English words: C

1959 words under C; 1201–1300 on this page.

1234567891011121314151617181920

• confinement noun (confinement, uncountable; a confinement, confinements)
  Confinement is being kept in a small space or not being allowed to leave: "the animals were in confinement".
• confines noun (plural only: the confines)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The edges or limits of a place: «within the confines of the school grounds».
• confirm verb (confirm, confirms, confirmed, confirming)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To confirm something is to show or say that it is definitely true or correct.
• confirmation noun (confirmation, a confirmation, confirmations)
  Confirmation is a message or proof that something is true or definitely happening, like a booking confirmation.
• confirmeth verb, old form of «confirms» (he, she, it)
  «confirmeth» means «confirms», a form of «confirm»: To confirm something is to show or say that it is definitely true or correct.
• confiscate verb (confiscate, confiscates, confiscated, confiscating)
  To take something away from someone, usually as a punishment or because a rule says it is not allowed, often keeping it for a while.
• confiscation noun (confiscation, confiscations)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The act of taking something away from someone because of a rule or as a punishment.
• confiture noun (confiture, confitures) — French word, rare in English
  Confiture is the French word for jam or fruit preserve: «confiture de fraises» means strawberry jam; to an English ear it sounds like…
• conflagration noun (a conflagration, conflagrations)
  A very large, destructive fire that spreads widely.
• conflict noun (a conflict, conflicts); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A conflict is a serious disagreement or argument.
• conform verb (conform, conforms, conformed, conforming)
  To conform is to behave the way most people do or the way you are expected to.
• conformable adjectiveJewish tradition
  matching or fitting in shape or manner.
• conformity noun (conformity; uncountable)
  Behaving the same way as most other people or as the rules expect, instead of being different: «pressure towards conformity».
• confound verb (confounds, confounded, confounding)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To confound someone is to confuse them so badly that they cannot think clearly.
• confounded adjective; past form of «confound»…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Confounded means very puzzled or confused.
• confront verb (confront, confronts, confronted, confronting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To confront someone is to face them, often to argue or talk about a problem.
• confrontation noun…
  A confrontation is an angry argument or fight between people or groups who disagree.
• confucianism noun (Confucianism; uncountable)
  A way of thinking and living based on the teachings of Confucius, a Chinese teacher who lived about 2,500 years ago; it stresses kindness…
• confuse verb (confuse, confuses, confused, confusing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To confuse someone is to make them unable to understand or think clearly: «The instructions confused me.».
• confused adjective (confused, more confused, most confused); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Not able to understand something or think clearly; not sure what is happening or what to do.
• confusion noun (confusion; uncountable mostly, a confusion — rare)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Confusion is the feeling of not understanding something or not knowing what to do.
• congealed verb (past tense)Jewish tradition
  became thick and solid, as a liquid does when it sets.
• congee noun (congee; uncountable)
  A thick, soft rice porridge made by cooking rice in lots of water for a long time, eaten across China and East and South-East Asia, often…
• conger noun (a conger, congers; also «conger eel»)
  A large sea eel with grey or black skin, living in rocky places and wrecks in the sea around Europe and elsewhere; it can grow longer than…
• congestion noun (congestion, uncountable); adjective congested
  Too many cars or people in one place, so movement is slow, like traffic congestion.
• conglomerate noun (a conglomerate, conglomerates); adjective…
  A big company made up of many different businesses that sell different things.
• congo noun…
  The Congo is a great river in central Africa, the second-longest in Africa and the deepest river in the world.
• congratulate verb…
  To congratulate someone means to tell them you are pleased about their success, good luck or happy event: we congratulated her on winning.
• congratulation noun (congratulation, congratulations) — almost always…
  Congratulations: words you say to show you are happy for someone who has done well or had good news.
• congratulations noun, plural (congratulations); interjection…
  «Congratulations!» is what you say to someone to show you are happy about their success or good news.
• congregate verb (congregate, congregates, congregated, congregating)
  To come together and form a group or crowd in one place.
• congregating verb…
  Congregating means gathering together in a group or crowd in one place.
