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- na adverb (Scottish and Northern English: na); short form in casual speech; chemical symbol Na; also a fragment of words like «gonna», «wanna»
1) (Scotland, Northern England) «Na» means «no» or «not»: «I'm na going». 2) (slang, informal) «Na» or «nah» is a casual way to say «no»… - naan noun (a naan, naans; also nan, naan bread)
1) Naan is a soft, flat bread, often shaped like a teardrop, baked in a hot oven, eaten with curry in Indian, Pakistani and other South… - nag verb (nag, nags, nagged, nagging); noun (a nag, nags)
To keep asking or telling someone to do something in an annoying way. - nagging adjective (nagging); noun (nagging, uncountable); verb form (-ing of nag: nag, nags, nagged, nagging)
Nagging is telling someone again and again to do something, in an annoying way. - nahuatl noun (Nahuatl); adjective (Nahuatl)
1) Nahuatl is the language of the Aztecs, still spoken today by over a million people in Mexico. - nail noun (nail, nails); verb (nail, nails, nailed, nailing)
A nail is a thin, pointed piece of metal you hit with a hammer to join pieces of wood. - naira noun (a naira, naira or nairas)
1) The money of Nigeria; one naira is divided into 100 kobo. Its sign is ₦. - naked adjective
1) Without any clothes on. 2) Without the usual cover: a naked flame, a naked light bulb, naked branches. 3) Not hidden; plain and… - name noun (name, names); verb (name, names, named, naming)
A name is the word we call a person, pet, place or thing. - nameless adjective
Nameless means having no name or whose name is not known. - namely adverb (namely)
1) Namely is used to say exactly who or what you mean, often to give a list or a name. - namesake noun (a namesake, namesakes)
A person or thing that has the same name as another. - nan noun (a nan, nans); also nana, nanna; abbreviation NaN (computers)
Grandmother; a child's name for their grandma. - nanna noun (a nanna, nannas; Nanna as a name)
1) (informal, Australia, NZ, UK, Ireland) Grandmother; a child's name for their gran. 2) (informal, joking) An old-fashioned or fussy… - nanny noun (a nanny, nannies); adjective use (nanny state — informal)
A nanny is a person whose job is to look after a family's children in the family's home. - nanometre noun (a nanometre, nanometres)
1) A unit of length: one billionth of a metre (0.000000001 m). Symbol: nm. - nap noun (nap, naps); verb (nap, naps, napped, napping)
1) A nap is a short sleep in the day. 2) To nap is to take a short sleep. 3) «Catch someone napping» means find them not ready or not… - napkin noun (napkin, napkins)
A napkin is a square piece of cloth or paper used at meals to wipe your mouth and fingers and keep your clothes clean. - napoleon noun (Napoleon, a name; a napoleon — a pastry; a napoleon — an old French gold coin)
1) (a name) Napoleon Bonaparte was a French general who made himself Emperor of France and conquered much of Europe before he was defeated… - napping verb form (nap, naps, napped, napping); noun (a nap)
Napping means sleeping for a short time, especially during the day. - nappy noun (a nappy, nappies; US diaper)
1) (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) A thick soft pad of cloth or paper worn by babies around their bottom to catch their wee and poo. - nara noun, proper name (Nara)
1) (a name) Nara is a city in Japan that was once the capital; it is famous for its old temples and the tame deer that walk freely in Nara… - narc noun (a narc, narcs); verb (narc, narcs, narced, narcing) — slang
A police officer who works to stop illegal drugs. - narcissus noun (narcissi, narcissuses)
A narcissus is a spring flower with a trumpet-shaped middle, such as the daffodil. - narrate verb (narrate, narrates, narrated, narrating)
To tell a story, describing what happens in order. - narration noun (narration, uncountable; a narration)
The telling of a story, especially by a narrator. - narrative noun (a narrative, narratives); adjective (narrative)
1) A story, or a description of events in order. 2) (adjective) Telling a story (narrative writing, a narrative poem). 3) The way a story… - narrator noun (a narrator, narrators)
The person or voice who tells the story in a book, poem, film or play. - narrow adjective (narrower, narrowest); verb (narrow, narrows, narrowed, narrowing)
Narrow means not wide; with only a small distance from one side to the other. - narrowboat noun (a narrowboat, narrowboats)
A long, thin boat made to travel on the narrow canals of Britain, usually about 2 metres wide and up to 22 metres long. - narrowly adverb
1) Narrowly means only just, by a small margin: he narrowly missed the bus. 2) Narrowly can mean with close attention: he watched narrowly. - narrowness noun (narrowness — uncountable)
Being narrow; having little width from side to side. - narwhal noun (a narwhal, narwhals)
1) A narwhal is a whale of the Arctic Ocean; the male usually has one very long straight spiral tusk growing from his upper lip, which is… - nasa proper noun (NASA)
1) NASA: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the space agency of the United States, which sends astronauts, rockets and… - nasal adjective (nasal)
1) Nasal means to do with the nose. 2) A nasal voice or sound comes partly through the nose, like when you have a cold. 3) In phonics and… - nasalise verb (nasalise, nasalises, nasalised, nasalising)
1) To make a speech sound through the nose, letting air come out of the nose as well as the mouth. - nastiness noun (nastiness — uncountable; a nastiness — rare)
