EN Vocabulary - 3000 Words

Common words beginning F

/feɪs/
noun
  1. The front part of a person"s head from the forehead to the chin, or the corresponding part in an animal.
    • example - she was scarlet in the face and perspiring profusely
    • synonyms - countenance, physiognomy, profile, features
  2. The surface of a thing, especially one that is presented to the view or has a particular function.
    • synonyms - covering, layer, face, surface, veneer, lamination, encrustation, carpet, blanket, sheet, curtain, canopy, cover, cloak, veil, pall, shroud, screen, mask, cloud, envelope
  3. A person of a particular type.
    • example - this season"s squad has a lot of old faces in it
  4. short for typeface
    • example - Not only are the messages different on each side, but the advertising line is also printed in two type sizes and faces.
verb
  1. Be positioned with the face or front towards (someone or something)
    • example - he turned to face her
    • synonyms - look out on, front on to, look towards, be facing, afford a view of, command a view of, have a view of, look across, look over, open out over, look on to, overlook, give on to, give over, be opposite, be opposite to
  2. Confront and deal with or accept a difficult or unpleasant task, fact, or situation.
    • example - honesty forced her to face facts
    • synonyms - accept, come to accept, become reconciled to, reconcile oneself to, reach an acceptance, reach an acceptance of, get used to, become accustomed to, adjust to, accommodate oneself to, acclimatize oneself to
  3. Cover the surface of (something) with a layer of a different material.
    • example - the external basement walls were faced with granite slabs
    • synonyms - cover, clad, veneer, skin, overlay, surface, dress, pave, put a facing on, laminate, inlay, plate, coat, line
/fəˈsɪlɪti/
noun
  1. A place, amenity, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose.
    • example - cooking facilities
    • synonyms - provision, space, means, solution, potential, prerequisite, equipment
  2. A natural ability to do or learn something well and easily.
    • example - he had a facility for languages
    • synonyms - aptitude, talent, gift, flair, bent, skill, knack, finesse, genius
/fakt/
noun
  • A thing that is known or proved to be true.
    • example - he ignores some historical and economic facts
    • synonyms - reality, actuality, certainty, factuality, certitude
/ˈfaktə/
noun
  1. A circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result.
    • example - his skill was a factor in ensuring that so much was achieved
    • synonyms - element, part, component, ingredient, strand, constituent, point, detail, item, feature, facet, aspect, characteristic, consideration, influence, circumstance, thing, determinant
  2. A number or quantity that when multiplied with another produces a given number or expression.
    • example - an amount that exceeds it by a factor of 1000 or more
  3. A level on a scale of measurement.
    • example - You can select from the standard list of scale factors or key in your own.
  4. Any of a number of substances in the blood, mostly identified by numerals, which are involved in coagulation.
    • example - These include a change in the balance between procoagulant and anticoagulant factors in the blood.
  5. An agent who buys and sells goods on commission.
    • example - his father was chief factor for the Hudson"s Bay Company
    • synonyms - agent, representative, deputy, middleman, intermediary, go-between
verb
  1. another term for factorize
    • example - last year researchers factored a number 155 digits long
  2. Organize (the source code of a piece of software) into different components that are easier to maintain and work with.
  3. (of a company) sell (its invoices) to a factor.
    • example - they collected rents while he factored these forfeited estates
/ˈfaktə/
noun
  1. A circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result.
    • example - his skill was a factor in ensuring that so much was achieved
    • synonyms - element, part, component, ingredient, strand, constituent, point, detail, item, feature, facet, aspect, characteristic, consideration, influence, circumstance, thing, determinant
  2. A number or quantity that when multiplied with another produces a given number or expression.
    • example - an amount that exceeds it by a factor of 1000 or more
  3. A level on a scale of measurement.
    • example - You can select from the standard list of scale factors or key in your own.
  4. Any of a number of substances in the blood, mostly identified by numerals, which are involved in coagulation.
    • example - These include a change in the balance between procoagulant and anticoagulant factors in the blood.
  5. An agent who buys and sells goods on commission.
    • example - his father was chief factor for the Hudson"s Bay Company
    • synonyms - agent, representative, deputy, middleman, intermediary, go-between
verb
  1. another term for factorize
    • example - last year researchers factored a number 155 digits long
  2. Organize (the source code of a piece of software) into different components that are easier to maintain and work with.
  3. (of a company) sell (its invoices) to a factor.
    • example - they collected rents while he factored these forfeited estates
/ˈfakt(ə)ri/
noun
  • a building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing.
    • example - a clothing factory
/feɪl/
verb
  1. Be unsuccessful in achieving one"s goal.
    • example - he failed in his attempt to secure election
  2. Neglect to do something.
    • example - the firm failed to give adequate risk warnings
  3. Cease to work properly; break down.
    • example - a lorry whose brakes had failed
    • synonyms - break down, break, stop working, cease to function, cut out, stop, stall, crash, give out
noun
  1. A mark which is not high enough to pass an examination or test.
    • example - a fail grade
  2. A mistake, failure, or instance of poor performance.
    • synonyms - fiasco, debacle, catastrophe, disaster, blunder, vain attempt, abortion, defeat
/feɪl/
verb
  1. Be unsuccessful in achieving one"s goal.
    • example - he failed in his attempt to secure election
  2. Neglect to do something.
    • example - the firm failed to give adequate risk warnings
  3. Cease to work properly; break down.
    • example - a lorry whose brakes had failed
    • synonyms - break down, break, stop working, cease to function, cut out, stop, stall, crash, give out
noun
  1. A mark which is not high enough to pass an examination or test.
    • example - a fail grade
  2. A mistake, failure, or instance of poor performance.
    • synonyms - fiasco, debacle, catastrophe, disaster, blunder, vain attempt, abortion, defeat
/ˈfeɪljə/
noun
  1. Lack of success.
    • example - an economic policy that is doomed to failure
    • synonyms - lack of success, non-success, non-fulfilment, abortion, miscarriage, defeat, frustration, collapse, foundering, misfiring, coming to nothing, falling through
  2. The neglect or omission of expected or required action.
    • example - their failure to comply with the basic rules
    • synonyms - negligence, remissness, non-observance, non-performance, dereliction
  3. The action or state of not functioning.
    • example - symptoms of heart failure
    • synonyms - breaking down, breakdown, non-function, cutting out, seizing up
/fɛː/
adjective
  1. Treating people equally without favouritism or discrimination.
    • example - the group has achieved fair and equal representation for all its members
    • synonyms - just, equitable, fair-minded, open-minded, honest, upright, honourable, trustworthy
  2. (of hair or complexion) light; blonde.
    • example - a pretty girl with long fair hair
    • synonyms - blond, blonde, yellow, yellowish, golden, flaxen, light, light brown, light-coloured, strawberry blonde, tow-coloured, platinum, ash blonde, bleached, bleached-blonde, sun-bleached, peroxide, bottle-blonde
  3. Considerable though not outstanding in size or amount.
    • example - he did a fair bit of coaching
    • synonyms - reasonable, passable, tolerable, satisfactory, acceptable, respectable, decent, all right, good enough, goodish, pretty good, not bad, moderate, average, middling, ample, adequate, sufficient
  4. (of weather) fine and dry.
    • example - a fair autumn day
    • synonyms - fine, dry, bright, clear, sunny, sunshiny, sunlit, cloudless, without a cloud in the sky
  5. Beautiful.
    • example - the fairest of her daughters
    • synonyms - beautiful, pretty, lovely, attractive, good-looking, nice-looking, gorgeous, stunning, striking, arresting, captivating, prepossessing, winning, enchanting, appealing, ravishing, desirable, luscious, nubile
adverb
  1. Without cheating or trying to achieve unjust advantage.
    • example - no one could say he played fair
  2. To a high degree.
    • example - she"ll be fair delighted to see you
noun
  • A beautiful woman.
verb
  • (of the weather) become fine.
    • example - looks like it"s fairing off some
/ˈfɛːli/
adverb
  1. With justice.
    • example - he could not fairly be accused of wasting police time
    • synonyms - justly, equitably, impartially, without bias, without prejudice, without fear or favour, with an open mind, open-mindedly, even-handedly, objectively, neutrally, disinterestedly
  2. To a moderately high degree.
    • example - I was fairly certain she had nothing to do with the affair
    • synonyms - reasonably, passably, tolerably, satisfactorily, sufficiently, adequately, moderately, quite, rather, somewhat, relatively, comparatively
/feɪθ/
noun
  1. Complete trust or confidence in someone or something.
    • example - this restores one"s faith in politicians
    • synonyms - trust, belief, confidence, conviction, credence, reliance, dependence
  2. Strong belief in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual conviction rather than proof.
    • example - bereaved people who have shown supreme faith
    • synonyms - religion, church, sect, denomination, persuasion, religious persuasion, religious belief, belief, code of belief, ideology, creed, teaching, dogma, doctrine
exclamation
  • Said to express surprise or emphasis.
/fɔːl/
verb
  1. Move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control.
    • example - five inches of snow fell through the night
    • synonyms - drop, drop down, plummet, descend, come down, go down, plunge, sink, dive, nosedive, tumble, pitch
  2. (of a person) lose one"s balance and collapse.
