crystalhe/wiktionary-zh-en-ja-ko huggingface dataset:
cheery (English, adj)
Forms: form: cheery
tags: positive
form: cheerier
tags: comparative
form: cheeriest
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃɪəri/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If you are cheery, you are happy and in a good mood.
examples: The family felt cheery on Christmas morning.
glosses: If something is cheery, it makes people feel happy.
examples: They put cheery pictures on the walls.
glosses: If something is cheery, it shows that someone is happy.
examples: "Good morning," she said in a cheery voice.
self-evident (English, adj)
Forms: form: self-evident
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If something is self-evident, it is clearly, obviously true. People do not need any proof to know that it is true.
examples: He said he wasn't rich, but his wealth became self-evident when he offered to let me ride in his private airplane.
It is self-evident that you cannot work 20 hours a day and still have time to get enough sleep.
deem (English, verb)
Forms: form: deem
tags: canonical
form: deems
tags: third-person
singular
form: deemed
tags: past
form: deemed
tags: past
participle
form: deeming
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːm/
tags: UK
ipa: /dim/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Australia
glosses: If you deem something safe, necessary, important, etc., you judge it to be that way.
examples: Pierre's boss looked at the report he wrote and deemed it useless.
The military leader was given permission to do whatever he deemed necessary to win the war.
After he studied for five hours, Tyronne's mother told him "I deem you ready for your math test."
depose (English, verb)
Forms: form: depose
tags: canonical
form: deposes
tags: third-person
singular
form: deposed
tags: past
form: deposed
tags: past
participle
form: deposing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈpəʊz/
tags: UK
ipa: /diˈpoʊz/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If you depose a leader or rule, you remove them from service.
examples: The old president was deposed last month.
eugenics (English, noun)
Forms: form: eugenics
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: /juːˈdʒɛnɪks/
glosses: Eugenics is a type of science or a way of thinking. It says that the human race can get better if we control who is allowed to become parents.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: The teacher asked her students what they thought about eugenics, and who should be allowed to have children.
One student believed in eugenics, and said the government should not let retarded people have children.
Another student said she would never agree with eugenics programs because everyone should have the right to have children.
psychiatry (English, noun)
Forms: form: psychiatry
raw_tags: Singular
form: psychiatries
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪˈkaɪ.əˌtri/
tags: UK
tags: UK
glosses: Psychiatry is a type of science. It studies mental illnesses, like depression and anxiety.
examples: By studying psychiatry, scientists have found new medicines that help people with depression.
Before psychiatry existed, people thought that mental illnesses were caused by the devil or evil spirits.
glosses: Psychiatry is a special type of medicine (health care) that treats people with mental illnesses.
examples: The doctor at the hospital decided to call the department of psychiatry for her patient. She thought psychiatry could help him with his depression.
viable (English, adj)
Forms: form: viable
tags: positive
form: more viable
tags: comparative
form: most viable
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvaɪəbəl/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: When something is viable, it can be done or used.
examples: Jamie came up with a viable plan for getting all of her work done before her vacation.
If there is a fire, that door will not be a viable exit. It is locked from the outside and we will not be able to get it open.
glosses: When something is viable, it can work out well. It can be successful.
examples: The two countries were determined to work out a viable peace deal to stop the war.
Although he disagreed with everybody else's plans for the project, he could not suggest a more viable plan.
The boss decided that Mai was the most viable candidate for the job, since she spoke six different languages and had been working longer than the other candidate.
glosses: When something or someone is viable, it can live or survive on its own.
examples: Usually, if a woman has been pregnant for less than 22 weeks, her fetus will not be viable if she gives birth. The fetus would not be able to survive on its own, outside the mother's body.
The seeds we planted must not have been viable. They never grew into anything.
bacteriology (English, noun)
Forms: form: bacteriology
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /bækˌtɪər.ɪˈɒlədʒi/
tags: UK
glosses: Bacteriology is a type of science. It studies bacteria, and how they affect humans, animals, and plants.
examples: Studying bacteriology helps scientists find out what bacteria causes some diseases. Then they were able to create vaccines for some of those diseases.
Levi studied bacteriology at school so he could learn about bacteria that kill crops, causing famines in some countries.
hormone (English, noun)
Forms: form: hormone
raw_tags: Singular
form: hormones
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔːməʊn/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈhɔːrmoʊn/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A hormone is a chemical in the human body that causes changes in the body or the brain.
examples: When we get upset, our brains send out stress hormones. Sometimes these only make us more stressed.
Sometimes, during pregnancy, hormones will make women want to eat very strange things, like pickles and ice cream.
glosses: Sex hormones help children develop into adults after puberty.
examples: My 16-year-old nephew has raging hormones! All he can think about is girls!
deleterious (English, adj)
Forms: form: deleterious
tags: positive
form: more deleterious
tags: comparative
form: most deleterious
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɛlɪˈtɪəri.əs/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˌdɛləˈtɪri.əs/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Australia
glosses: When something is deleterious, it is harmful; it hurts something; it causes damage.
examples: She thought quitting school would be a good idea, but it had a deleterious effect on her future.
