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67. fiml formal S A 4 BS KJ fa Bil A Af x at BE EJ sb somebody sth something CHR E 6 Abbreviations and grammar labels used in the dictionary abbr abbreviation NZE New Zealand English adj adjective pl plural adv adverb pp past participle AmE American English prep preposition AustralE Australian English pron pronoun BrE British English pt past tense C countable noun sb somebody conj conjunction ScotE Scottish English det determiner sing singular etc et cetera and so on sth something IrishE Irish English symb symbol n noun U uncountable noun NorthE Northern English v verb Symbols used in the dictionary replaces the headword of an entry A taboo see Labels below m shows new part of speech in an IDM idiom s section of an entry entry phrasal verb s section of an gt derivative s section of an entry entry Labels used in the dict
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76. The triangle shows SYN SHY a diffident manner smile He was modest and where the derivatives diffident about his own success dif fi dence dens section begins noun U She overcame her natural diffidence and spoke with great frankness b dif fi dent ly adv 72 Finding the meaning Some words have a lot of possible meanings and the entries for them can be very long It is not usually necessary to read the whole entry from the beginning if you already know something about the context or general meaning you are looking for Meanings that are closely related to each other share the same short cut Short cuts show the general meaning or context of each meaning 1 r T r Fa re lief rr li f noun REMOVAL OF ANXIETY PAIN 1 U sing the feeling of hap piness that you have when sth unpleasant stops or does not happen a sense of relief We all breathed a sigh of relief when he left o She sighed with relief Much to my relief the car was not damaged News of their safety came as a great relief It was a relief tp be able to talk to someone about it What a relief 2 U from of sth the act of removing or reducing pain anxiety etc modern methods of pain relief the relief of misery poverty suffering HELP 3 U food money medicine etc that is given to help people in places where there has been a war or nat ural disaster famine reli
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95. VN that verb noun phrase that clause VN that Can you remind me that I need to buy some milk verb wh clause I wonder what the job will be like V wh EC 69 VN wh verb noun phrase wh V to inf clause 7 asked him where the hall was verb to infinitive The goldfish need to be fed VN to inf verb noun phrase to VN inf 70 infinitive He was forced to leave the keys verb noun phrase infinitive without to Did you hear the phone ring verb ing phrase She never stops talking VN ing verb noun phrase ing phrase His comments set me thinking V ing Verbs direct speech V speech verb direct speech It s snowing she said VN speech verb noun phrase direct speech Tom s coming to lunch she told him Key to dictionary entries Finding the word Information in the dictionary is given in entries arranged in alphabetical order of headwords headwords entry nab n b verb bb VN informal 1 to catch or arrest sb who is doing sth wrong SYN COLLAR He was nabbed by the police for speeding 2 to take or get sth Who s nabbed my drink nachos n tf vz AmE tJouz noun pl from Spanish a Mexican dish of crisp pieces of TORTILLA served with beans cheese spices etc nadir nerdi r AmE dir noun sing written the worst moment of a particular situation the nad
96. is then weakened or lost especially if it would otherwise be next to the other strong stress This happens whether the important word which receives the strong stress is between the two parts of the phrasal verb or after both of them We came back early I filled in a form Fill this form in If more than one stress pattern is possible or the stress depends on the context no stress is shown Stress in idioms Idioms are shown in the dictionary with at least one main stress unless more than one stress pattern is possible or the stress depends on the context The learner should not change the position of this stress when speaking or the special meaning of the idiom may be lost Tapping of t In American English if a t sound is between two vowels and the second vowel is not stressed the t can be pronounced very quickly and made voiced so that it is like a brief d or the r sound of certain languages Technically the sound is a tap and can be symbolised by t So Americans can pronounce potato as po tertoo tapping the second t in the word but not the first because of the stress British speakers don t generally do this The conditions for tapping also arise very frequently when words are put together as in not only what I etc In this case it doesn t matter whether the following vowel is stressed or not and even British speakers can use taps in this situation though they sound r
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99. recycled after use Pronunciation and phonetic symbols The British pronunciations given are those of younger speakers of General British This includes RP Received Pronunciation and a range of similar accents which are not strongly regional The American pronunciations chosen are also as far as possible the most general not associated with any particular region If there is a difference between British and American pronunciations of a word the British one is given first with AmE before the American pronunciation Consonants p pen pen s see si b bd bed z zoo zu t tea ti shoe fu d dd did 3 vision visn k cat ket h hat het g get get m man men 80 tf chain tfem n now nao ds jam dseem n sing sin f fall fo l l leg leg v van ven r red red 0 thn 6m j yes jes 6 this d1s w wet wet The symbol r indicates that British pronunciation will have r only if a vowel sound follows directly at the beginning of the next word as in far away otherwise the r is omitted For American English all the r sounds should be pronounced x represents a fricative sound as in lpx for Scottish loch Irish lough Vowels and diphthongs i see si i happy h pi I Sit srt e ten ten cat keet a father fa r D got got British English saw so uU put pot u actual aktfual u too tu A cup kAp w fur fa3 r about
