V
- va fragment/abbreviation (VA); French word (va)
VA is short for Virginia, a state in the United States, in addresses. - vacancy noun (a vacancy, vacancies)
A vacancy is a job that is free and waiting for someone to fill it. - vacant adjective (vacant); adverb vacantly; noun vacancy (a vacancy, vacancies)
Vacant means empty, not being used or lived in: a vacant seat, a vacant house. - vacate verb (vacate, vacates, vacated, vacating)
1) (formal) To vacate a place is to leave it so that it is empty for someone else. 2) (formal) To vacate a job or seat is to give it up. - vacation noun (a vacation, vacations); verb (vacation, vacations, vacationed, vacationing)
A holiday: a time away from school or work, often travelling somewhere for fun. - vaccinate verb (vaccinate, vaccinates, vaccinated, vaccinating); noun (vaccination, vaccine)
1) To give a person or animal a vaccine, usually by injection, so that their body learns to fight a disease before catching it. - vaccinated adjective (vaccinated); verb (past tense and past participle of vaccinate)
1) Given a vaccine, a medicine, usually by an injection, that teaches the body to fight a disease before you catch it. - vaccinating verb, -ing form of «vaccinate» (vaccinate, vaccinates, vaccinated, vaccinating)
Vaccinating means giving someone a vaccine, usually by an injection, to protect them from a disease. - vaccination noun (a vaccination, vaccinations; uncountable for the process)
A vaccination is an injection or medicine that protects you from a disease by teaching your body to fight it. - vaccine noun (a vaccine, vaccines)
1) A vaccine is a medicine, usually given as an injection, that teaches your body to fight a particular disease, so you do not get very… - vacuum noun (a vacuum, vacuums); verb (vacuum, vacuums, vacuumed, vacuuming)
A vacuum cleaner: a machine that sucks up dust and dirt from floors and carpets. - vagabond noun (vagabond, vagabonds); also used as an adjective
A vagabond is a person with no home or regular work who wanders from place to place; a tramp. - vague adjective (vague, vaguer, vaguest); adverb vaguely; noun vagueness
Vague means not clear or exact: a vague answer, vague directions. - vaguely adverb
1) Vaguely means in a way that is not clear or exact. 2) Vaguely can mean slightly, a little. - vagueness noun (vagueness)
1) Vagueness is when something is not clear or exact, so you cannot tell the details. - vain adjective (vain, vainer, vainest); phrase «in vain»
1) Too proud of your looks, cleverness or what you have. 2) Useless; not succeeding: a vain attempt. 3) «In vain» means without success. - vainly adverb (vainly)
1) Without success; in vain: he tried vainly to open the door. 2) (less common) In a vain, proud way about your looks or abilities. - vale noun (vale, vales)
1) A vale is a valley, a low green piece of land between hills. It is a poetic and old-fashioned word. - valediction noun (a valediction, valedictions) — formal
A valediction is the act of saying goodbye, or the words you use to say goodbye. - valentine noun (a valentine, valentines; Valentine as a name)
A valentine is a card or small gift sent on Valentine's Day to show love or liking, often without signing your name. - valerian noun (valerian — a plant, valerians)
Valerian is a tall wild plant with small sweet-smelling pink or white flowers that grows by rivers and in damp places. - valet noun (valet, valets)
1) A valet is a manservant who looks after a rich man's clothes and needs. It is an old-fashioned word. - valhalla noun (Valhalla) — a name, usually with a capital V
Valhalla is the great hall in the old Norse (Viking) myths where the god Odin welcomed warriors who died bravely in battle. - valiant adjective (valiant, more valiant, most valiant)
1) Valiant means very brave, not afraid of danger. It is a word for heroes. - valiantly adverb (valiantly)
1) Valiantly means in a brave way, bravely, not giving up when in danger. - valid adjective (valid, more valid)
Valid means officially acceptable and able to be used, for example because it has not run out: «a valid ticket», «a valid passport». - validity noun (validity)
Validity is how true, fair or correct something is, for example an argument or a test. - validly adverb (validly)
Validly means in a way that is valid: officially correct, accepted by the rules or the law. - valley noun (a valley, valleys)
A valley is a low area of land between hills or mountains, often with a river running through it. - valor noun (valor, no plural)
1) Valor is great bravery, especially in battle or a fight. It is the American spelling of valour. - valorous adjective (valorous, more valorous, most valorous)
1) (formal, old) Valorous means very brave, especially in battle. - valour noun (valour – uncountable; US spelling: valor)
1) Great courage, especially in battle or danger. 2) (old) Worth or bravery shown in brave deeds. - valuable adjective (valuable, more valuable, most valuable); noun (valuables — plural)
1) Valuable means worth a lot of money. 2) Very useful or important: valuable advice, valuable time. 3) (noun, plural) Valuables are small… - valuation noun (a valuation, valuations)