    • example - he stumbled, tripped, and fell
    • synonyms - topple over, tumble over, keel over, fall down, fall over, go head over heels, go end over end, fall headlong, go headlong, collapse, fall in a heap, take a spill, pitch forward
  3. Decrease in number, amount, intensity, or quality.
    • example - imports fell by 12 per cent
    • synonyms - decrease, decline, diminish, fall off, drop off, go down, grow less, lessen, dwindle
  4. Be captured or defeated.
    • example - the besieged city fell after three months
    • synonyms - surrender, yield, submit, give in, give up, give way, capitulate, succumb
  5. Pass into a specified state, situation, or position.
    • example - she fell pregnant
    • synonyms - become, come to be, get to be, grow, get, turn
noun
  1. An act of falling or collapsing.
    • example - his mother had a fall as she alighted from a train
    • synonyms - tumble, trip, spill, topple, stumble, slip
  2. A thing which falls or has fallen.
    • example - in October came the first fall of snow
  3. A decrease in size, number, rate, or level.
    • example - a big fall in unemployment
    • synonyms - decline, fall-off, drop, dropping off, decrease, cut, lessening, lowering, dip, diminishing, dwindling, reduction, plummet, plunge, slump, deterioration, downswing
  4. A defeat or downfall.
    • example - the fall of the government
    • synonyms - downfall, ruin, ruination, collapse, failure, decline, deterioration, degeneration, destruction, overthrow, demise
  5. Autumn.
    • example - that fall Roosevelt was elected to his first term
  6. A flock of woodcock.
    • example - there is a fall of woodcock in the round wood above the dell
/fɔːls/
/fɒls/
adjective
  1. Not according with truth or fact; incorrect.
    • example - he was feeding false information to his customers
    • synonyms - incorrect, untrue, wrong, erroneous, fallacious, faulty, flawed, distorted, inaccurate, inexact, imprecise, invalid, unfounded
  2. Made to imitate something in order to deceive.
    • example - the trunk had a false bottom
  3. Illusory; not actually so.
    • example - sunscreens give users a false sense of security
    • synonyms - delusory, delusional, delusive
  4. Disloyal; unfaithful.
    • example - a false lover
    • synonyms - faithless, unfaithful, disloyal, untrue, inconstant, false-hearted, treacherous, traitorous, perfidious, two-faced, Janus-faced, double-dealing, double-crossing, deceitful, deceiving, deceptive, dishonourable, dishonest, duplicitous, hypocritical, untrustworthy, unreliable
/fəˈmɪlɪə/
adjective
  1. Well known from long or close association.
    • example - their faces will be familiar to many of you
    • synonyms - familiar, known about, well known
  2. In close friendship; intimate.
    • example - she had not realized they were on such familiar terms
    • synonyms - close, intimate, dear, near, confidential, bosom
noun
  1. A demon supposedly attending and obeying a witch, often said to assume the form of an animal.
    • example - her familiars were her two little griffons that nested in her skirts
  2. A close friend or associate.
    • example - Associating with familiars can potentially provide individuals with important benefits, including enhanced group antipredator behavior.
    • synonyms - friend, best friend, companion, boon companion, intimate, familiar, confidant, confidante, alter ego, second self
  3. (in the Roman Catholic Church) a person rendering certain services in a pope"s or bishop"s household.
    • example - Familiars actually dwelling in a monastery may receive their Easter Communion in the church or chapel of the monastery.
/ˈfamɪli/
noun
  1. A group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.
    • example - the family lived in a large house with a lot of land
    • synonyms - household, ménage
  2. All the descendants of a common ancestor.
    • example - the house has been owned by the same family for 300 years
    • synonyms - ancestry, parentage, birth, pedigree, genealogy, background, family tree, descent, lineage, line, line of descent, bloodline, blood, extraction, derivation, race, strain, stock, breed
  3. A group of related things.
    • example - all manuscripts that share this reading constitute a family
adjective
  • Designed to be suitable for children as well as adults.
    • example - a family newspaper
/ˈfeɪməs/
adjective
  1. Known about by many people.
    • example - a famous star
    • synonyms - well known, celebrated, prominent, famed, popular, having made a name for oneself
  2. Excellent.
    • synonyms - greatest, leading, foremost, best, finest, chief, outstanding, excellent, distinguished, prominent, eminent, important, major, star, top, top-tier, topmost, famous, renowned, celebrated, illustrious, towering, supreme, superior, exceptional, unrivalled, unsurpassed, unequalled, inimitable, incomparable, matchless, peerless, unmatched, arch-, transcendent
fan
/fan/
noun
  1. An apparatus with rotating blades that creates a current of air for cooling or ventilation.
    • example - a couple of ceiling fans, lazily turning
    • synonyms - air cooler, air conditioner, ventilator, blower, aerator
  2. A handheld device, typically folding and shaped like a segment of a circle when spread out, that is waved so as to cool the person holding it.
    • example - the girls were giggling behind their fans
verb
  1. Cool (someone or something) by waving an object to create a current of air.
    • example - he fanned himself with his hat
    • synonyms - cool, air, aerate, blow, ventilate
  2. Increase the strength of (a fire) by blowing on it or stirring up the air near it.
    • example - fanned by an easterly wind, the fire spread rapidly
  3. Disperse or radiate from a central point to cover a wide area.
    • example - the arriving passengers began to fan out through the town in search of lodgings
    • synonyms - spread, open, branch, stretch
/ˈfansi/
adjective
  1. Elaborate in structure or decoration.
    • example - the furniture was very fancy
    • synonyms - ornate, decorated, embellished, adorned, ornamented, fancy, over-elaborate, fussy, busy, ostentatious, extravagant, showy, baroque, rococo, florid, wedding-cake, gingerbread
  2. (of a drawing, painting, or sculpture) created from the imagination rather than from life.
    • example - I used to take a seat and busy myself in sketching fancy vignettes
verb
  1. Feel a desire or liking for.
    • example - do you fancy a drink?
    • synonyms - wish for, want, desire
  2. Regard (a horse, team, or player) as a likely winner.
    • example - I fancy him to win the tournament
  3. Imagine; think.
    • example - he fancied he could smell the perfume of roses
    • synonyms - think, imagine, guess, believe, have an idea, suppose
noun
  1. A superficial or transient feeling of liking or attraction.
    • example - this was no passing fancy, but a feeling he would live by
    • synonyms - desire, urge, wish, want
  2. The faculty of imagination.
    • example - he is prone to flights of fancy
    • synonyms - imagination, imaginative faculty, imaginative power, creativity, creative faculty, creative power, conception, fancifulness, inventiveness, invention, originality, ingenuity, cleverness, wit, artistry
  3. A small iced cake.
    • example - chocolate fancies
  4. (in 16th and 17th century music) a composition for keyboard or strings in free or variation form.
/fanˈtastɪk/
adjective
  1. Extraordinarily good or attractive.
    • synonyms - tremendous, remarkable, great, terrific, enormous, huge, striking, impressive, outstanding, phenomenal, monumental, overwhelming
  2. Imaginative or fanciful; remote from reality.
    • example - fantastic hybrid creatures
    • synonyms - fanciful, extravagant, extraordinary, irrational, wild, mad, absurd, far-fetched, nonsensical, incredible, unbelievable, unthinkable, implausible, improbable, unlikely, doubtful, dubious
far
/fɑː/
adverb
  1. At, to, or by a great distance (used to indicate the extent to which one thing is distant from another)
    • example - the house was not too far away
    • synonyms - a long way, a great distance, a good way, afar
  2. Over a large expanse of space or time.
    • example - he had not travelled far
    • synonyms - to a certain extent, to a limited extent, up to a point, to a degree, to some extent, within reason, within limits
  3. By a great deal.
    • example - he is able to function far better than usual
    • synonyms - much, very much, considerably, markedly, immeasurably, decidedly, greatly, significantly, substantially, appreciably, noticeably, materially, signally
adjective
  • Situated at a great distance in space or time.
    • example - the far reaches of the universe
    • synonyms - distant, faraway, far off
/fɑːm/
noun
  • An area of land and its buildings, used for growing crops and rearing animals.
    • example - a farm of 100 acres
    • synonyms - smallholding, holding, farmstead, steading, grange, plantation, estate
verb
  1. Make one"s living by growing crops or keeping livestock.
    • example - he has farmed organically for years
    • synonyms - be a farmer, practise farming, cultivate the land, till the land, work the land, till the soil, rear livestock, do agricultural work
  2. Send out or subcontract work to others.
    • example - it saves time and money to farm out some writing work to specialized companies
    • synonyms - contract out, outsource, assign to others, subcontract, delegate
  3. Allow someone to collect and keep the revenues from (a tax) on payment of a fee.
    • example - the customs had been farmed to the collector for a fixed sum
/ˈfɑːmə/
noun
  1. A person who owns or manages a farm.
    • example - It helped farmers and farm owners to stay in their property with government help.
    • synonyms - agriculturalist, agronomist, smallholder, grazier, farmhand, countryman, daughter of the soil, son of the soil
  2. A person to whom the collection of taxes was contracted for a fee.
/ˈfɑːmɪŋ/
noun
  • The activity or business of growing crops and raising livestock.
    • example - land was enclosed for arable farming
    • synonyms - agriculture, cultivation, tilling, tillage, husbandry, land management, farm management
/ˈfasɪneɪtɪŋ/
adjective
  • Extremely interesting.
    • example - a fascinating book
    • synonyms - engrossing, captivating, absorbing, interesting, enchanting, beguiling, bewitching, enthralling, enrapturing, entrancing, spellbinding, transfixing, riveting, mesmerizing, hypnotizing, engaging, compelling, compulsive, gripping, thrilling
/ˈfaʃ(ə)n/
noun
  1. A popular or the latest style of clothing, hair, decoration, or behaviour.
    • example - the latest Parisian fashions
    • synonyms - vogue, trend, craze, rage, mania, mode, fad, fancy, passing fancy
  2. A manner of doing something.
    • example - the work is done in a rather casual fashion
    • synonyms - manner, way, style, method, mode
verb
  • Make into a particular form.
    • example - the bottles were fashioned from green glass
    • synonyms - construct, build, manufacture, make, create, fabricate, contrive
/ˈfaʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l/
adjective
  • Characteristic of, influenced by, or representing a current popular style.
