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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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2019
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colourless

ADJECTIVE 1 without colour

2 dull and uninteresting

colt colts

NOUN a young male horse

column columns

NOUN 1 a tall, solid, upright cylinder, especially one supporting part of a building

2 In a newspaper or magazine, a column is a vertical section of writing.

3 a group of people or vehicles moving in a long line

coma comas

NOUN a state of deep unconsciousness

comb combs, combing, combed

NOUN 1 a flat object with long, thin, pointed parts, which you use for tidying your hair

VERB 2 When you comb your hair, you tidy it with a comb.

combat combats, combating, combated

NOUN 1 fighting • In the Falklands War many soldiers had to take part in armed combat.

VERB 2 If someone combats something, they try to stop it happening. • We need new ways to combat crime.

combination combinations

NOUN 1 a mixture of things • Fatima won the competition through a combination of skill and determination.

2 a series of numbers or letters used to open a special lock

combine combines, combining, combined

VERB If you combine things, you mix them together. • Combine the butter and sugar, then add the eggs. • The book combines adventure and mystery.

combine harvester combine harvesters

NOUN a large machine used on farms to cut, sort and clean grain

combustion

NOUN the process of burning

come comes, coming, came

VERB 1 If you come to a place, you move or arrive there.

2 If something comes to a particular point, it reaches that point. • The water came up to her waist.

3 When a particular time comes, it happens. • Spring came early this year.

comedian comedians

NOUN an entertainer whose job is to make people laugh

comedy comedies

NOUN a play, film, or television programme that is intended to make people laugh

comet comets

NOUN an object that travels around the sun leaving a bright trail behind it

[from Greek kometes meaning long-haired]

comfort comforts, comforting, comforted

NOUN 1 the state of being pleasantly relaxed

2 a feeling of relief from worry or unhappiness • It’s a comfort to me to know that they are safe.

VERB 3 If you comfort someone, you make them less worried or unhappy.

comfortable

ADJECTIVE 1 If you are comfortable, you are at ease and relaxed.

2 Something that is comfortable makes you feel relaxed. • a comfortable chair

comfortably ADVERB

comic comics

NOUN 1 a magazine that contains stories told in pictures

ADJECTIVE 2 funny • a comic song

comma commas

NOUN the punctuation mark (,). It can show a short pause, or it can separate items in a list or words in speech marks from the rest of the sentence.
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