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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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2019
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command commands, commanding, commanded

NOUN 1 an order to do something

VERB 2 If you command someone to do something, you order them to do it.

commemorate commemorates, commemorating, commemorated

VERB If you commemorate something, you do something special to show that you remember it. • On Remembrance Day we commemorate all the people who died in the two World Wars.

comment comments, commenting, commented

NOUN 1 a remark about something

VERB 2 If you comment on something, you make a remark about it.

commentary commentaries

NOUN a description of an event that is broadcast on radio or television while the event is happening • The commentary on the match was on the radio.

commentator commentators

NOUN someone who gives a radio or television commentary

commerce

NOUN the buying and selling of goods

commercial commercials

NOUN 1 an advertisement on television or radio

ADJECTIVE 2 Commercial activities involve producing large amounts of goods to sell and make money.

commit commits, committing, committed

VERB When someone commits a crime or sin, they do it. • The police know who committed the burglary.

committee committees

NOUN a group of people who make decisions on behalf of a larger group

common commoner, commonest; commons

ADJECTIVE 1 Something that is common exists in large numbers or happens often.

NOUN 2 an area of grassy land where everyone can go

ADJECTIVE 3 If something is common to two or more people, they all have it or use it. • We had a common interest in butterflies.

PHRASE 4 If two things or people have something in common, they both have it. • Sarah and I have a lot in common.

common noun common nouns

NOUN Common nouns name things in general. They begin with lower-case letters: girl, boy, animal, picture.

See noun (#litres_trial_promo)

common sense

NOUN knowing how to behave sensibly in any situation

Commonwealth

NOUN The Commonwealth is a group of countries that used to be ruled by Britain.

commotion

NOUN a lot of noise and excitement

communal

ADJECTIVE shared by a group of people • The shop had communal changing rooms.

communicate communicates, communicating, communicated

VERB When people communicate, they exchange information, usually by talking or writing to each other.

communication communications

NOUN 1 the act of exchanging information, usually by talking, writing or, in the case of animals, making sounds • the communication of ideas

PLURAL NOUN 2 Communications are electrical or radio systems that allow people to broadcast or communicate information.

communion

NOUN 1 a Christian religious service in which people share holy bread and wine

2 the sharing of thoughts and feelings

community communities

NOUN all the people living in a particular area

commuter commuters

NOUN a person who has to travel a long way to work every day

compact
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