His doctor tried to tell him that smoking so much was deleterious to his health, but he would not listen.
The government's program for "helping" students learn better has been deleterious to both students and teachers.
synonyms: pernicious
anatomy (English, noun)
Forms: form: anatomy
raw_tags: Singular
form: anatomies
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈnætəmi/
tags: US
glosses: Anatomy is a type of science. It studies the parts that make up living things, including plants, animals, and humans.
examples: He studied for his anatomy test all night, but still couldn't remember the names of the bones in the body, or where all the organs are.
The anatomies of monkey brains and human brains are actually very similar.
glosses: Anatomy is the inside of something. It is something that you have divided up or looked at in very little parts so you can study it, even its smallest details.
examples: After the President was fired, the reporter spent a year working on a book called "The Anatomy of a Political Scandal." She wanted to make sure she included every detail.
The documentary "The Anatomy of Your Favorite Fast Food Restaurant" made me never want to eat fast food again.
visitation (English, noun)
Forms: form: visitation
raw_tags: Singular
form: visitations
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪzɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
tags: US
glosses: Law: Sometimes, parents have children who do not live with them. A judge may give a parent visitation with their children. This allows the parent to see their children on a certain day and time.
examples: After the divorce, Bobby's mother was only allowed visitation with him on Sundays.
I have visitation with my kids this weekend.
The judge said he would take away Charles's visitation rights if he missed one more visit with his children.
glosses: Visitation means to visit or go see someone.
examples: I am going to see my father in prison during visitation hours on Saturday.
Hospitals sometimes limit visitation when patients are sick so they can rest and get better.
glosses: In some cultures, after a person dies, people are invited to a visitation so they can see the body before it is buried. (Also called: calling hours; viewing hours; wake)
examples: After their father died, the family held visitation hours so his friends and family could come say goodbye.
flip (English, verb)
Forms: form: flip
tags: canonical
form: flips
tags: third-person
singular
form: flipped
tags: past
form: flipped
tags: past
participle
form: flipping
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɪp/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: When you flip something, you turn it over, or you move it suddenly.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: If you flip that light switch, it will be a lot brighter in here.
The cook flipped the pizza dough high into the air and caught it in his hands.
glosses: When something flips, it turns over, usually quickly.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: Her car flipped over in the accident, but she wasn't hurt badly.
The dolphin was taught to flip in the water when his trainer whistled.
glosses: When you flip, you get very upset or angry.
raw_tags: slang
examples: He said, "If I don't pass this math test, I am going to flip."
His friend said back, "Why are you flipping out? You know you always do well in math."
flip (English, noun)
Forms: form: flip
raw_tags: Singular
form: flips
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɪp/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A flip is a quick movement.
raw_tags: countable
examples: With a quick flip of her wrist, she threw me the ball.
glosses: When you do a flip, you jump up into the air and turn your body.
raw_tags: countable
examples: She did a flip into the water and landed on her back.
The dolphin did a flip and got a fish as a reward.
flip (English, adj)
Forms: form: flip
tags: positive
form: more flip
tags: comparative
form: most flip
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɪp/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If a person is flip, they act like they are not serious.
raw_tags: slang
examples: His mother asked him, "Could you be any more flip about failing the math test? You act like you don't care about school at all."
When his girlfriend asked him if she looked fat, his flip comment made her cry.
verge (English, noun)
Forms: form: verge
raw_tags: Singular
form: verges
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɜːd͡ʒ/
tags: UK
ipa: /vɝd͡ʒ/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Australia
glosses: The verge of something its edge.
examples: Ahmed was riding his bicycle on the verge of the road when a car almost hit him.
glosses: If something is "on the verge" of happening, it is very close to starting. (This expression is often used when something bad or dangerous is about to happen.)
examples: The country is on the verge of being destroyed by crazy politicians.
I was on the verge of calling the police because of the yelling and screaming next door, but the police showed up on their own.
After her husband died, she felt like she was on the verge of tears all the time.
verge (English, verb)
Forms: form: verge
tags: canonical
form: verges
tags: third-person
singular
form: verged
tags: past
form: verged
tags: past
participle
form: verging
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɜːd͡ʒ/
tags: UK
ipa: /vɝd͡ʒ/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Australia
glosses: When a thing verges on something else, the two things are on the edge of being the same.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: The judge told the teenager, "Your behavior verged on a serious crime, but I will give you one more chance because I think you really just acted like a stupid teenager."
Your plan verges on the insane. There's no way it will work.
protein (English, noun)
Forms: form: protein
raw_tags: Singular
form: proteins
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈprəʊti.ɪn/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈproʊtiːn/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Protein is a natural substances in food such as meat, milk, and beans.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: Dr. Lecter told me that if I ate more protein, it would help me get bigger and stronger.
