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- relevant adjective (relevant, more relevant, most relevant)
Connected with what is being talked about or done, and useful or important for it. - reliability noun (reliability — uncountable)
Reliability is how much you can trust someone or something to do what they should, every time. - reliable adjective (reliable, more reliable, most reliable)
Reliable means you can trust someone or something to do what is expected, every time. - reliably adverb (reliably, more reliably, most reliably)
1) Reliably means in a way that can be trusted, every time, without failing. 2) Reliably informed means told by someone who can be trusted. - reliance noun (reliance — uncountable)
1) Needing or depending on someone or something. 2) Trust that someone or something will help: «reliance on friends». - relic noun (plural relics)
An old object kept because it is linked to a famous person or a past time. - relief noun (relief, uncountable; a relief); adjective uses (relief teacher, relief map)
The happy, calm feeling when something bad or worrying stops or doesn't happen. - relieve verb (relieve, relieves, relieved, relieving)
To relieve pain, worry or a problem means to make it less or take it away. - relieved adjective (relieved, more relieved); verb form (past of relieve)
Relieved means feeling happy and calm because something bad did not happen or a worry is over. - reliever noun (a reliever, relievers)
A reliever is something that takes away or eases pain or trouble, like a pain reliever (a medicine). - religion noun (a religion, religions; religion — uncountable)
A religion is a set of beliefs about God or gods, with prayers, festivals and rules for living, shared by a group of people. - religious adjective (religious, more religious)
Religious means connected with religion, the belief in a god or gods and the ways people worship. - relinquish verb (relinquish, relinquishes, relinquished, relinquishing)
To give up something you have, such as power, control or a claim, often unwillingly: The king relinquished the throne. - relinquished verb, past of relinquish (relinquish, relinquishes, relinquished, relinquishing)
1) (formal) Gave up something, such as power, a right, or control, often unwillingly. 2) (formal) Let go of something you were holding. - relinquishment noun (relinquishment — usually uncountable)
Relinquishment is the act of giving up something, such as power, a right, a claim or control, often unwillingly. - relish noun (plural relishes); verb (relish, relishes, relished, relishing)
A strong sauce or pickle eaten with food to add taste. - reload verb (reload, reloads, reloaded, reloading); noun (a reload, reloads)
To load something again, such as a gun, a lorry or a dishwasher. - relocate verb (relocate, relocates, relocated, relocating)
1) To relocate is to move to a new place to live or work. 2) To relocate something or someone is to move them to a new place. - relocated verb (past tense and past participle of relocate: relocate, relocates, relocated, relocating); adjective (relocated)
1) Moved to a new place to live or work. 2) Moved something, such as an office, an animal or a building, to a new place. - relocation noun (relocation, relocations)
1) Relocation is moving to a new place to live or work. 2) Relocation is moving animals, things or buildings to a new place. - reluctance noun (reluctance; usually uncountable)
Not wanting to do something, so that you do it slowly or unwillingly. - reluctant adjective (reluctant; more reluctant, most reluctant)
1) Not wanting to do something, and so slow to do it. - reluctantly adverb (reluctantly)
Unwillingly and slowly, not wanting to do something. - rely verb (rely, relies, relied, relying) — used with «on» or «upon»
To rely on someone means to trust them to help you or do what they say. - rem noun (REM — abbreviation; a rem, rems — old unit)
REM stands for «rapid eye movement», a stage of sleep when your eyes move quickly under your eyelids and you have most of your dreams. - remain verb (remain, remains, remained, remaining); noun (remains)
To remain is to stay or still be there after other things have gone or been used: two cakes remain. - remainder noun (remainder, remainders)
The remainder is what is left over when a number cannot be divided exactly. - remaking verb, -ing form of remake (remake, remakes, remade, remaking); noun (a remake)
Making something again, or making it in a new or better way: remaking a bed, remaking a model. - remark noun (a remark, remarks); verb (remark, remarks, remarked, remarking)
1) A remark is something you say or write about someone or something, usually short. 2) (verb) To remark is to say what you think or notice. - remarkable adjective (remarkable, more remarkable, most remarkable)
1) Unusual or special in a way that makes people notice it and talk about it; amazing or impressive. - remarkably adverb (more remarkably, most remarkably)
To a striking degree; very much, in a way worth noticing. - remarriage noun (remarriage, remarriages)
