crystalhe/wiktionary-zh-en-ja-ko huggingface dataset:
solely (English, adv)
Forms: form: solely
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: Superlative–
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsəʊl.li/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈsoʊl.li/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: You use solely to say that somebody or something is the only one like that or that did it.
examples: It is not good for a country to rely solely on one energy source.
You are solely responsible for this problem.
deny (English, verb)
Forms: form: deny
tags: canonical
form: denies
tags: third-person
singular
form: denied
tags: past
form: denied
tags: past
participle
form: denying
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈnaɪ/
tags: UK
ipa: /dəˈnaɪ/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If you deny something, you say it didn't happen or isn't true.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: He denied charges that Vietnamese troops participated in the fighting.
There can be no denying that the Cobra is an extremely exciting car to drive.
The report that came out earlier today has been denied by the White House.
glosses: If you deny somebody something, you stop them from having or doing it.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: A quick dive by the goal keeper denies Beckham the goal.
Why would you go to work and deny yourself a little rest?
bear (English, noun)
Forms: form: bear
raw_tags: Singular
form: bears
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛə/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /bɛɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: US
homophones: bare
glosses: A bear is a big animal with a short tail. They either eat only meat or meat and plants. There are many different types of bears, for example brown bears and polar bears.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Polar bears are white.
Grizzly bears live in North America.
glosses: Someone who acts rough and lacks manners could be called a bear.
raw_tags: figurative
glosses: A large, hairy, homosexual man is called a bear.
raw_tags: slang
countable
bear (English, verb)
Forms: form: born
tags: past
participle
form: bear
tags: canonical
form: bears
tags: third-person
singular
form: bore
tags: past
form: borne
tags: past
participle
form: bearing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛə/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /bɛɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: US
homophones: bare
glosses: If x bears y, x holds y up.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: This wall bears half the weight of the roof.
The chieftain bears a spear.
glosses: If someone bears something bad, they accept it or deal with it.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: He has to bear insults because of his appearance.
I cannot bear looking at the news.
The pain is so bad, I can hardly bear it.
glosses: If a baby is born, it comes out of its mother.
raw_tags: transitive
usually passive
examples: The woman bore a little boy.
He was born on October 22, 1983.
glosses: If something is born, it is newly created.
raw_tags: transitive
usually passive
examples: This idea was born out of boredom.
glosses: If something bears fruit, flowers, etc., it grows them.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: This apple tree is 100 years old, it does not bear apples anymore.
glosses: If x bears y, x holds y on the surface.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Peter bears a small scar on his forehead.
The flag bore a white lion.
The sign bears the words "Hey there!".
big (English, adj)
Forms: form: big
tags: positive
form: bigger
tags: comparative
form: biggest
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪɡ/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: If something is big, it is large in size; tall, wide, long, or fat.
examples: He's bigger than me.
I would like a big glass of milk.
The tree was so big that you could see it over the top of the house.
synonyms: good
great
high
large
antonyms: little
small
glosses: If something is big, it is important.
examples: That's a big problem!
synonyms: important
glosses: Someone's big brother or a big sister is one who is older than the person.
examples: I have a big brother who's stronger than you!
large (English, adj)
Forms: form: large
tags: positive
form: larger
tags: comparative
form: largest
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɑːdʒ/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /lɑrdʒ/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, long, or fat.
examples: I would like a large glass of milk.
I need a larger piece of paper to fit all these pictures onto it.
synonyms: big
antonyms: little
small
compile (English, verb)
Forms: form: compile
tags: canonical
form: compiles
tags: third-person
singular
form: compiled
tags: past
form: compiled
tags: past
participle
form: compiling
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmpʌɪl/
tags: UK
ipa: /kəmˈpaɪl/
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: Someone compiles some things or ideas when they bring them together into one place.
examples: I need to compile a list of reasons not to go ahead with the project.
She compiled a good set of books to read about the history of that place.
panel (English, noun)
Forms: form: panel
raw_tags: Singular
form: panels
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /pænəɫ/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A panel is a flat piece of wood or other material, used as part of a wall or on the side of something.
examples: The house has aluminium panels covering the outside.
glosses: A panel is a group of people who come together at a table to talk or to judge, usually in front of many other people.
examples: The panel made a decision that Paul had won the dance contest.
I went to listen to a panel talking about global warming.
panel (English, verb)
Forms: form: panelled
tags: past
form: panelled
tags: past
participle
form: panelling
tags: present
participle
form: panel
tags: canonical
form: panels
tags: third-person
singular
form: paneled
tags: past
form: paneled
tags: past
participle
form: paneling
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /pænəɫ/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: To put panels on something.
device (English, noun)
Forms: form: device
raw_tags: Singular
form: devices
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈvaɪs/
tags: US
glosses: A device is a small machine or tool.
raw_tags: countable
examples: She has a device in her kitchen for cutting garlic.
glosses: A device is a machine or part attached to a computer, such as a keyboard, mouse, printer etc.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The mouse is an important device for using the computer.
glosses: A device is a clever way of doing something.
raw_tags: countable
glosses: A device is a logo.
raw_tags: countable
yet (English, adv)
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɛt/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: When something hasn't happened yet, it didn't happen, but it might happen in the future.
examples: Is she there yet?
yet (English, conj)
Forms: form: yet
raw_tags: Coordinator
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɛt/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Used to join words, phrases, and clauses that contrast.
examples: It's cold outside, yet I don't see you wearing a coat.
