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- appoint verb (appoint, appoints, appointed, appointing)everyday · Jewish tradition
To appoint someone is to choose them officially for a job or role. - appointed verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
Appointed means chosen officially for a job or role. - appointment noun (an appointment, appointments)everyday · Jewish tradition
An appointment is an agreed time to meet someone, especially a doctor, dentist or hairdresser. - apportion verb (apportion, apportions, apportioned, apportioning)
To apportion something is to divide it and share it out among people. - apportioned verb…
Shared out or divided among people, often in fair or set parts. - apportionment noun (apportionment — usually uncountable; an apportionment)
The act of dividing something and sharing it out in parts, often fairly. - appraisal noun (an appraisal, appraisals)
An appraisal is a careful judgement of how good, useful or valuable something or someone is. - appreciable adjective (appreciable); adverb: appreciably
Large or important enough to be noticed or measured. - appreciate verb (appreciate, appreciates, appreciated, appreciating)everyday · Jewish tradition
To be thankful for something: «I appreciate your help». - appreciation noun (appreciation, appreciations)
Thanks or gratitude for something. - appreciative adjective…
Showing that you are thankful: an appreciative letter. - apprehend verb (apprehend, apprehends, apprehended, apprehending)
To apprehend someone is to catch and arrest them. - apprehended verb, past form of apprehend…
Caught and arrested by police. - apprehension noun (apprehension, apprehensions)
Apprehension is worry or fear that something bad might happen. - apprentice noun (an apprentice, apprentices); verb (be apprenticed to)everyday · Jewish tradition
A young person who learns a trade or skill by working with a skilled worker, usually for a set time and a small wage. - apprenticeship noun (an apprenticeship, apprenticeships)
A time of training when a young person learns a trade or job by working with a skilled worker, often while being paid a small wage. - apprise verb (apprise, apprises, apprised, apprising)
To apprise someone of something is to tell them about it or inform them. - approach verb (approach, approaches, approached, approaching); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
To approach means to come nearer to someone or something («The train is approaching the platform»). - approacheth verb, old form of «approaches» (he, she, it)
«approacheth» means «approaches», a form of «approach»: To approach means to come nearer to someone or something («The train is… - approbation noun (no plural)
Approval; saying or showing that you think something is good. - appropriate adjective (appropriate; more appropriate); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
Right or suitable for a particular situation, person or time. - appropriately adverb (appropriately); adjective (appropriate)
In a way that is right or suitable for the situation. - appropriation noun (an appropriation, appropriations; also uncountable)
Taking something for yourself, often without permission or without the right to. - approval noun (approval — uncountable; an approval)everyday · Jewish tradition
Thinking that someone or something is good or right; liking it. - approve verb (approve, approves, approved, approving)everyday · Jewish tradition
To think that something or someone is good, right or acceptable ("approve of"). - approved adjective (approved); past form of the verb approve…
Officially accepted or allowed. - approving adjective (approving); also the present participle of…
Showing that you think something is good or right, like an approving smile or nod. - approximate adjective (approximate); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
Close to the exact number or amount, but not exactly it. - approximately adverb
Close to an exact amount, number or time, but not exactly; about. - approximation noun (approximation, approximations)everyday · Jewish tradition
A value or answer that is close to the exact one but not exactly right. - appurtenance nounJewish tradition
Something that belongs to a larger thing or goes with it. - apricot noun (an apricot, apricots); adjective…
An apricot is a small, round, soft fruit with orange-yellow skin and a large stone inside. - april noun (April)everyday · Jewish tradition
April is the fourth month of the year. - apron noun (an apron, aprons)everyday · Jewish tradition
An apron is a piece of cloth you tie over the front of your clothes to keep them clean while cooking, painting or working. - apt adjective (apt, apter/more apt, aptest/most apt)everyday · Jewish tradition
