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- temper noun (temper, a temper, tempers); verb (temper, tempers, tempered, tempering)
Your temper is how easily you get angry: «a quick temper». - temperament noun (a temperament, temperaments)
A person's or animal's usual nature and mood, the way they normally feel and behave. - temperate adjective (temperate)
A temperate climate or place is never extremely hot or extremely cold, with warm summers and cool winters. - temperature noun (temperature, temperatures)
Temperature tells how hot or cold something is. - tempest noun (tempests)
1) A tempest is a violent storm with strong wind and heavy rain. - templar noun (a Templar, Templars)
A Knight Templar: a member of a religious order of knights founded about 1119 to protect Christian pilgrims travelling to Jerusalem. - temple noun (a temple, temples)
1) A temple is a building where people go to pray and worship in some religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Judaism, and in… - tempo noun (a tempo, tempos or tempi)
The tempo is the speed of a piece of music: fast, slow or in between. - temporal adjective
1) (old use) Temporal means worldly, belonging to this life and not to religion or the Church. 2) Temporal means to do with time. - temporarily adverb (temporarily)
1) Temporarily means for a short time only, not for ever. 2) Temporarily means for now, until something changes. - temporary adjective; noun (a temporary — informal, a temp worker)
1) Lasting for only a short time, not forever. 2) Used or done for a while until something permanent is ready. - tempt verb (tempt, tempts, tempted, tempting)
To make someone want to do or have something, especially something they should not. - temptation noun (temptation, uncountable; a temptation, temptations)
Temptation is the feeling of wanting to do something, especially something you know is wrong or not good for you. - tempura noun (tempura — uncountable)
1) Tempura is a Japanese dish of pieces of seafood (like prawns) or vegetables dipped in a light batter and deep-fried until crispy. - ten number (ten)
1) Ten is the number 10. It is one more than nine. 2) Ten is the base of our number system: 10 ones make 1 ten, and 10 tens make 100. 3)… - tenancy noun (a tenancy, tenancies)
The right to live in or use a house, flat, land or shop that you rent from the owner. - tenant noun (a tenant, tenants); verb (tenant, tenants, tenanted — rare, formal)
A tenant is a person who pays rent to live in a house or flat, or to use land or a building, that belongs to someone else (the landlord). - tend verb (tend, tends, tended, tending)
To usually do something or often be a certain way: "I tend to get tired in the afternoon.". - tendency noun (a tendency, tendencies)
If you have a tendency to do something, you often do it or are likely to do it. - tender adjective (tender, tenderer, tenderest); verb (tender, tenders, tendered, tendering); noun (a tender, tenders)
1) Soft and easy to cut or chew (tender meat). 2) Painful when touched (a tender bruise). 3) Gentle, kind and loving (a tender smile). 4)… - tenderly adverb (more tenderly, most tenderly)
1) Tenderly means gently and with love or kindness. - tenderness noun (no plural in use)
1) Tenderness is gentle love and kindness, softness of feeling. 2) Tenderness can mean soreness of the body when touched. - tendon noun (a tendon, tendons)
1) A tendon is a strong, tough band of tissue in the body that joins a muscle to a bone. - tendril noun (a tendril, tendrils)
1) A tendril is a thin, curly, thread-like part of a climbing plant that wraps around things to help the plant climb, as on peas, grapes… - tenement noun (a tenement, tenements)
1) A tenement is a large old building divided into many flats, especially one that was crowded and often poor, as in Glasgow, Edinburgh… - tenfold adverb (tenfold); adjective (tenfold)
Tenfold means ten times as much or as many: «Sales grew tenfold». - tenner noun (a tenner, tenners)
A tenner is ten pounds, ten euros or ten dollars, or a banknote worth ten. - tennis noun (tennis)
Tennis is a sport for two or four players who hit a small ball over a net with rackets on a court. - tenrec noun (a tenrec, tenrecs)
1) A small mammal from Madagascar that often looks like a hedgehog or a shrew; some kinds have spines. - tense adjective (tense, tenser, tensest); verb (tense, tenses, tensed, tensing); noun (a tense, tenses — in grammar)
Nervous, worried and unable to relax (I felt tense before the test). - tension noun (tension, tensions — mostly uncountable)
Tension is a feeling of worry or nervousness, when people are stressed or not getting on. - tent noun (tent, tents)
A tent is a shelter made of cloth or nylon, held up by poles and ropes, that you put up when you go camping. - tentacle noun (a tentacle, tentacles)
1) A tentacle is a long, bendy arm-like part on some animals, such as octopuses, squids and jellyfish, used for feeling, grabbing, moving… - tenth number, adjective, noun (tenth, tenths)
1) Tenth comes after ninth in order: number 10. 2) A tenth is one of ten equal parts of a whole, written 1/10 or 0.1. 3) The tenths place… - tenure noun (tenure — uncountable, sometimes a tenure)
