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- rapper noun (rapper, rappers)
A person who performs rap music, speaking words in rhythm and rhyme over a beat. - rapt adjective (rapt)
So interested in something that you notice nothing else, as in «rapt attention». - raptor noun (a raptor, raptors)
1) A raptor is a bird of prey: a bird that hunts other animals with strong feet, sharp curved claws (talons) and a hooked beak, such as an… - rapture noun (rapture, raptures; often uncountable)
1) A feeling of great joy and delight. 2) «In raptures» or «go into raptures» means very excited and pleased about something. 3) (church)… - rapturous adjective (rapturous; more rapturous, most rapturous)
1) Full of great joy and excitement: «rapturous applause». 2) Showing extreme delight. - rapturously adverb
In a way that shows great joy, so happy that you are carried away with delight. - rare adjective (rare, rarer, rarest)
Rare means not happening often or not found often; there are only a few of it. - rarely adverb
1) Rarely means not often; almost never. 2) Rarely can also mean unusually, as in «a rarely beautiful day» (older use). - rarity noun (a rarity, rarities; rarity uncountable)
A rarity is a thing or event that is rare, which means it is not often seen or found. - rascal noun (a rascal, rascals)
1) (informal, affectionate) A cheeky, naughty child or animal who makes mischief but is loved. 2) (old) A dishonest person; a rogue. - rascally adjective
Naughty, sly or dishonest in a playful way; like a rascal (a cheeky, roguish person). - rash noun (a rash, rashes); adjective (rash, rasher, rashest — doing something too quickly without thinking)
An area of red spots, bumps or blotches on the skin, often itchy, caused by an illness, an allergy or something that irritates the skin. - rasp noun (a rasp, rasps); verb (rasp, rasps, rasped, rasping)
A rasp is a rough harsh sound, like a scraping voice. - raspberry noun (a raspberry, raspberries)
A raspberry is a small, soft, red fruit made of tiny round parts, that grows on a bush. - rasping adjective; verb form (rasp, rasps, rasped, rasping)
Harsh, rough and scratchy in sound: «a rasping voice», «a rasping cough». - rat noun (a rat, rats); verb (rat on — informal, rats, ratted, ratting); interjection (Rats! — informal)
A rodent like a large mouse, with a long thin tail, sharp teeth and grey or brown fur. - ratatouille noun (ratatouille — usually uncountable)
1) A French vegetable stew made by slowly cooking tomatoes, courgettes (zucchini), aubergines (eggplants), peppers, onions and garlic in… - rate noun (rate, rates); verb (rate, rates, rated, rating)
A rate tells how much of one thing goes with one unit of another, like miles in each hour or dollars for each hour of work. - rather adverb (rather); in phrases (would rather, rather than)
Rather means quite or a little, like «rather cold». - ratified verb (ratify, ratifies, ratified, ratifying); adjective (ratified)
To ratify a treaty, agreement or law is to make it official by voting or signing to approve it. - rating noun (a rating, ratings)
A score or grade that shows how good, popular or safe something is: "a five-star rating". - ratio noun (ratio, ratios)
A ratio compares two amounts by how many times one fits into the other. - rational adjective
1) Able to think clearly and sensibly, using reason rather than feelings. 2) Sensible, fair and based on good thinking. - rationed verb form (ration, rations, rationed, rationing); adjective (rationed)
Past of «ration»: limited the amount of something each person could have, because there was not enough. - rationing noun (rationing — uncountable); also the -ing form of the verb ration (ration, rations, rationed, rationing)
1) (history) Rationing is a system in which the government limits how much food, fuel or clothes each person may have, because there is… - rattle verb (rattle, rattles, rattled, rattling); noun (a rattle, rattles)
To rattle means to make a lot of short, knocking sounds by shaking, or to shake something so it does this. - rattler noun (a rattler, rattlers) — informal
A rattlesnake: a poisonous snake in the Americas that shakes the rattle on its tail to warn you. - rattlesnake noun (a rattlesnake, rattlesnakes; informal: rattler)
1) A poisonous (venomous) snake of North and South America that has a rattle at the end of its tail made of hard rings, which it shakes to… - ratty adjective (ratty, rattier, rattiest); Ratty — a name
1) (UK, Australia, NZ, informal) Bad-tempered and easily annoyed; grumpy. 2) (US, informal) Shabby, old and torn, like a ratty old jumper.… - ravage verb (ravage, ravages, ravaged, ravaging); noun (the ravages of — plural)
To damage or destroy something badly: «The storm ravaged the coast.». - rave verb (rave, raves, raved, raving); noun (a rave, raves); adjective (rave — rave reviews)
To talk with great excitement and praise about something you like: «She raved about the film.». - raven noun (a raven, ravens); adjective (raven — black and shiny)
