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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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2019
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VERB If a boat capsizes, it turns upside down.

capsule capsules

NOUN 1 a small container with medicine inside, which you swallow

2 the part of a spacecraft in which astronauts travel

[from Latin capsula meaning little box]

captain captains

NOUN 1 the officer in charge of a ship or aeroplane

2 the leader of a sports team

caption captions

NOUN a title printed underneath a picture or a photograph

captive captives

NOUN someone who is locked up and kept prisoner

capture captures, capturing, captured

VERB If someone captures someone or something, they take them prisoner.

car cars

NOUN 1 a four-wheeled road vehicle with an engine and room to carry a few passengers

2 a railway carriage used for a particular purpose • the buffet car

caravan caravans

NOUN 1 a vehicle pulled by a car in which people live or spend their holidays

2 a group of people and animals travelling together, usually across a desert

carbohydrate carbohydrates

NOUN a substance that gives you energy. It is found in foods like sugar and bread.

carbon

NOUN a chemical found in coal, diamonds and graphite. All living things contain carbon.

carbon dioxide

NOUN the gas that human beings and other animals breathe out

carbon footprint carbon footprints

NOUN the amount of carbon monoxide produced by a person, company or country

card cards

NOUN 1 a piece of stiff paper or plastic with a message or information on it • birthday card • credit card

2 When you play cards, you play a game using special playing cards.

3 strong, stiff paper

cardboard

NOUN thick, stiff paper, which is stronger than card

cardigan cardigans

NOUN a knitted jacket that fastens up the front

care cares, caring, cared

VERB 1 If you care about something or someone, you are concerned about them and interested in them.

2 If you care for a person or an animal, you look after them.

NOUN 3 worry or trouble • She didn’t have a care in the world.

4 If you do something with care, you concentrate very hard on it so that you don’t make mistakes. • He wrote the telephone number down with great care.

PHRASE 5 If you take care of a person or an animal, you look after them. • Shakira said she would take care of the hamsters while we were on holiday.

career careers

NOUN Your career is the series of jobs you have in life, often in the same occupation. • a teaching career

careful

ADJECTIVE acting sensibly and with care

ANTONYM: careless

carefully ADVERB

careless

ADJECTIVE not paying attention to what you are doing
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