1) Remarriage is getting married again after a divorce or after a husband or wife has died. 2) A remarriage is a second (or later) marriage. - remarry verb (remarry, remarries, remarried, remarrying)
To remarry is to get married again, after a divorce or after a husband or wife has died. - rematch noun (a rematch, rematches)
1) A second game or match between the same players or teams, often because the first was close, unfair or lost. - remedy noun (a remedy, remedies); verb (remedy, remedies, remedied, remedying)
A medicine or treatment that cures or helps an illness. - remember verb (remember, remembers, remembered, remembering)
To remember is to keep something in your mind and bring it back later: I remember my first day at school. - remembrance noun (remembrance — usually no plural)
The act of remembering someone or something, especially people who have died. - remind verb (remind, reminds, reminded, reminding)
To remind someone is to help them remember something they should do or know. - reminder noun (a reminder, reminders)
A reminder is a note, message or sign that helps you remember something. - reminiscence noun (plural reminiscences)
A memory of something from the past, or a story told about past times. - remission noun (remission; uncountable, sometimes a remission)
Remission is a time when a serious illness, such as cancer, gets much better or its signs disappear, though it may return. - remit noun (a remit, remits — said REE-mit); verb (remit, remits, remitted, remitting — said ri-MIT) — formal
Noun: the area of work or responsibility given to a person or group: That is outside my remit. - remnant noun (a remnant, remnants)
A small part of something that is left after the rest has gone or been used: the remnants of the meal. - remonstrance noun (plural remonstrances)
A complaint or protest; a firm objection made to someone who has done wrong. - remonstrate verb (remonstrate, remonstrates, remonstrated, remonstrating)
To protest or argue firmly against something, saying it is wrong or unfair. - remora noun (a remora, remoras)
1) A remora is a fish with a flat sucker on top of its head that it uses to stick to sharks, whales, turtles and boats and ride along with… - remorse noun (remorse)
A deep, painful feeling of being sorry and guilty for something wrong you have done. - remote adjective (remote, remoter, remotest); noun (a remote, remotes)
Remote means far away from towns and other people. - removable adjective (removable)
1) Removable means it can be taken off or taken out. 2) Removable means it can be got rid of, like a stain. - removal noun (removal, removals)
Removal is taking something away from a place or getting rid of it. - remove verb (remove, removes, removed, removing)
To remove is to take something away from where it was: remove the plates. - remover noun (a remover, removers)
A remover is a substance used to take something off, like nail varnish remover, stain remover or paint remover. - remunerate verb (remunerate, remunerates, remunerated, remunerating)
1) (formal) To pay someone for work or a service. - remunerated adjective (remunerated); past form of the verb remunerate (remunerate, remunerates, remunerated, remunerating)
1) (formal) Remunerated means paid for work. 2) (formal) To remunerate someone is to pay them for work or a service. - remuneration noun (remuneration, uncountable; a remuneration)
1) (formal) Money paid to someone for work; pay or wages. - renaissance noun (the Renaissance; a renaissance, renaissances); adjective (Renaissance art)
The Renaissance was a time in Europe, from about the 1300s to the 1600s, when art, science and learning grew greatly, starting in Italy. - rename verb (rename, renames, renamed, renaming)
To give someone or something a new name: The town renamed the park. - rend verb (rend, rends, rent, rending)
1) (old or literary) To tear something into pieces violently. 2) To break a silence or the air with a loud sound. 3) (literary) To cause… - render verb (render, renders, rendered, rendering)
To cause someone or something to be in a certain state: "rendered helpless". - rendering noun (a rendering, renderings); verb, -ing form of render (render, renders, rendered, rendering)
A performance or version of a song, poem or piece of music: a lovely rendering of the anthem. - rendezvous noun (a rendezvous, rendezvous — plural spelt the same); verb (rendezvous, rendezvouses, rendezvoused, rendezvousing)
1) A meeting at an agreed time and place. 2) The place where people agree to meet. 3) (verb) To meet at an agreed time and place. 4)… - rendition noun (a rendition, renditions)
A performance of a song, poem or piece of music, or the way it is done: a lovely rendition of the anthem. - renew verb (renew, renews, renewed, renewing)
To make something last longer, like a library book loan, a passport or a subscription. - renewable adjective; noun (renewables — plural, renewable energy sources)
Renewable describes energy or a resource that is not used up because nature replaces it, like sunlight, wind and moving water. - renewal noun (a renewal, renewals; also uncountable)
1) Making something new, fresh or strong again. 2) Making an agreement, ticket or membership last longer: «library book renewal». 3)… - rennet noun (rennet — uncountable)