I've never tried so hard yet accomplished so little.
ambiguous (English, adj)
Forms: form: ambiguous
tags: positive
form: more ambiguous
tags: comparative
form: most ambiguous
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /æmˈbɪ.ɡju.əs/
tags: US
glosses: If something is ambiguous, it has more than one possible meaning, state, or explanation.
examples: I think he fills his speeches with ambiguous words on purpose.
The goal of the challenge remains rather ambiguous.
antonyms: unambiguous
ongoing (English, adj)
Forms: form: ongoing
tags: positive
form: more ongoing
tags: comparative
form: most ongoing
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒnɡəʊɪŋ/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Something is ongoing if it's continuing to happen without stopping in one long period of time.
examples: The growth of bones is still ongoing at age 12.
The development of the new way of doing this is ongoing.
synonyms: continuing
antonyms: punctuated
sporadic
conceive (English, verb)
Forms: form: conceive
tags: canonical
form: conceives
tags: third-person
singular
form: conceived
tags: past
form: conceived
tags: past
participle
form: conceiving
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsiːv/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If you can conceive of a certain situation, you can imagine it.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: I just can't conceive of life without you.
Can you conceive what life would have been like in that time?
glosses: Someone conceives of an idea when they think of the idea for the first time, and it's their idea: they thought of it themselves, no one told them.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: The planners first conceived of the idea of making a large, curved building here in 1998.
I can't conceive of any way of getting there before 5:00.
glosses: A woman conceives a baby when she becomes pregnant (starts to carry a tiny baby inside her).
raw_tags: transitive
examples: The baby was conceived the day we went to Niagara Falls.
notwithstanding (English, prep)
Forms: form: notwithstanding
raw_tags: Preposition
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɒtwɪθˈstændɪŋ/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˌnɑːtwɪθˈstændɪŋ/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If something is true notwithstanding something else, it is true in spite of that other thing.
examples: We're going ahead with the event as planned, notwithstanding the heavy rain and wind.
He's really a terrible man, his excellent work notwithstanding.
Notwithstanding, the problem is a significant one.
You live an eternal life notwithstanding that your seat of consciousness is currently physical.
submit (English, verb)
Forms: form: submit
tags: canonical
form: submits
tags: third-person
singular
form: submitted
tags: past
form: submitted
tags: past
participle
form: submitting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /səbˈmɪt/
tags: US
glosses: If you submit something, usually a piece of writing, you give it to somebody to be checked or accepted.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: They submitted their final report together with recommendations to the president.
Students will submit their application with examples of work already done by March 31.
synonyms: undergo
give in
glosses: If you submit to some authority, you accept that they have power over you.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: At least up to 1985, the British government submitted to the threat of violence from the terrorists.
Although most people submit willingly to this process, very few of them have any choice in the matter.
trill (English, noun)
Forms: form: trill
raw_tags: Singular
form: trills
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /trɪl/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A consonant sound made by vibrating the tongue against the part of the mouth where the sound is being made, looser than a fricative such as "s" in "sit", but tighter than an approximant such as "w" in "well".
examples: The word arroz, meaning "rice", contains the alveolar trill (trill made on the roof of the mouth).
somewhat (English, det)
Forms: form: somewhat
raw_tags: Determiner
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌmwɒt/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈsʌmwɑt/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: a little, not very
raw_tags: formal
examples: What happens in the classroom can be somewhat different from the lesson plan.
She was somewhat surprised to find her name in the morning paper.
His guitar playing has changed somewhat since the band's first CD.
That's somewhat of a problem.
empirical (English, adj)
Forms: form: empirical
tags: positive
form: more empirical
tags: comparative
form: most empirical
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpɪrɪkəl/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If something is empirical, it is based on or can be checked by observation or experience.
examples: Simply because there is no empirical evidence to support this does not mean it's wrong. It simply means we haven't looked hard enough.
This hypothesis has been challenged on both theoretical and empirical grounds.
antonyms: theoretical
hypothetical
phenomenon (English, noun)
Forms: form: phenomenon
raw_tags: Singular
form: phenomena or phenomenons
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈnɒmɪnən/
tags: UK
singular
tags: UK
singular
ipa: /fəˈnɑməˌnɑn/
tags: US
singular
ipa: /fəˈnɒmɪnə/
raw_tags: phenomena
tags: UK
plural
singular
ipa: /fəˈnɑmənə/
tags: US
singular
glosses: A phenomenon is a fact or event that you can observe (see or hear or sense), especially one that is not fully understood.
examples: But this explanation is not enough to explain the observed phenomena.