• congregation noun (a congregation, congregations)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A congregation is the group of people gathered in a church, synagogue or mosque for worship.
• congregational adjective (congregational)
  To do with a congregation: the people who gather in a church for worship.
• congress noun (a congress, congresses; Congress)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The group of people elected to make laws in the USA, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
• congruent adjective (congruent); noun congruence
  Exactly the same shape and size; one shape fits exactly on top of the other, even if turned or flipped.
• conic adjective
  Conic means shaped like a cone, or to do with a cone.
• conifer noun (a conifer, conifers); adjective form coniferous…
  A tree or bush that grows its seeds in cones and usually has thin needle-like or small scaly leaves, such as a pine, fir, spruce, cedar…
• coniferous adjective (coniferous)
  Describing trees, such as pine, fir, spruce and larch, that have cones and needle-like or scaly leaves; most stay green all year.
• conjectural adjective (conjectural)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Based on a guess or an idea that has not been proved, not on firm facts: «The date of the old map is conjectural».
• conjecture noun (a conjecture, conjectures; also uncountable); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A conjecture is a guess or opinion formed without full proof.
• conjoin verb (conjoin, conjoins, conjoined, conjoining)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To join or combine two or more things together into one: «two ideas conjoined».
• conjointly adverbJewish tradition
  together, in combination or at the same time.
• conjugal adjective (old use)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Conjugal means to do with marriage, especially the duties and love between a husband and wife.
• conjunction noun (a conjunction, conjunctions)
  A conjunction is a word that joins words, phrases or clauses together in a sentence, like and, but, or, because, when, if and although.
• conjunctivitis noun (conjunctivitis — uncountable)
  Conjunctivitis is an eye infection or irritation that makes the eye red, itchy, sore and sometimes sticky; it is also called pink eye.
• conjure verb (conjures, conjured, conjuring)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To conjure is to do magic, making things appear as if by magic.
• conjurer noun (conjurers)
  A conjurer is a person who does magic tricks, a magician or wizard.
• conjuring noun (conjuring, uncountable); also the -ing form of…
  Conjuring is doing magic tricks that seem impossible, such as making coins vanish or pulling a rabbit from a hat.
• conjuror noun (conjurors)
  A conjuror is a person who does clever magic tricks; another spelling of conjurer.
• conker noun (a conker, conkers; conkers — a game)
  A conker is the shiny brown seed of a horse chestnut tree, found inside a spiky green case.
• conn abbreviation and noun…
  Conn.
• connect verb (connect, connects, connected, connecting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To join two or more things together so they touch or are linked: «connect the wires».
• connected adjective (connected, more connected); verb, past of…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Connected means joined or linked to something else (connected rooms, connected wires).
• connection noun (connection, connections)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A place or thing where two things are joined: «a loose connection in the wire».
• connotation noun (a connotation, connotations)
  A feeling or idea that a word suggests, in addition to its basic meaning.
• conquer verb (conquer, conquers, conquered, conquering); nouns…
  To conquer a country or people means to take control of them by fighting.
• conquering verb form (conquer, conquers, conquered, conquering)…
  Taking control of a country or people by force, especially in war.
• conqueror noun (a conqueror, conquerors)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A person, army or country that takes control of a land or people by force, or wins a war.
• conquest noun (a conquest, conquests; also uncountable: conquest)
  Conquest is taking control of a country, city or people by force, usually in a war.
• conquistador noun (a conquistador, conquistadors or conquistadores)
  A Spanish (or Portuguese) soldier and explorer who invaded and conquered lands in the Americas after Columbus, such as Hernán Cortés (who…
• conscience noun (a conscience, consciences)
  The feeling or inner voice inside you that tells you what is right and wrong, and makes you feel bad when you do wrong.
• conscientious adjective…
  Careful to do your work well and thoroughly, because you want to do the right thing.
• conscious adjective (conscious, more conscious, most conscious)
  If you are conscious, you are awake and know what is happening around you.
• consciously adverb (consciously); from «conscious»
  On purpose and knowing what you are doing: «She consciously chose to be kind».
• consciousness noun (consciousness, uncountable)
  The state of being awake and aware of what is around you (lose consciousness).
