English words: C

1959 words under C; 1101–1200 on this page.

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• composite adjective (composite); noun (composites)
  Made of several different parts or kinds joined together.
• composition noun (composition, uncountable; a composition, compositions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  What something is made of; its parts and how much of each (the composition of air).
• compost noun (compost — uncountable); verb…
  A dark, crumbly mixture made from rotted plant and food waste, used to feed the soil and help plants grow.
• composure noun (composure; uncountable)
  Being calm and in control of your feelings, especially in a difficult or stressful moment.
• compote noun (compote, compotes)
  Fruit cooked slowly with sugar and a little water until soft, served cold or warm as a dessert or with yoghurt, porridge or pancakes.
• compound noun (a compound, compounds); adjective (compound); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A substance made of two or more elements joined chemically: water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen.
• comprehend verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To understand something fully.
• comprehensible adjectiveJewish tradition
  Able to be understood.
• comprehension noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Comprehension is understanding: being able to know what something means.
• comprehensive adjective…
  Including everything or almost everything that is needed; complete and thorough: «a comprehensive guide to birds».
• compress verb (compress, compresses, compressed, compressing); noun…
  To compress something is to press or squeeze it so it takes up less space.
• compressed adjective (compressed); verb, past form of compress…
  Pressed or squeezed into a smaller space: compressed air.
• compression noun (compression — mostly uncountable)
  Compression is pressing or squeezing something so it takes up less space.
• compressor noun (a compressor, compressors)
  A machine that squeezes air or gas into a smaller space, making its pressure higher, used to pump tyres, power tools and fridges.
• comprise verb (comprise, comprises, comprised, comprising)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To be made up of certain parts; to consist of.
• compromise noun (a compromise, compromises); verb…
  An agreement where each side gives up a little of what it wants so they can agree.
• compsognathus noun (a Compsognathus, Compsognathus or compsognathuses)
  A small meat-eating dinosaur about the size of a chicken or turkey, which ran on two legs and lived about 150 million years ago in what is…
• compulsion noun (a compulsion, compulsions; also uncountable)
  A very strong wish to do something that is hard to stop, even when you know you shouldn't.
• compulsory adjective (compulsory)
  Compulsory means something must be done because a rule or law says so; you have no choice.
• compunction noun (compunctions)
  A feeling of guilt or unease that stops you doing something you think is wrong.
• compute verb (compute, computes, computed, computing); noun…
  To work out an answer or amount by calculating.
• computer noun (computer, computers)
  A computer is a machine that stores information and follows instructions to help us write, count, draw, play, send messages and look…
• comrade noun (a comrade, comrades)
  A friend or companion, especially someone who shares difficult work or danger with you, such as a fellow soldier (comrades in arms).
• con noun (a con, cons); verb (con, cons, conned, conning)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A con is a trick to cheat someone, usually to get their money: it was all a con.
• conceal verb (conceal, conceals, concealed, concealing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To conceal something is to hide it so that it cannot be seen or found.
• concealed adjective (concealed); verb, past form of "conceal"…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Concealed means hidden, kept out of sight.
• concealment noun (concealment, uncountable; a concealment, rare)
  Concealment is the act of hiding something or keeping it secret: "the concealment of the stolen jewels".
• concede verb (concede, concedes, conceded, conceding)
  To concede is to admit, often unwillingly, that something is true: «He conceded that I was right».
• conceit noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Thinking far too well of yourself; being too proud of how clever, good-looking or important you are.
• conceited adjective (conceited, more conceited, most conceited)
  Too proud of yourself; thinking you are cleverer, better-looking or more important than you are.
• conceive verb (conceive, conceives, conceived, conceiving)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To form an idea or plan in the mind; to imagine or understand.
• concentrate verb…
  To give all your attention and thinking to one thing (concentrate on your work).
• concentration noun (concentration, concentrations)
  Giving all your attention to one thing: the puzzle needs concentration.
• concept nounJewish tradition
  An idea or thought about how something is.
• conception noun (conception, conceptions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Conception is the moment when a baby starts to grow inside its mother, when a sperm joins an egg.
• concern verb (concern, concerns, concerned, concerning); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A worry about something.
• concert noun (concert, concerts)
  A concert is a show where people play music or sing for an audience.
• concession noun (a concession, concessions)
  Something you agree to give up or allow in order to end an argument or reach a deal: «Both sides made concessions».
• conch noun (conch, conches or conchs)
  A large spiral sea shell.
• conciliate verb (conciliate, conciliates, conciliated, conciliating)Jewish tradition
  To calm someone who is angry, or win back their goodwill, by kind or generous acts.
• conciliation nounJewish tradition
  The act of bringing peace or agreement between sides.
• concise adjective (concise, more concise)
  Short and clear, saying what is needed in few words without leaving out important things.
• conciseness nounJewish tradition
  Saying much in few words.
• conclude verb (conclude, concludes, concluded, concluding)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To conclude is to decide that something is true after thinking about the facts.
• conclusion noun (a conclusion, conclusions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A conclusion is the end or last part of something, such as a story, essay or meeting.
• conclusive adjective (conclusive); adverb (conclusively)
  Conclusive means proving something completely, so that there is no doubt left.
• conclusively adverb
  In a way that proves something completely and leaves no doubt.
• concoct verb (concoct, concocts, concocted, concocting)
  To mix ingredients together to make a drink, potion or dish, often a strange one.
• concord nounJewish tradition
  agreement and peace between people or things; harmony.
• concourse noun (concourses)
  A large crowd of people gathered or moving together.
• concrete noun (concrete — uncountable); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A hard building material made by mixing cement, sand, small stones and water; it is soft when wet and sets very hard.
• concubinage nounJewish tradition