Football violence is not a particularly new phenomenon, and it isn't only a British problem.
These scientists study such phenomena as storms and changing climate.
glosses: A phenomenon is a person, show, book, etc. that is very popular.
examples: 'N Sync was something of a pop music phenomenon in the late 90s.
Snakes as pets are not a new phenomenon, but they do seem to be growing more popular.
patriarchy (English, noun)
Forms: form: patriarchy
raw_tags: Singular
form: patriarchies
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpeɪt(ʃ)riɑrki/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: A patriarchy is a society where the oldest male is considered to be the leader of the household.
italics (English, noun)
Forms: form: italic
raw_tags: Singular
form: italics
tags: plural
glosses: Italics are a style of letters written slanted. In English, they are usually used for stressing a word in a sentence or for foreign words.
raw_tags: countable
usually plural
examples: The sentences written in italics have been added or changed.
italic (English, noun)
Forms: form: italic
raw_tags: Singular
form: italics
tags: plural
glosses: Italics are a style of letters written slanted. In English, they are usually used for stressing a word in a sentence or for foreign words.
raw_tags: countable
usually plural
examples: The sentences written in italics have been added or changed.
via (English, prep)
Forms: form: via
raw_tags: Preposition
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvi:ə/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: You use via to mean the path that something takes when it goes somewhere (the places it goes through before it gets there).
examples: We can send video, audio and data from any point in the UK, via satellite.
This became part of our route from Liverpool to Manchester via Runcorn.
John sent the message to Yoko via Hamid.
etc. (English, abbrev)
Forms: form: etc.
raw_tags: Abbreviation
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: etc. is short for et cetera.
et cetera (English, phrase)
Forms: form: et cetera
raw_tags: Expression
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛt ˈsɛtərə/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Et cetera means "and more of the same kind of thing". It is often written etc.
examples: There are pens, pencils, paper, etc., in the bag.
1, 2, 3, et cetera.
centimeter (English, noun)
Forms: form: centimeter
raw_tags: Singular
form: centimeters
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛn.tɪ.miː.tə/
tags: UK
glosses: A hundredth of a meter; 100 centimeters is one meter.
raw_tags: countable
examples: This pencil is 18 centimeters long.
break (English, verb)
Forms: form: break
tags: canonical
form: breaks
tags: third-person
singular
form: broke
tags: past
form: broken
tags: past
participle
form: breaking
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /breɪk/
tags: US
homophones: brake
glosses: If you break something, you make it come apart in a way that cannot easily be put back together, usually by force.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: He injured his leg and broke his arm during the crash.
When my brother died, my family broke apart.
The airplane broke apart in the sky over Hawai'i.
When the ice broke underneath me, I said to myself, I'm in trouble.
glosses: If something such as a machine breaks, it stops working because something is wrong.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: My car breaks down about once a week.
glosses: If you break a law, rule, promise, etc. you do something that you should not do.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: The police can't do anything if no laws are broken.
These are the rules. Don't break the rules and I won't send you home.
glosses: If you break a surface, limit, record, etc., you go beyond it.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: In 1954 he set a new record of 3:59.4, breaking the old record by more than five minutes.
Wilson broke barriers for women in journalism at a time when newsrooms were mostly male.
glosses: If you break free or out of something, you could not leave but now you leave.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: The police are looking for some prisoners who broke out of the jail.
One of the dogs broke loose and ran at her.
When she closed the door, everyone broke into laughter.
glosses: If you break, you stop for a short time to rest.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: We break for coffee at 10:00 every morning.
glosses: If day or morning breaks, it begins.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: The day was breaking as they packed up the tent.
Dawn was just breaking when Helga Schneider climbed out of bed.
glosses: If you break something, you stop it suddenly.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: The sound of the door closing broke the silence.
I didn't know my father, but with my son, I want to break that cycle of fathers leaving their sons.
The show had been so magical that people didn't want to leave the theater, didn't want to break the spell.
Smoking is such a hard habit to break.
Mike had to leave to break up a fight between Ronni and Bridget.
The rain finally broke on Monday evening.
glosses: If news breaks, it becomes known.
raw_tags: intransitive
glosses: If your voice breaks, it changes because you are almost crying.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: "I wanted to say goodbye before he died", she said, her voice breaking.
glosses: If you break some money, you change a note into coins.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: I don't want to break a twenty just to buy matches.
break (English, noun)
Forms: form: break
raw_tags: Singular
form: breaks
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /breɪk/
tags: US
homophones: brake
glosses: A break is a time when something stops before starting again.
raw_tags: countable
examples: We get a 15-minute break in the middle of the morning.
I'll phone you during my lunch break.