• conscript noun (a conscript, conscripts); verb…
  A person who is made by law to join the army or armed forces.
• consecrate verb (consecrates, consecrated, consecrating)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To consecrate something is to make it holy by a religious ceremony.
• consecrated adjective (also the past form of consecrate)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Consecrated means made holy by a blessing or religious ceremony.
• consecration noun (consecrations)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Consecration is the act of making something holy by a religious ceremony.
• consecutive adjective (consecutive)
  Consecutive means following one after another in order, without a gap.
• consecutively adverb (consecutively)
  Consecutively means one after another, in order, without a gap or break.
• consensus noun (consensus, usually uncountable; a consensus)
  Agreement among all or most people in a group.
• consent noun (consent, uncountable); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Permission or agreement to let something happen (give consent).
• consequence noun (a consequence, consequences)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A consequence is something that happens because of an action or event, a result.
• consequent adjective (consequent); adverb consequently
  Consequent means happening as a result of something.
• consequently adverb (consequently)everyday · Jewish tradition
  As a result; because of that: «It rained all day; consequently, the match was cancelled».
• conservation noun (conservation — mostly uncountable)
  Protecting nature — animals, plants, forests, seas — so it is not damaged or lost.
• conservative adjective…
  Not liking sudden change and preferring traditional ways, values and styles: «My grandad has conservative taste in music».
• conservatoire noun (a conservatoire, conservatoires); US often…
  A college where people study music, singing, dance or drama to a very high level, often to become professional performers.
• conservatory noun (a conservatory, conservatories)
  A room with glass walls and a glass roof, built onto a house, where people sit in the sun and grow plants.
• conserve verb (conserve, conserves, conserved, conserving); noun…
  To save something so it is not wasted or used up, such as water, energy or money.
• conserved adjective (conserved); verb past form of conserve…
  Protected and kept safe from damage or being wasted, like conserved forests or conserved water.
• conserves noun (conserves — plural of conserve); verb form…
  Conserves are jams made from whole fruit pieces cooked with sugar.
• consider verb (consider, considers, considered, considering)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To consider something is to think about it carefully, especially before deciding: «Consider all the answers».
• considerable adjective (considerable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Large in size, amount or importance; quite a lot: a considerable amount of money.
• considerably adverb (considerably)
  Much, a lot, to a large degree: the weather is considerably warmer today.
• considerate adjective (considerate, more considerate, most considerate)
  A considerate person thinks about other people's feelings and needs and acts kindly because of that.
• considerately adverb (more considerately, most considerately)
  In a way that thinks kindly of other people's feelings and needs.
• consideration noun (consideration, considerations)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Careful thought about something before deciding: after much consideration.
• considered adjective (considered); verb, past form of consider…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Considered (past of consider) means thought about carefully before deciding.
• considerest verb, old form used with thou
  «considerest» means «you consider», a form of «consider»: To consider something is to think about it carefully, especially before…
• consign verb (consign, consigns, consigned, consigning) — formal
  To send goods to someone, often to be sold or delivered.
• consignment noun (a consignment, consignments)
  A load of goods that is sent or delivered to someone at one time.
• consist verb (consist, consists, consisted, consisting) — used with…everyday · Jewish tradition
  consist of: to be made up of certain parts or things.
• consistency noun (consistency, consistencies)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Consistency is always acting, working or happening in the same way, steady and reliable.
• consistent adjective (consistent; more consistent, most consistent)
  Always behaving or happening in the same way; steady and reliable.
• consistently adverb (consistently); adjective consistent; noun…
  In the same way every time, again and again, without changing.
• consolation noun (consolation, uncountable; a consolation, consolations)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Comfort given to someone who is sad or disappointed.
• console verb (console, consoles, consoled, consoling) — said…
  To comfort someone who is sad or upset and help them feel better.

1234567891011121314151617181920

This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/page/13/