English words: E

819 words under E; 601–700 on this page.

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• evolution noun (evolution, uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Evolution is how living things change over a very long time, from one generation to the next.
• evolutionary adjective (evolutionary); noun evolution
  Evolutionary means to do with evolution, the very slow change of living things over many generations, as scientists explain it.
• evolve verb (evolve, evolves, evolved, evolving)
  To evolve means to change slowly, over a very long time and many generations, as living things adapt to their surroundings: «whales…
• ew interjection (informal; also «eww», «ewww»)
  "Ew!" is a sound people make to show disgust, when something seems dirty, smelly or gross.
• ewe noun (a ewe, ewes)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A female sheep.
• ex noun (an ex, exes; informal); prefix (ex-); preposition…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A person's former husband, wife, girlfriend or boyfriend: «my mum's ex».
• exact adjective (exact)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Exact means completely correct in every detail, not more or less.
• exaction nounJewish tradition
  Forcing someone to hand over money or goods, often unfairly.
• exactitude noun (exactitude; uncountable)
  Exactitude is the quality of being completely exact, correct and careful about small details.
• exactly adverb (exactly)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Exactly means just right, not more and not less.
• exaggerate verb (exaggerate, exaggerates, exaggerated, exaggerating)
  To exaggerate is to make something sound bigger, better, worse or more important than it really is.
• exaggeration noun…
  An exaggeration is a statement that makes something seem bigger, better or worse than it really is.
• exalt verb (exalts, exalted, exalting)Jewish tradition
  To exalt is to raise someone or something high in rank, honour or status.
• exalted adjectiveJewish tradition
  Exalted means high in rank, position or honour.
• exam noun (exam, exams); short for examination
  An exam is a test at school or college to see how much you know.
• examen noun (an examen, examens)
  The examen is a short daily prayer in which a person looks back over the day, thanks God for good things and asks forgiveness for wrong…
• examination noun (an examination, examinations)
  An examination is a test of what you know or can do, often written; usually called an exam.
• examine verb (examine, examines, examined, examining)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To examine something is to look at it very carefully to find out about it.
• examiner noun (an examiner, examiners)
  A person who sets or marks an exam or test, as in «The examiner marked our papers».
• example noun (example, examples)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An example is one case that shows how something works or what something is like: a dog is an example of a mammal.
• exasperated adjective
  Exasperated means very angry and annoyed, so that a person can hardly hold back their temper.
• exasperating adjective…
  Very annoying, making you feel cross and impatient, often because it keeps happening.
• excavate verb (excavate, excavates, excavated, excavating)
  To excavate means to dig carefully in the ground to find old things such as buildings, bones or tools.
• excavation noun (an excavation, excavations)
  Digging in the ground, especially carefully to find old things such as bones, pots and buildings.
• excavator noun (an excavator, excavators); verb excavate
  An excavator is a big machine with an arm and a bucket for digging up earth and rocks.
• exceed verb (exceed, exceeds, exceeded, exceeding)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To be more than a number or amount.
• exceeding verb, -ing form of exceed…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Exceeding means going above a limit or amount: "exceeding the speed limit" means driving faster than allowed.
• exceedingly adverb (exceedingly)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Exceedingly means very or extremely.
• excel verb (excel, excels, excelled, excelling); proper noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To excel is to be extremely good at something, better than most others.
• excellence noun (excellence) — uncountableeveryday · Jewish tradition
  The quality of being extremely good; very high quality.
• excellency noun (plural excellencies); used as a title: Your Excellencyeveryday · Jewish tradition
  A title of respect for certain high officials, such as an ambassador or a governor.
• excellent adjective (excellent); interjection (Excellent!)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Excellent means extremely good, of the highest quality.
• excellently adverb
  Extremely well; in a way that is of the very best quality.
• except preposition, conjunction (except); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Except means not including; leaving out.
• exception noun (an exception, exceptions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An exception is a thing or person that does not follow the usual rule or pattern.
• exceptional adjective (exceptional, more exceptional); adverb…
  Exceptional means extremely good, much better than usual.
• exceptionally adverb (exceptionally)
  Exceptionally means very, much more than usual: «exceptionally clever».
• excerpt noun (an excerpt, excerpts); verb (excerpt — formal)
  An excerpt is a short part taken from a longer book, film, speech or piece of music.
• excess noun (an excess, excesses; also uncountable); adjective
  An amount that is more than is needed, allowed or usual.
• excessive adjective (excessive, more excessive)
  Excessive means too much, more than is needed or sensible.
• excessively adverb (excessively)
  Excessively means too much, more than is normal, needed or healthy.
• exchange noun (exchange, exchanges); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To exchange means to give one thing and get another thing back.
• exchangeable adjective (exchangeable)
  Something exchangeable can be swapped or traded for something else.
• exchanger nounJewish tradition
  A person who swaps one kind of money for another, a money-changer.
• excise noun (excise — uncountable); verb…
  Excise, or excise duty, is a tax that the government puts on certain goods made or sold in the country, such as petrol, alcohol and tobacco.
• excitable adjective (excitable, more excitable)
  Excitable describes a person or animal that gets excited, nervous or upset very easily.
• excite verb (excite, excites, excited, exciting)
  To excite someone is to make them feel very happy, eager and full of energy about something.
• excited adjective (excited, more excited, most excited); verb…
  Excited means feeling very happy and full of energy because something good is happening or will happen.
• excitedly adverb
  In an excited way; full of eager, happy energy or strong feeling.
• excitement noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Excitement is the strong happy feeling you have when you are looking forward to something or when something fun or surprising is happening.