Apt means suitable or just right for the situation. - aptitude noun (an aptitude, aptitudes; also uncountable)
A natural ability or talent to do something well or to learn it quickly. - aqua nounJewish tradition
Water, or a blue-green colour like water. - aquaplane verb (aquaplane, aquaplanes, aquaplaned, aquaplaning); noun…
If a car aquaplanes, its tyres slide on a layer of water on a wet road and lose grip, so the driver cannot steer or brake well. - aquarium noun (an aquarium, aquariums or aquaria)
A glass tank filled with water where fish and other water animals and plants are kept, at home or at school. - aquarius nounJewish tradition
A sign of the zodiac, shown as a water carrier, which is also a group of stars. - aquatic adjective (aquatic, more aquatic); noun…
Aquatic means living or growing in water, as in «aquatic plants». - aqueduct noun (an aqueduct, aqueducts)
An aqueduct is a bridge that carries water, either a channel of water or a canal, across a valley or river. - ar fragment/abbreviation (ar, Ar, AR); dialect word (ar — UK)everyday · Jewish tradition
In parts of northern England and the Midlands, «ar» or «arr» means "yes", and «ar» can also mean "our": «ar kid» (my brother or sister). - arab noun (an Arab, Arabs); adjective (Arab)everyday · Jewish tradition
A person whose people come from the Arabic-speaking countries of the Middle East and North Africa, such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia or Morocco. - arabesque noun (arabesques)
A decoration of flowing lines, leaves and curls, often repeated in a pattern. - arabian adjective (Arabian); proper nouneveryday · Jewish tradition
To do with Arabia, the large peninsula in south-west Asia, or its people. - arabic proper noun (Arabic — the language); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
Arabic is the language spoken by many millions of people in the Middle East and North Africa. - arachnid noun (an arachnid, arachnids); adjective (arachnid)
An arachnid is a small animal with eight legs and a body in two main parts, such as a spider, scorpion, tick or mite. - aramaic nounJewish tradition
An ancient Semitic language related to Hebrew, once spoken across the Middle East. - aramean nounJewish tradition
A person from Aram, an ancient land in what is now Syria. - arbiter noun (arbiter, arbiters)everyday · Jewish tradition
A person who settles an argument or decides who is right. - arbitrarily adverb (arbitrarily)
Without a real reason or plan, by chance or by a choice that is not fair. - arbitrary adjective (arbitrary; more arbitrary)everyday · Jewish tradition
Arbitrary means chosen by chance or by someone's wish, not for a good reason or rule. - arbitrator nounJewish tradition
A person chosen to settle a dispute between two sides. - arbor noun (arbors)
An arbor is a shady place in a garden, made of trees, climbing plants or a frame covered with leaves, where people can sit. - arbour noun (arbours)
An arbour is a shady place in a garden, made of trees or climbing plants, where people can sit. - arc noun (an arc, arcs); verb (arc, arcs, arced, arcing)everyday · Jewish tradition
An arc is part of the curved line of a circle, or any curved line shaped like this. - arcade noun (arcade, arcades)
An arcade is a place with games you play using coins or tokens. - arch noun (an arch, arches); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
An arch is a curved shape or structure, like the top of a doorway or a bridge, that goes up and over. - archaeological adjective (archaeological) — US also «archeological»everyday · Jewish tradition
About archaeology: the study of the past by digging up and studying old objects, buildings and bones. - archaeologist noun (an archaeologist, archaeologists)everyday · Jewish tradition
An archaeologist is a scientist who studies how people lived long ago by digging up and examining old things they left behind, such as… - archaeology noun (archaeology — uncountable)
The study of the human past by digging up and examining old things people left behind, such as tools, bones, pots, coins and buildings. - archaeopteryx noun (an archaeopteryx, archaeopteryxes; Archaeopteryx)
Archaeopteryx was a small animal that lived about 150 million years ago and had features of both dinosaurs and birds: feathers and wings… - archaic adjective (archaic, more archaic, most archaic)everyday · Jewish tradition
Very old and from the distant past. - archbishop noun (an archbishop, archbishops)
An archbishop is a very senior bishop who is in charge of the bishops and churches in a large area. - archduke noun (archduke, archdukes; archduchess for a woman)