1) A very large black bird of the crow family, with a deep croaking call and a thick beak. 2) adjective (of hair) Shiny black: raven hair. - ravenous adjective
Very, very hungry, so hungry that you could eat a great deal. - ravine noun (a ravine, ravines)
1) A deep, narrow valley with steep sides, usually cut by a stream or river over a long time. - raw adjective (raw, rawer, rawest)
1) Raw food is not cooked. 2) Raw materials are things in their natural state before they are made into something, like raw cotton or… - rawhide noun
Animal skin that has been dried but not tanned, used to make ropes, whips and chews. - ray noun (a ray, rays)
A ray is a thin line or beam of light or heat coming from something bright, like the Sun. - razed verb (raze, razes, razed, razing)
To raze a building is to pull it down or knock it flat, so that it is levelled with the ground. - razor noun (a razor, razors)
A razor is a tool with a very sharp blade used to shave hair off the face, legs or head. - re preposition (formal: re, in letters and emails); prefix (re-); noun (re — the musical note, also spelt ray)
Re means «about» or «on the subject of», used at the top of letters and emails. - reabsorb verb (reabsorb, reabsorbs, reabsorbed, reabsorbing)
To take something back in again after it has come out or been given off, like a sponge soaking up water again. - reach verb (reach, reaches, reached, reaching); noun (reach)
To reach is to get to a place: the train reached the city. - reachable adjective (reachable)
Reachable means able to be reached: close enough to get to or touch. - react verb (react, reacts, reacted, reacting); noun: reaction
To act, speak or feel in a certain way because of something that has happened (How did she react to the news?). - reaction noun (a reaction, reactions)
What someone says, does or feels because of something that has happened: her reaction to the news was a big smile. - reactivate verb (reactivate, reactivates, reactivated, reactivating)
To make something work or become active again after it was stopped or switched off: «reactivate your account». - reactive adjective (reactive, more reactive, most reactive)
Likely to change quickly when it meets another substance; a reactive metal like sodium reacts strongly with water. - reactivity noun (reactivity, uncountable)
How easily and how strongly a substance takes part in chemical reactions: «Potassium has high reactivity.». - reactor noun (a reactor, reactors)
A large machine, especially a nuclear reactor, in which atoms are split to make heat to produce electricity. - read verb (read, reads, read, reading); noun (a read — a time spent reading)
To read is to look at written words and understand what they say. - readable adjective (readable, more readable)
1) Readable means easy and pleasant to read. 2) Readable means clear enough to be read, for example handwriting. - reader noun (a reader, readers)
A reader is a person who reads, or who is reading a book, a paper or a story. - readily adverb (readily)
1) Readily means quickly and willingly, without fuss. 2) Readily means easily, without difficulty: readily available. - readiness noun (readiness — uncountable)
The state of being prepared and ready for something. - reading noun (reading, readings); verb (-ing form of read)
Reading is looking at written words and understanding them. - ready adjective (ready, readier, readiest); adverb readily; noun readiness
Ready means prepared and able to do something now. - real adjective (real, more real); adverb (real — informal for «really»)
Existing in fact, not imagined: «Dragons are not real.». - realign verb (realign, realigns, realigned, realigning)
To put things back into a straight line or the correct position: «realign the wheels of a car». - realisation noun (a realisation, realisations; also uncountable); US spelling realization
The moment when you suddenly understand or become aware of something. - realise verb (realise, realises, realised, realising — British spelling; realize in American spelling)
1) To realise means to suddenly understand or become aware of something. 2) To realise a dream or plan means to make it come true. - realism noun (realism, uncountable)
Seeing and accepting things as they really are and dealing with them sensibly: «a sense of realism». - realistic adjective (realistic, more realistic, most realistic)
Sensible about what can really happen or be done: "a realistic plan". - realistically adverb (realistically)
1) Realistically means thinking about what can really happen, not wishing. 2) Realistically means in a way that looks real or true to life. - reality noun (reality, realities)
Reality is what really exists or happens, not what is imagined or pretend. - realize verb (realizes, realized, realizing; also spelt realise)
1) To realize something is to understand clearly that it is true. 2) To realize a hope or wish is to make it come true. - realized verb (past form of realize; also spelt realised)
Understood clearly, or made a wish or hope come true. - really adverb