Tenure is the length of time someone holds an important job or position: "During her tenure as head teacher, the school grew.". - term noun (a term, terms); verb (term, termed — formal)
A term is one of the parts the school year is divided into, such as the autumn term. - terminable adjective
Terminable means able to be ended or stopped, especially a contract or agreement (formal, law). - terminal noun (a terminal, terminals); adjective (terminal)
A terminal is a big building at an airport, bus station, train station or port where people start or end their journeys. - terminally adverb (terminally)
Terminally ill means having an illness that cannot be cured and will lead to death. - terminate verb (terminate, terminates, terminated, terminating)
To terminate means to end something or to come to an end: "the contract was terminated". - termination noun (termination, terminations)
Termination is the ending of something, like a contract, a job or a service. - terminator noun (a terminator, terminators)
A terminator is someone or something that ends or destroys something. - terminological adjective (terminological); adverb terminologically; noun terminology
Terminological means to do with the special words (terms) used in a subject: a terminological question is about which word to use. - terminology noun (terminology — uncountable; terminologies)
1) Terminology is the set of special words and phrases used in a subject or job, like the terminology of science, football or music. - terminus noun (a terminus, termini or terminuses)
A terminus is the last stop or station at the end of a bus, train or tram route. - termite noun (a termite, termites)
1) A small, pale insect that lives in large groups called colonies, eats wood, and builds big nests or mounds. - terms noun, plural (terms); used in phrases
Terms are the conditions or rules of an agreement: «the terms of the deal». - tern noun (a tern, terns)
1) A tern is a seabird like a small, slim gull, with long pointed wings, a forked tail and often a black cap, which dives into water to… - terrace noun (a terrace, terraces); verb (terrace, terraced, terracing)
A terrace is a flat area next to a house, café or hotel where people can sit outside. - terracotta noun (terracotta, uncountable; also terra cotta); adjective (terracotta)
Terracotta is a reddish-brown clay that has been baked hard, used for flowerpots, roof tiles and statues. - terrain noun (terrain — usually uncountable; terrains)
A stretch of land, especially as to what it is like: hilly, rocky, flat, muddy or rough. - terrapin noun (terrapins)
1) A terrapin is a small water turtle that lives in ponds and rivers. - terrestrial adjective (terrestrial); noun (a terrestrial, terrestrials — rare)
Living on land or growing on land, not in water or the air. - terrible adjective (terrible); adverb (terribly)
Terrible means very bad or unpleasant: a terrible storm, a terrible smell. - terribly adverb
Terribly means very or extremely (informal): I'm terribly sorry. - terrier noun (a terrier, terriers)
A small or medium-sized, lively dog first bred to hunt and dig out small animals such as rats, rabbits and foxes. - terrific adjective (more terrific, most terrific)
1) Terrific means very great or very large; in everyday talk, wonderful. 2) (old use) Terrific means terrifying, causing great fear. - terrified adjective; past form of verb «terrify» (terrify, terrifies, terrified, terrifying)
1) Terrified means very, very frightened. 2) (verb, past) Terrified is the past form of terrify: to make someone extremely scared. - terrify verb (terrify, terrifies, terrified, terrifying)
To terrify someone means to make them extremely frightened: "Thunder terrifies my dog.". - terrifying adjective (terrifying, more terrifying, most terrifying); verb form (present participle of terrify)
Terrifying means making you feel extremely frightened. - territorial adjective (territorial; more territorial)
Territorial means about land or an area that belongs to a country or person («territorial waters»). - territory noun (a territory, territories; territory — uncountable)
A territory is an area of land that belongs to or is ruled by a country or a ruler. - terror noun (terror — uncountable; a terror, terrors)
1) Very great fear: They screamed in terror. 2) Something or someone that causes great fear. 3) Violence used to frighten people, usually… - terrorise verb (terrorise, terrorises, terrorised, terrorising; US terrorize)
To terrorise people is to frighten them very badly, again and again, often by threats or violence. - terrorist noun (a terrorist, terrorists); adjective (terrorist)
1) A terrorist is a person who uses violence or threats against ordinary people, often by bombing or attacking, to frighten people and… - test noun (test, tests); verb (test, tests, tested, testing)
A test is a set of questions that checks what you know. - testament noun (a testament, testaments; the Old Testament, the New Testament)
1) (Bible) The Old Testament and the New Testament are the two main parts of the Christian Bible: the Old Testament has the Hebrew… - tester noun (a tester, testers)