A valuation is an expert's decision about how much money something is worth. - value noun, verb (value, values, valued, valuing)
Value is how much something is worth in money. - valve noun (a valve, valves)
A valve is a part that opens and closes to control how a liquid or gas flows through a pipe or tube. - vampire noun (a vampire, vampires); also vampire bat
In stories and legends, a vampire is a dead person who rises from the grave at night and drinks the blood of living people. - van noun (van, vans)
A van is a vehicle bigger than a car and smaller than a truck, used for carrying people or goods. - vandal noun (a vandal, vandals)
A vandal is a person who deliberately damages or destroys property. - vandalism noun (vandalism; uncountable)
1) Damaging or destroying other people's property or public things on purpose, such as breaking windows or spraying paint. - vane noun (a vane, vanes)
A weather vane is a pointer on top of a building that turns in the wind to show which way the wind is blowing. - vanilla noun (vanilla, uncountable); adjective (vanilla ice cream)
Vanilla is a sweet flavour that comes from the seed pods of a kind of orchid plant. - vanish verb (vanish, vanishes, vanished, vanishing)
To vanish means to disappear suddenly or in a way you cannot explain. - vanishing verb form of vanish (vanish, vanishes, vanished, vanishing); adjective (a vanishing act, vanishing species); noun (the vanishing of …)
Disappearing suddenly or completely, so you cannot see it any more. - vanity noun (vanity, vanities)
Being too proud of how you look or what you can do; caring too much about being admired. - vanquish verb (vanquish, vanquishes, vanquished, vanquishing)
1) To vanquish is to defeat someone completely in a fight or contest. It is a stronger word than beat. - vantage noun (vantage – mostly in «vantage point»)
A position that gives you a good view or an advantage: «a vantage point» is a high or good place to watch from. - vape verb (vape, vapes, vaped, vaping); noun (a vape, vapes)
To breathe in and out the vapour (mist) from an electronic cigarette. - vapor noun (vapor, vapors)
1) Vapor is a mist or gas made when water or another liquid heats up, like steam. - vaporise verb (vaporise, vaporises, vaporised, vaporising); US spelling vaporize
To turn a liquid or a solid into a gas or vapour, usually by heating it. - vapour noun (vapour — uncountable; British spelling; American: vapor)
Vapour is a gas made when a liquid is heated or evaporates, especially water vapour. - vaquita noun (vaquita, vaquitas)
1) A very small porpoise that lives only in the northern Gulf of California, in Mexico, and is the most endangered sea mammal in the world. - var abbreviation (var, VAR — not an ordinary word)
In computer programming, «var» is a short keyword for «variable», a named box that holds a value (used in JavaScript and other languages). - variable adjective (variable); noun (a variable, variables)
Changing often or able to change: variable weather. - variance noun (variance)
1) Variance is difference or disagreement. The phrase «at variance» means not in agreement with someone or something. - variant noun (a variant, variants); adjective (variant — formal)
A slightly different form or version of something, such as a different spelling of a word or a different version of a game. - variation noun (a variation, variations; also uncountable)
A change or difference in amount or level: variation in temperature. - varicella noun (varicella, uncountable)
The proper medical name for chickenpox, a common illness that gives an itchy rash of spots and blisters, mostly in children. - varied adjective (varied); verb form (vary, varies, varied, varying)
Varied means made of many different kinds, as in a varied diet. - variegated adjective (variegated)
Variegated leaves or flowers have patches, stripes or edges of different colours, often green and white or yellow. - variety noun (a variety, varieties; countable and uncountable)
Variety means having many different kinds of things, not all the same: a menu with variety has lots of choices. - various adjective (various)
1) Several different; of different kinds. 2) More than one; many separate ones. - variously adverb (variously)
In different ways, or by different people at different times. - varnish noun (varnish, a varnish, varnishes); verb (varnish, varnishes, varnished, varnishing)
Varnish is a clear liquid painted onto wood or other surfaces that dries to make a hard, shiny, protective layer. - vary verb (vary, varies, varied, varying)
To be different from each other: "Prices vary from shop to shop.". - vas noun (vas, plural vasa — medical, rare); fragment
A tube or vessel in the body that carries fluid; mostly seen in vas deferens, the tube in a man's body that carries sperm. - vascular adjective (vascular)
Vascular means to do with the tubes that carry blood in animals (blood vessels: arteries, veins and capillaries). - vase noun (vase, vases)
