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- effervescent adjective
1) (of a liquid) Giving off bubbles of gas; fizzy. 2) (of a person) Lively, cheerful and full of energy. - efficacious adjective (efficacious) — formal
1) (formal) Working well; producing the result you want, especially of a medicine or treatment. - efficacy noun (efficacy — uncountable, formal)
1) (formal) The power to produce the result you want, especially of a medicine, treatment or method. - efficiency noun (efficiency, efficiencies — rare plural)
Efficiency is doing a job well without wasting time, energy, money or materials. - efficient adjective (efficient; more efficient, most efficient); adverb efficiently; noun efficiency
Working well without wasting time, energy, money or materials, as in «an efficient way to tidy up». - efficiently adverb (more efficiently, most efficiently)
1) In a way that gets a job done well without wasting time, energy, money or materials. - effing adjective, adverb, verb (effing, eff, effed); stand-in word
1) (slang, euphemism, UK) a softer stand-in for the very rude f-word, used to add anger or force. - effort noun (effort — uncountable; an effort, efforts)
Effort is the hard work and energy you use to do something. - effortless adjective
1) Done or seeming to be done without trying hard; looking easy. 2) Natural and smooth, without strain. - egg noun (egg, eggs)
An egg is the round or oval thing a hen lays, which people eat. - egghead noun (an egghead, eggheads)
A very clever person who is interested in study and ideas, sometimes seen as out of touch with real life. - eggshell noun (an eggshell, eggshells); adjective (eggshell colour, eggshell paint)
An eggshell is the hard thin outside cover of an egg, which breaks easily. - ego noun (plural egos)
1) Your ego is the sense of who you are and how important you feel yourself to be. 2) Ego can mean too much pride in yourself. - egress noun (plural egresses)
1) Egress is a way out of a place; an exit (formal). - egyptian adjective (Egyptian); noun (an Egyptian, Egyptians)
Coming from or to do with Egypt, a country in north-east Africa. - eider noun (plural eiders)
1) An eider is a large sea duck. 2) Eider-down is the very soft feathers of this duck, used to fill quilts. - eight number (eight, 8)
1) Eight is the number 8, one more than seven. 2) Eight is the count of legs on a spider and of arms on an octopus. - eighteen number (eighteen, 18)
1) Eighteen is the number 18, ten and eight. 2) In many countries, at eighteen you count as a grown-up. - eighteenth adjective, ordinal number (eighteenth, 18th); noun (an eighteenth, eighteenths)
Coming next after the seventeenth in order; number 18 in a line or list. - eightfold adjective and adverb (eightfold)
Eight times as much or as many: «The price rose eightfold.». - eighth number, adjective and noun (eighth, an eighth, eighths); adverb (eighth)
1) Eighth means number 8 in order, after the seventh. 2) An eighth is one of eight equal parts of something: 1/8. - eightieth adjective; noun (the eightieth, an eightieth); ordinal number (80th)
1) The ordinal number for 80: coming after the seventy-ninth and before the eighty-first. 2) One of 80 equal parts of something (1/80). - eighty number (eighty, 80)
1) Eighty is the number 80, eight tens. - einstein proper noun (Einstein); noun, informal (an Einstein — a very clever person)
Albert Einstein was a famous German-born scientist who studied light, time, gravity and energy, and is known for the idea E = mc². - either determiner, pronoun (either); adverb (either); conjunction (either … or)
Either means one or the other of two: you can have either an apple or a pear. - ejaculate verb (ejaculate, ejaculates, ejaculated, ejaculating)
To cry out something suddenly, in surprise or excitement. - eject verb (eject, ejects, ejected, ejecting)
1) To push or throw something out with force. 2) To make someone leave a place, often by force. 3) To take a disc, cartridge or memory… - ejection noun (ejection, ejections); verb eject
Ejection is pushing or throwing something out with force. - el noun (an el, els); abbreviation (El, the El); (Spanish) el
1) The name of the letter L. 2) (USA) the El or el: an elevated railway, a train on a raised track above the street, especially in… - elaborate adjective (elaborate, more elaborate) — pronounced ih-LAB-er-it; verb (elaborate, elaborates, elaborated, elaborating) — pronounced ih-LAB-er-ate
Having many parts or details; carefully planned and complicated: «an elaborate costume». - eland noun (an eland, elands or eland)
1) A very large African antelope with spiral horns on both males and females, light brown colour and a hanging fold of skin on the throat… - elapse verb (elapse, elapses, elapsed, elapsing) — formal
1) (formal) Of time: to pass by. - elapsed verb, past form of elapse (elapse, elapses, elapsed, elapsing); adjective (elapsed time)
1) When time has elapsed, it has passed. 2) Elapsed time is the amount of time between a start and an end. - elastic noun (elastic, uncountable; an elastic band); adjective (elastic, more elastic)
