English words: E
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- effective adjective (effective, more effective, most effective)
Something effective works well and gives the result you want. - effectively adverb (effectively)
Effectively means in a way that works well and gets the result you want. - effectiveness noun (effectiveness — uncountable); adjective effective
Effectiveness is how well something works or does the job it is meant to do. - effects noun, plural of «effect» (an effect, effects)everyday · Jewish tradition
Changes or results that happen because of something. - effervescence noun (effervescence, uncountable)
The bubbles of gas that rise in a liquid, as in fizzy drinks or when a tablet dissolves. - effervescent adjective
Giving off bubbles of gas; fizzy. - efficacious adjective (efficacious) — formal
Working well; producing the result you want, especially of a medicine or treatment. - efficacy noun (efficacy — uncountable, formal)
The power to produce the result you want, especially of a medicine, treatment or method. - efficiency noun (efficiency, efficiencies — rare plural)
Efficiency is doing a job well without wasting time, energy, money or materials. - efficient adjective (efficient; more efficient, most efficient)…
Working well without wasting time, energy, money or materials, as in «an efficient way to tidy up». - efficiently adverb (more efficiently, most efficiently)
In a way that gets a job done well without wasting time, energy, money or materials. - effing adjective, adverb, verb (effing, eff, effed); stand-in word
a softer stand-in for the very rude f-word, used to add anger or force. - effort noun (effort — uncountable; an effort, efforts)everyday · Jewish tradition
Effort is the hard work and energy you use to do something. - effortless adjective
Done or seeming to be done without trying hard; looking easy. - effulgent adjectiveJewish tradition
Shining very brightly, giving off great light. - egg noun (egg, eggs)everyday · Jewish tradition
An egg is the round or oval thing a hen lays, which people eat. - egghead noun (an egghead, eggheads)
A very clever person who is interested in study and ideas, sometimes seen as out of touch with real life. - eggshell noun (an eggshell, eggshells); adjective…
An eggshell is the hard thin outside cover of an egg, which breaks easily. - ego noun (plural egos)
Your ego is the sense of who you are and how important you feel yourself to be. - egress noun (plural egresses)
Egress is a way out of a place; an exit (formal). - egyptian adjective (Egyptian); noun (an Egyptian, Egyptians)everyday · Jewish tradition
Coming from or to do with Egypt, a country in north-east Africa. - eider noun (plural eiders)
An eider is a large sea duck. - eight number (eight, 8)everyday · Jewish tradition
Eight is the number 8, one more than seven. - eighteen number (eighteen, 18)everyday · Jewish tradition
Eighteen is the number 18, ten and eight. - eighteenth adjective, ordinal number (eighteenth, 18th); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
Coming next after the seventeenth in order; number 18 in a line or list. - eightfold adjective and adverb (eightfold)
Eight times as much or as many: «The price rose eightfold.». - eighth number, adjective and noun (eighth, an eighth, eighths)…everyday · Jewish tradition
Eighth means number 8 in order, after the seventh. - eightieth adjective; noun (the eightieth, an eightieth); ordinal…everyday · Jewish tradition
The ordinal number for 80: coming after the seventy-ninth and before the eighty-first. - eighty number (eighty, 80)everyday · Jewish tradition
Eighty is the number 80, eight tens. - einstein proper noun (Einstein); noun, informal…everyday · Jewish tradition
Albert Einstein was a famous German-born scientist who studied light, time, gravity and energy, and is known for the idea E = mc². - either determiner, pronoun (either); adverb (either); conjunction…everyday · Jewish tradition
Either means one or the other of two: you can have either an apple or a pear. - ejaculate verb (ejaculate, ejaculates, ejaculated, ejaculating)
To cry out something suddenly, in surprise or excitement. - eject verb (eject, ejects, ejected, ejecting)
To push or throw something out with force. - ejection noun (ejection, ejections); verb eject
Ejection is pushing or throwing something out with force. - el noun (an el, els); abbreviation (El, the El); (Spanish) eleveryday · Jewish tradition
The name of the letter L. - elaborate adjective (elaborate, more elaborate) — pronounced…everyday · Jewish tradition
Having many parts or details; carefully planned and complicated: «an elaborate costume». - eland noun (an eland, elands or eland)
A very large African antelope with spiral horns on both males and females, light brown colour and a hanging fold of skin on the throat; it… - elapse verb (elapse, elapses, elapsed, elapsing) — formal
Of time: to pass by. - elapsed verb, past form of elapse…
When time has elapsed, it has passed. - elastic noun (elastic, uncountable; an elastic band); adjective…
Elastic is a material that stretches and then goes back to its shape, often sewn into clothes. - elasticity noun (uncountable)
The ability of a material to stretch or bend and then go back to its original shape. - elbow noun (an elbow, elbows); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
Your elbow is the joint in the middle of your arm where it bends. - elder adjective (elder, eldest); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
Elder means older, often said of a brother or sister: «my elder sister». - elderly adjective (elderly); noun «the elderly»…
Elderly is a polite word for old, used about people. - eldest adjective (eldest — superlative of old, used for family)…everyday · Jewish tradition
Eldest means oldest, used for people in the same family: «my eldest brother». - elect verb (elect, elects, elected, electing); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
To choose someone for a job or position by voting: The class elected Sam as captain. - elected verb past form of elect (elect, elects, elected, electing)…
Elected means chosen by people voting. - election noun (an election, elections)
An election is when people vote to choose someone, like a leader, a government or a class representative. - elector noun (an elector, electors)
An elector is a person who has the right to vote in an election. - electoral adjective (electoral)
Electoral means to do with elections, where people vote to choose leaders or representatives. - electorate noun (electorate, electorates)