100. sense number are also given For example barbaric adjective See BARBARIAN adjective 1 86 TABLES Tables have been included throughout the book to give additional informa tion for certain entries These typically consist of lists of words that while not strictly synonyms of the headword are associated with it in some way For example at dam a table of notable dams is given at knife a list of types of knife is shown References to the tables are given at the ends of entries For example dam noun a river dam See table machete noun See table at KNIFE Certain headwords only refer to tables i e there are no synonyms given For example ballet noun See table ANTONYMS Many entries contain a list of opposites For example dally verb Opposites HURRY HASTEN Words in small capitals are cross references to other entries The following labels have been used Jap Japanese in the text Mex Mexican Norw Norwegian Am American NZ New Zealand Austral Australian Pers Persian dial dialect Pol Polish Jml formal Port Portuguese inf informal Rom Roman lit literary Russ Russian Med Medicine S Afr South African Tech Technical fields S Am South American vulg vulgar Scot Scottish Sp Spanish Abbreviations for nationalities Sw Swedish Turk Turkish Afk Afrikaans Afr African Am American Arab Arabic Austral Australian Belg Belgian Brit British Bulg Bulgarian Can Canadi
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103. Moses called Numbers Obadiah The First Epistle General of Peter The Second Epistle General of Peter The Epistle of Paul to Philemon The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians The Proverbs The Book of Psalms The Revelation of St John the Divine Rom The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans Ruth The Book of Ruth 1Sam The First Book of Samuel 2 Sam The Second Book of Samuel Song of Sol The Song of Solomon 1 Thess The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians 2 Thess The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians 1Tim The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy 2Tim The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy Titus The Epistle of Paul to Titus Zech Zechariah Zeph Zephaniah Apocrypha Baruch Baruch Bel and Dragon The History of the Destruction of Bel and the Dragon Ecclus The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach or Ecclesiasticus 1Esd Esdras 2Esd II Esdras Judith Judith 1 Macc The First Book of the Maccabees 2 Macc The Second Book of the Maccabees Pr of Man The Prayer of Manasses Rest of Esther The Rest of the Chapters of the Book of Esther Song of Three Children The Song of the Three Holy Children Susanna The History of Susanna Tobit Tobit Wisd of Sol The Wisdom of Solomon m B ar ice mine sky m man summer aim au out bound cow n note dinner moon a 5 ox ootton 9
104. ample beck nowt old fashioned expressions are passing out of current use for example balderdash beanfeast blithering old use describes expressions that are no longer in current use for example ere hearken perchance saying describes a well known fixed or traditional phrase such as a proverb that is used to make a comment give advice etc for example actions speak louder than words and it s all Greek to me Intransitive verbs V verb used alone A large dog appeared V adv prep verb adverb or preposi tional phrase A group of swans floated by Transitive verbs VN verb noun phrase Jill s behaviour annoyed me VN adv prep verb noun phrase adverb or prepositional phrase He kicked the ball into the net Transitive verbs two objects VNN verb noun phrase noun phrase I gave Sue a book for Christmas shows registered trademarks that belong to manufacturing companies even though the expressions may be commonly used in speech and writing for example Band Aid Frisbee Vegeburger Linking verbs V ADJ verb adjective His voice sounds hoarse V N verb noun phrase Elena became a doctor VN ADJ verb noun phrase adjective She considered herself lucky verb noun phrase noun phrase They elected him president VN N Verbs used with clauses or phrases V that verb that clause V that He said that he would prefer to walk
105. an Cz Czech Da Danish Du Dutch Egypt Egyptian Engl English Flem Flemish Finn Finnish Fr French Ger German Gk Greek Icel Icelandic Ind Indian Ir Irish It Italian 87 1 a c EE H d Bil S amp P 500 gt S and P five hundred e f 1 9 A 2 L 3 4
106. ather casual The glottal stop In both British and American varieties of English a t which comes at the end of a word or syllable can often be pronounced as a glottal stop a silent gap produced by holding one s breath briefly instead of a t For this to happen the next sound must not be a vowel or a syllabic 1 So football can be furbo 1 instead of fotbo 1 and button can be bA5n instead of batn But a glottal stop would not be used for the t sounds in bottle or better because of the sounds which come afterwards 83 THE HEADWORDS The text of the Thesaurus is organized under headwords which are printed in bold type The headwords are listed in strict alphabetical order Many English words have two or more different acceptable spellings in this book the one used is the one regarded as being the most common If two or more different forms are common alternatives are given for example cagey cagy adjective guarded secretive noncommittal cautious chary wary careful shrewd wily However alternatives are not listed in all such cases For instance in British English many words ending in ize can also be spelled with an ise ending Variants of this type have not been included PARTS OF SPEECH Headwords are always followed by a label indicating the part of speech of the entry When a word has