• exciting adjective (exciting, more exciting, most exciting); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Exciting means making you feel very happy and eager, wanting to know what happens next.
• exclaim verb (exclaim, exclaims, exclaimed, exclaiming)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To say or shout something suddenly and loudly because you feel surprise, joy, anger or pain.
• exclamation noun (an exclamation, exclamations)
  An exclamation is a short, sudden word or phrase said loudly to show surprise, anger, pain, joy or another strong feeling, like «Wow!» or…
• exclude verb (exclude, excludes, excluded, excluding)
  To keep someone or something out; not to let them join or take part.
• exclusion noun (exclusion — uncountable; an exclusion, exclusions)
  Keeping someone or something out, or leaving them out: the exclusion of girls from the team.
• exclusive adjective (exclusive, more exclusive); noun…
  Exclusive means only for one person or group, not shared with others.
• exclusively adverb (from the adjective «exclusive»)
  Only; for one person, group or thing and nobody or nothing else.
• excrement noun (excrement, uncountable)
  Solid waste that comes out of the body of a person or animal; poo.
• excrescence nounJewish tradition
  An unnatural lump or growth sticking out from something.
• excrete verb (excrete, excretes, excreted, excreting); noun…
  To get rid of waste from the body, such as poo, urine (wee), sweat or carbon dioxide.
• excreting verb -ing form of excrete…
  Excreting is getting rid of waste from the body, such as urine (wee), faeces (poo) or sweat.
• excretion noun (excretion, excretions); verb excrete
  Excretion is how living things get rid of waste that their bodies have made, such as urine, sweat and carbon dioxide.
• excruciating adjective; verb form (excruciate — rare)
  Extremely painful.
• excruciatingly adverb
  Extremely painfully.
• excursion noun (an excursion, excursions)
  An excursion is a short trip, often with a group, to visit a place for fun or to learn, and then come back.
• excuse noun (an excuse, excuses — said ex-KYOOS); verb…
  An excuse is a reason you give to explain why you did something wrong or did not do something, often not the real reason.
• execrate verbJewish tradition
  To curse something and say it is hateful.
• execration nounJewish tradition
  A curse, or something hated and spoken of with horror.
• execute verb (execute, executes, executed, executing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To kill someone as a punishment ordered by a court or ruler.
• executed verb, past form of execute…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Executed means carried out or done, as in «a perfectly executed plan» or «executed a jump».
• executing -ing form of the verb execute…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Doing or carrying out a plan, order, task or movement.
• execution noun (an execution, executions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An execution is the killing of a person as an official punishment for a crime, decided by a court or ruler.
• executioner noun (plural executioners)
  A person whose job is to put a criminal to death, as a punishment ordered by a court.
• executive noun (an executive, executives); adjective (executive)
  An executive is a person with an important job in a company, who makes decisions and manages others.
• executor noun (an executor, executors)
  An executor is the person named in a will to carry out what it says after the person who made it has died: sharing out money and things.
• exemplary adjective
  Very good; so good that it is an example for others to copy: exemplary behaviour.
• exemplify verb (exemplify, exemplifies, exemplified, exemplifying)
  To be a typical example of something.
• exempt adjective; verb (exempt, exempts, exempted, exempting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Free from a rule, duty or payment that others must follow: Children are exempt from the charge.
• exemption noun (an exemption, exemptions; uncountable)
  An exemption is official permission not to do something that others must do.
• exercise noun (exercise, uncountable; an exercise, exercises); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Exercise is moving your body to keep fit and healthy, like running, swimming or playing sport.
• exert verb (exert, exerts, exerted, exerting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To exert a force or pressure is to push, pull or press with it.
• exertion noun (exertion, exertions)
  Hard physical or mental effort.
• exhalation noun (an exhalation, exhalations; also uncountable)
  Breathing out: pushing air out of your lungs.
• exhale verb (exhale, exhales, exhaled, exhaling)
  To breathe out: Exhale slowly through your mouth.
• exhaust verb (exhaust, exhausts, exhausted, exhausting); noun…
  To exhaust someone means to make them extremely tired.
• exhausted adjective (exhausted); also the past form of «exhaust»…
  Exhausted means extremely tired, with no energy left.
• exhaustion noun (exhaustion — uncountable)
  Exhaustion is the state of being extremely tired, with no energy left.
• exhaustive adjective (exhaustive; more exhaustive, most exhaustive)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Something exhaustive is complete and thorough, covering every part or every possibility.
• exhibit verb (exhibit, exhibits, exhibited, exhibiting); noun…
  To exhibit means to show things publicly, especially in a museum or gallery: they exhibited our paintings.
• exhibition noun (an exhibition, exhibitions)
  A public show of things such as paintings, objects or animals, often in a museum or gallery.
• exhilarating adjective; verb form…
  Making you feel very happy, excited and full of energy.
• exhortation noun (an exhortation, exhortations)
  An exhortation is a strong, serious request or speech that urges people to do something.
• exhume verb (exhumes, exhumed, exhuming)
  To dig up a body that has been buried, usually to examine it or move it.
• exile noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Exile is being forced to live away from your own country, often as a punishment or for safety.
• exist verb (exist, exists, existed, existing); noun: existenceeveryday · Jewish tradition
  To be real; to be present in the world or in a place.
• existence noun (existence, existences)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Being real or being alive; the fact that something exists.
• existent adjectiveJewish tradition
  Real; being or living now.
• existential adjective (existential)
  Existential means to do with existence, especially the big questions about why we exist and what life means.
• exit noun (an exit, exits); verb (exit, exits, exited, exiting)
  A door or way out of a building, room, vehicle or motorway.
• exodus noun (an exodus; Exodus — the book)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Exodus is the second book of the Bible, telling how Moses led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, through the Red Sea, to Mount Sinai…

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