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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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2019
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autobiographical ADJECTIVE

autograph autographs

NOUN the signature of a famous person

[from Greek auto meaning self and graphos meaning written]

automatic automatics

ADJECTIVE 1 An automatic machine is programmed to perform tasks without needing a person to operate it.

NOUN 2 a car in which the gears change automatically as the car’s speed changes

autumn autumns

NOUN the season between summer and winter, when the leaves fall off the trees • I love the golden colours of the trees in autumn.

available

ADJECTIVE 1 If something is available, it is easy to get or to buy.

2 A person who is available is ready for work or free to talk to.

avalanche avalanches

NOUN a huge mass of snow and ice that falls down a mountainside

avenue avenues

NOUN a street, especially one with trees along it

average averages

NOUN 1 a result obtained by adding several amounts together and then dividing the total by the number of different amounts • If I shared 36 sweets between four children, the average would be nine sweets per child.

ADJECTIVE 2 standard or usual • The average teenager is interested in pop music.

SYNONYMS: normal, ordinary, typical

PHRASE 3 You say on average when mentioning what usually happens in a situation. • Men are, on average, taller than women.

aviary aviaries

NOUN a large cage or group of cages in which birds are kept

aviation

NOUN the science of flying aircraft

avocado avocados

NOUN a pear-shaped fruit with dark green skin, soft greenish-yellow flesh, and a large stone

avoid avoids, avoiding, avoided

VERB 1 If you avoid someone or something, you keep away from them. • To avoid him, she went home the other way.

2 If you avoid doing something, you make an effort not to do it.

SYNONYMS: dodge, shirk

awake

ADJECTIVE Someone who is awake is not sleeping.

award awards, awarding, awarded

NOUN 1 a prize or certificate for doing something well

VERB 2 If someone awards you something, they give it to you formally or officially. • He was awarded the prize for fastest runner.

aware

ADJECTIVE 1 If you are aware of something, you know about it.

2 If you are aware of something, you can see, hear, smell or feel it.

away

ADVERB 1 moving from a place • I saw them walk away from the house.

2 at a distance from a place • The nearest supermarket is 12 kilometres away.

3 in its proper place • He put his CDs away.

4 not at home, school or work • My friend’s been away from school for a week.

awe

NOUN FORMAL a feeling of great respect mixed with amazement, and sometimes slight fear • Looking up at the mountains, we felt a sense of awe.

awful

ADJECTIVE very unpleasant or very bad • Isn’t the weather awful?

SYNONYMS: dreadful, terrible

awkward
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