    • example - fashionable clothes
    • synonyms - in fashion, in vogue, voguish, popular, up to date, bang up to date, up to the minute, modern, all the rage, modish, trendsetting
/fɑːst/
adjective
  1. Moving or capable of moving at high speed.
    • example - a fast and powerful car
    • synonyms - speedy, quick, swift, rapid
  2. (of a clock or watch) showing a time ahead of the correct time.
    • example - I keep my watch fifteen minutes fast
  3. Firmly fixed or attached.
    • example - he made a rope fast to each corner
    • synonyms - secure, secured, fastened, tight, firmly fixed
  4. (of a film) needing only a short exposure.
    • example - a 35-mm colour film which is ten times faster than Kodacolor II
  5. (of a dye) not fading in light or when washed.
    • example - the dyes are boiled with the yarn to produce a fast colour
    • synonyms - indelible, lasting, permanent, stable
  6. Engaging in or involving activities characterized by excitement, extranvagance, and risk-taking.
    • example - the fast life she led in London
    • synonyms - wild, dissipated, dissolute, debauched, intemperate, immoderate, louche, rakish, decadent, unrestrained, reckless, profligate, self-indulgent, shameless, sinful, immoral, extravagant
  7. (of a person) prone to act in an unacceptably familiar way.
adverb
  1. At high speed.
    • example - he was driving too fast
    • synonyms - quickly, rapidly, swiftly, speedily, briskly, at speed, at full speed, at full tilt
  2. So as to be hard to move; securely.
    • example - the ship was held fast by the anchor chain
    • synonyms - securely, tightly, immovably, fixedly, firmly
  3. So as to be hard to wake.
    • example - they were too fast asleep to reply
    • synonyms - deeply, sound, completely
/ˈfɑːs(ə)n/
verb
  1. Close or do up securely.
    • example - the tunic was fastened with a row of gilt buttons
    • synonyms - bolt, lock, secure, make secure, make fast, chain, seal
  2. Single out (someone or something) and concentrate on them or it obsessively.
    • example - the critics fastened upon two sections of the report
    • synonyms - single out, concentrate on, focus on, select, pick out, fix on, seize on
fat
/fat/
noun
  1. A natural oily substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs.
    • example - whales and seals insulate themselves with layers of fat
    • synonyms - fatty tissue, fat cells, blubber, adipose tissue
  2. Any of a group of natural esters of glycerol and various fatty acids, which are solid at room temperature and are the main constituents of animal and vegetable fat.
    • example - some 40 per cent of our daily calories are derived from dietary fats
adjective
  1. (of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh.
    • example - the driver was a fat wheezing man
    • synonyms - plump, stout, overweight, heavy, large, solid, chubby, portly, rotund, flabby, paunchy, pot-bellied, beer-bellied, dumpy, meaty, broad in the beam, of ample proportions, Falstaffian
  2. Large in bulk or circumference.
    • example - a fat cigarette
    • synonyms - thick, big, chunky, substantial, extended, long
verb
  • Make or become fat.
    • example - numbers of black cattle are fatted here
/ˈfɑːðə/
noun
  1. A man in relation to his child or children.
    • example - Margaret"s father died at an early age
    • synonyms - male parent
  2. (often as a title or form of address) a priest.
    • example - pray for me, father
    • synonyms - priest, pastor, parson, clergyman, father confessor, churchman, man of the cloth, man of God, cleric, minister, preacher
  3. Early Christian theologians (in particular of the first five centuries) whose writings are regarded as especially authoritative.
    • example - If each tradition derives from the Fathers of the Church, then the churches of East and West have the task of discovering the compatibility of their doctrines.
verb
  • (of a man) cause a pregnancy resulting in the birth of (a child)
    • example - he fathered three children
    • synonyms - be the father of, sire, engender, generate, bring into being, bring into the world, give life to, spawn
/fɔːlt/
/fɒlt/
noun
  1. An unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person"s character.
    • example - my worst fault is impatience
    • synonyms - flaw, fault, failing, deficiency, weakness, weak point, weak spot, shortcoming, fallibility, frailty, infirmity, foible, inadequacy, limitation
  2. Responsibility for an accident or misfortune.
    • example - if books were not selling, it wasn"t the fault of the publishers
    • synonyms - responsibility, liability, culpability, blameworthiness, guilt
  3. An extended break in a rock formation, marked by the relative displacement and discontinuity of strata on either side of a particular plane.
    • example - a landscape broken by numerous faults
verb
  1. Criticize for inadequacy or mistakes.
    • example - her superiors could not fault her dedication to the job
    • synonyms - find fault with, find lacking
  2. (of a rock formation) be broken by a fault or faults.
    • example - the continental crust has been thinned and faulted as a result of geological processes
/ˈfeɪvə/
noun
  1. Approval, support, or liking for someone or something.
    • example - training is looked upon with favour by many employers
    • synonyms - approval, approbation, commendation, esteem, goodwill, kindness, benevolence, friendliness
  2. An act of kindness beyond what is due or usual.
    • example - I"ve come to ask you a favour
    • synonyms - good turn, service, kind act, good deed, act of kindness, kindness, courtesy, indulgence
  3. A small inexpensive gift given to guests at a party.
    • example - Physicians are often enticed to attend these CME programs with free meals and other favors and gifts.
    • synonyms - present, donation, offering, contribution, handout, presentation, bestowal, largesse, alms, charity, bonus, award, premium, bounty, boon, favour, bequest, legacy, inheritance, settlement, subsidy, grant, endowment, benefaction
verb
  1. Feel or show approval or preference for.
    • example - slashing public spending is a policy that few politicians favour
    • synonyms - preferred, favourite, recommended, chosen, choice, selected, most-liked, ideal, particular, special, pet
  2. (often used in polite requests) give someone (something desired)
    • example - please favour me with an answer
    • synonyms - oblige, accommodate, gratify, satisfy, humour, indulge, pander to, put oneself out for
  3. Resemble (a parent or other relative) in facial features.
    • synonyms - resemble, look like, be like, be similar to, bear a resemblance to, remind one of, put one in mind of, take after, have the look of
  4. Treat (an injured limb) gently, not putting one"s full weight on it.
    • example - he favours his sore leg
/ˈfeɪv(ə)rɪt/
adjective
  • Preferred to all others of the same kind.
    • example - their favourite Italian restaurant
    • synonyms - best-loved, most-liked, favoured, dearest, treasured, pet, special, closest to one"s heart
noun
  • A person or thing that is preferred to all others of the same kind or is especially well liked.
    • example - my favourite is tandoori chicken
    • synonyms - first choice, choice, pick, preference, pet, beloved, darling
verb
  • Record the address of (a website or other data) to enable quick access in future.
    • example - you can see who else favourited the same pictures
/fɪə/
noun
  • An unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm.
    • example - I cowered in fear as bullets whizzed past
    • synonyms - terror, fright, fearfulness, horror, alarm, panic, agitation, trepidation, dread, consternation, dismay, distress
verb
  • Be afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be dangerous, painful, or harmful.
    • example - I hated him but didn"t fear him any more
    • synonyms - be afraid of, be fearful of, be scared of, be apprehensive of, dread, live in fear of, go in terror of, be terrified of, be terrified by, cower before, tremble before, cringe from, shrink from, flinch from
/ˈfɛðə/
noun
  • Any of the flat appendages growing from a bird"s skin and forming its plumage, consisting of a partly hollow horny shaft fringed with vanes of barbs.
    • example - the waxwing has very bright feathers and a prominent crest
    • synonyms - plume, quill
verb
  1. Rotate the blades of (a propeller) about their own axes in such a way as to lessen the air or water resistance.
    • example - A fire erupted in the starboard engine and the pilot was unable to feather the propeller.
  2. Float or move like a feather.
    • example - the green fronds feathered against a blue sky
  3. Blend or smooth delicately.
    • example - feather the paint in, in a series of light strokes
  4. (of ink, lipstick, etc.) separate into tiny lines after application.
    • example - the ink started to feather and smudge
  5. short for feather cut
/ˈfiːtʃə/
noun
  1. A distinctive attribute or aspect of something.
    • example - a well-appointed house with interesting decorative features
    • synonyms - characteristic, attribute, quality, property, trait, mark, hallmark, trademark
  2. A newspaper or magazine article or a broadcast programme devoted to the treatment of a particular topic, typically at length.
    • example - a special feature on children"s reference books
    • synonyms - article, piece, item, report, story, column, review, commentary, criticism, analysis, write-up, exposé
verb
  • Have as a prominent attribute or aspect.
    • example - the hotel features a large lounge, a sauna, and a coin-operated solarium
    • synonyms - present, promote, make a feature of, give prominence to, focus attention on, call attention to, spotlight, highlight, accent
/ˈfɛbrʊəri/
/ˈfɛbjʊəri/
noun
  • The second month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the last month of winter.
    • example - even in February the place is busy
fee
/fiː/
noun
  1. A payment made to a professional person or to a professional or public body in exchange for advice or services.
    • example - they were faced with legal fees of £3000
    • synonyms - payment, emolument, wage, salary, allowance, stipend, handout
  2. An estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service.
verb
  • Make a payment to (someone) in return for services.
    • example - Others offer discounts on software purchases to subscribers of their once-free, now fee"d, online service.
    • synonyms - pay, reward, reimburse, recompense, give payment to
/fiːd/
verb
  1. Give food to.
    • example - did you remember to feed the cat?
