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SYNONYMS: friend, partner

almond almonds

NOUN an oval edible nut, cream in colour

almost

ADVERB very nearly • I have almost as many points as you.

SYNONYMS: just about, practically

alone

ADJECTIVE not with other people or things

along

PREPOSITION 1 moving forward • We strolled along the road.

2 from one end of something to the other • The cupboards stretched along the wall.

alongside

PREPOSITION OR ADVERB next to something • We tied our boat alongside the jetty.

aloud

ADVERB When you read aloud, you read so that people can hear you.

alphabet alphabets

NOUN all the letters used to write words in a language. The letters of an alphabet are written in a special order.

alphabetical

ADJECTIVE If something is in alphabetical order, it is arranged according to the letters of the alphabet.

alphabetically ADVERB

already

ADVERB If you have done something already, you did it earlier. • Josh has already gone to bed.

also

ADVERB in addition to something that has just been mentioned • I bought an ice cream, and I also bought a drink.

altar altars

NOUN a holy table in a church or temple

alter alters, altering, altered

VERB If something alters, or if you alter it, it changes.

alternate alternates, alternating, alternated

Said “ol-ter-nut” ADJECTIVE 1 If something happens on alternate days, it happens on one in every two days.

Said “ol-ter-nayt” VERB 2 If two things alternate, they regularly happen one after the other.

alternative alternatives

NOUN something you can do or have instead of something else • Is there an alternative to meat on the menu?

although

CONJUNCTION in spite of the fact that • He wasn’t well-known in America, although he had made a film there.

altitude altitudes

NOUN height above sea level • The mountain range reaches an altitude of 1330 metres.

altogether

ADVERB 1 completely or entirely • The car got slower, then stopped altogether.

2 in total – used of amounts • I have two cats and two dogs. That’s four pets altogether.

aluminium

NOUN a silvery-white, lightweight metal

always

ADVERB 1 all the time • He’s always late.

2 forever • I’ll always remember this day.

a.m.

a.m. is used to show times in the morning

[an abbreviation of the Latin ante meridiem meaning before noon]

am

VERB a present tense of be