107. baot el say ser eo go g oo British English oo go goo American English ar my mai or boy bor ao now nao io near nror British English eo hair he r British English ua pure pjo r British English Many British speakers use o instead of the diphthong og especially in common words so that sure becomes o r etc The sound p does not occur in American English and words which have this vowel in British pronuncia tion will instead have a or 2 in American English For instance got is gpt in British English but ga t in American English while dog is British dpg American do g The three diphthongs ro eo oo are found only in British English In corresponding places American English has a simple vowel followed by r so near is nrr hair is her and pure is pjor Nasalized vowels marked with may be retained in certain words taken from French as in penchant p5j5 coq au vin kpk ou v amp Syllabic consonants The sounds 1 and n can often be syllabic that is they can form a syllable by themselves without a vowel There is a syllabic 1 in the usual pronunciation of middle midl and a syllabic n in sudden sadn Weak vowels i and u The sounds represented by i and 1 must always be made different as in heat hi t compared with hit hit The symbol i represents a vowel that can be sounded as eithe
108. dioms section with special symbol WI phrasal verbs section with special symbol Short notes help you to avoid common errors Build your vocabulary fetch fetf verb 1 especially BrE to go to where sb sth is and bring them it back VN to fetch help a doctor The inhabitants have to walk a mile to fetch water She s gone to fetch the kids from school VNN Could you fetch me my bag 2 VN to be sold for a particular price The painting is expected to fetch 10 000 at auction El fetch and carry for sb to do a lot of little jobs for sb as if you were their servant ifetch up informal especially BrE to arrive somewhere without planning to And then a few years after leaving college he somehow fetched up in Rome exam 1g zzm also formal exam in ation noun a for mal written spoken or practical test especially at school or college to see how much you know about a subject or what you can do to take an exam formal to sit an exam to pass fail an exam BrE to mark an exam AME to grade an exam an exam paper I got my exam results today BrE She did well in her exams AmE She did well on her exams A lot of stu dents suffer from exam nerves He s practising hard for his piano exam Use take do sit an exam not write aitexain The dictionary also contains a lot of information that will help you increase your vocabulary and use the language pr
109. e it F do H 1 10 2 DJ Z 3 4 5 6 Gmi O 7 lc UYCI S OR lt
110. eats in a rhythm leading up to the main stress Weak stresses coming after the main stress in a word can sometimes be heard but they are not marked in this dictionary When two words are put together in a phrase the main stress in the first word may shift to the place of the secondary stress to avoid a clash between two stressed syllables next to each other For instance after noon has the main stress on noon but in the phrase afternoon tea the stress on noon is missing Well known has the main stress on known but in the phrase well known actor the stress on known is missing 82 Stress in phrasal verbs One type of phrasal verb has a single strong stress on the first word Examples are come to sth go for sb look at sth This stress pattern is kept in all situations and the second word is never stressed If the second word is one which normally appears in a weak form remember that the strong form must be used at the end of a phrase Another type of phrasal verb is shown with two stresses The pattern shown in the dictionary with the main stress on the second word is the one which is used when the verb is said on its own or when the verb as a whole is the last important word in a phrase What time are you coming back He made it up IFill them in But the speaker will put a strong stress on any other important word if it comes later than the verb The stress on the second word of the verb
111. ef a relief agency organiza tion worker 4 U especially AmE financial help given by the government to people who need it ON TAX 5 U TAX RELIEF relief on mortgage interest payments STH DIFFERENT 6 U sing from sth something that is interesting or enjoyable that replaces sth boring diffi cult or unpleasant for a short period of time a few moments of light relief in an otherwise dull performance There was little comic relief in his speech The calm of the countryside came as a welcome relief from the hustle and bustle of city lig WORKERS 7 C sing pl v often used as an adjective a person or group of people that replaces another when they have finished working for the day or when they are sick The next crew relief comes on duty at 9 o clock relief drivers By looking down the left hand side of the entry and just reading the short cuts you can quickly find the meaning you want 13 Using the word The entries in this dictionary contain a lot more than just the meanings of words They show you how to use pronunciation with the word in your own speaking and writing American pronunciation where it is different aard vark a dva k AmE a rdva rk noun an animal from southern Africa that has a long nose and tongue and that eats insects ibird of paradise noun pl birds of paradise a Stress marks show stress on compounds bird with very bright feathers