A very important prince in the old royal family of Austria. - archer noun (archers)everyday · Jewish tradition
An archer is a person who shoots arrows from a bow. - archerfish noun (an archerfish, archerfish or archerfishes)
An archerfish is a small fish of warm rivers and mangroves in Asia and northern Australia that shoots a jet of water from its mouth to… - archery noun (no plural)
Archery is the sport or skill of shooting arrows from a bow at a target. - archetype nounJewish tradition
The first or perfect model from which other things are copied. - archipelago noun (archipelago, archipelagos or archipelagoes)
A group of islands close together in the sea. - architect noun (an architect, architects)everyday · Jewish tradition
An architect is a person whose job is to design buildings and draw plans for how they should be built. - architecture noun (architecture; uncountable)
Architecture is the art and work of designing buildings. - archive noun (archives)everyday · Jewish tradition
An archive is a place where old records, papers and documents are kept safe for many years. - archives noun (archives, plural only)everyday · Jewish tradition
The archives are the old records and papers of a town, a country or a family, kept together in one place. - archway noun (archways)
An archway is a passage or doorway with a curved top, like an arch, which you walk or sail through. - arctic adjective; proper noun (the Arctic)
The Arctic is the very cold area around the North Pole, including the Arctic Ocean and the northern parts of Canada, Alaska (USA)… - ard nounJewish tradition
A man's name in the Bible, used as a personal name and as the name of a family. - ardent adjective (more ardent, most ardent)
Ardent means very eager, full of strong feeling, or keen about something. - arduous adjective (arduous, more arduous, most arduous)
Arduous means very hard and tiring, needing a lot of effort for a long time. - area noun (area, areas)everyday · Jewish tradition
Area is how much flat space a shape covers; we measure it in squares, like square meters or square feet. - arena noun (an arena, arenas)
An arena is a big building or space with seats all around, where people watch sports, concerts or shows. - argent noun (argent — uncountable); adjective (argent)
The colour silver or white on a coat of arms or shield. - argentine adjective (Argentine; also Argentinian, Argentinean); noun…
Argentine means from or to do with Argentina, a country in South America. - argon noun (argon — uncountable); chemical symbol Ar
Argon is a gas with no colour, no smell and no taste that is found in small amounts in the air. - argue verb (argue, argues, argued, arguing)everyday · Jewish tradition
To argue means to speak angrily with someone because you disagree. - arguer noun (arguer, arguers)
A person who argues, either one who quarrels a lot or one who gives reasons for an opinion. - argument noun (an argument, arguments)everyday · Jewish tradition
An argument is an angry talk or quarrel between people who disagree. - argumentative adjective (more argumentative, most argumentative)
Argumentative describes someone who likes to argue and disagree, even about small things. - aria noun (an aria, arias)
An aria is a song for one singer in an opera, usually long and full of feeling. - arid adjective (arid, more arid, most arid)
Arid land or weather is very dry, with very little rain, so few plants can grow. - aries nounJewish tradition
The first sign of the zodiac, shown as a ram. - aright adverb (old use)everyday · Jewish tradition
Aright means correctly or rightly, with no mistake. - arise verb (arise, arises, arose, arisen, arising)everyday · Jewish tradition
To arise is to begin or appear, usually a problem, question or chance. - aristocratic adjective
Aristocratic describes people of the highest rank in a country, such as lords and ladies, and the grand, proud way they behave. - arithmetic noun (arithmetic — uncountable); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
Arithmetic is the part of maths about numbers and the four basic operations: adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing. - arithmetical adjective (arithmetical)everyday · Jewish tradition
About arithmetic: adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing numbers. - ark noun (an ark, arks)everyday · Jewish tradition
Noah's ark was the huge wooden boat Noah built to save his family and two of every kind of animal from the great flood. - arm noun (an arm, arms); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
One of the two long body parts from your shoulder to your hand. - armada noun (an armada, armadas)
A large group of warships.
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