We're going to take a one-minute commercial break and we'll be right back.
glosses: A break (up) is an end of a relationship.
raw_tags: countable
examples: We didn't see each other for years after the break up.
glosses: A break is a space between something continuous.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The sun shone through a break in the clouds.
glosses: A break is a situation in which things are not as difficult.
raw_tags: countable
examples: That job opening up just when she finished school was a lucky break for her.
Give me a break.
The new law would give middle-income families a $2,000 tax break.
glosses: A break is a place where something is broken.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The break in his leg could be seen clearly on the x-ray.
people (English, noun)
Forms: form: person
raw_tags: Singular
form: persons or people
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːpəl/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈpipl/
tags: US
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The plural form of person; more than one (kind of) person.
examples: Who are these people at the party?
glosses: A people is a group of men, women, and children with a shared culture, history, and language.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Although Lebanon and Syria are two countries they are one people.
This people shares some characteristics with the aborigines.
people (English, verb)
Forms: form: people
tags: canonical
form: peoples
tags: third-person
singular
form: peopled
tags: past
form: peopled
tags: past
participle
form: peopling
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːpəl/
tags: UK
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈpipl/
tags: US
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If a place is peopled, people live there.
raw_tags: transitive
usually passive
examples: It's a wonderful country peopled with amazing cooks and dancers.
glosses: If you people a story, movie, etc. you fill it with people.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: He liked to people his books with simple folk.
cathedral (English, noun)
Forms: form: cathedral
raw_tags: Singular
form: cathedrals
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈθiː.drəl/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A church where a bishop is based
raw_tags: countable
examples: The new bishop took control of his cathedral.
fifty (English, det)
Forms: form: fifty
raw_tags: Determiner
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪfti/
tags: US
tags: Australia
glosses: ordinal fiftieth) The number 50.
tags: plural
raw_tags: number
indefinite
count
examples: There were fifty people in my class.
fifty (English, noun)
Forms: form: fifty
raw_tags: Singular
form: fifties
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪfti/
tags: US
tags: Australia
glosses: The number 50.
examples: Five tens is fifty.
forty (English, det)
Forms: form: forty
raw_tags: Determiner
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔrti/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: ordinal fortieth) The number 40.
tags: plural
raw_tags: number
indefinite
count
examples: He was forty minutes late.
forty (English, noun)
Forms: form: forty
raw_tags: Singular
form: forties
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔrti/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The number 40.
examples: Four tens is forty.
registry (English, noun)
Forms: form: registry
raw_tags: Singular
form: registries
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈrɛdʒɪstri/
tags: UK
glosses: A registry is an official list of names.
raw_tags: countable
paradigm (English, noun)
Forms: form: paradigm
raw_tags: Singular
form: paradigms
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæ.rə.daɪm/
tags: UK
tags: US
ipa: /ˈpær.ə.daɪm/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈpær.ə.dɑɪm/
tags: Australia
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Australia
glosses: A system of beliefs, ideas, values, and habits that is a way of thinking about the real world.
examples: At the time, this way of thinking was the dominant paradigm for social scientists.
glosses: A paradigm is an example, model or pattern, especially the most basic or central one.
examples: For fifteen centuries Aristotle remained the paradigm of knowledge itself.
It provides paradigms of action and role models through which we interpret `real life'.
glosses: (Grammar) A paradigm is the set of all word forms.
examples: The complete paradigm for boy is: boy, boy’s, boys, boys’, boyish.
channel (English, noun)
Forms: form: channel
raw_tags: Singular
form: channels
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: ˈtʃænəɫ
tags: US
glosses: A channel is a path that carries or directs flow or movement, especially of TV & radio signals and water.
examples: He only watches two television news channels.
glosses: The bottom and sides ("banks") of a river or other place where water moves.
glosses: The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
glosses: The part of a river where boats can pass.
examples: We have to keep our boat in the channel.
glosses: A narrow body of water between two land masses.
examples: The English Channel lies between France and England.
glosses: A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
examples: The guard-rail provided the channel between the downed wire and the tree.
glosses: The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
examples: A channel stretches between them.
glosses: A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals.
examples: We are using one of the 24 channels.
glosses: A path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.
examples: The channel is created by bonding the signals from these four pairs.
glosses: A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.
examples: Their call is being carried on channel 6 of the T-1 line.
glosses: A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.
examples: KNDD is the channel at 107.7 MHz in Seattle.
glosses: A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
examples: NBC is on channel 11 in San Jose.
glosses: The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head.
examples: This chip in this disk drive is the channel device.
glosses: The way in a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
examples: The liquid is pressurized in the lateral channel.
channel (English, verb)
Forms: form: channeled
tags: past
form: channeled
tags: past
participle
form: channeling
tags: present
participle
form: channel
tags: canonical
form: channels
tags: third-person
singular
form: channelled
tags: past
form: channelled
tags: past
participle
form: channelling
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: ˈtʃænəɫ
tags: US
glosses: If you channel something, you direct its flow.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: We will channel the cars to the left.
