously adverb (continuously)
1) Continuously means without stopping or without a break. 2) Continuously means all the time, again and again, over a long period. - contour noun (a contour, contours); adjective (contour lines); verb (contour, contours, contoured, contouring)
A contour is the outline or shape of something, especially its curves, like the contour of a face or a coastline. - contract noun (a contract, contracts); verb (contract, contracts, contracted, contracting)
noun: A contract is a written or spoken agreement between people or companies that the law can make them keep. - contracted verb past form of contract (contract, contracts, contracted, contracting); adjective (contracted)
Became smaller or shorter (The metal contracted as it cooled). - contraction noun (a contraction, contractions)
In grammar, a contraction is a short form made by joining two words with an apostrophe, like «don't» (do not) or «I'm» (I am). - contractor noun (a contractor, contractors)
A contractor is a person or company paid to do a particular job, especially building or repair work, under an agreement. - contradict verb (contradict, contradicts, contradicted, contradicting)
To contradict someone means to say the opposite of what they have said, showing you think they are wrong. - contradiction noun (a contradiction, contradictions; also uncountable)
A situation in which two statements or facts cannot both be true: «There is a contradiction between his two stories». - contradictory adjective (contradictory, more contradictory, most contradictory)
Contradictory statements or ideas cannot both be true because they say opposite things. - contradistinction noun (contradistinction — usually uncountable, mostly in «in contradistinction to»)
1) (formal) Contradistinction is telling two things apart by showing how they are opposite or different. - contrary adjective (contrary); noun (the contrary); also «on the contrary»
Contrary means opposite or very different: «contrary opinions». - contrast noun (a contrast, contrasts — also uncountable); verb (contrast, contrasts, contrasted, contrasting)
noun A clear difference between two things when you put them side by side. - contravene verb (contravene, contravenes, contravened, contravening) — formal
1) (formal) To break a law, rule or agreement. 2) (formal, rare) To go against or disagree with an idea or statement. - contribute verb (contribute, contributes, contributed, contributing)
To contribute is to give money, time or help together with other people. - contribution noun (a contribution, contributions)
A contribution is something you give, especially money, to help pay for something or to help a group. - contributor noun (a contributor, contributors)
A person who gives money, help or ideas to something together with others: contributors to the charity. - contrivance noun (contrivances)
1) A clever device or plan, often made with ingenious thinking. - contrive verb (contrives, contrived, contriving)
1) To manage, by some clever means, to do something or bring a result about. 2) To make or build something cleverly. - contrived adjective (contrived; more contrived); verb form (past of contrive: contrived)
Seeming false and planned, not natural or believable: «The ending of the film felt contrived». - control verb (control, controls, controlled, controlling); noun (control, controls; in control)
To control something means to make it do what you want, like steering a toy car. - controlled verb, past tense and past participle of «control» (control, controls, controlled, controlling); adjective (controlled)
Controlled is the past form of «control»: made something or someone do what you want, or kept it in order. - controller noun (a controller, controllers)
A hand-held device with buttons and sticks used to play video games or work a machine such as a toy car or drone. - controlling adjective (controlling, more controlling); also the -ing form of «control» (control, controls, controlled, controlling)
As a verb form, controlling means being in charge of something or making it do what you want: «He is controlling the drone». - contusion noun (a contusion, contusions)
1) (medicine) A contusion is a bruise: an injury where the skin is not broken but blood leaks under it, making a dark mark. - convalescence noun (convalescence — usually uncountable; a convalescence)
1) Convalescence is the time when someone slowly gets their strength back after an illness or operation. - convection noun (convection — uncountable)
Convection is the way heat moves through a liquid or a gas: the warm part rises and the cooler part sinks, making a current that goes round. - convene verb (convene, convenes, convened, convening)
1) (formal) To come together for a meeting. 2) (formal) To call people together for a meeting. - convenience noun (convenience, uncountable; a convenience, conveniences)
Convenience is being easy, useful or quick for you, so it saves time or trouble: "for convenience, we eat at school". - convenient adjective (convenient, more convenient, most convenient); adverb conveniently; noun convenience
1) Easy to use, reach or do; saving time and trouble. 2) Suitable for someone's plans or time. 3) Near and easy to get to. - conveniently adverb (conveniently; more conveniently, most conveniently)
