English words: A

1215 words under A; 1001–1100 on this page.

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• assertion noun (an assertion, assertions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An assertion is a strong statement that something is true, often without proof given.
• assess verb (assess, assesses, assessed, assessing)
  To judge or decide how good, big, important or serious something is.
• assessment noun (an assessment, assessments)
  An assessment is a test or task to find out what someone knows or can do.
• assessor noun (an assessor, assessors)
  A person whose job is to judge or measure how good, big or valuable something is, such as work, damage or property.
• asset noun (an asset, assets)
  An asset is a person or thing that is useful or valuable, that helps you.
• assets noun (assets — plural; singular asset)
  Things a person or company owns that are worth money, like a house, savings or machines.
• assign verbJewish tradition
  To give someone a task or a share, or to say that something belongs to a person, place or group.
• assigned verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Assigned means given as a job or task to someone: «the homework assigned by the teacher».
• assignment noun (an assignment, assignments)
  An assignment is a piece of work a teacher gives you to do, often at home or over several days.
• assimilate verb (assimilate, assimilates, assimilated, assimilating)
  To take in and understand new information fully.
• assist verb (assist, assists, assisted, assisting); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To help someone do something.
• assistance noun (assistance — uncountable)
  Assistance is help or support given to someone.
• assistant noun (an assistant, assistants); adjective…
  A person whose job is to help someone else do their work.
• assisted adjective (assisted: "assisted living"); the past form of…
  Assisted means helped: "she assisted the teacher" means she helped the teacher.
• associate verb (associate, associates, associated, associating); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To associate one thing with another is to connect them in your mind: I associate summer with ice cream.
• association noun (an association, associations)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An association is a group of people who join together for a shared purpose, like a club or society.
• assortment noun (assortment, assortments)
  A mixture of different kinds of things.
• assuage verbJewish tradition
  to make a pain, anger or sadness less strong.
• assume verb (assume, assumes, assumed, assuming)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To assume is to think something is true without checking or having proof.
• assumption noun (an assumption, assumptions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Something you believe is true without proof.
• assurance noun (an assurance, assurances)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An assurance is a promise or a statement that makes someone feel sure or less worried.
• assure verb (assure, assures, assured, assuring)
  To tell someone firmly that something is true, so they stop worrying.
• assured adjective (assured; more assured); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Assured means sure and confident in yourself: «She gave an assured speech.».
• assuredly adverb (no change in form)Jewish tradition
  Certainly, without any doubt; for sure.
• assyrian adjective (Assyrian); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Assyrian means to do with ancient Assyria, a powerful empire in Mesopotamia (today mostly northern Iraq), with cities like Nineveh and…
• asteroid noun (an asteroid, asteroids)
  An asteroid is a rocky or metal object in space, smaller than a planet, that goes around the Sun.
• asthma noun (asthma — uncountable)
  An illness that makes the small air tubes in the lungs become narrow, so that breathing is hard and a person may cough, wheeze and feel a…
• astir adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Up and moving, out of bed and busy, with people or animals awake and active.
• astonish verb (astonish, astonishes, astonished, astonishing)
  To surprise someone so much that they cannot quite believe it.
• astonished adjective (astonished); verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Very surprised, so much that you can hardly believe it.
• astonishing adjective; present participle of «astonish»…
  Astonishing means so surprising that it is hard to believe; amazing.
• astonishingly adverb (astonishingly)
  In a way that causes great surprise.
• astonishment noun (astonishment — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Astonishment is a feeling of very great surprise.
• astounded adjective (from the verb 'astound')
  Very much surprised, so amazed that you are almost stunned.
• astounding adjective (no change in form)
  Amazing and very surprising, hard to believe.
• astray adverb (astray)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Astray means away from the right path or place, lost.
• astride preposition; adverb (no change in form)
  With one leg on each side of something, sitting or standing across it, such as on the back of an animal.
• astrolabe noun (an astrolabe, astrolabes)
  An old instrument made of brass discs and a pointer, used to measure how high the Sun or a star is above the horizon.
• astrologer noun (astrologers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A person who studies the stars and planets and claims to tell what will happen from them.
• astrological adjectiveJewish tradition
  Having to do with astrology, the belief that the stars and planets shape what happens to people.
• astrology noun (astrology — uncountable)
  The belief that the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars at the time someone is born, or on a certain day, affect people's…
• astronaut noun (an astronaut, astronauts)
  A person trained to travel and work in space, in a spacecraft or on a space station.
• astronomer noun (an astronomer, astronomers)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An astronomer is a scientist who studies the stars, planets, moons, comets, galaxies and everything else in space.
• astronomical adjective (astronomical); adverb (astronomically)
  To do with astronomy, the science of stars, planets and space.
• astronomy noun (astronomy — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The science that studies the stars, planets, moons, comets, galaxies and everything else in space.
• astute adjective (astute, more astute, most astute); adverb…
  Clever at understanding people and situations quickly, and using that to your advantage; sharp and shrewd.
• asunder adverb (old use, in fairy tales and old stories)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Apart, into pieces, split or torn apart.
• asylum noun…
  Asylum is safety and protection that a country gives to people who have run away from danger, war or unfair punishment in their own country.
• at preposition; noun (@, the at sign in emails and posts)everyday · Jewish tradition
  At shows where something is: at the shop, at school.
• atheism noun (atheism; uncountable)
