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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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2019
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dehydrated

ADJECTIVE If someone is dehydrated, they are weak or ill because they have lost too much water from their body.

deity deities

NOUN a god or goddess

dejected

ADJECTIVE If you are dejected, you are sad and gloomy.

dejection NOUN

delay delays, delaying, delayed

VERB 1 If you delay doing something, you put it off until later.

SYNONYM: postpone

2 If something delays you, it makes you late or slows you down.

NOUN 3 If there is a delay, something does not happen until later than planned or expected.

delete deletes, deleting, deleted

VERB If you delete something written, you cross it out or remove it.

deliberate

ADJECTIVE 1 done on purpose or planned in advance

2 slow and careful in speech and action • deliberate movements

deliberately ADVERB

delicate

ADJECTIVE 1 light and attractive • a delicate perfume

2 fragile and needing to be handled carefully • a delicate china cup

3 precise or sensitive • delicate instruments

delicately ADVERB

delicatessen delicatessens

NOUN a shop selling unusual or imported foods

delicious

ADJECTIVE Delicious food or drink has an extremely pleasant taste.

SYNONYMS: delectable, scrumptious

delight delights, delighting, delighted

NOUN 1 great pleasure or joy

VERB 2 If something delights you, or if you are delighted by it, it gives you a lot of pleasure.

delighted ADJECTIVE

delinquent delinquents

NOUN a young person who commits minor crimes

delinquency NOUN

delirious

ADJECTIVE 1 unable to speak or act in a rational way because of illness or fever

2 wildly excited and happy

deliriously ADVERB

deliver delivers, delivering, delivered

VERB 1 If you deliver something to someone, you take it and give it to them.

2 If someone delivers a baby, they help the woman who is giving birth.

delta deltas

NOUN a triangular piece of land at the mouth of a river where it divides into separate streams

deluge deluges

NOUN a sudden, heavy downpour of rain

demand demands, demanding, demanded

VERB 1 If you demand something, you ask for it forcefully.

NOUN 2 If there is demand for something, a lot of people want to buy it or have it.

democracy democracies
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