He told me that foods like milk, eggs, fish, and beans have a lot of protein in them.
glosses: A protein is a molecule that all cells need to live. Plants, animals, and humans all need proteins. Proteins are made of many of the most important things we need to live.
raw_tags: countable
examples: When a person's body makes proteins that are the wrong shape, it can cause problems like Alzheimer's Disease.
psychiatries (English, noun)
Forms: form: psychiatry
raw_tags: Singular
form: psychiatries
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of psychiatry; more than one (kind of) psychiatry.
leer (English, verb)
Forms: form: leer
tags: canonical
form: leers
tags: third-person
singular
form: leered
tags: past
form: leered
tags: past
participle
form: leering
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪə/
tags: UK
ipa: /lɪr/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: When you leer at someone, you look at them in a rude, sometimes threatening way. The word leer usually describes men looking at women in a sexual way that is not respectful.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: She stopped using the public pool because of the way people leered at her when she was in her swimsuit.
Their bosses warned the female prison guards that they would have to deal with the male prisoners leering at them.
leer (English, noun)
Forms: form: leer
raw_tags: Singular
form: leers
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪə/
tags: UK
ipa: /lɪr/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A leer is a rude, threatening, sometimes sexual stare.
examples: He had a terrifying leer that made me afraid about what he might do.
grate (English, verb)
Forms: form: grate
tags: canonical
form: grates
tags: third-person
singular
form: grated
tags: past
form: grated
tags: past
participle
form: grating
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡreɪt/
tags: US
homophones: great
glosses: When you grate something, you turn it into little pieces by rubbing it against something sharp or rough.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: He grated an entire block of cheese for the nachos.
glosses: When you grate something, you rub it against something in a way that makes a loud, annoying noise.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: During the math test, the student grated his pencil against the side of his desk so loudly that the teacher threatened to throw the pencil out the window.
glosses: When a person grates, they say something in a loud, often annoying voice.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: "Silence during tests!" the teacher grated in a voice that was almost as loud as the pencil.
glosses: When someone or someone grates on you, it makes you annoyed. It is hard to deal with or listen to.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: She means well, but she has a loud, high, perky voice that just grates on me.
The constant sound of construction outside my house grated on my nerves until I had to leave.
grate (English, noun)
Forms: form: grate
raw_tags: Singular
form: grates
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡreɪt/
tags: US
homophones: great
glosses: A grate is a metal cover with bars on it. It may cover things like fireplaces or sewers.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The construction workers covered the hole in the road with a grate so nobody would fall down the hole.
heap (English, noun)
Forms: form: heap
raw_tags: Singular
form: heaps
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /hiːp/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A heap is a big pile of things, usually thrown in the pile and not in any order.
raw_tags: countable
examples: When we moved into our new house, the old owners had left a heap of garbage inside for us to deal with.
I dumped all of my things into a heap on my bed so I could start organizing them.
glosses: A heap is a lot of something.
raw_tags: idiom
examples: If that dog eats my shoes again, he will be in a heap of trouble.
She earned heaps of money when she was 20 and now she doesn't have to work for the rest of her life.
heap (English, verb)
Forms: form: heap
tags: canonical
form: heaps
tags: third-person
singular
form: heaped
tags: past
form: heaped
tags: past
participle
form: heaping
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /hiːp/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If you heap something, you pile it up high.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Pudding is my favorite dessert. I heaped it so high on my plate that it looked like a little mountain.
glosses: If you heap something, you give a lot of it.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: The police heaped the children with praise after they would not get in a car with someone they did not know.
Her boss surprised her by heaping the blame for the project onto her, when really, the problems were his own fault.
leers (English, verb)
Forms: form: leer
tags: canonical
form: leers
tags: third-person
singular
form: leered
tags: past
form: leered
tags: past
participle
form: leering
tags: present
participle
glosses: The third-person singular form of leer.
leers (English, noun)
Forms: form: leer
raw_tags: Singular
form: leers
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of leer; more than one (kind of) leer.
leered (English, verb)
Forms: form: leer
tags: canonical
form: leers
tags: third-person
singular
form: leered
tags: past
form: leered
tags: past
participle
form: leering
tags: present
participle
glosses: The past tense and past participle of leer.
leering (English, verb)
Forms: form: leer
tags: canonical
form: leers
tags: third-person
singular
form: leered
tags: past
form: leered
tags: past
participle
form: leering
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of leer.
grates (English, verb)
Forms: form: grate
tags: canonical
form: grates
tags: third-person
singular
form: grated
tags: past
form: grated
tags: past
participle
form: grating
tags: present
participle
glosses: The third-person singular form of grate.
grates (English, noun)
Forms: form: grate
raw_tags: Singular
form: grates
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of grate; more than one (kind of) grate.
grated (English, verb)
Forms: form: grate
tags: canonical
form: grates
tags: third-person
singular
form: grated
tags: past
form: grated
tags: past
participle
form: grating
tags: present
participle
glosses: The past tense and past participle of grate.
grating (English, verb)
Forms: form: grate
tags: canonical
form: grates
tags: third-person
singular
form: grated
tags: past
form: grated
tags: past
participle
form: grating
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of grate.
heaps (English, noun)
Forms: form: heap
raw_tags: Singular
form: heaps
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of heap; more than one (kind of) heap.
