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- supposedly adverb (supposedly)
According to what people say or believe, though it may not be true: «The house is supposedly haunted». - supposition noun (a supposition, suppositions; also uncountable)
A supposition is an idea or belief that you think is true but have not proved: a guess based on some reasons. - suppress verb (suppress, suppresses, suppressed, suppressing)
To stop yourself from showing a feeling or doing something, like suppressing a laugh, yawn or sneeze. - suppression noun (suppression — uncountable)
Stopping something by force or power, such as a protest, a rebellion or news. - supremacy noun (supremacy — uncountable)
Supremacy is being the most powerful, the strongest or the best, with power over all others. - supreme adjective; noun (in «reign supreme»)
1) Highest in rank or power. 2) Greatest, best or most important; very great. 3) (in «reign supreme») To be the best or the most powerful… - surcoat noun (surcoats); old use
1) A surcoat was a loose coat or tunic worn over a knight's armour in old times. - sure adjective (sure, surer, surest); adverb (sure — yes, of course)
If you are sure, you know something is true and have no doubt. - surely adverb (surely)
1) Surely means for certain, with no doubt. 2) Surely is often used when you think something must be true and are surprised it might not… - surety noun (sureties)
A surety is a promise to pay or do something if another person fails, or the person who makes such a promise. - surf noun (surf — uncountable); verb (surf, surfs, surfed, surfing)
The white foamy waves that break on the shore. - surface noun (a surface, surfaces); verb (surface, surfaces, surfaced, surfacing)
The surface is the outside or top layer of something: the surface of a table, the Earth's surface. - surfboard noun (a surfboard, surfboards)
1) A surfboard is a long, narrow board that you stand or lie on to ride on waves in the sea. - surfer noun (a surfer, surfers)
A surfer is a person who rides waves on a surfboard. - surfing noun (surfing — uncountable); verb, -ing form of «surf»
1) The sport of riding on waves on a surfboard. 2) (in «web surfing», «internet surfing») Looking around on the internet, going from site… - surge noun (a surge, surges); verb (surge, surges, surged, surging)
A surge is a sudden, strong rush forward of water, people or something else. - surgeon noun (a surgeon, surgeons)
A surgeon is a doctor who does operations, cutting into the body to repair or remove parts. - surgery noun (surgery, surgeries; also uncountable)
Medical treatment in which a doctor cuts into the body to repair or remove something; an operation. - surgical adjective
Surgical means to do with surgery, the work of doctors who operate on the body. - surgically adverb (surgically)
Surgically means by an operation done by a surgeon: «The tumour was surgically removed». - surmise verb (surmise, surmises, surmised, surmising); noun (a surmise)
1) To surmise is to guess something from clues, without being sure. 2) A surmise is a guess of this kind. (formal, old use) - surmount verb (surmount, surmounts, surmounted, surmounting)
1) To surmount is to get over or climb over something hard. 2) To surmount is to overcome a problem or difficulty. (formal, old use) - surmounted verb (past form of surmount: surmounted; also used as an adjective: surmounted by)
1) Surmounted means got over or overcome. 2) Surmounted by means having something placed on top, such as a crown on a tower. - surname noun (a surname, surnames)
1) A surname is your family name, the name you share with your family, which usually comes last in English names (in «Tom Smith», «Smith»… - surpass verb (surpass, surpasses, surpassed, surpassing)
To surpass is to be better or greater than someone or something: she surpassed her own best score. - surplus noun (surplus, surpluses); adjective (surplus)
A surplus is an amount that is more than what is needed, an extra amount left over. - surprise noun (a surprise, surprises; surprise, uncountable); verb (surprise, surprises, surprised, surprising); adjective forms surprised, surprising
A surprise is something you did not expect, such as a present or a sudden event. - surprisingly adverb
1) In a way that is surprising or not expected. 2) Used to say that a fact is not what people would expect: «surprisingly, it was free». - surrender verb (surrender, surrenders, surrendered, surrendering); noun (surrender)
To surrender is to stop fighting and admit you are beaten. - surrendered verb (past form of surrender: surrender, surrenders, surrendered, surrendering); adjective (a surrendered pet)
gave up in a fight or war and stopped fighting. - surrey noun, proper name (Surrey); noun (a surrey, surreys — a carriage, rare)
Surrey (with a capital S) is a county in the south-east of England, next to London. - surround verb (surround, surrounds, surrounded, surrounding); noun (a surround, surrounds — the edge or frame around something)
To surround something is to be all around it on every side. - surrounded verb, past form of surround (surround, surrounds, surrounded, surrounding); adjective (surrounded by)
Surrounded is the past of surround: was or were all around something. - surroundings noun (surroundings — plural only)
1) Your surroundings are everything around you: the place you are in and the things and conditions near you. - surtitle noun (a surtitle, surtitles); verb (surtitle, surtitled — rare)
