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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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2019
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besides

ADVERB also or in addition to

best

ADJECTIVE 1 the superlative of good and well • That was one of the best films I’ve ever seen.

ANTONYM: worst

ADVERB 2 The thing that you like best is the thing that you prefer to everything else.

bet bets, betting, bet

VERB If you bet on the result of an event, you will win money if what you bet on happens and lose money if it does not.

betray betrays, betraying, betrayed

VERB If you betray someone who trusts you, you tell people something secret about them.

better

ADJECTIVE 1 the comparative of good and well • I am feeling better today.

2 If you are better after an illness, you are no longer ill.

SYNONYM: cured

between

PREPOSITION OR ADVERB 1 If something is between two other things, it is situated or happens in the space or time that separates them. • He was head teacher between 1989 and 2000.

2 A relationship or a difference between two people or two things is one that involves them both. • the difference between frogs and toads

beware

VERB If you tell someone to beware of something, you are warning them that it might be dangerous or harmful.

bewilder bewilders, bewildering, bewildered

VERB If something bewilders you, it confuses and muddles you so that you can’t understand.

bewilderment NOUN

beyond

PREPOSITION 1 If something is beyond a certain place, it is on the other side of it. • Beyond the mountains was the secret valley.

2 If something is beyond you, you cannot do it or understand it.

bi-

PREFIX added to a word to mean two or twice. For example, someone who is bilingual can speak two languages.

bib bibs

NOUN a piece of cloth or plastic put under a baby’s chin to protect its clothes from stains

Bible Bibles

NOUN the sacred book of the Christian religion • I read about Noah and the Ark in the Bible.

bibliography bibliographies

NOUN a list of books or articles

bicycle bicycles

NOUN a two-wheeled vehicle that you ride by pushing two pedals with your feet

bid bids, bidding, bid

VERB If you bid for something, you offer to buy it for a certain sum of money. • He bid for an old bike at the auction.

big bigger, biggest

ADJECTIVE large or important

ANTONYMS: small, tiny, little

bike bikes

NOUN an abbreviation for bicycle

bikini bikinis

NOUN a small, two-piece swimming costume worn by women

bilingual

ADJECTIVE involving or using two languages • bilingual street signs

[from Latin bis meaning two and lingua meaning tongue]

bill bills

NOUN 1 a written statement of how much is owed for goods or services • a phone bill

2 a formal statement of a proposed new law that is discussed and then voted on in Parliament
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