Elastic is a material that stretches and then goes back to its shape, often sewn into clothes. - elasticity noun (uncountable)
The ability of a material to stretch or bend and then go back to its original shape. - elbow noun (an elbow, elbows); verb (elbow, elbows, elbowed, elbowing)
1) Your elbow is the joint in the middle of your arm where it bends. 2) To elbow someone means to push them with your elbow. - elder adjective (elder, eldest); noun (an elder, elders; elder tree)
Elder means older, often said of a brother or sister: «my elder sister». - elderly adjective (elderly); noun «the elderly» (old people as a group)
1) Elderly is a polite word for old, used about people. 2) «The elderly» means old people in general. - eldest adjective (eldest — superlative of old, used for family); noun (the eldest)
1) Eldest means oldest, used for people in the same family: «my eldest brother». 2) The eldest is the oldest child in a family. - elect verb (elect, elects, elected, electing); adjective (after a noun: the president elect)
To choose someone for a job or position by voting: The class elected Sam as captain. - elected verb past form of elect (elect, elects, elected, electing); adjective (elected)
1) Elected means chosen by people voting. 2) As an adjective, elected describes a person who got their job by a vote, like an elected… - election noun (an election, elections)
1) An election is when people vote to choose someone, like a leader, a government or a class representative. - elector noun (an elector, electors)
An elector is a person who has the right to vote in an election. - electoral adjective (electoral)
Electoral means to do with elections, where people vote to choose leaders or representatives. - electorate noun (electorate, electorates)
The electorate is all the people in a country or area who are allowed to vote in an election. - electric adjective (electric)
Electric means using or working by electricity, like an electric kettle or electric car. - electrical adjective (electrical)
1) Using or to do with electricity: "electrical appliances", "an electrical fault". 2) Working with electricity: "an electrical engineer". - electrician noun (electrician, electricians)
1) An electrician is a person whose job is to put in, check and repair electrical wires, sockets, lights and machines. - electricity noun (electricity — uncountable)
A kind of energy that flows through wires and powers lights, machines and devices. - electrocute verb (electrocute, electrocutes, electrocuted, electrocuting)
1) To electrocute means to hurt or kill a person or animal with a strong electric shock. - electrocution noun (electrocution, uncountable; an electrocution, electrocutions)
Being killed or badly hurt by an electric shock. - electrolyte noun (an electrolyte, electrolytes)
A liquid or paste that lets electricity pass through it because it has ions (charged particles) in it, as in a battery. - electromagnet noun (an electromagnet, electromagnets)
1) An electromagnet is a magnet made by passing electricity through a coil of wire, often wrapped around an iron core; it works only while… - electron noun (an electron, electrons)
1) An electron is a tiny particle, much smaller than an atom, that has a negative electric charge and moves around the nucleus (centre) of… - electronic adjective (electronic)
Electronic describes machines and devices that work using tiny electric circuits and chips, like phones, computers and games. - electronically adverb
By using electronic devices such as computers, phones or the internet. - electronics noun (electronics — uncountable, used with a singular verb)
Electronics are devices that use electricity and tiny parts like chips to work, such as phones, computers and games consoles. - elegance noun (no plural)
Grace and good taste in the way something looks, moves or is made. - elegant adjective (elegant; more elegant, most elegant)
Graceful and stylish in how something looks or moves. - elegantly adverb (no other forms)
In a graceful, stylish and tasteful way. - element noun (an element, elements)
One part or feature of something bigger: «an element of surprise». - elementary adjective (no comparative in common use)
1) Very simple and basic, the first thing to learn. 2) Basic in nature, not made of other parts. - elements noun, plural of element (elements); also «the elements» (weather)
Parts or features that make up something: «the elements of a story». - elephant noun (an elephant, elephants)
An elephant is a very large grey animal with a long trunk, big ears and usually tusks; it lives in Africa and Asia. - elevate verb (elevate, elevates, elevated, elevating)
1) To lift something up to a higher position. 2) To give someone a higher rank or importance. 3) To make something better or improve it… - elevated adjective; verb, past form of elevate (elevate, elevates, elevated, elevating)
Elevated means raised up higher than the ground or things around it. - elevation noun (an elevation, elevations; elevation — uncountable)