heaps (English, verb)
Forms: form: heap
tags: canonical
form: heaps
tags: third-person
singular
form: heaped
tags: past
form: heaped
tags: past
participle
form: heaping
tags: present
participle
glosses: The third-person singular form of heap.
heaped (English, verb)
Forms: form: heap
tags: canonical
form: heaps
tags: third-person
singular
form: heaped
tags: past
form: heaped
tags: past
participle
form: heaping
tags: present
participle
glosses: The past tense and past participle of heap.
heaping (English, verb)
Forms: form: heap
tags: canonical
form: heaps
tags: third-person
singular
form: heaped
tags: past
form: heaped
tags: past
participle
form: heaping
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of heap.
expedite (English, verb)
Forms: form: expedite
tags: canonical
form: expedites
tags: third-person
singular
form: expedited
tags: past
form: expedited
tags: past
participle
form: expediting
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛk.spəˌdaɪt/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈɛk.spɪˌdaɪt/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Australia
glosses: When you expedite something, you make it happen faster.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: We ran out of supplies at the free health clinic very quickly. The Director promised to expedite the process of getting us more supplies, but a week later we still had none.
After Latanya spent 16 hours trying to give birth, the doctor tried expediting her labor by giving her medicines. After that, she gave birth in less than an hour.
The Post Office offers "expedited delivery" for packages that need to get sent very quickly.
outweigh (English, verb)
Forms: form: outweigh
tags: canonical
form: outweighs
tags: third-person
singular
form: outweighed
tags: past
form: outweighed
tags: past
participle
form: outweighing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌaʊtˈweɪ/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: If something outweighs another thing, the first is more important than the second.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: On my first day at my new job, my boss told me: "Your safety outweighs everything else. If there is ever a safety problem you need to tell me right away no matter what."
The new Prime Minister decided that ending the war would outweigh everything else in importance, so that would be the first thing she would work on when she started her job.
glosses: If you outweigh someone, it means you are heavier than they are; you weigh more than they do.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Jean always exercised and ate healthy foods, but she still outweighed her friends by 20 pounds.
Tommy refused to fight with Mike. "I outweigh you by 40 pounds," Tommy said. "The fight wouldn't be fair."
char (English, verb)
Forms: form: char
tags: canonical
form: chars
tags: third-person
singular
form: charred
tags: past
form: charred
tags: past
participle
form: charring
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʃɑr/
tags: US
ipa: /tʃɑː/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: When you char something, you burn it, usually until it is black.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Joseph forgot that the steak was cooking. By the time he remembered, it was charred so badly it looked like a black brick and tasted like ashes.
The house fire was so hot that the walls were 'charred.
char (English, noun)
Forms: form: char
raw_tags: Singular
form: char or chars
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʃɑr/
tags: US
ipa: /tʃɑː/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: Char is something that has been charred.
examples: After the fire, all the char on the walls was so thick you could scrape it off.
After I use a barbecue grill, it always takes me forever to scrape the char off the grill.
glosses: (UK): A char is a cleaning woman.
examples: The family was so poor that she had her first job as a char when she was 13.
chars (English, verb)
Forms: form: char
tags: canonical
form: chars
tags: third-person
singular
form: charred
tags: past
form: charred
tags: past
participle
form: charring
tags: present
participle
glosses: The third-person singular form of char.
chars (English, noun)
Forms: form: char
raw_tags: Singular
form: char or chars
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of char; more than one (kind of) char.
charred (English, verb)
Forms: form: char
tags: canonical
form: chars
tags: third-person
singular
form: charred
tags: past
form: charred
tags: past
participle
form: charring
tags: present
participle
glosses: The past tense and past participle of char.
charring (English, verb)
Forms: form: char
tags: canonical
form: chars
tags: third-person
singular
form: charred
tags: past
form: charred
tags: past
participle
form: charring
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of char.
expectation (English, noun)
Forms: form: expectation
raw_tags: Singular
form: expectations
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛkspɛkˈteɪʃən/
tags: US
glosses: An expectation is something you think is going to happen (something you expect to happen).
raw_tags: countable
examples: Zeke's mother had every expectation that he would go to university after high school. So she was surprised when he told her he was joining the military instead.
The doctors told me, "Our expectations are that these tests will not show any serious problems. But we want to do them anyway just to be safe."
glosses: An expectation is something that a person is supposed to do, has to do, or needs to do.
raw_tags: countable
examples: After Latasha forgot to pay her Internet bill, the Internet company told her: "Our expectation is that you will pay on time in the future."
His parents' expectations were that Kyle would clean his room, make his bed, and make dinner every night.
glosses: If you do something in expectation, you do it while waiting for something to happen (you are expecting something).
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: Before they were married, Bill would wait by the telephone for hours every night in expectation of Monica's next call.