112. found mainly in New Guinea Irregular forms of verbs with their pronunciation Irregular plurals of nouns are also given cling klm verb clung clung klan V 1 on to sb sth on together to hold on tightly to sb sth sur vivors clinging to a raft She clung onto her baby Cling on tight o They clung together shivering with cold 2 prepositions adverbs and structures that can be used with this word to sth to stick to sth a dress that clings fits closely and shows the shape of your body The wet shirt clung to his chest The smell of smoke still clung to her clothes 3 to sb usually disapproving to stay close to sb especially because you are emotionally dependent on examples of use in italic type them After her mother s death Sara clung to her aunt more than ever cling to sth cling on to sth to be unwilling to get rid of sth or stop doing sth label giving information about usage Throughout the trial she had clung to the belief that he was innocent o He had one last hope to cling on to She managed to cling on to life for another couple of sears fixed form of noun dock dpk AmE da k noun verb mnoun 1 C a part of a port where ships are repaired or where goods are put onto or taken off them dock workers information on different types of noun a dock strike The ship was in dock see also DRY pock 2 docks pl a gr
113. he words instructions and directions have been grouped separately because they are plural nouns There are other grammatical reasons why synonyms may be split into groups For example the headword may function as both a transitive and intransitive verb whereas some of the synonyms may be intransitive only e informal words Words that are not used in standard formal English have been grouped at the end of lists and given the label inf No distinction is made between colloquial informal and slang levels of usage For example babble verb jabber gibber gabble burble chatter mutter mumble prate drivel bleat cackle inf rabbit waffle run on 85 The label inf applies to all the words following in the group restricted usage Synonyms have been separated into labelled groups when they are used in different regions or in particular fields For example baby noun holding a tiny baby infant newborn child babe tiny tot inf sprog Scots bairn Med neonate A list of labels used in the Thesaurus 1s given later SUB ENTRIES Verb phrases are included as sub entries under a main entry For example call call out in pain cry cry out shout exclaim call for this calls for a celebration need require be grounds for call off call off the dogs order off order away CROSS REFERENCES Cross reference to main entries is indicated by small capitals Where necessary the part of speech and
114. ink sing qz alms father ah ou ou open most show ar art card star al a dog orange soft s attic hat or all fall saw e a ask branch o 7 order cord more b bed rubber cab or oil coin boy d desk rudder good p pay upper cup gem adjective judge r rain sorry 6 this other bathe s cent fussy kiss g end bell ship station fish er aim name may t top better tent ar aer air care heir prayer tS chair pitcher match there 0 think pithy both a ability silent lemon upon u good banana u mutual sensuous ar butter actor u ooze food too r earn bird stir u r poor tour a Ai A courage hurry nourish Y vine cover love f fox offer if A up blood g gum beggar big w way h house behind z zoo busy lose r ink sit city 3 measure rouge i easy curious Ji eat seat see ior ear beard hear Jf 1 j yes Vas 2 k call lucky desk A 3 1 leg melon call 1 st rf o n st rfon st6rjn h w n hw amp n w n 2 b t l b tl 3 s a gt DEIXE ask amp sk amp sk amp sk RE sk welfare state
115. ionary The following labels are used with words that express a particular attitude or are appropriate in a particular situation approving expressions show that you feel approval or admiration for example dispassionate feisty petite disapproving expressions show that you feel disapproval or contempt for example blinkered faceless jumped up figurative language is language that is used in a non literal or metaphori cal way as in He didn t want to cast a shadow on spoil their happiness formal expressions are usually only used in serious or official language and would not be appropriate in normal everyday conversation Examples are admonish juncture withhold humorous expressions are intended to be funny for example impecu nious warpaint and not a dry eye in the house informal expressions are used between friends or in a relaxed or unofficial situation They are not appropriate for formal situations Examples are dodgy party pooper zap ironic language uses words to mean the opposite or something very different from the meaning they seem to have as in You re a great help I must say no help at all literary language is used mainly in literature and imaginative writing for example aflame halcyon serpentine offensive expressions are used by some people to address or refer to people in a way that is very insulting especially in connection with their race religion sex or disabi
116. ir of his career Company losses reached their nadir in 1992 OPP ZENITH Some headwords can have more than one part of speech headword and all possible parts of speech Squares show where the information on each blind fold blamdfould AmE fould noun verb adj adv m noun something that is put over sb s eyes so they cannot see a m verb VN to cover sb s eyes with a piece of fabric or other covering so that they cannot see The hostages part of speech begins were tied up and blindfolded m adj adv BrE also blind fold ed BrE AmE with the eyes covered The reporter was taken blindfold to a secret location o I knew the way home blindfold because it was so familiar o I could do that blindfold very easily with no problems There are some words in English that have the same spelling as each other but different pronunciations and completely different meanings The small homonym number shows that this is the first of 2 headwords spelled punt Different pronunciation is given at each headword punt pant noun verb see also PUNT 4 a long shallow boat with a flat bottom and fare ends which is moved by pushing the end of a long pole against the bottom of a river picture at BOAT 2 BrE informal a bet The investment is little more than a punt 3 in rugby or American football a long kick made after dropping the ball fr