The electorate is all the people in a country or area who are allowed to vote in an election. - electric adjective (electric)
Electric means using or working by electricity, like an electric kettle or electric car. - electrical adjective (electrical)
Using or to do with electricity: "electrical appliances", "an electrical fault". - electrician noun (electrician, electricians)
An electrician is a person whose job is to put in, check and repair electrical wires, sockets, lights and machines. - electricity noun (electricity — uncountable)
A kind of energy that flows through wires and powers lights, machines and devices. - electrocute verb…
To electrocute means to hurt or kill a person or animal with a strong electric shock. - electrocution noun…
Being killed or badly hurt by an electric shock. - electrolyte noun (an electrolyte, electrolytes)
A liquid or paste that lets electricity pass through it because it has ions (charged particles) in it, as in a battery. - electromagnet noun (an electromagnet, electromagnets)
An electromagnet is a magnet made by passing electricity through a coil of wire, often wrapped around an iron core; it works only while… - electron noun (an electron, electrons)
An electron is a tiny particle, much smaller than an atom, that has a negative electric charge and moves around the nucleus (centre) of an… - electronic adjective (electronic)
Electronic describes machines and devices that work using tiny electric circuits and chips, like phones, computers and games. - electronically adverb
By using electronic devices such as computers, phones or the internet. - electronics noun (electronics — uncountable, used with a singular verb)
Electronics are devices that use electricity and tiny parts like chips to work, such as phones, computers and games consoles. - electrum nounJewish tradition
A shining mix of gold and silver, or an amber-like metal. - elegance noun (no plural)
Grace and good taste in the way something looks, moves or is made. - elegant adjective (elegant; more elegant, most elegant)everyday · Jewish tradition
Graceful and stylish in how something looks or moves. - elegantly adverb (no other forms)
In a graceful, stylish and tasteful way. - element noun (an element, elements)everyday · Jewish tradition
One part or feature of something bigger: «an element of surprise». - elemental adjectiveJewish tradition
Having to do with the basic parts of something, or the first simple building blocks. - elementary adjective (no comparative in common use)everyday · Jewish tradition
Very simple and basic, the first thing to learn. - elements noun, plural of element (elements); also «the elements»…everyday · Jewish tradition
Parts or features that make up something: «the elements of a story». - elephant noun (an elephant, elephants)
An elephant is a very large grey animal with a long trunk, big ears and usually tusks; it lives in Africa and Asia. - elevate verb (elevate, elevates, elevated, elevating)
To lift something up to a higher position. - elevated adjective; verb, past form of elevate…everyday · Jewish tradition
Elevated means raised up higher than the ground or things around it. - elevation noun (an elevation, elevations; elevation — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
The height of a place above sea level: The town is at an elevation of 500 metres. - elevator noun (an elevator, elevators)
An elevator is a machine like a small room that carries people or things up and down between floors of a building (US and Canada; called a… - eleven number (eleven, 11)everyday · Jewish tradition
Eleven is the number 11, one more than ten. - eleventh adjective, noun (eleventh, 11th)everyday · Jewish tradition
Eleventh means number 11 in order. - elf noun (an elf, elves)
An elf is a small magical creature in stories and folk tales, often with pointed ears, who can be helpful or tricky. - elfin adjective (no comparative in common use)
Small, delicate and magical, like an elf or a fairy. - elicit verb (elicit, elicits, elicited, eliciting)
To get a reaction, answer or information from someone, often by asking questions or doing something. - eligibility noun (uncountable)
Having the right to do or get something because you meet the rules, such as the right age, address or qualifications. - eligible adjective (eligible)
Allowed to do or get something because you meet the rules, as in «eligible to vote» or «eligible for free school meals». - eliminate verb (eliminate, eliminates, eliminated, eliminating)
To eliminate means to remove or get rid of something completely. - elimination noun (elimination, uncountable; an elimination)
Removing or getting rid of something completely. - elite noun (the elite, elites); adjective (elite)
The elite is a small group of people who are the best at something, or who have the most power, money or importance. - elixir noun (elixirs)
A magic drink said to cure all illness or give long life. - elizabethan adjective (no comparative in common use)
Belonging to the time of Queen Elizabeth I of England, or in the style of that time. - elk noun (an elk; plural elk or elks)
In Britain and Europe: the largest kind of deer, with huge flat antlers and a long face; the same animal is called a moose in North America. - ell noun (an ell, ells)
The name of the letter L. - ellipsis noun (an ellipsis, ellipses)
The punctuation mark of three dots (…) that shows words are missing or that a sentence trails off. - elliptical adjective (elliptical); adverb elliptically; noun…
Shaped like an ellipse, a stretched circle or oval, as in «an elliptical orbit». - elm noun (an elm, elms; elm, the wood)
An elm is a tall tree with rough, oval leaves with jagged edges. - elongate verb (elongate, elongates, elongated, elongating)…
To make something longer, or to become longer. - elongated adjective (elongated); also the past form of elongate…
Longer and thinner than usual; stretched out. - elongation noun (elongation, elongations); verb elongate; adjective…
Elongation is making something longer or becoming longer, by stretching or growing. - eloquence noun (no plural)
The skill of speaking or writing well in a way that moves people. - eloquent adjective (eloquent, more eloquent, most eloquent)
Able to speak or write well, clearly and movingly, so that people are persuaded or touched. - elsewhere adverb (elsewhere)everyday · Jewish tradition
In or to another place, somewhere else. - elucidation nounJewish tradition
An explanation that makes something clear.
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