A substance, traditionally from a calf's stomach, used to make milk curdle (go thick and lumpy) when making cheese. - renounce verb (renounce, renounces, renounced, renouncing)
To say officially or publicly that you give up a right, title or claim. - renovate verb (renovate, renovates, renovated, renovating)
To renovate a building is to repair it and make it look new and in good condition again. - renown noun (renown — uncountable)
1) Fame and respect for doing something well. - rent noun (rent, rents); verb (rent, rents, rented, renting); also past of «rend» (old: torn)
Money paid regularly to use a house, flat, room or land that belongs to someone else. - rental noun (a rental, rentals; rental — uncountable); adjective (rental car, rental property)
A rental is something you pay to use for a time, like a car, flat or bike, but do not own. - renter noun (a renter, renters)
A renter is a person who pays money to live in a house or flat, or to use something, that belongs to someone else. - reopen verb (reopen, reopens, reopened, reopening)
To reopen is to open again after being closed. - reorganise verb (reorganise, reorganises, reorganised, reorganising; US spelling reorganize, reorganized, reorganizing)
To reorganise something is to arrange or plan it in a new and usually better way. - rep noun (a rep, reps — informal); abbreviation (rep)
A rep is short for a representative: a person chosen to speak or act for a group, like a class rep or a school council rep. - repaint verb (repaint, repaints, repainted, repainting)
1) To repaint something is to paint it again, usually in a new colour or because the old paint is worn. - repair verb (repair, repairs, repaired, repairing); noun (a repair, repairs)
To repair is to fix something that is broken or damaged. - reparation noun (reparation, reparations)
Doing something or paying something to make up for a wrong or damage you caused. - repartee noun (repartee — uncountable)
1) Quick, witty conversation in which people make clever, funny replies to each other. - repast noun (plural repasts)
(old use) A meal, especially a grand or formal one. - repatriation noun (repatriation — usually uncountable; repatriations)
Sending or bringing someone back to their own country. - repay verb (repay, repays, repaid, repaying)
To repay money is to pay back money that you borrowed. - repayable adjective (repayable)
1) (money) That must be paid back, usually by a certain time. 2) That can be paid back. - repayment noun (a repayment, repayments; also uncountable repayment)
1) (money) Paying back money that you borrowed. 2) (money) One of a set of regular amounts paid back on a loan, such as the monthly… - repeal verb (repeal, repeals, repealed, repealing); noun (a repeal, repeals)
1) (law) To officially end a law so that it no longer counts. 2) (noun) The act of ending a law. - repeat verb (repeat, repeats, repeated, repeating); noun (a repeat)
1) To repeat is to do or say something again. 2) To repeat after someone is to say the same words they said. 3) A repeat is a TV show… - repeatedly adverb (repeatedly)
1) Repeatedly means many times, again and again. - repeating verb (repeat, repeats, repeated, repeating); adjective (repeating)
Repeating means doing or saying something again and again. - repel verb (repel, repels, repelled, repelling)
To repel something is to push it away or keep it away. - repellent noun (repellent, repellents); adjective (repellent)
A repellent is a spray, cream or other thing that keeps animals or insects away, such as insect repellent against mosquitoes. - repelling verb form (present participle of repel: repel, repels, repelled, repelling); adjective (a repelling force)
Repelling means pushing something away or keeping it away. - repent verb (repent, repents, repented, repenting)
To repent is to feel truly sorry for something wrong you have done and to want to change. - repentance noun (repentance — uncountable)
Repentance is being truly sorry for something wrong you have done and wanting to change and not do it again. - repentant adjective (repentant)
Feeling sorry for something wrong you have done and wanting to change. - repetition noun (repetition, repetitions)
Doing or saying something again and again: Learning times tables needs repetition. - repetitive adjective (repetitive; more repetitive, most repetitive)
Repetitive means doing or saying the same thing again and again. - replace verb (replace, replaces, replaced, replacing)
To replace something means to put a new thing in the place of an old or broken one. - replacement noun (a replacement, replacements; also uncountable)
A replacement is a new thing or person that takes the place of one that is broken, lost or gone. - replay verb (replay, replays, replayed, replaying); noun (a replay, replays)
To replay something means to play it again, such as a video, song or game. - replenish verb (replenish, replenishes, replenished, replenishing)
To replenish something is to fill it up again or bring it back to the amount it was before.
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