As soon as she was served the chocolate-covered strawberries, her mouth began to water in expectation of how good they would taste.
hypothermia (English, noun)
Forms: form: hypothermia
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhaɪpəʊˈθɜː(r)mi.ə/
tags: UK
glosses: Hypothermia is a medical problem. You get hypothermia by getting too cold. Your bodytemperature gets too low. When your body gets cold enough, it cannot work the way it normally does.
examples: The children got lost in the woods overnight. It was cold and rainy. By the time the rescue team found them in the morning, they both had hypothermia.
The rescue team treated the children's hypothermia by giving them warm, dry clothes and blankets, and making a dry shelter with a fire inside to warm them up.
nomenclature (English, noun)
Forms: form: nomenclature
raw_tags: Singular
form: nomenclatures
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəʊˈmɛn.klətʃə/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈnoʊmənˌkleɪtʃɚ/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: Nomenclature is a system for naming things and putting things into categories. It is used in science, especially biology.
examples: My science teacher asked me: "How is your Felis catus today?" I had no idea she was using scientific nomenclature to ask me how my cat is.
The teacher explained that there are thousands of words for "cat" in different languages. However, if you said "Felis catus" to any scientist in the world, they would know you were talking about a cat.
poignant (English, adj)
Forms: form: poignant
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔɪn.jənt/
tags: UK
US
tags: US
tags: Australia
glosses: If something is poignant, it gives you sadness and regret.
examples: Our walk through the graveyard was a poignant reminder of life's shortness.
glosses: If something says something poignant, it is sharp, surprising, and accurate.
examples: His poignant remark ended the argument.
jointly (English, adv)
glosses: When two or more people do something jointly, they do it together; they cooperate on it.
examples: The President told his staff that he liked to make decisions jointly. He liked to get everybody's opinion and decide as a group what was best, instead of just making decisions on his own.
The teacher told her students: "You may do this project jointly. Please pick one other student who you would like to work with."
glosses: When two things cause something jointly, both things caused it to happen.
examples: The police decided that both drivers caused the car accident jointly, because they were both driving too fast and talking on their cell phones.
Slavery, different ideas about government, and many other things were all jointly responsible for causing the American Civil War.
et al. (English, abbrev)
Forms: form: et al.
raw_tags: Abbreviation
glosses: et al. is an abbreviation for et alia.
et alia (English, adv)
Forms: form: et alia
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: Superlative–
glosses: et alia means "and others." It is almost always written et al.
examples: If you are writing a long list of names, you can use et alia to make the list shorter. You can write a few names, and then write et alia to stand for the rest of the names.
Since the book was written by ten different authors, I used et al. in my report instead of writing all of their names. I wrote: "In their book, Fallon, Daniels, Stefan, et al. say that chocolate is good for you."
jawbreaker (English, noun)
Forms: form: jawbreaker
raw_tags: Singular
form: jawbreakers
tags: plural
glosses: A jawbreaker is a type of hard candy.
raw_tags: countable
candlestick (English, noun)
Forms: form: candlestick
raw_tags: Singular
form: candlesticks
tags: plural
glosses: an object that holds a candle
slave camp (English, noun)
Forms: form: slave camp
raw_tags: Singular
form: slave camps
tags: plural
glosses: a place where slaves were forced to do labor work
dungeon (English, noun)
Forms: form: dungeon
raw_tags: Singular
form: dungeons
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌn.d͡ʒən/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: A dark place where people are locked up
raw_tags: countable
frostbite (English, noun)
Forms: form: frostbite
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
glosses: a sore due to extreme cold
handball (English, noun)
Forms: form: handball
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
glosses: a game played with a ball
Crete (English, name)
Forms: form: Crete
raw_tags: Proper noun
glosses: Crete is one of the Greek islands.
scotch (English, noun)
Forms: form: scotch
raw_tags: Singular
form: scotches
tags: plural
glosses: Scotch is an alcoholic beverage.
renege (English, verb)
Forms: form: renege
tags: canonical
form: reneges
tags: third-person
singular
form: reneged
tags: past
form: reneged
tags: past
participle
form: reneging
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /rɪˈn(e)ɪɡ/
tags: US
ipa: /rɪˈneɪɡ/
tags: UK
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If you renege on a promise, you do not do what you said you would do. You break your promise.
raw_tags: intransitive
examples: My friend promised to help me study after school, but then she reneged because she wanted to go to a party instead.
The company offered me a job, so I quit the job I had. Then the company decided to renege on their job offer. Now I have no job.
waive (English, verb)
Forms: form: waive
tags: canonical
form: waives
tags: third-person
singular
form: waived
tags: past
form: waived
tags: past
participle
form: waiving
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /weɪv/
tags: UK
homophones: wave
glosses: When you waive one of your rights, you decide not to use it; you choose to give it up.
raw_tags: transitive
law
examples: Because A'isha knew she had done nothing wrong, she decided to waive her right to have a lawyer with her and just tell the policeman what happened.
Before we went parachuting, the company made us waive our rights to sue them if one of us got hurt.
glosses: If somebody waives something for you, you do not have to do something that is usually required.
raw_tags: transitive
examples: Applying to become a citizen is expensive, but if a person can prove they cannot pay, the government will waive the fees.