117. l the Apostle to the Corinthians The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians The Book of Daniel The Fifth Book of Moses called Deuteronomy Ecclesiastes or the Preacher Ephes Esth Exod Ezek Ezra Gal Gen Hab Hag Heb Hos The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians The Book of Esther The Second Book of Moses called Exodus The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel Ezra The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians The First Book of Moses called Genesis Habakkuk Haggai The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews Hosea PROX cI 5 53 Isa James Jer Job Joel John 1 John 2 John 3 John Jonah Josh Jude Judges 1 Kings 2 Kings Lam Lev Luke Mal Mark Matt Mic Nah Neh Num Obad 1 Pet 2 Pet Philem Philip Prov Rev 54 The Book of the Prophet Isaiah The General Epistle of James The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah The Book of Job Joel The Gospel according to St John The First Epistle General of John The Second Epistle of John The Third Epistle of John Jonah The Book of Joshua The General Epistle of Jude The Book of Judges The First Book of the Kings The Second Book of the Kings The Lamentations of Jeremiah The Third Book of Moses called Leviticus The Gospel according to St Luke Malachi The Gospel according to St Mark The Gospel according to St Matthew Micah Nahum The Book of Nehemiah The Fourth Book of
118. label J can take the kids too it s a 12 15 Alif ti n noun in Britain a label that is given to a film movie to show that it can be watched legally only by people who are at least fifteen years old a film movie that has this label 18 er ti n noun in Britain a label that is given to a film movie to show that it can be watched legally only by people who are at least eighteen years old a film movie that has this label 18 wheeler erti n wi l r noun AmE a very large truck with nine wheels on each side 20 20 vision twenti twenti vizn noun the ability to see perfectly without using glasses or CONTACT LENSES 2 1 itu wan noun the upper level of the second highest standard of degree given by a British or an Australian university J got a 2 1 2 2 tu tu noun the lower level of the second highest standard of degree given by a British or an Australian university 24 hour clock twenti fo r avo Ikrpk AmE avor kla k noun the system of using twenty four numbers to talk about the hours of the day instead of dividing it into two units of twelve hours 24 7 twenti fo sevon AmE fo r adv informal twenty four hours a day seven days a week used to mean all the time She s with me all the time 24 7 3 D also three D 0ri di noun U the quality of having or appearing to have length width and depth These glasses allow you to see the film in 3 D 35mm 03 tifarv milimi to
119. lities for example mulatto slut cretin They should be avoided rare words exist in English but are not commonly used Sometimes there is a more frequent form of the word that is usually used instead For example illumine means the same as illuminate but is much less frequent slang is very informal language mainly used in speaking and sometimes restricted to a particular group of people for example people of the same age or those who have similar interests or do the same job Examples are dosh and dweeb spoken expressions are used mainly in informal conversations for example Give me a break or Don t ask technical language is used by people who specialize in a particular subject area written expressions are used mainly in written language for example groundswell hotfoot vis a vis A Taboo words are likely to be thought by many people to be obscene or shocking and you should avoid using them Examples are bloody and shit The following labels show other restrictions on the use of words AmE describes expressions spellings and pronunciations used in American English and not in British English for example bleachers blindside blooper BrE describes expressions used in British English and not in American 68 English for example jumble sale agony aunt chinwag dialect describes expressions that are mainly used in particular regions of the British Isles not including Scotland or Ireland for ex
120. n Semitic Serbian Serbo Croatian Sanskrit Slavonic Spanish Swedish Syriac Turkish West Indies Yiddish Shakespeare Merch V The Merchant of Venice Merry W The Merry Wives of Windsor Mids MD A Midsummer Night s Dream Much Ado Much Ado about Nothing Othello Othello Pericles Pericles Rich II Richard II Rich III Richard II Romeo Romeo and Juliet Shrew The Taming of the Shrew Sonnets Sonnets Tempest The Tempest Timon Timon of Athens Titus Titus Andronicus Troilus Troilus and Cressida Twel N Twelfth Night Two Gent The Two Gentlemen of Verona Venus Venus and Adonis Winter s The Winters Tale AV All s W All s Well That Ends Well Antony Antony and Cleopatra As YL As You Like It Caesar Julius Caesar Corio Coriolanus Cymb Cymbeline Errors The Comedy of Errors Hamlet Hamlet 1 Hen IV 7 Henry IV 2HenIV 2 HenryIV Hen V Henry V 1 Hen VI 1 Henry VI 2 Hen VI 2 Henry VI 3 Hen VI 3 Henry VI Hen VIII Henry VIII John King John Kinsmen The Two Noble Kinsmen Lear King Lear Love s LL Love s Labour s Lost Lucrece The Rape of Lucrece Macbeth Macbeth Measure Measure for Measure Acts The Acts of the Apostles Amos Amos 1 Chron The First Book of the Chronicles 2 Chron The Second Book of the Col 1 Cor 2 Cor Dan Deut Eccles Chronicles The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians The First Epistle of Pau
