adore adores, adoring, adored VERB
If you adore someone, you love them very much.
adult adults NOUN
An adult is a grown-up person or animal.
advance advances, advancing, advanced VERB
If someone advances, they move forward. The army advanced nine miles in one day.
advantage advantages NOUN
An advantage is something that helps you do better than other people. His long legs gave him an advantage in the race.
adventure adventures NOUN
If you are having an adventure, you are doing something exciting.
adverb adverbs NOUN
An adverb is a word that answers questions like how, when, where and why. In the sentence “The girl came quietly into the room”, the word “quietly” is an adverb telling you how the girl came in.
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advertise advertises, advertising, advertised VERB
If you advertise something, you tell people about it through newspapers, posters or TV.
advertisement advertisements NOUN
An advertisement is a notice in the paper, or on a poster or TV, about a job or things for sale.
advice NOUN
If you give someone advice, you say what you think they should do.
advise advises, advising, advised VERB
When you advise someone, you tell them what you think they should do.
aerial aerials NOUN
An aerial is a wire that sends or receives radio or television signals.
aeroplane aeroplanes NOUN
An aeroplane is a flying vehicle with wings and one or more engines.
affect affects, affecting, affected VERB
When something affects someone or something else, it changes them in some way.
affection NOUN
Affection is a feeling of caring for someone.
afford affords, affording, afforded VERB
If you can afford something, you have enough money to buy it or do it.
afraid ADJECTIVE
Someone who is afraid thinks that something nasty might happen.
after PREPOSITION
If something happens after something else, it happens at a later time. We’ll watch television after supper.
afternoon afternoons NOUN
The afternoon is the time of day between 12 o’clock (noon) and about six o’clock in the evening.
afterwards ADVERB
If something happens afterwards, it happens after another event or time. We went swimming, and afterwards we had an ice cream.
again ADVERB
If you do something again, you do it once more.
against
PREPOSITION 1 If you play against someone, you are not on their side.
PREPOSITION 2 If you are against something, you are touching it and leaning on it. She felt tired and leaned against the tree.
age ages
NOUN 1 Your age is how old you are.
NOUN 2 An age is a special period in history, like the Stone Age.
ago ADVERB
If something happened four days ago, it is four days since it happened.
agree agrees, agreeing, agreed