The government usually requires people to learn English in order to become citizens. However, if a person is elderly and has been in the country a long time, the government may waive this requirement.
macabre (English, adj)
Forms: form: macabre
tags: positive
form: more macabre
tags: comparative
form: most macabre
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈkɑːbrə/
tags: UK
ipa: /məˈkɑb/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: Representing death.
glosses: Obsessed with death or other frightful and shocking things.
glosses: Frightful or shocking.
particularly (English, adv)
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈtɪkjəlɚli/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: If something is particularly interesting, useful, important, etc., it is more so than usual or more than others.
examples: Tonight's dinner was particularly good.
They are helpful for everyone but can be particularly useful for younger students.
He never does anything particularly interesting.
adversary (English, noun)
Forms: form: adversary
raw_tags: Singular
form: adversaries
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæd.və.s(ə)ri/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈæd.vər.sɛri/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: If a person is your adversary, they are your enemy.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The history teacher said: "Our country's biggest adversary in the first war was our best ally in the second. We went from killing each other to fighting side by side in twenty years."
From the day we brought them home from the pet store, our two birds were adversaries. They hated each other, and they fought with each other so much that we had to put them in separate cages.
glosses: If a person is your adversary, you are arguing with them or competing against them; they are your opponent.
raw_tags: countable
examples: My cousin loves to play computer games with me. Even though she is only six, she is a worthy adversary. She wins all the time.
adversary (English, adj)
Forms: form: adversary
tags: positive
form: more adversary
tags: comparative
form: most adversary
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæd.və.s(ə)ri/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈæd.vər.sɛri/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: When a process is adversary, it involves people who want different things, and may fight or argue over them.
examples: The lawyer was used to divorces being adversary, but the Lebowskis were the worst couple he had ever worked for. They could not agree on anything, they screamed at each other all the time, and sometimes they started hitting each other.
Our courts use "the adversary process" to solve legal disputes. Two people argue against each other in front of a judge, who decides who is right.
glosses: When a relationship is adversary, it is unfriendly or hostile.
examples: Those two countries have a very adversary relationship. Every week it seems like they are about to go to war over something.
When they were teenagers, those two sisters had the most adversary relationship I have ever seen. They became more and more adversary toward each other until they finally left home. However, when they became adults, their relationship got much better.
joyless (English, adj)
Forms: form: joyless
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
glosses: When something is joyless, it is not fun, happy, enjoyable, or joyful.
examples: The company holiday party was joyless. Everyone just stood around talking about work until the boss left so they could go home.
When she got sick, her life seemed joyless. She could not do anything she liked doing, and she felt sick all the time. However, when she got better, she started to enjoy her life again.
reconsider (English, verb)
Forms: form: reconsider
tags: canonical
form: reconsiders
tags: third-person
singular
form: reconsidered
tags: past
form: reconsidered
tags: past
participle
form: reconsidering
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /prəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
tags: US
glosses: When you reconsider something, you think it over again; you think about changing your mind.
examples: When he realized the temperature outside was below freezing, Pierre reconsidered his plan to go for a run.
Shannon's evil boss told her: "Unless you work the next six weekends, I will reconsider my decision to let you skip work on the day of your wedding."
incomparable (English, adj)
Forms: form: incomparable
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪŋˈkɒmp(ə)rəbəl/
tags: UK
ipa: /ɪŋˈkɑmp(ə)rəbəl/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: When two things are incomparable, they are so different that they cannot even be compared; they are not the same in any way.
examples: The art teacher said: "This painting's beauty is incomparable. No painting in the world could ever possibly be so beautiful."
The genius's math abilities were incomparable, but when he stopped talking about math, he just seemed like a regular person.
pro-actively (English, adv)
Forms: form: pro-actively
tags: positive
form: more pro-actively
tags: comparative
form: Superlativemost pro-actively
glosses: When you do something pro-actively, you do it ahead of time, because that will help prevent or solve a problem.
examples: Our school started a program that pro-actively identifies students that might need extra help. This works much better than waiting for a student to have problems learning before we try to help.
When she was too sick to work, Siobhan worried that she would forget her job skills. So she pro-actively studied and practiced those skills to keep herself from forgetting them.
proactively (English, adv)
Forms: form: proactively
tags: positive
form: more proactively
tags: comparative
form: Superlativemost proactively
glosses: When you do something proactively, you do it ahead of time, because that will help prevent or solve a problem.
examples: Our school started a program that proactively identifies students that might need extra help. This works much better than waiting for a student to have problems learning before we try to help.
When she was too sick to work, Siobhan worried that she would forget her job skills. So she proactively studied and practiced those skills to keep herself from forgetting them.
coke (English, noun)
Forms: form: coke
raw_tags: Singular
form: coke or cokes
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊk/
tags: UK
ipa: /koʊk/
tags: US
tags: Australia
glosses: If you burn coal, you will have coke left over, and you can use the coke for fuel.
glosses: Coke is a nickname for a brand of soda called Coca-Cola.
examples: I don't like sugary drinks, but my sister drinks eight cans of Coke every day.
glosses: Coke is slang for cocaine.
raw_tags: slang
examples: When they searched the car, the police officers found two kilograms of cocaine. The car's owner yelled "That's not my coke!"