121. nformal good things that are promised for the future but never happen They refused to settle for a promise of jam tomorrow more at MONEY 79 All the definitions in the dictionary are written using a vocabulary of 3000 common words This makes them clear and easy to understand Reading through the following points before you start to use the dictionary will make understanding the definitions even simpler Important The following are used a very large number of times sb somebody someone sth something etc and other things of the same sort For example if you say that some thing is used in books newspapers tc you mean that you are also including magazines and journals particular is used to emphasize that you are referring to one individual person thing or type of thing and not others especially is used to give the most common or typical example of something For example the meaning of the verb to train is shown as to prepare yourself for a particular activity especially a sport Describing objects and substances The definition might refer to the shape and or size of an object Make sure that you know what the following words mean round square circular hollow solid broad narrow Other features of the object might be mentioned 76 appearance simple plain complicated decorative rough smooth pointed colour dark light pale bright coloured colourless Accordi
122. ng to its function the object might be a container device instrument machine mechanism or tool It might be made of fabric or cloth including cotton wool fur silk metal including iron steel gold silver or glass Material is a general word that means anything that something is made of For example a cushion is a fabric bag filled with soft material and adobe is mud that is used as a building material Matter U is any substance that physically exists used especially when defining more technical words For example a technical meaning of suspension is a liquid with very small pieces of solid matter floating in it A substance may be liquid or solid or it may be a gas REMEMBER a vehicle could be a car lorry truck van or train An aircraft could be a plane or a helicopter Describing food Food and drink are described as bitter sweet salty sour or spicy An amount of a food prepared in a particular way and served at a meal is called a dish Describing people People or human beings are male or Jemale adults or children They their behaviour or their attitude could be Jriendly bad tempered aggressive honest dishonest sincere calm anxious nervous pleasant unpleas ant intelligent stupid polite or rude The way or manner in which somebody does something may be important People do things deliberately or on purpose they mean to do it or accidentally or by mis
123. o hip pus hfpos hood htd ian ion ibility b l ti ible b 1 ibly bli ic ik ical ik l ing 19 ish 1f ism iz m ist rst ite art ive iv iza tion z r n ar ize arz less l s let lot like l rk li ness linos ling In lite lart lith 10 Hithic IfOrk ly li i lyte art marnia m mi nja ment mont mer mor mere mior m ersism moriz o m metric m trik metrical mgtrrk 3 1 m e try m tri morbile moubi l mo morph m rf morphic m3 zfik morphism m3 zfiz o m mor phossis m3 yfosos pl ses si z mor phous m3 7fos mor phy m rfi most moust most my cete marsit my cin mars o n ness nos 57 ne 58 o dont d nt oid 3rd or ar os torsis ast us s pl ses si z lt eS ous s path p amp 0 path ic p amp Oik ped p d pede pi d phage ferds fs phargia ferdsio phane f 1n phil fil phile fail philia filio philic filik phobe foub pho bia f ubi pho bic f6ubrk phone oun phore f3 r pho ressis forf sos pl ses si z phyll fil phyl lous filos phyte fart phytic fitik pla sia plersGo plezio pla sy plersi pl amp si plasm plsez 6 m plast pl st plas tic pl stik plas ty plesti ple gia pli d3 i o ple gy pli d3i ploid plSrd
124. oductively Special symbols show synonyms and opposites stable sterbl adj noun verb m adj 1 firmly fixed not likely to move change or fail SYN STEADY stable prices employment This ladder doesn t seem very stable The patient s condition is stable it is not getting worse 2 of a person calm and reasonable not easily upset SYN BALANCED Mentally she is not very stable 3 technical of a sub stance staying in the same chemical or ATOMIC state chemically stable OPP UNSTABLE gt sta bly sterbli adv Cross references refer you to information in other parts of the dictionary Compare refers you to another word with a contrasted meaning See also refers you to another word with a similar or related meaning jam d3zm noun verb mnoun SWEET FOOD 1 U C a thick sweet substance made by boiling fruit with sugar often sold in JARs and spread on bread strawberry jam recipes for jams and preserves BrE a jam doughnut compare JELLY MARMALADE pic ture on page Al MANY PEOPLE VEHICLES 2 C a situation in which it is difficult or impossible to move because there are so many people or vehicles in one particular place The bus was delayed in a five mile jam As fans rushed to leave jams formed at all the exits see also TRAFFIC JAM EN be in a jam informal to be in a difficult situation PITI jam to morrow BrE i