  The state of living with a lover as a secondary wife; here it means lustful, unfaithful behavior.
• concubine nounJewish tradition
  a woman who lived with a man and bore his children but had a lower standing than his wife.
• concur verb (concur, concurs, concurred, concurring)
  To concur is to agree with someone or with an opinion.
• concurrent adjective (concurrent)
  Happening or existing at the same time (concurrent events).
• concurrently adverb (concurrently); adjective concurrent
  Concurrently means at the same time as something else.
• concurring verb (present participle)Jewish tradition
  agreeing with someone or having the same opinion.
• concuss verb (concuss, concusses, concussed, concussing); noun…
  To hurt someone's brain by a hard knock to the head, so that they may feel dizzy, sick, confused or even pass out for a short time.
• concussion noun…
  Concussion is a brain injury caused by a hard knock to the head.
• condemn verb (condemn, condemns, condemned, condemning)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To condemn something is to say strongly and publicly that it is wrong or bad.
• condemnation noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Condemnation is strong public disapproval: saying clearly that something is very wrong or bad.
• condensation noun (condensation — uncountable)
  Condensation is when a gas, especially water vapour, cools down and turns into liquid.
• condense verb (condense, condenses, condensed, condensing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To condense is for a gas to turn into a liquid when it cools, as steam turns into water drops.
• condescend verb (condescend, condescends, condescended, condescending)
  To do something you think is below your dignity, or to agree to do something kindly as a favour to someone you see as lower than you.
• condescendingly adverb (condescendingly)
  In a way that shows you think you are better than others; talking down to them.
• condescension nounJewish tradition
  Here it means kindly gentleness or lowering oneself, not looking down on others.
• condiment noun (a condiment, condiments)
  A condiment is a sauce, spice or other thing such as salt, pepper, ketchup, mustard or vinegar that you add to food to give it more flavour.
• condition noun (condition, conditions); verb (condition — rare)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The condition of something is the state it is in: good, bad, new or broken.
• conditional adjective (conditional); noun (the conditional — grammar)
  Depending on something else happening first; only true or allowed if a condition is met.
• conditioner noun (conditioner, conditioners)
  A creamy liquid you put on your hair after shampoo to make it soft, smooth and easier to comb.
• condole verb (condole, condoles, condoled, condoling)
  To show sympathy with someone who is sad or in trouble, and comfort them about a loss.
• condolence noun (condolence, condolences; usually plural)
  Condolences are words or messages of sympathy you give to someone when a person they love has died.
• condor noun (a condor, condors)
  A condor is a very large vulture with huge wings and a bald head, living in the Andes mountains (the Andean condor) or California (the…
• conducive adjective (conducive, more conducive)
  Conducive to something means helping it to happen: «A quiet room is conducive to study».
• conduct verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  As a verb, to lead or direct music played by a band or orchestra, by moving your hands or a baton.
• conduction noun (conduction — uncountable)
  Conduction is the way heat or electricity moves through a material from one part to another, without the material itself moving.
• conductor noun (a conductor, conductors)
  A person who stands in front of an orchestra, band or choir and directs the music with hand movements or a baton.
• conduit nounJewish tradition
  A channel or pipe that carries water from one place to another.
• cone noun (a cone, cones)
  A cone is a 3D shape with a round flat base that narrows to a point at the top.
• confab noun (confabs); verb…
  A friendly, often private, talk or chat between people.
• confection noun (a confection, confections)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A sweet food such as a cake, sweet, chocolate or pudding, especially a fancy one.
• confectionery noun (confectionery, uncountable)
  Confectionery is sweets, chocolates and similar sugary foods.
• confederacy noun (a confederacy, confederacies; the Confederacy)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A confederacy is a group of states, tribes or people who join together for a shared purpose, like defence, while keeping much of their own…
• confederate noun (confederates)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A confederate is a helper who works secretly with someone else, usually in a trick or a plot.
• confederation noun (a confederation, confederations)
  A group of states, countries, organisations or people who join together for a shared purpose, while keeping much of their own power.
• confer verb (confer, confers, conferred, conferring)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To talk together and share ideas before deciding something: the judges conferred.
• conference noun (a conference, conferences)
  A conference is a big formal meeting where many people come together to discuss or learn about a subject, often for one or more days.
• conferral noun (conferral, conferrals) — formal
  The act of giving someone an honour, a title, a degree or a right in an official way.
• confess verb (confess, confesses, confessed, confessing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To confess is to admit that you did something wrong or something you are ashamed of.
• confession noun (a confession, confessions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A confession is when you admit that you did something wrong.
• confetti noun (confetti — uncountable)
  Tiny pieces of coloured paper thrown into the air at weddings, parties and parades.
• confidant noun (a confidant, confidants); feminine also confidante
  A person you trust and tell your secrets and private feelings to.
• confide verb (confide, confides, confided, confiding)
  To confide in someone is to tell them a secret or a private worry because you trust them.
• confidence noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Confidence is the feeling that you can do something well, or the belief in yourself: «She answered with confidence.».
• confident adjective (confident, more confident, most confident)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Confident means feeling sure that you can do something well: a confident swimmer.
• confidential adjective (confidential); adverb confidentially
  Confidential information is secret and should only be seen or shared by certain people.
• confidentiality noun (confidentiality, uncountable)
  Keeping private information secret and only sharing it with people who are allowed to know it.
• confidently adverb (confidently, more confidently, most confidently)
  Confidently means in a way that shows you believe in yourself and are not afraid.
• confine verb (confine, confines, confined, confining); noun…
  To keep someone or something inside a small or closed space: «The dog was confined to the kitchen».
• confined adjective (confined); past form of verb confine…
  Kept inside a small or closed space (a confined space).

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