    • synonyms - give food to, provide food for, provide for, cater for, prepare food for, cook for, make a meal for, wine and dine
  2. Supply with material or power.
    • example - a radial circuit fed by a 20 amp fuse
  3. Cause to pass gradually and steadily, typically through a confined space.
    • example - make holes through which to feed the cables
noun
  1. An act of giving food, especially to animals or a baby, or of having food given to one.
    • example - the baby"s morning feed
  2. A device or pipe for supplying material to a machine.
    • example - a paper feed
  3. A line or prompt given to an actor on stage.
    • synonyms - reminder, cue, feed
/ˈfiːdbak/
noun
  1. Information about reactions to a product, a person"s performance of a task, etc. which is used as a basis for improvement.
    • example - throughout this process we have obtained valuable feedback
    • synonyms - response
  2. A screeching or humming sound resulting from the return of a fraction of the output signal from an amplifier, microphone, or other device to the input of the same device.
    • example - Punk Rock Girl opens the disc with plenty of guitar feedback
  3. The modification or control of a process or system by its results or effects, for example in a biochemical pathway or behavioural response.
    • example - These internal forcings result from feedback within the climate system.
/fiːl/
verb
  1. Be aware of (a person or object) through touching or being touched.
    • example - she felt someone touch her shoulder
    • synonyms - perceive, sense, detect, discern, make out, notice, observe, identify
  2. Experience (an emotion or sensation)
    • example - I felt a sense of excitement
    • synonyms - experience, undergo, go through, bear, endure, suffer, be forced to contend with
  3. Have a belief or impression, especially without an identifiable reason.
    • example - she felt that the woman positively disliked her
    • synonyms - sense, have a feeling, get the impression, feel in one"s bones, have a hunch, have a funny feeling, just know, intuit
noun
  1. An act of touching something to examine it.
    • example - I let him have a feel of my hair and kept saying ‘it"s a bit of a shock, isn"t it?’ (must have been terrifying for a two year old!).
  2. A sensation given by an object or material when touched.
    • example - nylon cloth with a cotton feel
    • synonyms - texture, surface, finish, grain, nap
  3. Feelings of heightened emotion.
/ˈfiːlɪŋ/
noun
  1. An emotional state or reaction.
    • example - a feeling of joy
    • synonyms - love, care, affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, warmness, emotion, sentiment
  2. An idea or belief, especially a vague or irrational one.
    • example - he had the feeling that he was being watched
    • synonyms - suspicion, sneaking suspicion, notion, inkling, hunch, fancy, apprehension, presentiment, premonition, foreboding
  3. The capacity to experience the sense of touch.
    • example - a loss of feeling in the hands
    • synonyms - sensory faculty, feeling, sensation, perception
  4. A sensitivity to or intuitive understanding of.
    • example - she says I have a feeling for medicine
    • synonyms - aptitude, knack, flair, bent, talent, gift, skill, art, trick, faculty, ability, propensity, inclination
adjective
  • Showing emotion or sensitivity.
    • synonyms - sensitive, warm, warm-hearted, tender, tender-hearted, caring, soft-hearted, sympathetic, compassionate, understanding, empathetic, responsive, receptive, intuitive, thoughtful
/ˈfɛləʊ/
noun
  1. A man or boy.
    • synonyms - man, boy
  2. A person in the same position, involved in the same activity, or otherwise associated with another.
    • example - he was learning with a rapidity unique among his fellows
    • synonyms - companion, friend, crony, comrade, partner, associate, co-worker, colleague
  3. A member of a learned society.
    • example - a fellow of the Geological Society
    • synonyms - subscriber, associate, representative, attender, insider, fellow, comrade, adherent, life member, founder member, card-carrying member
adjective
  • Sharing a particular activity, quality, or condition with someone or something.
    • example - they urged the troops not to fire on their fellow citizens
/ˈfiːmeɪl/
adjective
  • Of or denoting the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs, distinguished biologically by the production of gametes (ova) which can be fertilized by male gametes.
    • example - a herd of female deer
noun
  • A female animal or plant.
    • example - females may lay several hundred eggs in two to four weeks
/fɛns/
noun
  1. A barrier, railing, or other upright structure, typically of wood or wire, enclosing an area of ground to prevent or control access or escape.
    • example - South Korean news agency Yonhap said the group cut through a wire fence to gain access to the school grounds in a northern suburb of Beijing early Friday.
    • synonyms - barrier, paling, railing, rail, bar, hurdle, enclosure
  2. A guard or guide on a plane, saw, or other tool.
    • example - This leaves a short side surface at right angles to the rear of the strip, adequate for guiding the fence of the cornice plane.
  3. A person who deals in stolen goods.
    • synonyms - receiver of stolen goods, dealer in stolen goods
verb
  1. Surround or protect with a fence.
    • example - our garden was not fully fenced
    • synonyms - enclose, surround, circumscribe, encircle, circle, encompass, bound, form a barrier around, form a ring round
  2. Buy or sell (stolen goods)
    • synonyms - receive stolen goods, deal in stolen goods
  3. Engage in the sport of fencing.
    • example - Next, Anders took a wooden sword and fenced with one of the dummies.
/ˈfɛstɪv(ə)l/
noun
  1. A day or period of celebration, typically for religious reasons.
    • example - traditional Jewish festivals
    • synonyms - fete, fair, gala day, gala, carnival, fiesta, jamboree, pageant
  2. An organized series of concerts, plays, or films, typically one held annually in the same place.
    • example - a major international festival of song
few
/fjuː/
determiner & adjective
  1. A small number of.
    • example - may I ask a few questions?
    • synonyms - not many, hardly any, scarcely any
  2. Used to emphasize how small a number is.
    • example - he had few friends
    • synonyms - not many, hardly any, scarcely any
pronoun
  1. A small number of people or things.
    • example - I will recount a few of the stories told me
    • synonyms - a small number, a handful, a sprinkling, one or two, a couple, two or three
  2. Used to emphasize how small a number of people or things is.
    • example - few thought to challenge these assumptions
plural noun
  • The minority of people; the elect.
    • example - art is not just for the few
/ˈfɪkʃ(ə)n/
noun
  1. Literature in the form of prose that describes imaginary events and people.
    • example - The prize is popularly seen as an award for a new novelists of adult literary fiction, but this is not the case.
    • synonyms - novels, stories, creative writing, imaginative writing, works of the imagination, prose literature, narration, story telling
  2. Something that is invented or untrue.
    • example - they were supposed to be keeping up the fiction that they were happily married
    • synonyms - fabrication, invention, lies, fibs, concoction, trumped-up story, fake news, alternative fact, untruth, falsehood, fantasy, fancy, illusion, sham, nonsense
/fiːld/
noun
  1. An area of open land, especially one planted with crops or pasture, typically bounded by hedges or fences.
    • example - a wheat field
    • synonyms - meadow, pasture, paddock, green, pen, grassland, pastureland, sward
  2. A particular branch of study or sphere of activity or interest.
    • example - we talked to professionals in various fields
    • synonyms - area, sphere, area of activity, discipline, province, department, domain, sector, line, branch, subject, speciality, specialty, specialization, specialism
  3. A space or range within which objects are visible from a particular viewpoint or through a piece of apparatus.
    • example - Cassini is now close enough to Enceladus that the moon does not fit within the camera field of view.
    • synonyms - scope, range, sweep, reach, extent, purview
  4. All the participants in a contest or sport.
    • example - he destroyed the rest of the field with a devastating injection of speed
    • synonyms - competitors, entrants, competition, runners
  5. An area on a flag with a single background colour.
    • example - fifty white stars on a blue field
  6. The region in which a particular condition prevails, especially one in which a force or influence is effective regardless of the presence or absence of a material medium.
    • example - This approach describes how electrons are influenced by the fields produced by others in the Fermi sea.
  7. A system subject to two binary operations analogous to those for the multiplication and addition of real numbers, and having similar commutative and distributive laws.
    • example - One of Weil"s major achievements was his proof of the Riemann hypothesis for the congruence zeta functions of algebraic function fields.
verb
  1. Attempt to catch or stop the ball and return it after it has been hit by the batsman or batter, thereby preventing runs being scored or base runners advancing.
    • example - First, he took his eyes off the ball while fielding at short leg, and failed to notice that Sarwan had lobbed an attempted pull over his right shoulder.
  2. Send out (a team or individual) to play in a game.
    • example - Leeds fielded a team of youngsters
    • synonyms - put in the team, send out, play, put up
  3. Deal with (a difficult question, phone call, etc.).
    • example - The other day, fielding questions about her aversion for holding press conferences, she openly admitted to her feeling that media exercises may not yield the desired results.
    • synonyms - deal with, handle, cope with, answer, reply to, respond to, react to
adjective
  • Carried out or working in the natural environment, rather than in a laboratory or office.
    • example - field observations and interviews
    • synonyms - practical, hands-on, applied, actual, active, experiential, empirical, in the field, non-theoretical
/fɪfˈtiːn/
/ˈfɪftiːn/
cardinal number
  1. Equivalent to the product of three and five; one more than fourteen, or five more than ten; 15.A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by fifteen.Fifteen years old.A team of fifteen players, especially in rugby.(of a film) classified as suitable for people of 15 years and over.The first point won by a player in a game.
    • example - all fifteen bedrooms have private facilities
  2. The Jacobite rebellion of 1715.
/fɪfθ/
ordinal number
  1. Constituting number five in a sequence; 5th.
    • example - the fifth century BC
  2. Each of five equal parts into which something is or may be divided.
    • example - Because measures of skinfold thickness varied significantly by sex we divided the distribution into fifths for men and women and used these in the analyses.
/ˈfɪfti/
cardinal number
  • The number equivalent to the product of five and ten; half of one hundred; 50.The numbers from 50 to 59, especially the years of a century or of a person"s life.Fifty years old.Fifty miles an hour.A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by fifty.A fifty-pound note or fifty-dollar bill.