glosses: To take on the personality of another person.
examples: When it is my turn to sing Karaoke, I am going to channel Ray Charles.
pose (English, noun)
Forms: form: pose
raw_tags: Singular
form: poses
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəʊz/
tags: UK
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A position or arrangement.
examples: What kind of pose is best for this photograph?
glosses: An unusual position.
pose (English, verb)
Forms: form: pose
tags: canonical
form: poses
tags: third-person
singular
form: posed
tags: past
form: posed
tags: past
participle
form: posing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəʊz/
tags: UK
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: To set in place.
glosses: To ask, set (a test or quiz).
examples: The emcee will pose the tie-breaking question.
glosses: To maintain a pose.
glosses: to strike a pose or a position
examples: Will you pose for a photograph?
Have you posed for your portrait?
Some celebs spend too much time posing for photographs.
encounter (English, noun)
Forms: form: encounter
raw_tags: Singular
form: encounters
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/
tags: US
ipa: /ɪnˈkaʊntə/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: An encounter is a meeting, usually one that you don't expect.
raw_tags: countable
examples: I had a pleasant encounter yesterday: an old friend of mine visited me.
My job was really the result of a chance encounter with an old friend, now my boss.
synonyms: meet
glosses: An encounter is when two people or groups meet to play a game or fight a battle.
raw_tags: countable
examples: I hope there will be no encounter with other soldiers tomorrow.
This is the fifth World Cup encounter between these two teams.
encounter (English, verb)
Forms: form: encounter
tags: canonical
form: encounters
tags: third-person
singular
form: encountered
tags: past
form: encountered
tags: past
participle
form: encountering
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/
tags: US
ipa: /ɪnˈkaʊntə/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If you encounter problems, difficulties, etc., you experience them.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: When he did encounter problems, he always knew how to fix them.
glosses: If you encounter someone, you meet someone, usually unexpectedly.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: In the store I encountered my teacher.
glosses: If you encounter someone, you meet them to play a game or fight a battle.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: At night the battle ship encountered enemy planes.
persistent (English, adj)
Forms: form: persistent
tags: positive
form: more persistent
tags: comparative
form: most persistent
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɚˈsɪstənt/
tags: US
ipa: /pəˈsɪstənt/
tags: UK
tags: UK
glosses: If someone or something is persistent, they continue and do not give up quickly.
examples: She has had a persistent cough for weeks.
There was a persistent knocking on the door.
Many youth who spend time in jail actually become persistent offenders.
There have been persistent rumors for years.
glosses: Lasting past maturity without falling off.
raw_tags: botany
examples: Pine cones have persistent scales.
undergo (English, verb)
Forms: form: undergo
tags: canonical
form: undergoes
tags: third-person
singular
form: underwent
tags: past
form: undergone
tags: past
participle
form: undergoing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌndɚˈɡoʊ/
tags: US
ipa: /ˌʌndəˈɡəʊ/
tags: UK
tags: UK
glosses: If you undergo something, it happens to you; often it is not nice.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: The country has undergone great changes in the last decade.
She had to undergo surgery because of her broken leg.
The bridge is currently undergoing tests to see if it can be reopened.
convince (English, verb)
Forms: form: convince
tags: canonical
form: convinces
tags: third-person
singular
form: convinced
tags: past
form: convinced
tags: past
participle
form: convincing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈvɪns/
tags: UK
US
tags: US
glosses: To make someone believe, or feel sure about something.
examples: We have to convince her that the world is a sphere.
synonyms: assure
persuade
disambiguation (English, noun)
Forms: form: disambiguation
raw_tags: Singular
form: disambiguations
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsæmˌbɪɡjuːˈeɪʃən/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: If I work on disambiguation, I am helping to get rid of things that are so similar that they cause confusion.
examples: This page is a disambiguation page.
synonyms: clarification
enlightenment
illumination
antonyms: ambiguation
absolute (English, noun)
Forms: form: absolute
raw_tags: Singular
form: absolutes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.səˌluːt/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈæb.səˌlut/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: An absolute is something that will always exist.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Death is considered to be an absolute.
absolute (English, adj)
Forms: form: absolute
tags: positive
form: more absolute
tags: comparative
form: most absolute
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.səˌluːt/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈæb.səˌlut/
tags: US
tags: US
tags: UK
glosses: If something is absolute, it is complete or total.
examples: The light went out and he was in absolute darkness.
The sergeant has absolute power. His soldiers must obey him.
active (English, adj)
Forms: form: active
tags: positive
form: more active
tags: comparative
form: most active
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæktɪv/
tags: US
glosses: Something is active if it is turned on or started.
examples: One of the computers was active: its screen was bright.
antonyms: off
inactive
glosses: If someone is active, he or she does exercise often or participates often.
examples: She was such an active 80-year-old that she ran the Boston Marathon.