A tester is a person whose job is to test things, like games, apps, food or cars, to find problems. - testify verb (testifies, testified, testifying)
To testify is to tell what you know or saw, especially in a court and on oath. - testimony noun (testimony, testimonies)
A formal statement of what someone saw or knows, given in a court of law. - testosterone noun (testosterone; uncountable)
Testosterone is a hormone, a chemical messenger in the body. - testudo noun (a testudo, testudos or testudines); (science) Testudo — a genus of tortoises
1) (history) A testudo was a Roman army formation: soldiers stood close together and held their shields in front of them and over their… - tet noun (proper noun: Tết); also a letter name
1) Tết (Tet) is the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, the most important festival in Vietnam, celebrated in late January or February with family… - tetanus noun (tetanus)
1) Tetanus is a serious illness caused by germs that live in soil and dust and can get into the body through a cut or wound; it makes… - tethered verb (tether, tethers, tethered, tethering)
To tether an animal is to tie it with a rope or chain to a post or tree, so it can move only a short way. - tetra noun (a tetra, tetras); also a prefix tetra- meaning four
A tetra is a small, often brightly coloured freshwater fish from South America or Africa, popular in home aquariums, such as the neon tetra. - texan noun (a Texan, Texans); adjective (Texan)
1) A person from Texas, a big state in the south of the USA. 2) (adjective) From or to do with Texas: a Texan ranch, a Texan accent. - text noun (a text, texts; text, uncountable); verb (text, texts, texted, texting)
Text is written words, like the words in a book or on a screen. - textbook noun (a textbook, textbooks); adjective (textbook)
1) A book used by pupils and students to study a subject. 2) (adjective) Exactly as it should be, a perfect example: «a textbook goal». - textile noun (a textile, textiles); adjective-like before a noun (textile factory)
A textile is any cloth or fabric that is woven, knitted or made from threads, such as cotton, wool or silk. - textual adjective (textual)
Textual means to do with a text, the actual written words of a book, poem or document. - texture noun (texture, a texture, textures); verb (texture, textures, textured, texturing)
Texture is how something feels when you touch it, such as rough, smooth, bumpy or soft. - th fragment (th — letters; also suffix -th)
Not a full word: the two letters "t" and "h" that together make one sound, as in "the" or "think". - thai adjective (Thai); noun (a Thai, Thais; Thai — the language)
Thai means from or about Thailand, a country in Southeast Asia whose capital is Bangkok. - than conjunction, preposition
Than is used when you compare two things: «taller than», «more than». - thank verb (thank, thanks, thanked, thanking); noun (thanks — plural only)
To tell someone you are grateful for something they did or gave: "Thank you!". - thankful adjective (thankful, more thankful, most thankful)
1) Feeling glad and grateful that something good happened or something bad did not happen. 2) Feeling thanks towards someone. - thankfully adverb (thankfully)
1) In a way that shows you are glad or grateful. 2) Luckily, to say that something good happened. - thankfulness noun (thankfulness — uncountable)
1) Thankfulness is the feeling of being grateful and glad for something good that you have or that someone has done for you. - thanks noun (thanks — plural only); interjection (Thanks!); verb form (thanks, from thank)
Thanks is a short, friendly way of saying «thank you». - thanksgiving noun (Thanksgiving — a holiday; thanksgiving — uncountable)
1) Thanksgiving is a holiday in the USA (in late autumn) and in Canada (in mid autumn) when families eat a big meal, often turkey, and… - that pronoun, determiner (that, those); conjunction; adverb
That points to a thing that was named before or that is farther away: «that box over there». - thatch noun (thatch — usually uncountable; a thatch); verb (thatch, thatches, thatched, thatching)
Thatch is a roof covering made of straw, reeds or similar dried plants laid thickly. - thatcher noun (a thatcher, thatchers); proper noun (Thatcher — a surname, a name)
A thatcher is a person whose job is to make roofs from straw, reeds or similar dry plants. - thaw verb (thaw, thaws, thawed, thawing); noun (a thaw)
To thaw is to melt: ice or snow thaws when it gets warmer. - the article (definite)
The points to a thing you already know about or that has been named. - theatre noun (theatre, theatres; US spelling theater)
A theatre is a building where people watch plays, musicals, dances or shows on a stage. - theatrical adjective (theatrical); noun (theatricals — plural)
Theatrical means about the theatre, plays and acting: a theatrical company, theatrical costumes. - theft noun (theft, a theft, thefts)
Theft is the crime of stealing, taking something that belongs to someone else without permission and without meaning to give it back. - them pronoun; determiner (nonstandard: «them sweets» for «those sweets»)
Them means the people or things already spoken about, more than one.
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