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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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2019
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VERB 1 If you dash somewhere, you rush there.

NOUN 2 the punctuation mark (–) which may be used instead of brackets

dashboard dashboards

NOUN the instrument panel in a car

data

NOUN information, usually in the form of facts or statistics

Data is really a plural word, but is usually used as a singular word: Customer data is stored here.

database databases

NOUN a collection of information stored in a computer

date dates

NOUN 1 a particular day or year that can be named • What is your date of birth?

2 If you have a date, you have an appointment to meet someone.

3 a small, brown, sticky fruit with a stone inside. Dates grow on palm trees.

daughter daughters

NOUN Someone’s daughter is their female child.

dawdle dawdles, dawdling, dawdled

VERB If you dawdle, you are slow about doing something or going somewhere. • Don’t dawdle, we have to be there in ten minutes.

dawn dawns

NOUN the time in the morning when light first appears in the sky

day days

NOUN 1 the time taken between one midnight and the next. There are 24 hours in one day.

2 the period of light between sunrise and sunset

daydream daydreams, daydreaming, daydreamed

NOUN 1 pleasant thoughts about things that you would like to happen

VERB 2 When you daydream, you drift off into a daydream.

daylight

NOUN the part of the day when it is light

daytime

NOUN the part of the day when it is light

daze

PHRASE If you are in a daze, you are confused and bewildered.

dazzle dazzles, dazzling, dazzled

VERB If a bright light dazzles you, it blinds you for a moment.

dazzling ADJECTIVE

de-

PREFIX added to some words to mean removal or reversal of something • She debugged the computer program. • We had to defrost the windscreen before leaving.

dead

ADJECTIVE 1 no longer living

2 no longer functioning • The phone went dead.

ADVERB 3 precisely or exactly • We arrived dead on eight o’clock.

deadly deadlier, deadliest

ADJECTIVE 1 likely or able to cause death • a deadly disease

ADVERB OR ADJECTIVE 2 used to emphasize how serious or unpleasant something is • deadly dangerous • deadly serious

deaf deafer, deafest

ADJECTIVE Deaf people are unable to hear anything or unable to hear well.

deafening

ADJECTIVE A deafening sound is so loud that you cannot hear anything else.

deal deals, dealing, dealt

NOUN 1 an agreement or arrangement, especially in business

VERB 2 If you deal with something, you do what is necessary to sort it out.
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