Jenkins is an active member of the Rotary Club since he goes to all the meetings.
antonyms: inactive
passive
sedentary
glosses: A sentence is active if its subject does the action.
raw_tags: grammar
examples: "Athena helped Odysseus" is an active sentence because Athena is the one who helped.
antonyms: passive
banyan (English, noun)
Forms: form: banyan
raw_tags: Singular
form: banyans
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbænjən/
tags: US
glosses: A banyan is a tropical Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, that has many aerial roots.
ultimately (English, adv)
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌl.tɪ.mɪt.lɪ/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈʌl.tɪ.mɪt.li/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈʌl.tɪ.mɪt.li/
tags: Australia
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: in the end; when nothing else is left
examples: We will all help, but it is you who are ultimately responsible.
The events of 1962 ultimately lead to the end of his government.
Ultimately, the choice depends on what you like.
extract (English, noun)
Forms: form: extract
raw_tags: Singular
form: extracts
tags: plural
Pronunciation: poses: noun
ipa: /ˈɛkstrækt/
poses: noun
tags: US
glosses: An extract is something that has been taken out of something else, usually something that it was part of.
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
examples: Just because a cream contains plant extracts doesn't mean it's good for your skin.
I'll read a short extract from his speech.
Many scientists were interested in other tissue extracts.
synonyms: remove
antonyms: insert
extract (English, verb)
Forms: form: extract
tags: canonical
form: extracts
tags: third-person
singular
form: extracted
tags: past
form: extracted
tags: past
participle
form: extracting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: poses: verb
ipa: /ɪksˈtrækt/
poses: verb
tags: US
glosses: If you extract something, you take it out of something else.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Computers are becoming more useful in helping us extract useful information from the data.
The dentist will have to extract two of my teeth.
The roots of the plant extract water from the earth.
survive (English, verb)
Forms: form: survive
tags: canonical
form: survives
tags: third-person
singular
form: survived
tags: past
form: survived
tags: past
participle
form: surviving
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈvaɪv/
tags: UK
ipa: /sɚˈvaɪv/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: If you survive something, you experience it and you did not die.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: They survived the war but died two years later.
Some of the factory's equipment from 1827 still survives.
I went to a lecture on surviving in dangerous situations.
These last few months have been hard, but we'll survive.
convert (English, verb)
Forms: form: convert
tags: canonical
form: converts
tags: third-person
singular
form: converted
tags: past
form: converted
tags: past
participle
form: converting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈvɜːt/
tags: UK
poses: verb
tags: US
poses: verb
ipa: /kənˈvɝt/
tags: US
poses: verb
tags: US
poses: verb
tags: Australia
poses: verb
glosses: If you convert something, you change it so that it has a different function or form.
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: They wanted to convert the room into a study.
The factory was powered originally by water, then converted to steam in 1811.
The electric engine is extremely efficient at converting electrical energy into movement.
convert (English, noun)
Forms: form: convert
raw_tags: Singular
form: converts
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒn.vət/
tags: UK
poses: noun
tags: US
poses: noun
ipa: /ˈkɑn.vɚt/
tags: US
poses: noun
tags: US
poses: noun
glosses: A convert is a person who changed their beliefs or religion.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Mr Kinnock is a relatively recent convert to Buddhism.
And we must not discount those who became converts to the new religion.
transmission (English, noun)
Forms: form: transmission
raw_tags: Singular
form: transmissions
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /trænsˈmɪʃən/
tags: UK
glosses: Transmission is the sending of something from one place to another, usually something like electricity, a message or a disease.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: Washing before touching food can prevent the transmission of disease in food and drink.
The new communication lines and will be able to support data transmission at speeds four times faster than today.
The National Transmission System is a network of thousands of kilometres of wire.
glosses: A transmission is a signal, such as TV or radio, that is sent from one place to another.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Radio stations have promised live transmission from the concert.
glosses: A transmission in a machine is the parts that transfer the engine's movement to the wheels or other moving parts.
raw_tags: countable & uncountable
examples: The car comes with a four-speed automatic transmission.
infer (English, verb)
Forms: form: infer
tags: canonical
form: infers
tags: third-person
singular
form: inferred
tags: past
form: inferred
tags: past
participle
form: inferring
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈfɝ/
tags: US
ipa: /ɪnˈfɜː/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If you infer something, you begin to believe it based on indirect information.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: We can infer from the old bones that this animal probably walked on two feet.
From the evidence, we can infer the existence of a third child.
synonyms: guess
assume
deduce
interpret
guarantee (English, noun)
Forms: form: guarantee
raw_tags: Singular
form: guarantees
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡærənˈtiː/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˌɡɛərənˈtiː/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A guarantee is a formal promise that a product will be fixed or replaced or money will be repaid if it breaks or doesn't work.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The phone is covered by a six-month guarantee on parts and labour.
glosses: A guarantee is a formal promise that something will happen or be done.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The builders will now give performance and completion guarantees and will cover the costs of any problems.
Constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech are common in democracies.
The plan only operates for five years, with no guarantee of continuation.
guarantee (English, verb)
Forms: form: guarantee
tags: canonical
form: guarantees
tags: third-person
singular
form: guaranteed
tags: past
form: guaranteed
tags: past
participle
form: guaranteeing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡærənˈtiː/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˌɡɛərənˈtiː/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: If you guarantee something, you promise to fixed or replace it or repay money if it breaks or doesn't work.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: All of our products are guaranteed against defects in materials and workmanship for 3yrs from date of purchase.
glosses: If you guarantee something, you make a formal promise that something will happen or be done.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: the European Convention on Human Rights, guarantees the right to give and receive information.
When you put your money with us, your savings are 100% guaranteed.
The Americans said they could not guarantee his safety in Iraqi airspace.
If you go fishing with me, you're almost guaranteed success.
guaranty (English, noun)
Forms: form: guaranty
raw_tags: Singular
form: guaranties
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡærənˈtiː/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˌɡɛərənˈtiː/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A guaranty is a formal promise that a product will be fixed or replaced or money will be repaid if it breaks or doesn't work.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The phone is covered by a six-month guaranty on parts and labour.
glosses: A guaranty is a formal promise that something will happen or be done.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The builders will now give performance and completion guaranties and will cover the costs of any problems.
Constitutional guaranties of freedom of speech are common in democracies.
The plan only operates for five years, with no guaranty of continuation.
guaranty (English, verb)
Forms: form: guaranty
tags: canonical
form: guaranties
tags: third-person
singular
form: guarantied
tags: past
form: guarantied
tags: past
participle
form: guarantying
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡærənˈtiː/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˌɡɛərənˈtiː/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: If you guaranty something, you promise to fixed or replace it or repay money if it breaks or doesn't work.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: All of our products are guarantied against defects in materials and workmanship for 3yrs from date of purchase.
glosses: If you guaranty something, you make a formal promise that something will happen or be done.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: the European Convention on Human Rights, guaranties the right to give and receive information.
When you put your money with us, your savings are 100% guarantied.
The Americans said they could not guaranty his safety in Iraqi airspace.
If you go fishing with me, you're almost guarantied success.
advocate (English, noun)
Forms: form: advocate
raw_tags: Singular
form: advocates
tags: plural
Pronunciation: poses: noun
ipa: /ˈædvəkət/
poses: noun
poses: noun
tags: US
poses: noun
tags: UK
poses: noun
glosses: An advocate is someone who recommends something.
raw_tags: countable
examples: She is a strong advocate for children's right to education.
glosses: An advocate is someone who speaks for someone else, especially a lawyer in court.
raw_tags: countable
examples: Volunteers are needed to act as advocates for people with mental health problems.
Only qualified lawyers may act as advocates in the Crown Court.
advocate (English, verb)
Forms: form: advocate
tags: canonical
form: advocates
tags: third-person
singular
form: advocated
tags: past
form: advocated
tags: past
participle
form: advocating
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: poses: verb
ipa: /ˈædvəkeɪt/
poses: verb
poses: verb
tags: US
poses: verb
glosses: If you advocate something, you recommend it.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: We wish for freedom, but cannot advocate the use of violence.
The Government wants to adopt the approach advocated by Professor David Pearce.
dynamic (English, adj)
Forms: form: dynamic
tags: positive
form: more dynamic
tags: comparative
form: most dynamic
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈnæmɪk/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If something is dynamic, it is changing, usually quickly.
examples: Communication is a dynamic process in which the changing situation affects what you say and how you say it.
glosses: If someone is dynamic, they take charge and get things done; they have a lot of energy.
examples: He was a good worker, but often unnoticed because of his more dynamic coworkers.
Picasso obviously had a more forceful and dynamic personality than Braque.
glosses: of or about motion
raw_tags: physics
examples: We tested the bar's strength in both static and dynamic tests.
glosses: A dynamic verb describes an action with a clear end point.
raw_tags: grammar
examples: Dynamic, but not stative, verbs can take progressive aspect.
dynamic (English, noun)
Forms: form: dynamic
raw_tags: Singular
form: dynamics
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈnæmɪk/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: The dynamics of a situation or group are the ways in which everything effects everything else.
raw_tags: usually plural
examples: We talk about what doctor should do without any real understanding of the dynamics of the doctor-patient relationship.
Team dynamics also have an influence on the outcomes and the contribution of members.
glosses: Dynamics is a kind of mathematics that deals with motion and forces that cause changes in a system.
raw_tags: uncountable
physics
examples: They built a computer model based on the mathematics of fluid dynamics.
glosses: Dynamics are changes in the loudness of music.
raw_tags: plural only
examples: The dynamics of the performance are lost in this poor recording.
glosses: A dynamic is a force that causes change.
tags: singular
examples: This is where we need the dynamic of God's transforming presence.