In a way that is easy, useful or suitable for someone: «The shop is conveniently close.». - convent noun (a convent, convents)
A building where nuns live, pray and work together. - convention noun (a convention, conventions; convention, uncountable)
The usual or accepted way of doing something; a custom or rule people follow. - conventional adjective (conventional, more conventional); adverb conventionally
Conventional means usual, ordinary and done the way most people have done it for a long time. - conventionally adverb
Conventionally means in the usual, normal, accepted way that most people do things. - converge verb (converge, converges, converged, converging)
When lines, roads or rivers converge, they move towards each other and meet at one point. - convergence noun (convergence, convergences; usually uncountable)
Convergence is when lines, roads, paths or things come together and meet at one point. - conversation noun (a conversation, conversations)
A conversation is a talk between two or more people in which they share ideas, news or feelings. - conversational adjective (conversational); adverb (conversationally)
To do with conversation, or like ordinary friendly talk. - converse verb (converse, converses, conversed, conversing); noun (the converse); adjective (converse)
To converse is to talk with someone, have a conversation. - conversion noun (a conversion, conversions)
A conversion is changing something from one form, unit or use to another. - convert verb (convert, converts, converted, converting) — said "con-VERT"; noun (a convert, converts) — said "CON-vert"
To convert means to change something into a different form or use: "they converted the barn into a house". - converter noun (a converter, converters)
A converter is a machine or device that changes something from one form into another, such as electricity, signals or files. - convey verb (convey, conveys, conveyed, conveying)
1) To make an idea, feeling or message known to someone. 2) (formal) To carry or take someone or something from one place to another. - conveyance noun (a conveyance, conveyances; conveyance, uncountable)
A conveyance is a vehicle or any way of carrying people or things: "a horse-drawn conveyance". - conveyor noun (a conveyor, conveyors; also conveyer)
1) A conveyor (conveyor belt) is a long moving belt or line of rollers that carries things from one place to another, as in factories… - convict verb (convict, convicts, convicted, convicting; stress on «-VICT»); noun (a convict, convicts; stress on «CON-»)
To convict someone is for a court to decide officially that they are guilty of a crime. - conviction noun (a conviction, convictions; also uncountable)
A strong belief or opinion: «She has a deep conviction that animals should be treated kindly». - convince verb (convince, convinces, convinced, convincing)
To convince someone is to make them believe that something is true. - convinced adjective (convinced); past form of the verb convince (convince, convinces, convinced, convincing)
Completely sure that something is true: «I'm convinced the cat ate my sandwich.». - convincing adjective (convincing, more convincing, most convincing); also the -ing form of «convince»
Convincing means making you believe something is true or right: «a convincing argument». - convincingly adverb (convincingly, more convincingly, most convincingly)
Convincingly means in a way that makes people believe something is true or real. - convolvulus noun (convolvuluses or convolvuli)
1) A convolvulus is a climbing plant with trumpet-shaped flowers, such as bindweed or morning glory. - convulsion noun (convulsions)
A convulsion is a sudden, violent shaking of the body that you cannot control. - convulsive adjective (convulsive; more convulsive)
Convulsive movements are sudden, violent shakes of the body that a person cannot control. - convulsively adverb
In a sudden, jerky way that you cannot control, with a shake or a grip. - coo verb (coo, coos, cooed, cooing); noun (a coo, coos); interjection (Coo! — UK, old-fashioned)
For a pigeon or dove to make its soft, low, round sound. - cook verb (cook, cooks, cooked, cooking); noun (a cook, cooks)
To cook is to make food ready to eat by heating it: boil, fry, bake, roast. - cookbook noun (a cookbook, cookbooks)
A cookbook is a book of recipes and instructions for cooking. - cooked adjective (cooked); verb form (cook, cooks, cooked, cooking)
1) Cooked means made ready to eat by heating, like boiled, baked or fried food. 2) Cooked is the past form of cook: «She cooked dinner». - cooker noun (a cooker, cookers)
A large kitchen machine with an oven and hot plates or burners for cooking food; US: stove or range. - cookery noun (cookery, uncountable)
Cookery is the skill or activity of preparing and cooking food. - cookie noun (cookie, cookies)
A cookie is a small sweet baked biscuit, often round, sometimes with chocolate chips. - cooking noun (cooking, uncountable); verb form (-ing form of cook: cook, cooks, cooked, cooking); adjective (cooking oil, cooking apples)
Cooking is making food ready to eat by heating it, for example by baking, boiling or frying. - cool adjective (cool, cooler, coolest); verb (cool, cools, cooled, cooling); noun (the cool; keep your cool); interjection (Cool!)