    • example - only fifty per cent of the aircraft were serviceable
/fʌɪt/
verb
  1. Take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons.
    • example - the men were fighting
    • synonyms - violent, combative, aggressive, pugnacious, truculent, belligerent, bellicose, disputatious, antagonistic, argumentative, hawkish
  2. Struggle to overcome, eliminate, or prevent.
    • example - a churchman who has dedicated his life to fighting racism
    • synonyms - oppose, contest, contend with, confront, challenge, combat, dispute, object to, quarrel with, argue against, argue with
noun
  • A violent confrontation or struggle.
    • example - he"d got into a fight with some bouncers outside a club
    • synonyms - brawl, fracas, melee, row, rumpus, confrontation, skirmish, sparring match, exchange, struggle, tussle, scuffle, altercation, wrangle, scrum, clash, disturbance
/ˈfʌɪtɪŋ/
noun
  • The action of fighting; violence or conflict.
    • example - terrible fighting broke out in the streets
    • synonyms - violence, hostilities, conflict, combat
adjective
  • Displaying or engaging in violence, combat, or aggression.
    • example - he was a fighting man
    • synonyms - violent, combative, aggressive, pugnacious, truculent, belligerent, bellicose, disputatious, antagonistic, argumentative, hawkish
/ˈfɪɡə/
noun
  1. A number, especially one which forms part of official statistics or relates to the financial performance of a company.
    • example - the trade figures
    • synonyms - statistic, number, integer, quantity, amount, level, total, sum
  2. A person"s bodily shape, especially that of a woman and when considered to be attractive.
    • example - she had always been so proud of her figure
    • synonyms - physique, build, frame, body, proportions, torso, shape, form, stature
  3. A person of a particular kind, especially one who is important or distinctive in some way.
    • example - Williams became something of a cult figure
    • synonyms - person, personage, individual, man, woman, character, personality, presence
  4. A shape which is defined by one or more lines in two dimensions (such as a circle or a triangle), or one or more surfaces in three dimensions (such as a sphere or a cuboid), either considered mathematically in geometry or used as a decorative design.
    • example - a red ground with white and blue geometrical figures
    • synonyms - shape, pattern, design, motif, device, depiction
  5. A short succession of notes producing a single impression; a brief melodic or rhythmic formula out of which longer passages are developed.
    • example - Their textures are dominated by right-hand melodies against chordal accompaniment figures.
  6. The form of a syllogism, classified according to the position of the middle term.
verb
  1. Have a significant part or role in a situation or process.
    • example - the issue of nuclear policy figured prominently in the talks
    • synonyms - feature, appear, be featured, be mentioned, be referred to
  2. Think, consider, or expect to be the case.
    • synonyms - suppose, think, believe, fancy, consider, expect, take it, suspect, have a sneaking suspicion, sense
  3. Calculate or work out (an amount or value) arithmetically.
    • example - my accountant figured my tax wrong
    • synonyms - calculate, work out, total, sum, reckon, compute, enumerate, determine, evaluate, quantify, assess, count, add up, put a figure on, tally, totalize, gauge
  4. Represent in a diagram or picture.
    • example - varieties of this Cape genus are figured from drawings made there
/fʌɪl/
noun
  1. A folder or box for holding loose papers together and in order for easy reference.
    • example - a file of correspondence
    • synonyms - folder, portfolio, binder, box, document case
  2. A number of issues and responsibilities relating to a particular policy area.
verb
  • Place (a document) in a cabinet, box, or folder in a particular order.
    • example - the contract, when signed, is filed
    • synonyms - categorize, classify, organize, put in place, put in order, order, arrange, catalogue, tabulate, index, pigeonhole
/fɪl/
verb
  1. Cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full.
    • example - I filled the bottle with water
    • synonyms - become full, make full, fill up, fill to the brim, fill to overflowing, charge, load, load up, pack
  2. Become an overwhelming presence in; pervade.
    • example - a pungent smell of garlic filled the air
    • synonyms - pervade, spread through, spread throughout, permeate, suffuse, be diffused through, diffuse through, imbue, penetrate, pass through, infuse, perfuse, extend throughout, be disseminated through, flow through, run through, saturate, impregnate
  3. Appoint a person to hold (a vacant post)
    • example - the board contacted him to say they had already filled the position
  4. Be supplied with the items described in (a prescription or order)
    • example - she needed to fill a prescription
  5. (in poker) complete (a good hand) by drawing the necessary cards.
    • example - Replace any cards you popped with ones from your hand (face up) and then draw card to fill your hand to five.
noun
  1. An amount of something which is as much as one wants or can bear.
    • example - we have eaten our fill
    • synonyms - enough, sufficient, plenty, ample, as much as necessary, all one wants, a sufficiency, an abundance, as much as one can take, more than enough
  2. An amount of something which will occupy all the space in a container.
    • example - a fill of tobacco
  3. (in popular music) a short interjected phrase on a particular instrument.
    • example - country-tinged guitar fills
/fɪlm/
noun
  1. A thin flexible strip of plastic or other material coated with light-sensitive emulsion for exposure in a camera, used to produce photographs or motion pictures.
    • example - he had already shot a whole roll of film
  2. A story or event recorded by a camera as a set of moving images and shown in a cinema or on television.
    • example - a horror film
    • synonyms - movie, picture, feature, feature film
verb
  1. Capture on film as part of a series of moving images; make a film of (a story, event, or book)
    • example - she glowered at the television crew who were filming them
    • synonyms - record on film, shoot, record, take pictures of, make a film of, capture on film, video, photograph
  2. Become or appear to become covered with a thin layer of something.
    • example - his eyes had filmed over
    • synonyms - cloud, mist, fog, haze
/ˈfʌɪn(ə)l/
adjective
  • Coming at the end of a series.
    • example - the final version of the report was presented
    • synonyms - last, closing, concluding, finishing, end, ending, terminating, terminal, culminating, ultimate, eventual, endmost
noun
  1. The last game in a sports tournament or other competition, which will decide the winner of the tournament.
    • example - The winners of the semi-finals will take part in a county final to decide the winner.
    • synonyms - decider, final game, final match
  2. A series of examinations at the end of a degree course.
    • example - she was doing her history finals
  3. The principal note in a mode.
    • example - Often, he seems to set up two possible finals, the ‘tonal’ issue being settled only at the last moment.
  4. The final approach of an aircraft to the runway it will be landing on.
    • example - the plane piloted by Richards was on finals
/ˈfʌɪnəli/
adverb
  • After a long time, typically when there has been difficulty or delay.
    • example - he finally arrived to join us
    • synonyms - eventually, ultimately, in the end, by and by, at length, after a long time, after some time
/ˈfʌɪnans/
/fʌɪˈnans/
/fɪˈnans/
noun
  • The management of large amounts of money, especially by governments or large companies.
    • example - the firm"s finance department
    • synonyms - financial affairs, money matters, pecuniary matters, fiscal matters, economics, money management, commerce, business, investment, banking, accounting
verb
  • Provide funding for (a person or enterprise)
    • example - the health service is financed almost entirely by the taxpayer
    • synonyms - fund, pay for, back, capitalize, provide capital for, provide security for, endow, subsidize, invest in
/fʌɪˈnanʃ(ə)l/
/fɪˈnanʃ(ə)l/
adjective
  • Relating to finance.
    • example - an independent financial adviser
    • synonyms - monetary, money, economic, pecuniary, banking, commercial, business, investment, accounting, fiscal, budgetary
noun
  • The finances or financial situation of an organization or individual.
    • example - he needs to pay serious attention to his financials, particularly cash flow
/fʌɪnd/
verb
  1. Discover or perceive by chance or unexpectedly.
    • example - Lindsey looked up to find Neil watching her
    • synonyms - discover, become aware, realize, observe, notice, note, perceive, learn, detect
  2. Identify (something) as being present.
    • example - vitamin B12 is found in dairy products
    • synonyms - be present, occur, exist, be met with, be existent, appear, show itself, manifest itself, be
  3. Reach or arrive at by a natural or normal process.
    • example - water finds its own level
noun
  • A discovery of something valuable, typically something of archaeological interest.
    • example - he made his most spectacular finds in the Valley of the Kings
    • synonyms - discovery, acquisition, asset
/ˈfʌɪndɪŋ/
noun
  1. The action of finding someone or something.
    • example - a local doctor reported the finding of numerous dead rats
    • synonyms - discovery, location, locating, detection, detecting, uncovering, unearthing
  2. Information discovered as the result of an inquiry or investigation.
    • example - the researchers" findings were published in Nature
    • synonyms - conclusion, inference, supposition, hypothesis, thesis, assumption, presumption, suspicion, conviction, belief
  3. Small articles or tools used in making garments, shoes, or jewellery.
/fʌɪn/
adjective
  1. Of very high quality; very good of its kind.
    • example - this was a fine piece of film-making
    • synonyms - excellent, first-class, first-rate, great, exceptional, outstanding, admirable, quality, superior, splendid, magnificent, beautiful, exquisite, choice, select, prime, supreme, superb, wonderful, sublime, superlative, very good, of high quality, of a high standard, second to none, top, rare
  2. Very thin or narrow.
    • example - a fine nylon thread
    • synonyms - thin, light, delicate, wispy, floaty, flyaway, feathery
  3. Directed or stationed behind the wicket and close to the line of flight of the ball when it is bowled.
noun
  • Very small particles found in mining, milling, etc.
    • example - It raises dust, separating fines from aggregate.
adverb
  1. In a satisfactory or pleasing manner; very well.
  2. Behind the wicket and close to the line of flight of the ball when it is bowled.
verb
  1. Clarify (beer or wine) by causing the precipitation of sediment during production.
    • example - We fine the wine with egg extracts, so are we to put that on the label?