Shakespeare (English, noun)
Forms: form: Shakespeare
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃeɪkspɪr/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈʃeɪkspɪə/
tags: UK
tags: UK
glosses: William Shakespeare was an English writer and poet. He lived from 1564–1616. He is one of the most famous writers in history.
examples: The teacher said: "I think next we will read something by Shakespeare. Maybe Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet.
glosses: Sometimes, when people say "Shakespeare," they mean "something written by William Shakespeare."
examples: Every year, the school's theater group performed a play. The new theater teacher told the group: "Next year, we will be performing Shakespeare."
tuppence (English, noun)
Forms: form: tuppence
raw_tags: Singular
form: tuppences
tags: plural
glosses: Tuppence is another way of saying "two pence." If you have tuppence, you have two British pennies.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The candy cost one penny each. However, when the little boy said he only had tuppence, the kind store owner let him buy four pieces of candy with his two pennies.
twopence (English, noun)
Forms: form: twopence
raw_tags: Singular
form: twopences
tags: plural
glosses: If you have twopence, you have two British pennies (two pence).
tags: UK
raw_tags: countable
examples: The kind candy store owner let the little boy buy four pieces of candy for twopence.
numerator (English, noun)
Forms: form: numerator
raw_tags: Singular
form: numerators
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnuː.mər.ˌeɪ̯.tər/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: In a fraction, the numerator is the top number. It tells you how many parts there are out of a whole.
raw_tags: countable
mathematics
examples: In the fraction 3/4, the numerator is 3 and the denominator is 4.
numerators (English, noun)
Forms: form: numerator
raw_tags: Singular
form: numerators
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of numerator; more than one (kind of) numerator.
twopences (English, noun)
Forms: form: twopence
raw_tags: Singular
form: twopences
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of twopence; more than one (kind of) twopence.
tuppences (English, noun)
Forms: form: tuppence
raw_tags: Singular
form: tuppences
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of tuppence; more than one (kind of) tuppence.
cokes (English, noun)
Forms: form: coke
raw_tags: Singular
form: coke or cokes
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of coke; more than one (kind of) coke.
feckless (English, adj)
Forms: form: feckless
tags: positive
form: more feckless
tags: comparative
form: most feckless
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛkləs/
tags: UK
US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: Australia
glosses: If you are feckless, you have little purpose or motivation; you are not effective.
examples: The untrained soldiers were feckless once fighting began.
imbue (English, verb)
Forms: form: imbue
tags: canonical
form: imbues
tags: third-person
singular
form: imbued
tags: past
form: imbued
tags: past
participle
form: imbuing
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈbjuː/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: If you imbue people or things with a quality, idea, or emotion, you fill them with it.
examples: In various contexts these concepts may be imbued with various meanings.
You take your characters and imbue them with life.
abiogeneses (English, noun)
Forms: form: abiogenesis
raw_tags: Singular
form: abiogeneses
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of abiogenesis; more than one (kind of) abiogenesis.
commandment (English, noun)
Forms: form: commandment
raw_tags: Singular
form: commandments
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈmɑːndmənt/
tags: UK
ipa: /kəˈmændmənt/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A rule or law that is commanded, often by a god.
raw_tags: countable
examples: The fifth commandment in the Ten Commandments is to honor your father and mother.
commandments (English, noun)
Forms: form: commandment
raw_tags: Singular
form: commandments
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of commandment; more than one (kind of) commandment.
examples: The Ten Commandments are some of the most important rules in the Bible.
tomb (English, noun)
Forms: form: tomb
raw_tags: Singular
form: tombs
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /tuːm/
tags: UK
ipa: /tum/
tags: US
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A tomb is a large vault for burying the dead (typically made of stone).
raw_tags: countable
synonyms: grave
tombs (English, noun)
Forms: form: tomb
raw_tags: Singular
form: tombs
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of tomb; more than one (kind of) tomb.
cone (English, noun)
Forms: form: cone
raw_tags: Singular
form: cones
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊn/
tags: UK
ipa: /koʊn/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: A cone is a geometric shape with a circular flat base joined to a single point at the other end.
raw_tags: countable
glosses: A cone is a fruit of a conifer.
raw_tags: countable
glosses: A cone is an ice cream cone.
raw_tags: countable
cone (English, verb)
Forms: form: cone
tags: canonical
form: cones
tags: third-person
singular
form: coned
tags: past
form: coned
tags: past
participle
form: coning
tags: present
participle
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊn/
tags: UK
ipa: /koʊn/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: :
 This short section needs someone to add to it.
cones (English, noun)
Forms: form: cone
raw_tags: Singular
form: cones
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of cone; more than one (kind of) cone.
cones (English, verb)
Forms: form: cone
tags: canonical
form: cones
tags: third-person
singular
form: coned
tags: past
form: coned
tags: past
participle
form: coning
tags: present
participle
glosses: The third-person singular form of cone.