This view puts the dynamic of police racism in the norms and values through which the police define their roles.
dynamics (English, noun)
Forms: form: –
raw_tags: Singular
form: dynamics
tags: plural
glosses: Dynamics is a kind of mathematics that deals with motion and forces that cause changes in a system.
raw_tags: uncountable
physics
examples: Work includes full-scale experiments, wind tunnel studies and computational fluid dynamics.
insert (English, verb)
Forms: form: insert
tags: canonical
form: inserts
tags: third-person
singular
form: inserted
tags: past
form: inserted
tags: past
participle
form: inserting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: tags: UK
poses: verb
ipa: /ɪnˈsɜːt/
tags: UK
poses: verb
tags: UK
poses: verb
tags: US
poses: verb
ipa: /ɪnˈsɝt/
tags: US
poses: verb
glosses: to put something into something else
raw_tags: transitive
examples: The company inserted a new clause into the contract.
Insert a wood screw into each hole.
Doctors removed part of his brain and inserted a silver plate.
A song was inserted into the opening ceremonies.
insert (English, noun)
Forms: form: insert
raw_tags: Singular
form: inserts
tags: plural
Pronunciation: tags: UK
poses: noun
ipa: /ˈɪnsɜːt/
tags: UK
poses: noun
tags: UK
poses: noun
tags: US
poses: noun
ipa: /ˈɪnsɝt/
tags: US
poses: noun
glosses: An insert is something that is put into something else.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The bathing suit top comes with foam inserts to make your breasts look bigger.
The three-page advertisement was included as an insert in today's newspaper.
reverse (English, verb)
Forms: form: reverse
tags: canonical
form: reverses
tags: third-person
singular
form: reversed
tags: past
form: reversed
tags: past
participle
form: reversing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /rəˈvɜː(r)s/
tags: UK
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: If you reverse something, you make it act or move opposite to before (in the other direction).
raw_tags: transitive & intransitive
examples: The new president reversed the decision to expand the factory.
There were many new jobs in the early 90s, but then the cycle was completely reversed, and thousands of people were out of work.
She reversed the car into the parking space.
When my mom got sick, our roles were reversed and I began to care for her.
Now reverse your position by raising your right hand and lowering your left.
synonyms: undo
back up
reverse (English, noun)
Forms: form: reverse
raw_tags: Singular
form: reverses
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /rəˈvɜː(r)s/
tags: UK
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: The reverse of something is its opposite.
examples: Female professors are often married to male professors, but the reverse is not as common.
glosses: In a machine, reverse is a setting that makes it act or move opposite to before.
examples: As the plane landed, the engines went into reverse, helping us to stop.
When the Chinese started selling cars, the Japanese automobile industry went into rapid reverse.
glosses: The reverse of something is it's other side.
examples: Details can be found on the reverse of this paper.
comprise (English, verb)
Forms: form: comprise
tags: canonical
form: comprises
tags: third-person
singular
form: comprised
tags: past
form: comprised
tags: past
participle
form: comprising
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpraɪz/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If x comprises y, y is part of x.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: The United States comprises Hawaii and Alaska.
glosses: If x comprises y, y is all the things that, together, make x.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: The United States comprises 50 states.
glosses: If x comprises y, x is all the things that, together, make y.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Fifty states comprise The United States.
The United States is comprised of 50 states.
assertive (English, adj)
Forms: form: assertive
tags: positive
form: more assertive
tags: comparative
form: most assertive
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsɝtɪv/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: self-confident; having a habit of talking strongly about, and asking for what one wants, needs, deserves etc.
glosses: Very confident; the person who is assertive is clear and direct.
self-confident (English, adj)
Forms: form: self-confident
tags: positive
form: more self-confident
tags: comparative
form: most self-confident
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: Being self-confident is being confident about one's self.
examples: Sally is self-confident, and she thinks that she can do anything.
confidence (English, noun)
Forms: form: confidence
raw_tags: Singular
form: confidences
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒnfɪdəns/
tags: US
glosses: Confidence is the state of trusting something, and being sure that something is going to happen.
examples: I know you're trying to gain confidence in what you're doing.
state (English, noun)
Forms: form: state
raw_tags: Singular
form: states
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /steɪt/
tags: UK
US
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: A state is a condition or a situation.
examples: I am worried about her. She is in a constant state of depression.
glosses: Any sovereign nation (nation that rules itself) is a state.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The United States is a country with many sovereign nations united with each other.
state (English, verb)
Forms: form: state
tags: canonical
form: states
tags: third-person
singular
form: stated
tags: past
form: stated
tags: past
participle
form: stating
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /steɪt/
tags: UK
US
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: To state something is to say it as a fact.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: He stated that he hasn't slept in 2 days.
glosses: To state something is to let it be known.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Please state your name and place of business.