English words: R

1025 words under R; 501–600 on this page.

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• rep noun (a rep, reps — informal); abbreviation (rep)
  A rep is short for a representative: a person chosen to speak or act for a group, like a class rep or a school council rep.
• repaint verb (repaint, repaints, repainted, repainting)
  To repaint something is to paint it again, usually in a new colour or because the old paint is worn.
• repair verb (repair, repairs, repaired, repairing); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To repair is to fix something that is broken or damaged.
• reparation noun (reparation, reparations)
  Doing something or paying something to make up for a wrong or damage you caused.
• repartee noun (repartee — uncountable)
  Quick, witty conversation in which people make clever, funny replies to each other.
• repast noun (plural repasts)
  A meal, especially a grand or formal one.
• repatriation noun (repatriation — usually uncountable; repatriations)
  Sending or bringing someone back to their own country.
• repay verb (repay, repays, repaid, repaying)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To repay money is to pay back money that you borrowed.
• repayable adjective (repayable)
  That must be paid back, usually by a certain time.
• repayment noun (a repayment, repayments; also uncountable repayment)
  Paying back money that you borrowed.
• repeal verb (repeal, repeals, repealed, repealing); noun…
  To officially end a law so that it no longer counts.
• repeat verb (repeat, repeats, repeated, repeating); noun (a repeat)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To repeat is to do or say something again.
• repeatedly adverb (repeatedly)
  Repeatedly means many times, again and again.
• repeating verb (repeat, repeats, repeated, repeating); adjective…
  Repeating means doing or saying something again and again.
• repel verb (repel, repels, repelled, repelling)
  To repel something is to push it away or keep it away.
• repellent noun (repellent, repellents); adjective (repellent)
  A repellent is a spray, cream or other thing that keeps animals or insects away, such as insect repellent against mosquitoes.
• repelling verb form…
  Repelling means pushing something away or keeping it away.
• repent verb (repent, repents, repented, repenting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To repent is to feel truly sorry for something wrong you have done and to want to change.
• repentance noun (repentance — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Repentance is being truly sorry for something wrong you have done and wanting to change and not do it again.
• repentant adjective (repentant)
  Feeling sorry for something wrong you have done and wanting to change.
• repenteth verb, old form of «repents» (he, she, it)
  «repenteth» means «repents», a form of «repent»: To repent is to feel truly sorry for something wrong you have done and to want to change.
• repetition noun (repetition, repetitions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Doing or saying something again and again: Learning times tables needs repetition.
• repetitive adjective (repetitive; more repetitive, most repetitive)
  Repetitive means doing or saying the same thing again and again.
• replace verb (replace, replaces, replaced, replacing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To replace something means to put a new thing in the place of an old or broken one.
• replacement noun (a replacement, replacements; also uncountable)
  A replacement is a new thing or person that takes the place of one that is broken, lost or gone.
• replay verb (replay, replays, replayed, replaying); noun…
  To replay something means to play it again, such as a video, song or game.
• replenish verb (replenish, replenishes, replenished, replenishing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To replenish something is to fill it up again or bring it back to the amount it was before.
• replenishment noun (replenishment; mostly uncountable)
  Filling something up again after it has been used or emptied.
• replete adjective (replete) — formal
  Replete with something means full of it or well supplied with it.
• replica noun (a replica, replicas)
  A replica is a very exact copy of something, such as a famous ship, statue, building or shirt.
• replicate verbJewish tradition
  To make an exact copy of something, or to do something again in the same way.
• replication noun (replication, replications)
  Making an exact copy of something.
• reply verb (reply, replies, replied, replying); noun…
  To reply is to answer, in words, writing or action.
• report noun (a report, reports); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A report is a piece of writing or a talk that gives facts about something.
• reportedly adverb (reportedly)
  Reportedly means «according to what people say or what news reports say», when we are not completely sure it is true.
• reporter noun (reporter, reporters)
  A person whose job is to find out news and tell it in a newspaper, on television, on radio or online.
• repose noun (repose — uncountable); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Rest, sleep or calm.
• repository noun (a repository, repositories)
  A place where things are stored or kept safe.
• repossess verb (repossess, repossesses, repossessed, repossessing)
  To take back goods or a house because the buyer has not kept up the payments they promised.
• repost verb (repost, reposts, reposted, reposting); noun…
  To post something online again, especially something someone else posted.
• represent verb (represent, represents, represented, representing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To stand for or be a sign or symbol of something: a red cross represents first aid.
• representation noun (representation, representations)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A picture, model or sign that shows or stands for something.
• representative noun (a representative, representatives); adjective…
  A person chosen to speak or act for others: our class representative.
• represented verb, past of representeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Stood for or was a symbol of something.
• reprimand verb (reprimand, reprimands, reprimanded, reprimanding)…
  To reprimand someone is to tell them off officially for doing something wrong.
• reproach verb (reproach, reproaches, reproached, reproaching); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  verb To tell someone, gently or sadly, that you are disappointed in what they did.
• reproachfully adverb (reproachfully)everyday · Jewish tradition
  In a way that shows you are disappointed with someone or blame them.
• reproduce verb (reproduce, reproduces, reproduced, reproducing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Of living things: to have babies, young, seeds or new cells.
• reproduction noun…
  The way living things make new young of their own kind, such as animals having babies or plants making seeds.
• reproductive adjective (reproductive)
  To do with having young or making new living things.