coned (English, verb)
Forms: form: cone
tags: canonical
form: cones
tags: third-person
singular
form: coned
tags: past
form: coned
tags: past
participle
form: coning
tags: present
participle
glosses: The past tense and past participle of cone.
coning (English, verb)
Forms: form: cone
tags: canonical
form: cones
tags: third-person
singular
form: coned
tags: past
form: coned
tags: past
participle
form: coning
tags: present
participle
glosses: The present participle of cone.
fully (English, adv)
Forms: form: fully
tags: positive
form: more fully
tags: comparative
form: Superlativemost fully
glosses: If you fully understand or do something, you understand or do all of it.
examples: I have not yet been able to understand this idea fully.
synonyms: completely
totally
fore (English, prep)
Forms: form: fore
raw_tags: Preposition
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔː/
tags: UK
ipa: /fɔr/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: At, close to, or towards the front of a vehicle or animal.
examples: You'll find the plane's exits fore and aft.
synonyms: forward
front
antonyms: aft
back
fore (English, noun)
Forms: form: fore
raw_tags: Singular
form: –
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔː/
tags: UK
ipa: /fɔr/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: If something comes to the fore, it becomes important or people notice it more.
raw_tags: uncountable
examples: The problem has come to the fore again in recent months.
glosses: The fore of a ship, an aircraft, an animal, etc. is the front.
examples: The captain went to the fore to have a better look.
She could see land through the fore windows.
The fore and hind pairs of wings were damaged.
igneous (English, adj)
Forms: form: igneous
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪɡ.ni.əs/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: UK
glosses: Igneous rock is rock that is produced by a hot volcano.
glossy (English, adj)
Forms: form: glossy
tags: positive
form: glossier
tags: comparative
form: glossiest
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlɒsi/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈɡlɔsi/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈɡlɑsi/
tags: Canada
tags: US
glosses: If something is glossy, it has a smooth and/or bright surface.
examples: a glossy magazine.
glosses: If something is glossy, it is shiny in its appearance.
glossy (English, noun)
Forms: form: glossy
raw_tags: Singular
form: glossies
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlɒsi/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈɡlɔsi/
tags: US
ipa: /ˈɡlɑsi/
tags: Canada
tags: US
glosses: A glossy is a magazine with a glossy cover.
raw_tags: countable
glossier (English, adj)
Forms: form: glossy
tags: positive
form: glossier
tags: comparative
form: glossiest
tags: superlative
glosses: The comparative form of glossy; more glossy.
glossiest (English, adj)
Forms: form: glossy
tags: positive
form: glossier
tags: comparative
form: glossiest
tags: superlative
glosses: The superlative form of glossy; most glossy.
glossies (English, noun)
Forms: form: glossy
raw_tags: Singular
form: glossies
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of glossy; more than one (kind of) glossy.
eleventh (English, adj)
Forms: form: eleventh
tags: positive
form: –
tags: comparative
form: –
tags: superlative
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈlɛv.nθ/
tags: UK
ipa: /ɨˈlɛv.nθ/
tags: US
tags: US
glosses: The eleventh thing is the one that is number eleven (11) in order.
raw_tags: ordinal number
highly (English, adv)
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪli/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: very
examples: The two ideas are highly connected.
glosses: If someone is highly qualified, skilled, or educated, they have a lot of skill or knowledge.
examples: The school has many highly qualified teachers.
glosses: If someone is highly placed, they have a lot of power.
glosses: If you think highly of someone or something, you think they're very good.
examples: He became manager because everyone thought very highly of him.
easily (English, adv)
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːzɪli/
tags: UK
ipa: /ˈiː.zə.liː/
tags: UK
US
tags: US
glosses: If you do something easily, you have no trouble doing it.
examples: They won the game easily, 6–0.
glosses: If something could easily happen, it is likely.
despairs (English, noun)
Forms: form: despair
raw_tags: Singular
form: despairs
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of despair; more than one (kind of) despair.
kazoo (English, noun)
Forms: form: kazoo
raw_tags: Singular
form: kazoos
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /kə.ˈzuː/
raw_tags: Audio
tags: US
glosses: A kazoo is an American musical instrument that you hum into to make a buzzing sound.
raw_tags: countable
music
kazoos (English, noun)
Forms: form: kazoo
raw_tags: Singular
form: kazoos
tags: plural
glosses: The plural form of kazoo; more than one (kind of) kazoo.
northwestern (English, adj)
glosses: If somebody or something is northwestern, they are between north and west.
northwesternmost (English, adj)
glosses: The superlative form of northwestern; most northwestern.
possibility (English, noun)
Forms: form: possibility
raw_tags: Singular
form: possibilities
tags: plural
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɑsɪˈbɪliti/
tags: US
ipa: /ˌpɒsɪˈbɪliti/
tags: UK
tags: US
glosses: If there is a possibility of something, it might happen or it might be true.
examples: There is a real possibility of war.
synonyms: chance
likelihood
glosses: The possibility of something is how possible it is.
examples: There is a strong possibility of rain today.
synonyms: chance
likelihood