1) Surtitles are words shown on a screen above the stage at an opera or play, giving a translation of what is being sung or said in… - surveillance noun (surveillance — uncountable)
Surveillance is carefully watching a person, place or activity, often secretly, to check for crime or danger or to collect information. - survey noun (survey, surveys); verb (survey, surveys, surveyed, surveying)
A survey is when you ask many people the same questions to find out what they think or do. - surveyor noun (a surveyor, surveyors)
A surveyor is a person whose job is to measure land and make maps or plans of it. - survival noun (survival — uncountable; a survival — a thing left from the past)
Staying alive, especially in danger or a hard situation. - survive verb (survive, survives, survived, surviving)
To survive means to stay alive, especially through something dangerous. - survivor noun (a survivor, survivors)
A survivor is a person or animal that stays alive after something dangerous, such as an accident, war, illness or disaster. - susceptible adjective
Easily affected, harmed or influenced by something. - sushi noun (sushi, uncountable)
1) Sushi is a Japanese food made of small pieces of cold rice with vinegar, often with raw or cooked fish, egg or vegetables, sometimes… - suspect verb (suspect, suspects, suspected, suspecting); noun (a suspect, suspects); adjective (suspect)
To think something is probably true, without being sure (I suspect it will rain). - suspend verb (suspend, suspends, suspended, suspending)
To suspend something is to hang it from above: a lamp suspended from the ceiling. - suspended verb (past of «suspend»: suspend, suspends, suspended, suspending); adjective (suspended)
Hung from above (a lamp suspended from the ceiling). - suspender noun (a suspender, suspenders)
Suspenders are straps that go over the shoulders to hold trousers up; British people call these braces. - suspense noun (suspense, uncountable)
Suspense is the excited or worried feeling of waiting to find out what will happen next. - suspension noun (a suspension, suspensions; also uncountable)
Suspension is when a pupil is not allowed to come to school for a time as a punishment. - suspicion noun (a suspicion, suspicions; also uncountable)
Suspicion is a feeling that someone has done something wrong, without being sure. - suspicious adjective (suspicious, more suspicious, most suspicious)
Making you think something is wrong, dangerous or dishonest: "a suspicious package". - suspiciously adverb (suspiciously, more suspiciously, most suspiciously)
Suspiciously means in a way that shows you do not trust someone or something: «The dog sniffed the stranger suspiciously». - sustain verb (sustain, sustains, sustained, sustaining)
To sustain something is to keep it going for a long time. - sustained adjective (sustained); verb, past form of "sustain" (sustain, sustains, sustained, sustaining)
Sustained means kept going for a long time without stopping: sustained effort. - sustenance noun (sustenance — uncountable)
Sustenance is food and drink that keeps a person, animal or plant alive and strong: "The travellers had no sustenance for days.". - sutra noun (a sutra, sutras)
A sutra is a holy teaching or text in Buddhism or Hinduism, often a sermon of the Buddha or short wise sayings. - suture noun (a suture, sutures); verb (suture, sutures, sutured, suturing)
A suture is a stitch, or a row of stitches, that a doctor uses to close a cut or wound. - swab noun (a swab, swabs); verb (swab, swabs, swabbed, swabbing)
A swab is a small piece of cotton wool, often on a stick, used to clean a wound or put on medicine. - swaddle verb (swaddle, swaddles, swaddled, swaddling); noun (swaddling clothes, old use)
To swaddle is to wrap a baby tightly in soft cloth so it cannot move its arms or legs much. - swag noun (swag — uncountable; Australia: a swag, swags); verb (swag, swags, swagged — rare)
Swag means cool style and confidence in how you look or act: "He walked in with loads of swag.". - swagger verb (swagger, swaggers, swaggered, swaggering); noun (swagger — uncountable)
To swagger is to walk or behave in a very proud, showy way, as if you think you are better than others. - swaggering adjective (swaggering); form of the verb swagger (swagger, swaggers, swaggered, swaggering)
1) Walking or behaving in a proud, show-off way, as if you are very important. 2) Too confident and boastful. - swahili noun (Swahili, uncountable — the language; also Kiswahili); adjective (Swahili)
1) Swahili is a language spoken by many millions of people in East Africa, especially in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and nearby countries; in… - swallow verb (swallow, swallows, swallowed, swallowing); noun (a swallow, swallows — a bird; a swallow — one act of swallowing)
To make food, drink or something else go down your throat into your stomach. - swallowtail noun (a swallowtail, swallowtails)
1) A swallowtail is a large, brightly coloured butterfly with long points on its back wings that look like the forked tail of a swallow (a… - swamp noun (a swamp, swamps); verb (swamp, swamps, swamped, swamping)
An area of land that is always wet and soft, with trees, reeds and still water. - swampy adjective (swampy, swampier, swampiest)
1) Swampy land is wet, soft and muddy, like a swamp, with water lying on it and plants growing in the water. - swan noun (a swan, swans); verb (swan, swans, swanned, swanning — informal, UK)
