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- sturdy adjective (sturdy, sturdier, sturdiest)
1) Strong and solid, not easy to break or knock over: "a sturdy table". 2) Of a person or animal: strong and healthy, with a solid body. - sturgeon noun (a sturgeon, sturgeons; also sturgeon as a plural)
1) A sturgeon is a very large, old kind of fish with a long nose and rows of bony plates instead of normal scales, living in rivers and… - stutter verb (stutter, stutters, stuttered, stuttering); noun (a stutter, stutters)
To stutter is to speak with sudden stops or by repeating the first sounds of words, like «b-b-ball», without meaning to. - sty noun (a sty, sties or styes); also spelled stye for the eye sense
A sty, or pigsty, is a pen or small building where pigs are kept. - style noun (a style, styles; style — uncountable); verb (style, styles, styled, styling)
A style is a particular way of doing, making or saying something: a style of writing, swimming or painting. - stylish adjective (stylish, more stylish, most stylish)
1) Fashionable and good-looking, in a smart, attractive way. 2) Done with skill and grace, in a way that looks good. - sub noun (a sub, subs); verb (sub, subs, subbed, subbing); prefix (sub-)
A sub is a substitute, a player who comes on to replace another in a match. - subcontinent noun (a subcontinent, subcontinents; the subcontinent)
A subcontinent is a very large piece of land that is part of a continent but is separate in some way, by mountains, sea or history. - subdivide verb (subdivide, subdivides, subdivided, subdividing)
To subdivide is to divide something that has already been divided into even smaller parts. - subdivision noun (a subdivision, subdivisions)
A subdivision is a smaller part made when something already divided is divided again. - subduction noun (subduction — uncountable); adjective (a subduction zone)
Subduction is when one of the Earth's tectonic plates slides down underneath another plate and sinks into the hot mantle. - subdue verb (subdue, subdues, subdued, subduing)
To subdue is to get control over a person, group or country, usually by force: «The army subdued the rebels». - subdued adjective (subdued, more subdued, most subdued); verb (past tense and past participle of subdue)
Subdued means quiet and a little sad or tired, not lively as usual: «You seem subdued today». - subheading noun (a subheading, subheadings)
1) A subheading is a smaller heading under the main heading of a text, telling you what one section is about. - subject noun (a subject, subjects); verb (subject, subjects, subjected, subjecting — subject to); adjective (subject to)
Something you learn at school, such as maths, English or science. - subjective adjective (subjective)
1) Subjective means based on someone's own feelings, tastes or opinions rather than on facts that everyone can check: "Which song is best… - subjugate verb (subjugate, subjugates, subjugated, subjugating)
To subjugate people or a country is to defeat them and take control so they must obey, often taking away their freedom. - sublime adjective (sublime, sublimer, sublimest)
1) Sublime means so grand, great and beautiful that it fills you with wonder. 2) (old use) Sublime can mean very high or lofty. - submarine noun (a submarine, submarines); adjective (submarine — under the sea)
A submarine is a ship that can travel under the water as well as on top of it. - submerge verb (submerge, submerges, submerged, submerging); adjective submerged
To submerge is to go under water, or to put something completely under water or another liquid. - submerged adjective (submerged); verb (submerge, submerges, submerged, submerging — past form)
Submerged means under water or under the surface of a liquid. - submersible noun (a submersible, submersibles); adjective (submersible)
1) A submersible is a small underwater vehicle used to explore the deep sea, often with a crew of one to three people or controlled by… - submersion noun (submersion; uncountable)
1) Submersion is being completely under water or another liquid. 2) Submersion is the act of putting something or someone fully under water. - submission noun (submission, submissions)
A submission is something you hand in to be judged or checked, like a piece of homework, a competition entry or a form. - submissive adjective (submissive, more submissive, most submissive); adverb (submissively); noun (submission)
Willing to obey others and do what they want without arguing or standing up for yourself. - submit verb (submit, submits, submitted, submitting)
To submit something is to hand it in or send it so it can be checked or judged, like homework or a form. - suboptimal adjective (suboptimal; not usually compared)
not as good as it could be; in plain words, poor or bad. - subordinate adjective (subordinate); noun (a subordinate, subordinates); verb (subordinate, subordinated) — formal
In grammar, a subordinate clause is a part of a sentence that has a verb but cannot stand alone, like «because it was raining». - subordinating verb form (present participle of subordinate: subordinate, subordinates, subordinated, subordinating); adjective (subordinating conjunction)
1) (grammar) A subordinating conjunction is a joining word such as because, when, if, although, while, since, before or until that starts… - subordination noun (subordination — uncountable)
Subordination is being under someone else's control or authority, or putting someone or something in a lower, less important place. - subscribe verb (subscribe, subscribes, subscribed, subscribing)
