3 When you deal cards, you give them out to the players.
PHRASE 4 A good deal or a great deal of something is a lot of it.
dear dearer, dearest
NOUN 1 You call someone dear as a sign of affection.
ADJECTIVE 2 Something that is dear is very expensive.
3 You use dear at the beginning of a letter, with the name of the person you are writing to. • Dear Sunita.
death deaths
NOUN the end of the life of a human being or other animal or plant
debate debates, debating, debated
NOUN 1 argument or discussion
2 a formal discussion in which opposing views are expressed
VERB 3 When people debate something, they discuss it in a formal way.
debit card debit cards
NOUN a plastic card that allows someone to buy goods using the money in their bank account
debris
NOUN fragments or rubble left after something has been destroyed • After the eruption, volcanic debris was found scattered for miles.
debt debts
NOUN a sum of money that someone owes
debut debuts
NOUN a performer’s first public appearance
decade decades
NOUN a period of ten years
decaffeinated
ADJECTIVE Decaffeinated coffee or tea has had most of the caffeine removed.
decathlon decathlons
NOUN an athletic competition in which competitors take part in ten different events
decay decays, decaying, decayed
VERB When things decay, they rot or go bad.
deceased
ADJECTIVE FORMAL A deceased person is someone who has recently died.
deceit
NOUN behaviour that makes people believe something to be true that is not true
deceive deceives, deceiving, deceived
VERB If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true.
December
NOUN the twelfth month of the year. December has 31 days.
decent
ADJECTIVE honest and respectable
deception deceptions
NOUN 1 something that is intended to trick or deceive someone
2 the act of deceiving someone
deceptive
ADJECTIVE likely to make people believe that something is true when it is not
decide decides, deciding, decided
VERB If you decide to do something, you choose to do it, usually after thinking about it carefully.
SYNONYM: make up one’s mind
decision NOUN
deciduous
ADJECTIVE Deciduous trees lose their leaves in the autumn every year.
decimal decimals