    • synonyms - clarify, clear, become clear, make clear, purify, refine, filter
  2. Make or become thinner.
    • example - she"d certainly fined down—her face was thinner
    • synonyms - thin, become thin, make thin, become thinner, make thinner, narrow, taper, attenuate, constrict
  3. (of the weather) become bright and clear.
/ˈfɪŋɡə/
noun
  • Each of the four slender jointed parts attached to either hand (or five, if the thumb is included)
    • example - she raked her hair back with her fingers
    • synonyms - digit
verb
  1. Touch or feel with the fingers.
    • example - the thin man fingered his moustache
    • synonyms - touch, feel, handle, manipulate, stroke, rub, caress, fondle, toy with, play with, play about with, play with, play around with, fiddle with, twiddle with, maul, meddle with, manhandle, pull, grab
  2. Inform on (someone) to the police.
    • synonyms - inform, inform against, inform on, act as an informer, tell tales, tell tales on, sneak, sneak on, report, give away, be disloyal, be disloyal to, sell out, stab in the back
  3. Play (a passage) with a particular sequence of positions of the fingers.
    • example - Timidly plucking a string, I fingered the lead guitar of ‘Smoke on the Water’.
/ˈfɪnɪʃ/
verb
  1. Bring (a task or activity) to an end; complete.
    • example - they were straining to finish the job
    • synonyms - completed, concluded, consummated, finalized, terminated, over and done with, over, in the past, at an end
  2. Complete the manufacture or decoration of (an article) by giving it an attractive surface appearance.
    • example - the interior was finished with American oak
    • synonyms - varnish, lacquer, veneer, coat, stain, wax, shellac, enamel, put a finish on, glaze, give a shine to, gloss, polish, burnish, smooth off
  3. Prepare (a girl) for entry into fashionable society.
noun
  1. An end or final part or stage of something.
    • example - a bowl of raspberries was the perfect finish to the meal
    • synonyms - end, ending, completion, conclusion, close, closing, cessation, finalization, termination
  2. The manner in which the manufacture of an article is completed in detail.
    • example - the car"s popularity is helped by its high-quality finish and strong diesel engine
/ˈfʌɪə/
noun
  1. A process in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke; combustion or burning.
    • example - his house was destroyed by fire
  2. A burning sensation.
    • example - the whisky lit a fire in the back of his throat
  3. The shooting of projectiles from weapons, especially bullets from guns.
    • example - a burst of machine-gun fire
    • synonyms - gunfire, firing, sniping, flak, bombardment
verb
  1. Discharge a gun or other weapon in order to propel (a bullet or projectile)
    • example - he fired a shot at the retreating prisoners
    • synonyms - launch, shoot, discharge, eject, hurl, throw, send flying, let fly with, loose off, shy, send
  2. Dismiss (an employee) from a job.
    • synonyms - dismiss, discharge, give someone their notice, lay off, let go, throw out, get rid of, oust, depose
  3. Supply (a furnace, engine, etc.) with fuel.
    • example - liquefied petroleum gas can fire room heaters
    • synonyms - power, charge, fire, stoke up, supply with fuel
  4. Stimulate or excite (the imagination or an emotion)
    • example - India fired my imagination
    • synonyms - stimulate, stir up, excite, enliven, awaken, arouse, rouse, call forth, draw forth, bring out, engender, evoke, inflame, breathe life into, put life into, animate
  5. Bake or dry (pottery, bricks, etc.) in a kiln.
    • example - methane gas is being used to fire bricks at a nearby factory
/fəːm/
adjective
  1. Having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure.
    • example - the bed should be reasonably firm, but not too hard
    • synonyms - hard, solid, unyielding, resistant
  2. Strongly felt and unlikely to change.
    • example - he retains a firm belief in the efficacy of prayer
verb
  • Make more solid or resilient.
    • example - how can I firm up a sagging bustline?
adverb
  • In a resolute and determined manner.
    • example - the Chancellor has held firm to tough economic policies
/fəːst/
ordinal number
  1. Coming before all others in time or order; earliest; 1st.
    • example - his first wife
    • synonyms - earliest, initial, opening, introductory, original
  2. Foremost in position, rank, or importance.
    • example - the doctor"s first duty is to respect this right
    • synonyms - foremost, principal, highest, greatest, paramount, top, topmost, utmost, uppermost, prime, chief, leading, main, major
  3. With a specified part or person in a leading position.
    • example - the car plunged nose first into the river
/ˈfəːs(t)li/
adverb
  • Used to introduce a first point or reason.
    • example - firstly it is wrong and secondly it is extremely difficult to implement
    • synonyms - before anything else, first and foremost, firstly, in the first place
/fɪʃ/
noun
  1. A limbless cold-blooded vertebrate animal with gills and fins living wholly in water.
    • example - the huge lakes are now devoid of fish
  2. A person who is strange in a specified way.
verb
  1. Catch or try to catch fish, typically by using a net or hook and line.
    • example - he was fishing for pike
    • synonyms - go fishing, angle, cast, trawl
  2. Search by groping or feeling for something concealed.
    • example - he fished for his registration certificate and held it up to the policeman"s torch
    • synonyms - search, delve, look, hunt, cast about, cast round, cast around
/ˈfɪʃɪŋ/
noun
  • The activity of catching fish, either for food or as a sport.
    • example - the area is renowned for its excellent deep-sea fishing
    • synonyms - angling, trawling, catching fish
fit
/fɪt/
adjective
  1. Of a suitable quality, standard, or type to meet the required purpose.
    • example - the house was not fit for human habitation
    • synonyms - suitable, good enough
  2. In good health, especially because of regular physical exercise.
    • example - my family keep fit by walking and cycling
    • synonyms - healthy, well, in good health
verb
  1. Be of the right shape and size for.
    • example - those jeans still fit me
    • synonyms - be the correct size, be the right size, be the correct size for, be the right size for, be big enough, be small enough, be big enough for, be small enough for, be the right shape, be the right shape for
  2. Install or fix (something) into place.
    • example - they fitted smoke alarms to their home
    • synonyms - lay, put in place, put in position, position, place, fix, insert
  3. Be compatible or in agreement with; match.
    • example - the landlord had not seen anyone fitting that description
noun
  • The particular way in which something, especially a garment or component, fits.
    • example - the dress was a perfect fit
/ˈfɪtnəs/
noun
  1. The condition of being physically fit and healthy.
    • example - disease and lack of fitness are closely related
    • synonyms - health, strength, robustness, sturdiness, hardiness, vigour, lustiness, stalwartness
  2. The quality of being suitable to fulfil a particular role or task.
    • example - the medical board assessed his fitness for active service
    • synonyms - suitability, capability, competence, competency, proficiency, ability, aptitude
/fʌɪv/
cardinal number
  • Equivalent to the sum of two and three; one more than four, or half of ten; 5.A group or unit of five people or things.Five years old.Five o"clock.A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by five.A playing card or domino with five pips.
    • example - five minutes later she came back
fix
/fɪks/
verb
  1. Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.
    • example - they had candles fixed to their helmets
    • synonyms - fasten, attach, affix, secure
  2. Decide or settle on (a specific price, date, course of action, etc.)
    • example - no date has yet been fixed for a hearing
    • synonyms - decide on, select, choose, resolve on
  3. Mend or repair.
    • example - you"ve forgotten to fix that shelf
    • synonyms - repair, mend, patch up, put right, put to rights, set right, get working, make as good as new, see to
  4. Make arrangements for (something); organize.
    • example - Harry"s fixed up a meeting
    • synonyms - arrange, organize, contrive, sort out, see to, see about
  5. Make (a dye, photographic image, or drawing) permanent.
    • example - he perfected a process of fixing a photographic likeness on a silver plate
    • synonyms - make permanent, make fast, set
  6. Influence the outcome of (something, especially a race, match, or election) by illegal or underhand means.
    • synonyms - rig, arrange fraudulently, prearrange the result of, predetermine the result of
  7. Take an injection of a narcotic drug.
    • synonyms - inject drugs, take drugs
  8. Castrate or spay (an animal); neuter.
    • example - The cancers of the reproductive organs are very rare in cats that have been fixed.
    • synonyms - castrate, neuter, geld, cut, emasculate
noun
  1. A difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament.
    • synonyms - predicament, plight, difficulty, difficult situation, awkward situation, spot of trouble, bit of bother, corner, ticklish situation, tricky situation, tight spot
  2. A dose of a narcotic drug to which one is addicted.
    • synonyms - dose
  3. A measure taken to resolve a problem or correct a mistake; a solution or remedy.
    • example - making everything easier for the car driver would only be a short-term fix
    • synonyms - solution, answer, resolution, way out
  4. A position determined by visual or radio bearings or astronomical observations.
    • example - the radio operator received the distress call and calculated the fix
  5. A dishonest or underhand arrangement.
    • synonyms - fraud, swindle, pretence, hoax, trick, charade, sham
/fɪkst/
adjective
  1. Fastened securely in position.
    • example - a fixed iron ladder down the port side
    • synonyms - fastened, secure, fast, firm, stable
  2. (especially of a price, rate, or time) predetermined and not able to be changed.
    • example - loans are provided for a fixed period
    • synonyms - predetermined, set, established, allotted, settled, prearranged, arranged, specified, decided, agreed, determined, confirmed, prescribed, decreed
  3. (of a sports contest) having the outcome dishonestly predetermined.
  4. Situated with regard to.
/flaɡ/
noun
  1. A piece of cloth or similar material, typically oblong or square, attachable by one edge to a pole or rope and used as the symbol or emblem of a country or institution or as a decoration during public festivities.