125. om your hands m verb 1 to travel in a punt especially for pleasure v We spent the day punting on the river o to go punting also VN 2 VN to kick a ball hard so that it goes a long ay sometimes after it has dropped from your hands andbefore it reaches the ground punt2 7pont noun the unit of money in the Republic of Ireland to be replaced by the euro see also PUNT ED 71 There are also some words in English that have more than one possible spelling or form when both spellings or forms are acceptable Information about these words is given at the most frequent spelling or form The variant spelling is ban is ter also ban nis ter beentsta r noun BrE given in brackets also ban is ters pl the posts and rail at the side of a staircase to hold on to the banister banisters At the entry for the less frequent spelling a cross reference directs you to the main entry ban nis ter BANISTER American English variants and irregular forms of verbs are treated in the same way Some words that are derivatives of other more frequent words do not have their own entry in the dictionary because they can be easily understood from the meaning of the word from which they are derived the root word They are given in the same entry as the root word in a specially marked section dif fi dent difident adj about sth not having much confidence in yourself not wanting to talk about yourself
126. oup of docks in a port and the ildings around them that are used for repairing ships m storing goods C AME JETTY 4 C AME a common phrase in bold type in example with extra explanation in brackets raised platform for loading vehicles or trains 5 C the part of a court of law where the person who has been accused of a crime stands or sits during a trial He s been in the dock on trial for a crime several times already U a wild plant of Northern Europe with large thick word not in the defining vocabulary leaves that can be rubbed on skin that has been stung by NETTLES to make it less painful dock leaves hearty ha ti AmE ha rti adj noun comparatives and superlatives of adjectives given m adj heart ier hearti est 1 usually before noun showing friendly feeli or sb a hearty greeting recep tion sometimes disapproving loud cheerful and full of energy a hearty and boisterous fellow a information on usage of adjectives hearty voice handshake 3 only before noun of a meal or sb s APPETITE large making you feel full a hearty 74 breakfast to have a hearty appetite 4 usually before noun showing that you feel strongly about sth He nod ded his head in hearty agreement o Hearty congratula tions to everyone involved o a hearty dislike of sth TY see HALE P heartiness noun U verb grammar codes i
127. pl gt lt sg pl gt pass pp pred swarr caprrars a gt p 50 4H CA G Ta OD CK GS KK W N 43 NN b J
128. r AmE ij93 rti noun the size of film that is usually used in cameras for taking photographs and making films movies 4x4 fo bar fo AmE orr bar fo r noun a vehicle with a system in which power is applied to all four wheels making it easier to control 911 nam wan wan the telephone number used in the US to call the police fire or ambulance services in an emergency AmE Call 911 99 namti nain noun BrE an ice cream in a cone with a stick of chocolate in the top 999 nam narn nam the telephone number used in Britain to call the police fire or ambulance services in an emergency BrE Dial 999 79 equals is the same as does not equal is different from is approximately equal to is more than is less than because therefore correct incorrect used to mark important points called an ASTERISK and called an AMPERSAND BrE HASH AmE POUND SIGN the symbol used for example on telephones and in addresses in the US DITTO the same word as above at oO HSH on an envelope care of You address a letter to a person care of sb else when the place you are sending it to is not their permanent home pound sterling dollar euro copyright information parking male female used on the packaging of products to show that they are made from recycled materials that have been used once then treated so that they can be used again or to show that they can be
129. r i or 1 or as a sound which is a compromise between them In a word such as happy hepi younger speakers use a quality more like i but short in duration When i is followed by the sequence can also be pronounced ja So the word dubious can be dju bios or dju bj s In the same way the two vowels represented u and o must be kept distinct but u represents a weak vowel that varies between them If u is followed directly by a consonant sound it can also be pronounced as a So stimulate can be stimjuleit or strmjolert EDT 81 Weak forms and strong forms Certain very common words for example at and for can have two pronunciations We give the usual weak pronunciation first The second pronunciation strong must be used if the word is stressed and also generally when the word is at the end of a sentence For example I m waiting for fs r a bus What are you waiting for fo r Stress The mark shows the main stress in a word Compare able ebl stressed on the first syllable with ability o biloti stressed on the second A stressed syllable is relatively loud long in duration said clearly and distinctly and made noticeable by the pitch of the voice Longer words may have one or more secondary stresses coming before the main stress These are marked with as in abbreviation bri vi erfn agricultural eegrr kaltf r l They feel like b
130. re nursery dialectal 3 neg obj b bass pl poss bb pred pref prep pres p pron rflx sb sg sth suf v auxil vi voc vt CK 5 G Ary P AUD t H Dl negative objective past passive plural possesive past participle predicative prefix preposition present participle pronoun reflexive somebody singular something suffix auxiliary verb intransitive verb vocative transitive verb Americanism Briticism Scottish North England Irish Welsh New England Australian New Zealand Anglo Indian Canadian South Africa Carib TEA E fal TH B Bl RUSH Ree I DI DE Di Di EI ET 8 NEX 3 aa Re HE K HE HF HMIM H ow s pat r Me CB St SL 588384 s 94