1) In fact, truly: «Is it really true?» 2) Very: «really hot». 3) Used to show surprise or doubt: «Really?» 4) Used to make a statement… - realm noun (a realm, realms)
A country ruled by a king or queen; a kingdom. - reap verb (reap, reaps, reaped, reaping)
To cut and gather a crop, like wheat, from a field: «Farmers reap the corn in late summer.». - reaper noun (a reaper, reapers)
A person who cuts and gathers a crop such as wheat (old-fashioned). - reappear verb (reappear, reappears, reappeared, reappearing)
1) To reappear is to appear again or come back into view after being gone. - rear noun (the rear); adjective (rear); verb (rear, rears, reared, rearing)
The back part of something: "the rear of the bus". - rearrange verb (rearrange, rearranges, rearranged, rearranging)
1) To change the order or position of things. 2) To change the time or date of a meeting or event. 3) (maths) To change the order of… - rearrangement noun (a rearrangement, rearrangements; rearrangement uncountable)
Changing the order, position or plan of things: «a rearrangement of the furniture». - reason noun (a reason, reasons); verb (reason, reasons, reasoned, reasoning)
A reason is why something happens or why someone does something; a cause or explanation. - reasonable adjective (reasonable, more reasonable, most reasonable); adverb reasonably
1) Reasonable means fair and sensible. 2) A reasonable amount or price is not too much and not too little. 3) Reasonable can mean fairly… - reasonably adverb (reasonably)
Fairly or quite, but not very: The test was reasonably easy. - reasoning noun (reasoning); verb form (-ing form of reason)
Reasoning is thinking step by step to find out why something is true or to solve a problem. - reassurance noun (reassurance — usually uncountable; a reassurance, reassurances)
Words or actions that make someone feel less worried or afraid. - reassure verb (reassure, reassures, reassured, reassuring); noun reassurance; adjective reassuring
1) To reassure someone means to say or do something that makes them feel less worried or afraid. - rebel noun (a rebel, rebels); verb (rebel, rebels, rebelled, rebelling); adjective (rebel)
A rebel is a person who fights against the government or people in power. - rebellion noun (a rebellion, rebellions; rebellion, uncountable)
A rebellion is when a group of people fight against or refuse to obey the people in power, such as a ruler or government. - rebellious adjective (more rebellious, most rebellious)
Refusing to obey, and fighting against rules or the people in charge. - rebirth noun (rebirth, rebirths — often uncountable)
A new start or return to life after something has ended or declined. - reborn adjective (reborn); past participle of the rare verb rebear (be reborn)
Born again; made to live again or start a new life. - rebound verb (rebound, rebounds, rebounded, rebounding); noun (a rebound, rebounds)
To bounce back after hitting something: "The ball rebounded off the wall.". - rebuild verb (rebuild, rebuilds, rebuilt, rebuilding)
To rebuild is to build something again after it has been damaged or destroyed. - rebuke verb (rebuke, rebukes, rebuked, rebuking); noun (a rebuke, rebukes)
To tell someone sharply that they have done something wrong. - rebus noun (a rebus, rebuses)
1) A puzzle in which pictures, letters, numbers or symbols stand for words or parts of words: a picture of an eye + a heart + a ewe = «I… - rebuttal noun (a rebuttal, rebuttals)
1) (formal) A statement or argument that shows something said is wrong. 2) (law, debate) A reply that answers the other side's claims. - recall verb (recall, recalls, recalled, recalling); noun (recall, a recall)
To recall means to remember something from the past. - recapture verb (recapture, recaptures, recaptured, recapturing); noun (recapture, a recapture)
To catch again a person or animal that escaped: «The zookeepers recaptured the lion.». - recede verb (recede, recedes, receded, receding)
To move back or away; to go down from a high level: the floodwater receded. - receipt noun (a receipt, receipts)
A piece of paper (or email) from a shop that shows what you bought, how much you paid and when, used as proof. - receive verb (receive, receives, received, receiving); noun receipt
To receive is to get something that someone gives or sends you. - receiver noun (a receiver, receivers)
A receiver is the part of a phone you hold to your ear and speak into. - recent adjective (recent, more recent, most recent)
1) Happening or made not long ago: a recent photo, recent rain. 2) «The most recent» means the newest or latest one. - recently adverb (recently)
1) Recently means a short time ago, or in the period not long before now. - receptacle noun (a receptacle, receptacles) — formal
A container that holds things, such as a bin, box or bowl. - reception noun (reception, receptions)
Reception is the desk or area at the entrance of a hotel, office, school or hospital where visitors are welcomed.
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