    • example - the American flag
    • synonyms - banner, standard, ensign, pennant, pennon, banderole, streamer, jack
  2. A small piece of cloth attached at one edge to a pole and used as a marker or signal in various sports.
    • example - the flag"s up
  3. A variable used to indicate a particular property of the data in a record.
    • example - Thereby, the flag is recorded on the effective data area.
verb
  1. Mark (an item) for attention or treatment in a specified way.
    • example - the spellcheck program flags any words that are not in its dictionary
    • synonyms - indicate, identify, pick out, point out
  2. (of an official) raise a flag to draw the referee"s attention to a breach of the rules in soccer, rugby, and other sports.
    • example - the goalkeeper brought down Hendrie and a linesman immediately flagged
  3. Provide or decorate with a flag or flags.
/fleɪm/
noun
  1. A hot glowing body of ignited gas that is generated by something on fire.
    • example - the car was engulfed in flames
    • synonyms - fire, blaze, conflagration, inferno, holocaust, firestorm
  2. A vitriolic or abusive message posted on the internet or sent by email, typically in quick response to another message.
verb
  1. Burn and give off flames.
    • example - a great fire flamed in an open fireplace
    • synonyms - burn, blaze, be ablaze, be alight, be on fire, be in flames, be aflame
  2. Direct a vitriolic or abusive message at (someone) on the internet or via email.
/flaʃ/
verb
  1. Shine in a bright but brief, sudden, or intermittent way.
    • example - lightning flashed overhead
    • synonyms - light up, shine, flare, blaze, glare, beam, gleam, glint, sparkle, spark, burn, fluoresce
  2. Move or pass very quickly.
    • example - a look of terror flashed across Kirov"s face
    • synonyms - zoom, streak, tear, shoot, dash, dart, fly, whistle, hurtle, rush, hurry, bolt, race, bound, speed, career, charge, hare, whizz, whoosh, buzz
  3. Display (information or an image) suddenly on a television or computer screen or electronic sign, typically briefly or repeatedly.
    • example - the screen flashed up a menu
    • synonyms - display, show, present, set forth, unveil
noun
  1. A sudden brief burst of bright light.
    • example - a flash of lightning
    • synonyms - flare, blaze, burst, glare, pulse, blast
  2. A sudden or brief manifestation or occurrence of something.
    • example - she had a flash of inspiration
    • synonyms - burst, outbreak, outburst, wave, rush, surge, stab, flush, blaze
  3. A camera attachment that produces a brief very bright light, used for taking photographs in poor light.
    • example - an electronic flash
  4. A platform for producing and displaying animation and video in web browsers.
    • example - We still do a lot of personal research and development work with Flash and our websites are really popular.
  5. Ostentatious stylishness or display of wealth.
  6. Excess plastic or metal forced between facing surfaces as two halves of a mould close up, forming a thin projection on the finished object.
    • example - flap wheels are ideal for grinding off fibreglass flash
  7. A rush of water, especially down a weir to take a boat over shallows.
    • example - They often stood there for days until the miller felt able to let down flashes of water to enable them to float over the shallows.
adjective
  1. Ostentatiously stylish or expensive.
    • synonyms - ostentatious, showy, bold, flamboyant, conspicuous, obtrusive, extravagant, expensive, pretentious
  2. Relating to the language used by criminals or prostitutes.
    • example - This is the story of an extraordinary quest by two women - one the wife of a journalist, and the other a young girl who had been sold to a flash house when she was just 10 years old.
/flat/
adjective
  1. Having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations.
    • example - he sat down on a flat rock
    • synonyms - level, horizontal, levelled
  2. Lacking emotion; dull and lifeless.
    • example - ‘I"m sorry,’ he said, in a flat voice
    • synonyms - monotonous, toneless, droning, boring, dull, tedious, uninteresting, unexciting, soporific
  3. (of a sparkling drink) having lost its effervescence.
    • example - she sipped some of the flat champagne
    • synonyms - still, dead, no longer effervescent
  4. (of a fee, wage, or price) the same in all cases, not varying with changed conditions or in particular cases.
    • example - a flat fare of £2.50
    • synonyms - fixed, set, regular, established, unchanging, unvarying, invariable, unfluctuating, consistent, constant, uniform, straight, hard and fast
  5. (of musical sound) below true or normal pitch.
    • example - Sung in a deliberately flat tone, this song is a typically acidic musical joke and for that reason it does not stand up to repeated listens.
  6. Relating to flat racing.
    • example - the Flat season
adverb
  1. In or to a horizontal position.
    • example - he was lying flat on his back
    • synonyms - stretched out, outstretched, spreadeagled, prone, reclining, sprawling, supine, prostrate, recumbent
  2. Completely; absolutely.
    • synonyms - outright, directly, absolutely
  3. Below the true or normal pitch of musical sound.
    • example - it wasn"t a question of singing flat, but of simply singing the wrong notes
noun
  1. The flat part of something.
    • example - she placed the flat of her hand over her glass
  2. An upright section of stage scenery mounted on a movable frame.
    • example - Banks of paintings can be pulled out, like stage flats.
  3. A flat tyre.
  4. Flat racing.
    • example - On the Flat at Lingfield, Lady Bear has what could be her final career start, in the Littlewoods Bet Direct Fleur De Lys Stakes.
  5. A musical note lowered a semitone below natural pitch.
    • example - The two flats cancel out the one given sharp, leaving one flat remaining - the resulting key, the one we need to play in, is F.
verb
  1. Lower (a note) by a semitone.
    • example - when a person has a poor ear for music, he will flat and sharp right along without knowing it
  2. Make flat; flatten.
    • example - flat the loaves down
/ˈflɛksɪb(ə)l/
adjective
  • Capable of bending easily without breaking.
    • example - flexible rubber seals
    • synonyms - pliable, supple, easily bent, bendable, pliant, malleable, mouldable, stretchable, workable, limber, ductile, tensile, plastic
/flʌɪt/
noun
  1. The action or process of flying through the air.
    • example - an eagle in flight
    • synonyms - flying, soaring, gliding
  2. A flock or large body of birds or insects in the air, especially when migrating.
    • example - flights of whooper swans
    • synonyms - flock, flying group
  3. The action of fleeing.
    • example - the enemy were now in flight
    • synonyms - escape, getaway, fleeing, running away, absconding, retreat, departure, hasty departure, exit, exodus, decamping, disappearance, vanishing
  4. A series of steps between floors or levels.
    • example - I climbed the three flights of stairs which led to his office
    • synonyms - staircase, set of stairs, set of steps
  5. A selection of small portions of a particular type of food or drink (especially alcohol) intended to be tasted together for the purpose of comparison.
  6. An extravagant or far-fetched idea or thought process.
    • example - his research assistant was prone to flights of fancy
  7. The tail of a dart.
    • example - The standard clock-face became established in the late 19th century, and paper flights to fit the darts were patented in 1898.
verb
  1. (in soccer, cricket, etc.) deliver (a ball) with well-judged trajectory and pace.
    • example - he flighted a free kick into the box
    • synonyms - bowl, pitch, hurl, throw, cast, launch, lob
  2. Provide (an arrow or dart) with feathers or vanes.
    • example - shafts of wood flighted with a handful of feathers
  3. Shoot (wildfowl) in flight.
    • example - duck and geese flighting
/fləʊt/
verb
  1. Rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking.
    • example - she relaxed, floating gently in the water
    • synonyms - stay afloat, stay on the surface, be buoyant, be buoyed up
  2. Move or hover slowly and lightly in a liquid or the air; drift.
    • example - clouds floated across a brilliant blue sky
    • synonyms - hover, levitate, be suspended, hang, defy gravity
  3. Put forward (an idea) as a suggestion or test of reactions.
    • example - A similar idea was floated in March this year by Southampton Test MP Alan Whitehead following an energy summit held in the city last year.
    • synonyms - suggest, put forward, come up with, submit, raise, moot, propose, advance, offer, proffer, posit, present, table, test the popularity of
  4. (of a currency) fluctuate freely in value in accordance with supply and demand in the financial markets.
    • example - a policy of letting the pound float
noun
  1. A thing that is buoyant in water.
  2. A small vehicle or cart, especially one powered by electricity.
    • example - Electric floats went further afield and petrol vans served outlying areas.
  3. A sum of money used for change at the beginning of a period of trading in a shop or stall etc., or for minor expenditures.
    • example - But as he returned to the taxi, he saw a man trying to steal money from the cash float.
  4. A hand tool with a rectangular blade used for smoothing plaster.
    • example - I climbed the ladder with my float, trowel and plaster and reached upwards towards the missing section of my ceiling.
  5. A soft drink with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
    • example - ice-cream floats
  6. (in critical path analysis) the period of time by which the duration of an activity may be extended without affecting the overall time for the process.
    • example - As long as a task does not slip past the amount of float time, it will not affect the overall process or project time.
/flʌd/
noun
  1. An overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land.
    • example - the villagers had been cut off by floods and landslides
    • synonyms - inundation, swamping, deluge
  2. An outpouring of tears.
    • example - she burst into floods of tears
    • synonyms - outpouring, torrent, rush, stream, gush, surge, cascade, flow
  3. short for floodlight
    • example - The whitewashed walls glowed eerily in the light refracted from the flood lamps through the rain.
verb
  1. Cover or submerge (an area) with water in a flood.
    • example - the dam burst, flooding a small town
    • synonyms - inundate, swamp, deluge, immerse, submerge, drown, engulf
  2. Arrive in overwhelming amounts or quantities.
    • example - sunlight flooded in at the windows
    • synonyms - pour, stream, surge, swarm, pile, crowd, throng
  3. (of a woman) experience a uterine haemorrhage.
/flɔː/
noun
  1. The lower surface of a room, on which one may walk.
    • example - a wooden floor
    • synonyms - ground, flooring
  2. All the rooms or areas on the same level of a building; a storey.
    • example - a third-floor flat
    • synonyms - storey, level, tier, deck
  3. (in a legislative assembly) the part of the house in which members sit and from which they speak.