1) Unkind, mean or spiteful behaviour. 2) Being very unpleasant, as in the nastiness of a smell or an illness. - nasty adjective (nasty, nastier, nastiest)
Very unpleasant to see, smell, taste or feel: «a nasty smell». - natal adjective; Natal (a name of a place)
To do with being born or with the time of birth: «natal day», «natal home». - natation noun (natation — uncountable; formal or French)
1) (formal, rare) Natation is the act or art of swimming. 2) (French) «La natation» is the ordinary French word for swimming as a sport or… - nation noun (a nation, nations)
A country, with its people, land and government. - national adjective; noun (a national, nationals — a citizen)
1) Belonging to, about, or shared by a whole nation or country, not just one part of it: a national holiday, the national anthem, a… - nationalist noun (a nationalist, nationalists); adjective (nationalist)
noun: A person who strongly believes their nation should rule itself, or who thinks their own country is more important than others. - nationality noun (a nationality, nationalities)
The legal right of belonging to a particular country; being a citizen: her nationality is Irish. - nationwide adjective (nationwide); adverb (nationwide)
1) Nationwide means happening or existing in every part of a country. 2) As an adverb, nationwide means across the whole country. - native adjective (native); noun (a native, natives)
Belonging to a place since long ago, naturally — not brought in from somewhere else (native plants, native animals). - nativity noun (the Nativity; a nativity, nativities)
The Nativity is the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, as told in the Gospels; Christians celebrate it at Christmas. - nato noun, a name (NATO, written in capitals; UK also Nato)
1) NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an alliance of countries in North America and Europe, including the USA… - natterjack noun (a natterjack, natterjacks; natterjack toad)
1) A small toad of Europe, including Britain and Ireland, with a yellow stripe down its back, that runs rather than hops and has a very… - natural adjective (natural, more natural, most natural); noun (a natural — informal)
Natural means made by nature, not by people or machines, like natural rock or natural light. - naturalist noun (naturalist, naturalists)
A naturalist is a person who studies plants, animals and nature, often by watching them carefully in the wild. - naturally adverb (naturally)
In a natural way, without people making or changing it: «naturally sweet». - nature noun (nature; a person's nature, natures)
Nature is everything in the world not made by people: plants, animals, rocks, rivers, the sky and the weather. - naught noun (naught — uncountable); pronoun (old-fashioned)
1) (old-fashioned, literary) Nothing. 2) (mainly US) Zero, the number 0 (UK and others usually write "nought"). 3) A good-for-naught is a… - naughtiness noun (naughtiness, uncountable)
1) Naughtiness is bad behaviour, especially by children, such as not doing what you are told or being cheeky. - naughty adjective (naughty, naughtier, naughtiest)
Naughty describes a child or pet that behaves badly or does not obey. - nausea noun (nausea — uncountable)
1) The feeling that you are going to be sick (vomit). 2) (formal) A strong feeling of disgust. - nauseating adjective (nauseating; more nauseating); verb form (present participle of nauseate: nauseate, nauseates, nauseated, nauseating)
1) Making you feel sick, as if you might vomit. 2) (informal) Very annoying or unpleasant, as in "nauseating showing-off". - nautical adjective
1) To do with ships, sailing or sailors. 2) Using things or designs from the sea and ships: nautical stripes. - nautilus noun (a nautilus, nautiluses or nautili)
A sea animal related to the octopus and squid, which lives inside a coiled, striped shell divided into chambers. - navajo noun (Navajo, the Navajo, Navajos); adjective (Navajo)
A Native American people of the south-western USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah), who call themselves the Diné. - naval adjective (naval)
1) Naval means to do with a navy, warships or sailors in the armed forces: a naval officer, a naval battle. - navel noun (a navel, navels)
The small hollow or bump in the middle of your tummy, left where the umbilical cord was joined before you were born; your belly button. - navigate verb (navigate, navigates, navigated, navigating)
To find the way to a place, using a map, compass, stars or GPS. - navigation noun (navigation — uncountable)
The skill or process of finding your way or planning a route, especially at sea or in the air. - navigator noun (a navigator, navigators)
A person who works out the route of a ship, plane or car and tells the driver or pilot where to go. - navy noun (a navy, navies; the Navy); adjective (navy, navy blue)
A navy is the part of a country's armed forces that fights at sea, with ships, sailors and submarines. - nay adverb and interjection (nay — old or formal); noun (a nay, nays)
1) (old-fashioned) Nay means «no». 2) (formal) Nay is used to add a stronger word: «It was hard, nay, impossible», meaning «not only that… - nazi noun (a Nazi, Nazis); adjective (Nazi)
1) A member of the political party led by Adolf Hitler that ruled Germany before and during World War Two; it believed some people were… - nd abbreviation / fragment (-nd, as in 2nd; also ND, n.d.)