• reproof noun (reproofs)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A reproof is a sharp word or talk that tells someone they have done wrong.
• reptile noun (a reptile, reptiles)
  A cold-blooded animal with a backbone, dry scaly skin, that usually lays eggs, such as a snake, lizard, turtle, tortoise, crocodile or…
• republic noun (a republic, republics; the Republic of …)
  A republic is a country where the people choose their leaders, and the head of state is usually an elected president, not a king or queen.
• republican noun…
  noun and adjective: A person who wants their country to be a republic, ruled by elected leaders with no king or queen.
• repudiate verb (repudiate, repudiates, repudiated, repudiating)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To refuse to accept or support something; to say firmly that it is wrong or not true.
• repugnance noun
  A strong feeling of dislike or disgust towards something.
• repulsion noun (repulsion — usually uncountable)
  Repulsion is a force that pushes things away from each other, like two north poles of magnets.
• repulsive adjective (repulsive; more repulsive, most repulsive)
  Very unpleasant, making you feel sick or disgusted.
• reputable adjective (reputable)
  Known to be honest, reliable and good; having a good reputation.
• reputation noun (a reputation, reputations)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A reputation is what people generally think about someone or something, based on what they have done in the past.
• repute noun (repute, uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  What people generally think of someone or something; reputation.
• request noun (a request, requests); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A request is the act of asking politely or formally for something.
• requiem noun (requiems)
  A requiem is a prayer or piece of music sung for someone who has died.
• requiescat interjection/noun (requiescat; Requiescat in pace, RIP)…
  Requiescat means «may he or she rest».
• require verb (require, requires, required, requiring)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To require is to need.
• requirement noun (a requirement, requirements)
  Something that you must have or must do; a rule that must be met.
• requirest verb, old form used with thou
  «requirest» means «you require», a form of «require»: To require is to need.
• requisite adjective (requisite); noun (a requisite, requisites)
  Needed for a purpose; necessary (the requisite number of votes).
• requite verb (requites, requited, requiting); old useeveryday · Jewish tradition
  To requite someone is to pay them back for good or bad that they have done to you.
• reread verb (reread, rereads, reread, rereading); noun…
  To read something again.
• rerun noun (a rerun, reruns); verb…
  A TV programme or film shown again.
• rescue verb (rescue, rescues, rescued, rescuing); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To save someone or something from danger or harm, or from a bad situation.
• rescuer noun (a rescuer, rescuers)
  A rescuer is a person or animal who saves someone or something from danger.
• reseal verb (reseal, reseals, resealed, resealing); adjective…
  To reseal something is to close or seal it again after it has been opened.
• research noun (research — uncountable); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Research is careful study to find out new facts or information.
• researcher noun (a researcher, researchers)
  A person whose job is to study something carefully to discover new facts, for example a scientist doing experiments or someone studying…
• resell verb (resell, resells, resold, reselling)
  To resell something is to sell it again after buying it, often for a higher price.
• resemblance noun (resemblance, resemblances)
  Being similar to someone or something, especially in how they look: a strong family resemblance.
• resemble verb (resemble, resembles, resembled, resembling)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To resemble someone or something means to look like them or be similar to them.
• resent verb (resent, resents, resented, resenting); also the past…
  To feel angry and hurt about something you think is unfair, often for a long time.
• resentful adjective (resentful; more resentful, most resentful)
  Feeling angry and bitter because you think you were treated unfairly.
• resentment noun (resentment — usually uncountable)
  A feeling of anger and hurt because you think you have been treated unfairly, often lasting a long time.
• reservation noun (a reservation, reservations)
  A reservation is an arrangement to keep a table, seat, room or ticket for you, a booking.
• reserve verb (reserve, reserves, reserved, reserving); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To ask for something, like a table or a seat, to be kept for you: "We reserved a table.".
• reserves noun (reserves — plural of reserve; reserve, a reserve)…
  Reserves are supplies kept for later or for an emergency, like food reserves or money reserves.
• reservist noun (a reservist, reservists)
  A person who has a normal job but has trained as a soldier, sailor or airman and can be called up to serve in the armed forces when needed.
• reservoir noun (a reservoir, reservoirs)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A large lake, often made by people with a dam, that stores water for a town or city.
• reset verb (reset, resets, reset, resetting); noun…
  To reset means to set a machine, device or counter back to its starting state.
• resettle verb (resettle, resettles, resettled, resettling)
  To move people to a new place to live, often after war, disaster or danger.
• resh nounJewish tradition
  The twentieth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, which sounds like an r.
• reshape verb (reshape, reshapes, reshaped, reshaping)
  To change the shape of something.
• reside verb (reside, resides, resided, residing) — formal
  To live in a place: She resides in Toronto.
• residence noun (a residence, residences; residence — uncountable)
  A residence is a house or building where someone lives, especially a large or official one.
• resident noun (a resident, residents); adjective…
  A resident is a person who lives in a place, such as a house, street, town or country.
• residential adjective (residential)
  Residential describes an area where people live in homes, rather than shops or factories.
• residual adjective (formal); noun (a residual, residuals)
  Left over after most of something has gone or been used.
• residue noun (a residue, residues)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A small amount of something that is left after the main part has gone or been used: a sticky residue on the table.
• resign verb (resign, resigns, resigned, resigning)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To resign is to leave your job or position by choice, often by telling your employer officially.
• resignation noun…
  A resignation is when someone officially leaves their job by choice.
• resilience noun (resilience — uncountable)
  The ability to recover and keep going after something hard, sad or frightening; bouncing back.

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