  The belief that there is no God or gods.
• atheist noun (an atheist, atheists); adjective (atheist)
  An atheist is a person who believes there is no God or gods.
• athenian adjective (Athenian); noun (an Athenian, Athenians)
  Belonging to or coming from Athens, the capital city of Greece, especially ancient Athens.
• athirst adjectiveJewish tradition
  very thirsty.
• athlete noun (an athlete, athletes)
  A person who is good at sports and trains to take part in them.
• athletic adjective (athletic, more athletic, most athletic)
  Strong, fit and good at sport.
• athwart preposition; adverb
  Athwart means across, from one side to the other of something.
• atlantic adjective / proper noun…
  The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean, lying between the Americas on the west and Europe and Africa on the east.
• atlantis proper noun (Atlantis)
  A legendary island city that, in an old story by the Greek writer Plato, sank under the sea in one day and night.
• atlas noun (an atlas, atlases); Atlas (a name)
  An atlas is a book of maps.
• atm noun (ATM, ATMs; UK also cash machine, cashpoint)
  An ATM (automated teller machine) is a machine where people take money out of their bank account using a card and a secret number (PIN).
• atmosphere noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The atmosphere is the layer of gases (air) around the Earth or another planet.
• atmospheric adjective (atmospheric; more atmospheric)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Atmospheric means to do with the atmosphere, the layer of air around the Earth or another planet («atmospheric pressure»).
• atom noun (an atom, atoms)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An atom is the smallest piece of a chemical element, far too small to see even with an ordinary microscope; everything around us is made…
• atomic adjective (atomic)
  Atomic means to do with atoms, the tiny particles everything is made of.
• atone verb (atone, atones, atoned, atoning)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To make up for a wrong you have done, by doing something good or by paying for the harm.
• atonement noun
  In these texts, a gift or offering to God that makes up for a sin.
• attach verb (attach, attaches, attached, attaching)
  To fix or join one thing to another, such as with glue, a clip or string.
• attached adjective (attached); past form of the verb attach…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Joined or fixed to something.
• attachment noun (an attachment, attachments; also uncountable)
  A file sent with an email.
• attack verb (attack, attacks, attacked, attacking); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To attack means to try to hurt someone or something with force.
• attacker noun (an attacker, attackers)
  A person or animal that attacks someone.
• attain verb (attain, attains, attained, attaining); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To reach or achieve a goal, level or result after effort.
• attainable adjective (attainable, more attainable)
  Possible to reach or achieve: «an attainable goal».
• attained verb past form of attain…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Attained means reached or achieved, usually after hard work: attained a goal.
• attainment noun (attainment; an attainment, attainments — formal)
  Attainment is reaching a goal or getting something after effort.
• attar noun (attars) (old or rare word)
  A strong, sweet-smelling oil made from flower petals, especially roses, used for perfume.
• attempt verb (attempt, attempts, attempted, attempting); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To try to do something, especially something difficult.
• attempted verb form…
  Attempted means tried to do something, especially something difficult.
• attend verb (attend, attends, attended, attending); phrasal…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To attend something is to go to it and be there, such as school, a meeting or a party.
• attendance noun (attendance, attendances)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Attendance is being present at a place or event, like school.
• attendant noun (an attendant, attendants); adjective…
  A person whose job is to look after people or a place, such as a flight attendant, a car park attendant or a pool attendant.
• attended verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Attended means went to an event, a meeting or a place, like a school, a party or a game.
• attendee noun (an attendee, attendees)
  An attendee is a person who goes to an event, such as a meeting, conference, class or party.
• attention noun (attention — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Attention is when you listen, watch or think carefully about something.
• attentive adjective (attentive, more attentive, most attentive)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Listening or watching carefully and paying close attention.
• attentively adverb (attentively); from the adjective attentiveeveryday · Jewish tradition
  In a way that pays close attention, listening or watching carefully.
• attest verb (attest, attests, attested, attesting)
  To show or prove that something is true.
• attestation nounJewish tradition
  proof or witness that something is true.
• attic noun (an attic, attics)
  A room or space just under the roof of a house, often used for storing things.
• attire noun (attire — uncountable); verb (attire, attired — formal)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Clothes, especially for a special event: «formal attire».
• attired adjective (attired); past form of the rare verb attireeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Dressed in a particular way.
• attitude noun (an attitude, attitudes)
  Your attitude is the way you think and feel about something, which shows in how you behave: a positive attitude, a bad attitude.
• attorney noun (attorneys)
  a person trusted to act for someone else in law or business; today we would say a lawyer.
• attract verb (attract, attracts, attracted, attracting); noun…
  To attract means to pull something towards itself: magnets attract iron.
• attraction noun (an attraction, attractions; also uncountable)
  A place or thing people want to visit or see: a tourist attraction.
• attractive adjective (attractive, more attractive, most attractive)
  Attractive means pleasant to look at, good-looking or pretty: "an attractive garden".
• attributable adjective (attributable — used with «to»)
  If something is attributable to a cause, it is caused by it or can be said to come from it.
• attribute noun (an attribute, attributes) — said "AT-trib-yoot"; verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  An attribute is a quality or feature that someone or something has: "patience is a good attribute".
• attribution noun (attribution, attributions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Saying who wrote, made, said or did something: giving credit.
• au preposition + article…everyday · Jewish tradition
  «Au» means «to the», «at the» or «in the» before a masculine word: «au parc» is «to the park», «au revoir» is «goodbye».

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