A swan is a large water bird, usually white, with a long curved neck. - swap verb (swap, swaps, swapped, swapping); noun (a swap, swaps); also spelt swop (UK)
To swap is to give one thing and get another in return. - sward noun (a sward, swards — literary)
1) (literary, old) An area of short grass; a lawn or green field of turf. - swarm noun (a swarm, swarms); verb (swarm, swarms, swarmed, swarming)
A swarm is a big group of insects, such as bees, wasps or locusts, flying together. - swat verb (swat, swats, swatted, swatting); noun (a swat)
To swat means to hit something, usually an insect, with a quick hard slap using your hand or a flat object. - swathe noun (a swathe, swathes); verb (swathe, swathes, swathed, swathing)
A swathe is a long, wide strip or area of land, crops or something else. - sway verb (sway, sways, swayed, swaying); noun (sway)
To sway is to move slowly from side to side, like trees in the wind or a person dancing. - swear verb (swear, swears, swore, sworn, swearing)
1) To swear is to use rude or bad words. 2) To swear is also to make a serious promise or say something is really true. 3) To swear… - sweat noun (sweat, uncountable); verb (sweat, sweats, sweated or sweat, sweating); adjective sweaty
Sweat is the salty water that comes out of your skin when you are hot, exercising, ill or nervous. - sweater noun (a sweater, sweaters)
A warm piece of clothing, often knitted from wool, that covers the top half of the body and the arms. - sweating verb (sweat, sweats, sweated or sweat, sweating — "sweating" is the -ing form); noun (sweating — uncountable)
Giving out a salty liquid (sweat) through tiny holes in the skin, especially when you are hot, exercising, ill or nervous. - swedish adjective (Swedish); noun (Swedish — the language, uncountable; the Swedish — the people)
From or to do with Sweden, a country in northern Europe: Swedish food, a Swedish girl. - sweep verb (sweep, sweeps, swept, sweeping); noun (a sweep, sweeps)
To sweep means to clean a floor or path with a brush or broom, pushing dirt away. - sweeper noun (a sweeper, sweepers)
A sweeper is a person whose job is to sweep, such as a street sweeper or road sweeper. - sweeping noun (sweepings, plural); adjective (sweeping, more sweeping)
Sweepings are the dirt, dust and bits of rubbish gathered up by a broom. - sweet adjective, noun (sweet, sweeter, sweetest; sweets)
1) Sweet means tasting like sugar or honey. 2) Sweets (UK) are candies; a sweet is one candy. 3) A sweet (UK) is a dessert, the sweet dish… - sweeten verb (sweeten, sweetens, sweetened, sweetening)
To sweeten food or drink is to make it taste sweeter, for example by adding sugar, honey or fruit. - sweetened verb, past tense and past participle of «sweeten» (sweeten, sweetens, sweetened, sweetening); adjective (sweetened)
Made sweet by adding sugar, honey or another sweet thing. - sweetener noun (a sweetener, sweeteners)
A sweetener is something put in food or drink to make it taste sweet, especially a substance used instead of sugar. - sweetheart noun (a sweetheart, sweethearts)
A person you love in a romantic way, a boyfriend or girlfriend. - sweetie noun (a sweetie, sweeties)
Sweetie is a loving name you call someone you like, such as a child or a partner: «Thank you, sweetie.». - sweetly adverb
1) In a kind, gentle and pleasant way. 2) With a nice, sweet sound or smell. 3) Smoothly and well, as in a ball sweetly struck. 4)… - sweetmeat noun (a sweetmeat, sweetmeats)
A sweetmeat is a sweet, candy or other small sweet treat like sugared fruit, nuts or marzipan. - sweetness noun (sweetness — uncountable)
1) The taste of sugar or honey; being sweet. 2) Kindness, gentleness and a pleasant nature. 3) A pleasant quality of a sound or smell. 4)… - swell verb (swell, swells, swelled, swollen or swelled, swelling); noun (a swell — waves; swelling); adjective (swell — old-fashioned US slang: great)
To get bigger, rounder or fuller, often because of injury, water or air (My ankle swelled up). - swelling noun (a swelling, swellings; swelling — uncountable); verb (swell, swells, swelled, swollen, swelling — "swelling" is the -ing form)
A part of the body that has become bigger and puffy, often because of an injury, an infection or an allergy. - swept verb, past form of sweep (sweep, sweeps, swept, sweeping)
Swept is the past of sweep: cleaned the floor or ground with a brush or broom. - swerve verb (swerve, swerves, swerved, swerving); noun (a swerve, swerves)
To swerve is to change direction suddenly, especially to avoid hitting something: the car swerved to miss the dog. - swift adjective (swift, swifter, swiftest); noun (a swift, swifts — a bird)
1) Very fast, quick in moving. 2) Happening quickly or without delay: «a swift reply». 3) A small, fast bird with long pointed wings that… - swiftlet noun (a swiftlet, swiftlets)
1) A small bird of the swift family living in tropical Asia and Australia, many of which nest in caves and find their way in the dark with… - swiftly adverb
1) Swiftly means quickly or fast. 2) Swiftly means happening very soon, without delay. - swiftness noun (no plural)
1) Swiftness is the quality of being very quick or fast. - swim verb, noun (swim, swims, swam, swum, swimming)
To swim means to move through water using your arms and legs.
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