English vocabulary
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- definite article. A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.
- v. have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
- conj. A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition
- prep. In a general sense, from, or out from
- n. the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet
- adj. holding office
- prep. The preposition to primarily indicates approach and arrival, motion made in the direction of a place or thing and attaining it, access
- v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- n the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information
- pron. a., conj., & As a demonstrative pronoun (pl. Those), that usually points out, or refers to, a person or thing previously mentioned, or…
- prep. In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place
- dat & obj. The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed. See the…
- n. the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
- prep. With denotes or expresses some situation or relation of nearness, proximity, association, connection, or the like
- adj. in operation or operational
- n. the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
- n. the chance to speak
- pron. & a. As a demonstrative pronoun, this denotes something that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned, or that is…
- obj The plural of he, she, or it
- n. 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos
- r and nothing more
- obj The plural nominative case of the pronoun of the first person
- pron. Belonging or pertaining to him
- prep. Out of the neighborhood of
- adv. negation of a word or group of words
- adv. so as to pass a given point
- obj This or that female
- n a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
- n a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides…
- pron. a., & adv. As an interrogative pronoun, used in asking questions regarding either persons or things
- n. a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
- pron. & a. The possessive case of the personal pronoun they
- n. airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
- n a United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services
- n. a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
- conj. In case that
- v. Commonly used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the conditional or optative present
- pron. & a. The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she
- adj. quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
- adj. Of or belonging to me
- v. engage in
- adj. on the move
- n. the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
- n. a fixed and persistent intent or purpose
- v. raise
- n. the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- n. an instance or single occasion for some event
- n. a location other than here; that place
- n. a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
- adv. to a very great extent or degree
- n. an instance of deliberate thinking
- adv. At what time
- adj. Of what sort or kind
- pron. The objective case of they
- adj. quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
- n a state in New England
- n. members of a family line
- n. the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- v. reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
- prep. To the inside of
Word lists, pronunciations and meanings: ECDICT (MIT licence) and WordNet (Princeton University). Levels follow how common each word is in modern English.