To pay regularly to get something, such as a magazine, a streaming service or a newspaper. - subscriber noun (a subscriber, subscribers)
A person who pays regularly to receive something, such as a magazine, a streaming service or a phone plan. - subscription noun (a subscription, subscriptions)
Money you pay regularly, every month or year, to get something, like a magazine, a streaming service or a club membership. - subsequent adjective (formal)
1) (formal) Coming after something else in time or order; following; later. 2) subsequent to (formal): after. - subsequently adverb (formal)
1) (formal) Afterwards; later; after something that has just been mentioned. - subside verb (subside, subsides, subsided, subsiding); noun subsidence
To subside is to become weaker, calmer or less strong: the storm subsided, the pain subsided. - subsidence noun (subsidence — uncountable)
Subsidence is when the ground slowly sinks lower, which can crack buildings, roads and walls. - subsist verb (subsist, subsists, subsisted, subsisting); noun subsistence
To subsist is to stay alive, often with very little food or money: they subsisted on bread and water. - subsistence noun (subsistence — uncountable); adjective use (subsistence farming)
Subsistence is having just enough food, water and money to stay alive, with nothing extra. - subsoil noun (subsoil — uncountable)
1) Subsoil is the layer of soil under the top layer (topsoil); it has less humus, is often harder, and lies above the rock. - substance noun (a substance, substances; also uncountable for "importance/meaning")
A material or kind of matter with particular qualities, like a sticky substance, or a chemical substance such as water, salt or iron. - substantial adjective (substantial, more substantial, most substantial)
1) Large in amount, size or importance. 2) Strong, solid and well made. 3) (of a meal) Big and filling. - substantially adverb (substantially); adjective substantial
Substantially means by a large amount, a lot: prices rose substantially. - substantiating verb form (the -ing form of «substantiate»: substantiate, substantiates, substantiated, substantiating); adjective (substantiating evidence)
Substantiating means proving that something is true by giving facts or evidence (formal). - substation noun (a substation, substations)
1) A substation is a place, often fenced in, with large electrical equipment that changes electricity so it can be sent to homes, schools… - substitute noun (a substitute, substitutes; a sub); verb (substitute, substitutes, substituted, substituting)
A substitute is a person or thing used instead of another. - substitution noun (a substitution, substitutions; substitution, uncountable)
A substitution is putting one person or thing in the place of another. - substrate noun (a substrate, substrates)
A substrate is the surface or material that something grows on or lives on, such as soil, sand, rock or a fish tank's gravel. - subsurface adjective (subsurface); noun (the subsurface)
Subsurface means lying or happening just below a surface, such as under the ground, the sea or the skin. - subterranean adjective
1) Subterranean means underground, below the surface of the earth. 2) (formal) It can also mean hidden or secret. - subtitle noun (a subtitle, subtitles); verb (subtitle, subtitles, subtitled, subtitling)
1) Subtitles are words shown at the bottom of a film or TV screen to translate what people say or to write it down for people who cannot… - subtle adjective (subtle, subtler, subtlest)
1) Subtle means very small, delicate or hard to notice. 2) Subtle means clever in a quiet, sly way, good at thinking of tricks. - subtract verb (subtract, subtracts, subtracted, subtracting); noun subtraction
To subtract is to take one number away from another to find what is left or the difference. - subtraction noun (subtraction, uncountable; a subtraction, subtractions)
Subtraction is taking one number away from another to find what is left or the difference. - suburb noun (a suburb, suburbs; the suburbs)
1) A suburb is an area where people live on the edge of a city or town, mostly with houses, schools and shops rather than big offices or… - suburban adjective
Suburban means of or in the outer parts of a town or city, where there are houses and gardens, away from the centre. - subway noun (a subway, subways)
In the USA and Canada, an underground railway in a city, like the New York subway. - succeed verb (succeed, succeeds, succeeded, succeeding)
To succeed is to do what you tried or hoped to do. - success noun (success, uncountable; a success, successes)
Success is doing what you wanted or tried to do. - successful adjective (successful, more successful, most successful)
1) Achieving what you wanted or tried to do. 2) Having done well in life, work or business, often becoming rich or famous. 3) Turning out… - successfully adverb
1) Successfully means in a way that achieves what you wanted or planned. 2) Successfully means without failing or going wrong. - succession noun (a succession, successions; also uncountable)
A succession is a number of people or things that follow one after another. - successive adjective
1) Coming or happening one after another, in a row, without a break. - successively adverb
Successively means one after another, in order, without a break. - successor noun (a successor, successors)
A successor is a person who takes over a job, title or position after someone else leaves it, like the next king or the next head teacher. - succour noun (no plural); verb (succours, succoured, succouring); old use