The height of a place above sea level: The town is at an elevation of 500 metres. - elevator noun (an elevator, elevators)
1) An elevator is a machine like a small room that carries people or things up and down between floors of a building (US and Canada… - eleven number (eleven, 11)
1) Eleven is the number 11, one more than ten. 2) A team of eleven players is called an eleven, as in football and cricket. - eleventh adjective, noun (eleventh, 11th)
1) Eleventh means number 11 in order. 2) An eleventh is one of 11 equal parts, written 1/11. 3) «At the eleventh hour» means at the very… - elf noun (an elf, elves)
An elf is a small magical creature in stories and folk tales, often with pointed ears, who can be helpful or tricky. - elfin adjective (no comparative in common use)
Small, delicate and magical, like an elf or a fairy. - elicit verb (elicit, elicits, elicited, eliciting)
1) To get a reaction, answer or information from someone, often by asking questions or doing something. - eligibility noun (uncountable)
1) Having the right to do or get something because you meet the rules, such as the right age, address or qualifications. - eligible adjective (eligible)
Allowed to do or get something because you meet the rules, as in «eligible to vote» or «eligible for free school meals». - eliminate verb (eliminate, eliminates, eliminated, eliminating)
To eliminate means to remove or get rid of something completely. - elimination noun (elimination, uncountable; an elimination)
Removing or getting rid of something completely. - elite noun (the elite, elites); adjective (elite)
The elite is a small group of people who are the best at something, or who have the most power, money or importance. - elixir noun (elixirs)
1) A magic drink said to cure all illness or give long life. 2) A sweet liquid medicine. - elizabethan adjective (no comparative in common use)
Belonging to the time of Queen Elizabeth I of England, or in the style of that time. - elk noun (an elk; plural elk or elks)
In Britain and Europe: the largest kind of deer, with huge flat antlers and a long face; the same animal is called a moose in North America. - ell noun (an ell, ells)
1) The name of the letter L. 2) An old measure of length, about the length of an arm, used for cloth (in England about 45 inches, a little… - ellipsis noun (an ellipsis, ellipses)
The punctuation mark of three dots (…) that shows words are missing or that a sentence trails off. - elliptical adjective (elliptical); adverb elliptically; noun (an elliptical — US, an exercise machine)
Shaped like an ellipse, a stretched circle or oval, as in «an elliptical orbit». - elm noun (an elm, elms; elm, the wood)
1) An elm is a tall tree with rough, oval leaves with jagged edges. 2) Elm is the hard wood from this tree. - elongate verb (elongate, elongates, elongated, elongating); adjective (elongated)
1) To make something longer, or to become longer. 2) elongated (adjective): long and thin, longer than usual. - elongated adjective (elongated); also the past form of elongate (elongate, elongates, elongated, elongating)
1) Longer and thinner than usual; stretched out. - elongation noun (elongation, elongations); verb elongate; adjective elongated
Elongation is making something longer or becoming longer, by stretching or growing. - eloquence noun (no plural)
The skill of speaking or writing well in a way that moves people. - eloquent adjective (eloquent, more eloquent, most eloquent)
Able to speak or write well, clearly and movingly, so that people are persuaded or touched. - elsewhere adverb (elsewhere)
1) In or to another place, somewhere else. - elude verb (elude, eludes, eluded, eluding)
To escape from someone or something by being clever or fast, so they cannot catch or find you. - elysium noun (no plural)
A place of perfect peace and happiness, a heavenly land where good people are sent after death (old use in myths). - em pronoun (informal spoken form of "them"); interjection (em = um); noun (em, a printing measure)
A spoken short form of "them", often written 'em. - email noun (email, emails); verb (email, emails, emailed, emailing)
An email is a message sent from one computer or phone to another over the internet. - emanation noun (emanations)
Something that comes out from a source, such as a light, a smell or a spirit. - emancipated adjective; verb form (emancipate, emancipates, emancipated, emancipating)
1) Freed from slavery. 2) Freed from rules, control or limits that kept someone down, such as old rules about what women could do. 3)… - emancipation noun (emancipation, uncountable)
Being set free from slavery or from strict control by others. - embalm verb (embalm, embalms, embalmed, embalming); noun embalming, embalmer
To embalm a dead body is to treat it with special chemicals or salts so it does not rot quickly. - embankment noun (an embankment, embankments)
A long bank of earth or stone built to carry a road or railway, or to stop a river from flooding.
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