131. rocess or experience of changing your religion Things happen repeatedly several times one after the other continuously without stopping occasionally or rarely not very often 77 Describing situations A matter C is a subject or situation that you must consider or deal with For example a case is a matter that is being officially investigated State and condition are both used to describe how something or somebody looks or is physically or mentally A medical condition is a particular health problem that somebody has A situation that exists or a habit or practice that somebody has can be described as the fact of or the practice of For example gender is the fact of being male or female Describing ideas A strong opinion can be called a belief A set of beliefs can be a theory about a particular subject Some actions are the expression of particular ideas A set of beliefs and practices can make a whole system especially a political or economic system such as capitalism 78 1040 form ten fo ti form AmE forrti forrm noun in the US an official document in which you give details of the amount of money that you have earned so that the government can calculate how much tax you have to pay 12 twelv noun in Britain a label that is given to a film movie to show that it can be watched legally only by people who are at least twelve years old a film movie that has this
132. t belst Bramrah lock br m brem b bl ck bird finger print out d ors b ok man m n m n b km n b ykm n 1 lt s oscillorgraph asilo frac to c mulus fraektoo acceptrance Acting kind ness st tes man mon Sundays a
133. take they do not mean to do it Somebody may have or show a quality or feeling such as respect interest pleasure skill emotion excitement enthusiasm sympathy courage or determination Or they may show a lack of one of these qualities or a desire to do some thing Describing organizations An organization may be a business a company an institution a club or a group of people who work together for a particular aim The people who lead an organization a government or society can be called people in authority Describing actions An event may be a ceremony a festival or a celebration It could be public private official or social An occasion is a time when something happens For example a referendum is an occasion when all the people of a country can vote on an important issue Something that somebody does or something that happens may be described as an act an action an activity or a process a series of connected actions When a noun is very closely linked to a verb it may be defined in terms of the verb as the act action activity process of For example one of the meanings of achievement is the act or process of achieving sth Your experience U is the things you have done and the knowledge you have gained an experience C is something that has happened to you For example cosmopolitan means having or showing wide experience of people and things Conversion is the p
134. try contains a list of words that are synonyms of the headword i e the words can be used in place of the headword in most although not all contexts When a word has more than one meaning the different senses of the word are numbered Example phrases in italic type indicate the particular sense and illustrate the use of the word In some cases two or more examples are given these are separated by a vertical bar For example assimilate verb 1 assimilate food facts assimilate people into a group absorb take in incorporate digest ingest 2 assimilate your way of life to theirs adapt adjust accustom acclimatize accommo date become like imilar blend in fit homogenize Note that a solidus is used to separate alternative words in order to save space The solidus applies only to the two words it separates thus assimilate food facts can be read as assimilate food and assimilate facts GROUPS WITHIN SENSES In general the synonyms in an entry are separated by commas However there are cases in which the words fall naturally into two or more distinct groups which are separated by a semicolon There are various reasons for subdividing a sense in this way grammatical differences Some of the words may function in a different way from others for example briefing recruits being given their briefing brief information guidance preparation instruc tions directions In this case t
135. two or more different parts of speech it is listed more than once with separate entries for each for example 84 captive noun take captives prisoner prisoner of war hostage captive adjective captive animals imprisoned incarcerated locked up The order of parts of speech is based on usage with the most common placed first Not all possible parts of speech of a word are necessarily included as headwords For example many words that function as adjectives can also function as adverbs These are included only when they have useful sets of synonyms HOMONYMS Certain words have the same spelling but different meanings and different origins etymologies Such words known as homonyms are treated as separate headwords even when they have the same part of speech Homonym numbers are included in order to distinguish identical headwords with the same part of speech for the purposes of cross referencing For example bank noun a grassy bank slope rise incline bank verb bank an aircraft tilt slope slant bank noun borrow from the bank high street bank clearing bank bank verb bank the money deposit save save up If the headwords are identical but the parts of speech differ there can be no ambiguity in cross references so homonym numbers are not used This does not necessarily imply that the different part of speech entries have the same etymology THE ENTRIES Each en
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