Succour is help given to someone in trouble or need. - succumb verb (succumb, succumbs, succumbed, succumbing)
To succumb is to stop resisting something and give in to it, like a temptation or pressure. - such determiner, pronoun (such)
Such means of that kind or like the one just named: such boxes. - suck verb (suck, sucks, sucked, sucking)
To suck is to pull liquid or air into your mouth by tightening your lips and cheeks, as through a straw. - sucker noun (a sucker, suckers); verb phrase (sucker someone into — informal)
A sucker is a part of an animal that can stick to things by suction, like the round pads on an octopus's arms. - suckle verb (suckle, suckles, suckled, suckling)
When a mother mammal suckles her baby, she feeds it with milk from her body. - sucre noun (Sucre, a city; a sucre, sucres — old money); word (French)
Sucre is the constitutional capital city of Bolivia, in South America. - suction noun (suction — uncountable)
The pulling force made when air or liquid is removed from a space, so things are pulled in or held on: "A vacuum cleaner works by suction.". - sudden adjective
1) Sudden means happening quickly and without warning. - suddenly adverb (suddenly); adjective sudden
1) Suddenly means quickly and without warning, when you didn't expect it. - suddenness noun (no plural)
The suddenness of something is how quickly and unexpectedly it happens, without warning. - sue verb (sue, sues, sued, suing); name (Sue, short for Susan)
To sue someone is to go to a court of law to ask for money or justice because they harmed you or broke an agreement. - suet noun (suet — uncountable)
1) Suet is hard white fat from around the kidneys of cows and sheep, used in cooking. 2) Vegetable suet is a similar fat made from plants. - suffer verb (suffer, suffers, suffered, suffering)
To suffer is to feel pain, illness, sadness or other bad things. - sufferer noun (sufferers)
A sufferer is a person who feels pain, trouble or harm, often for a long time. - suffering noun (suffering, sufferings); verb (-ing form of suffer)
1) Pain, sadness or difficulty that a person or animal feels. 2) Feeling pain or having a problem: "She is suffering from a cold." - suffice verb (suffice, suffices, sufficed, sufficing)
1) (formal) To suffice is to be enough. 2) (formal) «Suffice it to say» means «I will only say this, because it is enough». - sufficient adjective (sufficient); adverb sufficiently; noun sufficiency
1) (formal) Enough; as much as is needed for a purpose. - sufficiently adverb (sufficiently); adjective sufficient; noun sufficiency
Sufficiently means enough, as much as is needed: the water was sufficiently warm to swim. - suffix noun (a suffix, suffixes)
1) A suffix is a group of letters added to the end of a word to make a new word or change how it is used, like -ful in «hopeful», -ness in… - suffixation noun (suffixation — uncountable)
1) (grammar) Suffixation is making a new word or a new form of a word by adding a suffix (a word ending) such as -ness, -ful, -ly, -ed or… - suffocate verb (suffocate, suffocates, suffocated, suffocating)
To suffocate is to be unable to breathe because there is not enough air, which can make a person or animal very ill or die. - suffocation noun (no plural)
Suffocation is being unable to breathe properly, or the feeling of being choked by heat, smoke or a crowd. - suffrage noun (suffrage — uncountable)
1) Suffrage is the right to vote in elections. 2) "Women's suffrage" means women's right to vote, and "universal suffrage" means all adult… - suffragette noun (a suffragette, suffragettes)
1) A suffragette was a woman, especially in Britain about a hundred years ago, who campaigned, often with bold protests, for women to have… - suffragist noun (a suffragist, suffragists); related: suffrage, suffragette
1) (history) A suffragist was a person who campaigned for the right to vote (suffrage), especially for women, using peaceful and lawful… - sugar noun (sugar; sugars in science); verb (sugar — to add sugar)
Sugar is a sweet food made into grains, white or brown, used in cakes and drinks; it comes from sugar cane or sugar beet. - sugary adjective (sugary, more sugary, most sugary; also sugarier)
Containing a lot of sugar, or tasting very sweet: sugary drinks, sugary cereal. - suggest verb (suggest, suggests, suggested, suggesting)
To suggest is to give an idea or a plan for others to think about. - suggestion noun (a suggestion, suggestions)
A suggestion is an idea or plan that you offer for others to think about, like «Let's play outside». - suggestive adjective (suggestive, more suggestive, most suggestive)
If something is suggestive of something else, it makes you think of it or hints at it: «clouds suggestive of rain». - suicide noun (suicide; a suicide, suicides)
1) The act of deliberately ending your own life. 2) (figurative) An action that will very badly harm yourself or your own chances: «it… - suit noun (suit, suits); verb (suit, suits, suited, suiting)
A suit is a set of clothes made of the same cloth, usually a jacket with trousers or a skirt. - suitability noun (suitability — uncountable)
Suitability is how right or appropriate something or someone is for a purpose, person or situation. - suitable adjective (suitable, more suitable, most suitable)
1) Right or good for a person, a purpose or a situation: "suitable clothes for the rain".
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