1) A vase is a container, often tall and pretty, for holding flowers in water. 2) A vase can also be an ornament that stands on its own. - vassal noun (vassal, vassals)
1) A vassal was, in old times, a person who served a lord and owed him loyalty and work. It is an old word. - vast adjective (vast, vaster, vastest)
1) Extremely large in size, amount or area. 2) «The vast majority» means nearly all. - vastly adverb (vastly)
1) Very much; to a very great degree. 2) Over a very large area or amount. - vastness noun (vastness, uncountable; vastnesses — rare)
1) The quality of being extremely large, wide or huge. 2) A very large, empty area, such as a desert, an ocean or space. - vat noun (a vat, vats); noun (VAT, uncountable — UK, money)
A vat is a very large tank or barrel for holding liquids, used in factories, breweries and dye works. - vaudeville noun (vaudeville)
1) A vaudeville is a light stage show with songs, jokes and short acts, popular long ago. - vault noun (a vault, vaults); verb (vault, vaults, vaulted, vaulting)
A vault is a strong, locked room for keeping money and treasure safe, as in a bank. - veal noun (veal — uncountable)
1) Veal is the meat from a young calf (a baby cow), used as food. - veau noun (French; le veau, les veaux) — not an English word
«Veau» is the French word for a calf (a baby cow), and also for veal, the meat of a calf. - veg noun (veg — informal, uncountable or plural); verb (veg out, vegs out, vegged out, vegging out — informal)
Veg is short for vegetable or vegetables: meat and two veg, fruit and veg. - vegan noun (a vegan, vegans); adjective (vegan)
1) A vegan is a person who does not eat or use anything that comes from animals: no meat, fish, milk, cheese, eggs or honey, and often no… - vegetable noun (vegetable, vegetables; informal veg, veggies); adjective (vegetable oil)
A vegetable is a plant or part of a plant we eat, like a carrot, potato, cabbage or bean. - vegetarian noun (a vegetarian, vegetarians); adjective (a vegetarian meal)
1) A vegetarian is a person who does not eat meat or fish. 2) Vegetarian food has no meat or fish in it. - vegetarianism noun (vegetarianism — uncountable)
1) Vegetarianism is the practice of not eating meat or fish. - vegetation noun (vegetation, uncountable)
Vegetation means all the plants that grow in a place, such as trees, bushes, grass and flowers, taken together. - veggie noun (a veggie, veggies; informal); adjective (veggie; informal)
1) (informal) A vegetable. 2) (informal, UK, Australia) A vegetarian, someone who does not eat meat. 3) (adjective, informal) Vegetarian… - vehement adjective (vehement)
Vehement means showing very strong feeling, especially when arguing or disagreeing: «a vehement protest». - vehemently adverb
1) Vehemently means with very strong feeling, especially when disagreeing or denying something. - vehicle noun (vehicle, vehicles)
A vehicle is something that carries people or things from place to place, like a car, bus, truck, train or bike. - veil noun (a veil, veils); verb (veil, veils, veiled, veiling)
A piece of thin cloth worn over the head or face, for example by a bride at a wedding or by some women for religious reasons. - vein noun (a vein, veins)
A vein is a tube in the body that carries blood back to the heart. - velcro noun (Velcro, uncountable — a brand name; velcro in general use); verb (velcro, velcros, velcroed — informal)
1) Velcro is a fastener made of two strips: one with tiny hooks and one with tiny loops, which stick together when pressed and pull apart… - veld noun (the veld, also veldt)
1) Wide, open grassland in southern Africa, with few trees, especially in South Africa. - veldt noun (the veldt; also spelt veld)
1) The wide, open grassland of southern Africa, with few trees, where animals like zebras, giraffes and antelope live. - vellum noun (vellum, vellums)
1) Vellum is thick, smooth writing material made from the skin of an animal, used for old books and documents. - velociraptor noun (a velociraptor, velociraptors; Velociraptor — the scientific name)
1) A velociraptor was a small, fast, meat-eating dinosaur that lived in what is now Mongolia and China; it ran on two legs, had feathers… - velocity noun (velocity, velocities)
1) Velocity is speed in a particular direction. 2) In everyday use, velocity means speed, especially high speed. - velodrome noun (a velodrome, velodromes)
1) A building or arena with a steeply sloping oval track for bicycle racing. - velvet noun (velvet — uncountable; a velvet, rare); adjective (velvet, velvety)
A soft cloth with a thick, short, fluffy surface on one side, often used for fancy clothes, curtains and cushions. - velveteen noun (velveteen, no plural)
1) Velveteen is a soft cloth like velvet, made of cotton, often used for toys and clothes. - velvety adjective (velvety)
1) Velvety means soft and smooth like velvet cloth: «velvety petals». 2) A velvety voice or taste is smooth, deep and rich. - vendetta noun (a vendetta, vendettas)
A long, bitter quarrel between two families in which they keep taking revenge on each other, sometimes violently.
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