A little cold, pleasantly not warm: "a cool breeze". - cooler noun (a cooler, coolers); adjective (cooler — the comparative of cool)
Cooler means more cool: a little colder, or (slang) more stylish or exciting. - cooling verb form (-ing of cool: cooling); adjective (cooling); noun (cooling — uncountable)
Cooling means becoming cooler or making something cooler. - coolly adverb
1) In a calm way, without showing worry, fear or excitement. 2) In a cold, unfriendly way, not warmly. - coolness noun (coolness, uncountable)
Coolness is being a little cold in a pleasant way. - coop noun (a coop, coops); verb (coop up, coops, cooped, cooping)
A coop is a cage or small house where chickens or other birds are kept. - cooperation noun (cooperation — uncountable)
Cooperation is working together with other people to reach the same goal. - cooperative adjective (cooperative, more cooperative, most cooperative); noun (a cooperative, cooperatives — also «co-op»)
If you are cooperative, you are willing to help and work together with others and do what is asked. - coordinate noun (a coordinate, coordinates); verb (coordinate, coordinates, coordinated, coordinating)
Coordinates are a pair of numbers, like (3, 5), that show exactly where a point is on a grid or graph. - coordinated adjective (coordinated; also co-ordinated); verb (coordinate, coordinates, coordinated, coordinating)
Able to move different parts of your body together well and smoothly. - coot noun (a coot, coots)
A coot is a black water bird with a white beak and a white patch on its forehead. - cop noun (a cop, cops); verb (cop, cops, copped, copping)
1) (informal) A cop is a police officer. 2) (UK slang) To cop something is to get or receive it, usually something bad: «You'll cop it for… - cope verb (cope, copes, coped, coping)
1) To cope means to deal well with a hard problem or situation, and to keep going. 2) To cope with work or a job means to manage to do it. - copepod noun (a copepod, copepods)
A copepod is a tiny animal with a hard shell and many legs, a relative of crabs and shrimps, that lives in the sea and in fresh water. - copier noun (a copier, copiers)
A copier is a machine that makes paper copies of documents and pictures; it is also called a photocopier. - copious adjective (copious; more copious)
1) In large amounts; more than enough: «copious notes», «copious amounts of food». - copiously adverb
1) (formal) Copiously means in very large amounts, much more than usual. - copper noun (copper — uncountable; coppers for coins, police officers); adjective (copper)
Copper is a reddish-brown metal that conducts electricity and heat very well. - coppersmith noun (coppersmiths)
A coppersmith is a person who makes or mends things from copper. - coppery adjective (coppery)
Coppery means having the colour of copper: a shiny reddish-brown or orange-brown. - coprolite noun (coprolite, coprolites)
1) A coprolite is fossilised poo (dung) from an animal that lived long ago, such as a dinosaur, that has slowly turned to stone. - copse noun (a copse, copses)
A small group of trees growing close together; a little wood. - copy noun (copy, copies); verb (copy, copies, copied, copying)
A copy is a thing made to be the same as another one, like a copy of a page or a photo. - copycat noun (a copycat, copycats); adjective (copycat)
A person who copies what someone else does, says or wears. - copyright noun (copyright, copyrights; usually uncountable); verb (copyright, copyrights, copyrighted, copyrighting); adjective (copyright)
Copyright is the legal right of the person who made a book, song, picture, film or program to decide who can copy, sell or use it. - coracle noun (coracles)
A coracle is a small, round boat made of a frame covered with skin or cloth, used on rivers.
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