-nd: the letters written after a number that ends in 2 (except 12) to make an ordinal number: 2nd = second, 22nd = twenty-second, 102nd. - ne adverb (French «ne», part of «ne … pas» = not); abbreviation (NE = north-east) — not an English word
1) (French) «Ne» is the first half of the French way to say «not»: «je ne sais pas» is «I don't know»; the word goes before the verb and… - neanderthal noun (a Neanderthal, Neanderthals); adjective (Neanderthal)
A Neanderthal was a kind of early human who lived in Europe and western Asia from about 400,000 to about 40,000 years ago and then died out. - neap noun (a neap, neaps; neap tide); adjective (neap)
1) A neap tide is a tide with the smallest difference between high and low water, which happens twice a month when the Sun and Moon pull… - near preposition (near); adjective (near, nearer, nearest); adverb (near); verb (near, nears, neared — to come closer)
1) Near means close, not far away. The shop is near my house. 2) Near can mean close in time: «Summer is near.» 3) To near something is to… - nearby adjective (nearby); adverb (nearby)
Nearby means not far away, close to here or close to a place. - nearly adverb
1) Nearly means almost, but not completely. 2) Nearly can mean that something almost happened but did not («I nearly fell»). - nearness noun (nearness — uncountable)
1) Being close in distance. 2) Being close in time, as in "the nearness of the holidays". 3) Being close in a relationship or feeling. - neat adjective (neat, neater, neatest)
1) Tidy and in good order: «a neat bedroom». 2) Done carefully and clearly: «neat handwriting». 3) (informal, especially US) Very good… - neatly adverb (neatly, more neatly)
Neatly means in a tidy, careful way, with everything in order. - neatness noun (neatness)
1) Neatness is being tidy, clean and well arranged. - nebula noun (a nebula, nebulae or nebulas)
A nebula is a huge cloud of gas and dust in space. - necessarily adverb (necessarily)
1) Used mostly in «not necessarily»: not always, not in every case. 2) In a way that cannot be different; because it must be so. - necessary adjective (necessary; more necessary, most necessary)
1) Needed; something you must have or must do. 2) «If necessary» means «if it is needed». - necessitate verb (necessitate, necessitates, necessitated, necessitating)
To necessitate something is to make it necessary or needed. - necessity noun (a necessity, necessities)
Something that you need and cannot do without: water is a necessity. - neck noun (a neck, necks)
The neck is the part of the body that joins the head to the shoulders. - neckerchief noun (neckerchiefs)
1) A neckerchief is a square of cloth worn knotted round the neck, like a small scarf. - necklace noun (necklace, necklaces)
A necklace is a piece of jewellery you wear around your neck, often a chain or a string of beads. - necktie noun (a necktie, neckties)
1) A long narrow piece of cloth worn around the neck under a shirt collar and tied in a knot at the front; a tie. - nectar noun (nectar — uncountable)
The sweet liquid inside flowers that bees, butterflies, moths and some birds drink. - nee adjective / preposition-like word (née; also written «nee»; borrowed from French)
1) Née (often written nee) is used before a woman's family name from birth, to show what her surname was before she married: «Mrs Jane… - need verb (need, needs, needed, needing); modal (need not, needn't); noun (a need, needs)
To need something is to have to have it, because you cannot do well without it. - needful adjective (needful — old-fashioned); noun (the needful — informal)
1) (old-fashioned, formal) Needed or necessary. 2) (informal, UK) The needful is what is needed, often money: Dad will provide the… - needle noun (a needle, needles)
A needle is a very thin, sharp piece of metal with a hole (an eye) at one end for thread, used for sewing. - needless adjective (needless); adverb needlessly
Not necessary, and often causing harm or waste that could have been avoided: «needless suffering». - needlework noun (no plural)
1) Needlework is sewing, embroidery or other work done with a needle and thread. - needy adjective (needy, needier, neediest); noun (the needy)
Needy people are poor and do not have enough money, food or things they need. - negate verb (negate, negates, negated, negating)
To negate something is to cancel it out or make it have no effect. - negation noun (negation, uncountable; a negation, negations)
Saying «no» or «not»; making a sentence mean the opposite by adding a word like not, never or no. - negative adjective (negative, more negative); noun (a negative, negatives)
A negative number is less than zero, like -3, written with a minus sign.
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