    • example - I do not need those Labour members to shout across the floor of the House and tell me what to do.
verb
  1. Provide (a room or area) with a floor.
    • example - a room floored in yellow wood
  2. Knock (someone) to the ground, especially with a punch.
    • synonyms - knock down, knock over, bring down, fell, rugby-tackle, prostrate
/ˈflaʊə/
noun
  • A powder obtained by grinding grain, typically wheat, and used to make bread, cakes, and pastry.
    • example - These breads list whole wheat, whole-wheat flour or another whole grain as the first ingredient on the label.
verb
  1. Sprinkle (something, especially a work surface or cooking utensil) with a thin layer of flour.
    • example - Roll out just over three quarters of the dough on a lightly floured work surface and line the flan tin.
  2. Grind (grain) into flour.
/fləʊ/
verb
  1. (of a liquid, gas, or electricity) move steadily and continuously in a current or stream.
    • example - from here the river flows north
    • synonyms - run, move, go along, course, pass, proceed, glide, slide, drift, circulate, trickle, dribble, drizzle, spill, gurgle, babble, ripple
  2. Go from one place to another in a steady stream, typically in large numbers.
    • example - people flowed into the huge courtyard
  3. (of a solid) undergo a permanent change of shape under stress, without melting.
noun
  1. The action or fact of moving along in a steady, continuous stream.
    • example - the flow of water into the pond
    • synonyms - movement, moving, locomotion, rise and fall, shifting, stirring, to and fro, toing and froing, coming and going
  2. A steady, continuous stream or supply of something.
    • example - a constant flow of people
    • synonyms - movement, motion, course, passage, current, flux, drift, circulation
  3. A watery swamp; a morass.
  4. The gradual permanent deformation of a solid under stress, without melting.
    • example - Analysis of seismic waves show that the material that makes up the mantle behaves as a plastic - a substance with the properties of a solid but flows under pressure.
/ˈflaʊə/
noun
  1. The seed-bearing part of a plant, consisting of reproductive organs (stamens and carpels) that are typically surrounded by a brightly coloured corolla (petals) and a green calyx (sepals).
    • example - The pistil and the stamen of the flowers are the specialized organs responsible for the reproductive processes.
    • synonyms - bloom, blossom, floweret, floret
  2. The finest individuals out of a number of people or things.
    • example - he wasted the flower of French youth on his dreams of empire
    • synonyms - best, finest, top, pick, choice, choicest, prime, cream, prize, treasure, pearl, gem, jewel, the jewel in the crown, the crème de la crème, first class, elite, elect
verb
  1. (of a plant) produce flowers; bloom.
    • example - Michaelmas daisies can flower as late as October
    • synonyms - bloom, come into bloom, flower, appear, open
  2. Be in or reach an optimum stage of development; develop fully and richly.
    • example - she flowered into as striking a beauty as her mother
flu
/fluː/
noun
  • Influenza.
    • example - she was in bed with flu
fly
/flʌɪ/
verb
  1. (of a bird, bat, or insect) move through the air using wings.
    • example - close the door or the moths will fly in
    • synonyms - travel through the air, wing its way, wing, glide, soar, wheel
  2. Move or be hurled quickly through the air.
    • example - balls kept flying over her hedge
  3. Wave or flutter in the wind.
    • example - she ran after him, her hair flying behind her
    • synonyms - flutter, flap, wave, blow, waft, float, stream
  4. Go or move quickly.
    • example - she flew along the path
  5. Be successful.
noun
  1. An opening at the crotch of a pair of trousers, closed with a zip or buttons and typically covered with a flap.
    • example - Interesting alternatives are Velcro straps or, if the shorts fit perfectly, stylish button flies.
  2. The space over the stage in a theatre.
    • example - The rest, even while the scenery keeps rising from the floor or descending from the flies, remains unremittingly flat.
  3. short for fly ball
    • example - He led off the top of the ninth inning with a high fly down the left field line.
  4. A one-horse hackney carriage.
    • example - The season at Solentsea was now past: the parade was gloomy, and the flys were few and cheap.
  5. An attempt.
/ˈflʌɪɪŋ/
adjective
  • Moving or able to move through the air with wings.
    • example - a flying ant
    • synonyms - airborne, in the air, in flight
noun
  • Flight, especially in an aircraft.
    • example - she hates flying
    • synonyms - aviation, flying, air transport, aerial navigation, aeronautics
/ˈfəʊkəs/
noun
  1. The centre of interest or activity.
    • example - this generation has made the environment a focus of attention
    • synonyms - centre, focal point, central point, centre of attention, hub, pivot, nucleus, heart, cornerstone, linchpin, kingpin, bedrock, basis, anchor, backbone, cynosure
  2. The state or quality of having or producing clear visual definition.
    • example - his face is rather out of focus
    • synonyms - focal point, point of convergence
  3. One of the fixed points from which the distances to any point of a given curve, such as an ellipse or parabola, are connected by a linear relation.
    • example - The circumcircle of a triangle formed by three tangents to a parabola, passes through the focus of the parabola.
  4. An element of a sentence that is given prominence by intonational or other means.
verb
  1. Adapt to the prevailing level of light and become able to see clearly.
    • example - try to focus on a stationary object
  2. Pay particular attention to.
    • example - the study will focus on a number of areas in Wales
    • synonyms - emphasize, give emphasis to, stress, lay stress on, put stress on, highlight, accentuate, accent, call attention to, draw attention to, focus on, focus attention on, zero in on, spotlight, throw into relief, give prominence to, bring to the fore, foreground, bring home, point up, play up, make a feature of
  3. Place the focus on (an element of a sentence).
/fəʊld/
verb
  1. Bend (something flexible and relatively flat) over on itself so that one part of it covers another.
    • example - Sam folded up the map
    • synonyms - double, double over, double up, crease, turn under, turn up, turn over, bend, overlap
  2. Cover or wrap something in (a soft or flexible material)
    • example - a bag was folded around the book
  3. (of an enterprise or organization) cease trading or operating as a result of financial problems.
    • synonyms - fail, collapse, crash, founder, be ruined, cave in
noun
  1. A form or shape produced by the gentle draping of a loose, full garment or piece of cloth.
    • example - the fabric fell in soft folds
    • synonyms - pleat, gather, ruffle, bunch, turn, folded portion, double thickness, overlap, layer
  2. A slight hill or hollow in the ground.
    • example - the house lay in a fold of the hills
  3. A line or crease produced in paper or cloth as the result of folding it.
    • example - Folding clothes gives a sharp crease along the fold line.
/ˈfəʊldɪŋ/
adjective
  • (of a piece of furniture or equipment) able to be bent or rearranged into a flatter or more compact shape, typically in order to make it easier to store or carry.
/fəʊk/
noun
  1. People in general.Used as a friendly form of address to a group of people.The members of one"s family, especially one"s parents.
    • synonyms - people, humans, persons, individuals, souls, living souls, mortals
  2. Folk music.
    • example - a mixture of folk and reggae
adjective
  1. Relating to the traditional art or culture of a community or nation.
    • example - a revival of interest in folk customs
    • synonyms - racial, race-related, ethnological, genetic, inherited
  2. Relating to folk music.
    • example - a folk club
/ˈfɒləʊ/
verb
  1. Go or come after (a person or thing proceeding ahead); move or travel behind.
    • example - she went back into the house, and Ben followed her
    • synonyms - come behind, come after, go behind, go after, walk behind, tread on the heels of
  2. Come after in time or order.
    • example - the six years that followed his restoration
  3. Act according to (an instruction or precept)
    • example - he has difficulty in following written instructions
    • synonyms - act in accordance with, abide by, adhere to, stick to, keep to, comply with, conform to, obey, observe, heed, pay attention to, note, have regard to, mind, bear in mind, take to heart, be guided by, accept, yield to, defer to, respect
  4. Pay close attention to.
    • example - I"ve been following this discussion closely
  5. Practise (a trade or profession).
    • synonyms - carry out, perform, do, observe, put into practice, execute, follow, exercise
/ˈfɒləʊɪŋ/
preposition
  • Coming after or as a result of.
    • example - police are hunting for two men following a spate of robberies in the area
    • synonyms - on account of, as a result of, as a consequence of, owing to, by reason of, on grounds of, by dint of, due to
noun
  1. A body of supporters or admirers.
    • example - he attracted a worldwide following
    • synonyms - body of support, backing, patronage
  2. What follows or comes next.
    • example - the following are both grammatically correct sentences
adjective
  1. Next in time.
    • example - the following day there was a ceremony in St Peter"s Square
    • synonyms - next, ensuing, succeeding, subsequent, successive
  2. (of a wind) blowing in the same direction as the course of a vessel etc.
    • example - With a following wind, a pilot could easily find his airspeed dropping below stalling speed.
/fuːd/
noun
  • Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth.
    • example - we need food and water
    • synonyms - nourishment, sustenance, nutriment, subsistence, fare, bread, daily bread
/ˈfʊtbɔːl/
noun
  1. Any of various forms of team game involving kicking (and in some cases also handling) a ball, in particular (in the UK) soccer or (in the US) American football.
    • example - a football club
  2. A ball used in football, either round (as in soccer) or oval (as in rugby and American football) and typically made of leather or plastic and filled with compressed air.
    • example - But, when you are carrying one of the footballs or the soccer ball, you can be tackled.
  3. A briefcase containing authentication codes and other items that allow the US president to authorize a nuclear strike at any time.
    • example - wherever the president travels, a military aide stays close with the football
for
/fɔː/
/fə/
preposition
  1. In support of or in favour of (a person or policy)
    • example - troops who had fought for Napoleon
    • synonyms - on the side of, pro, for, all for, giving support to, giving backing to, right behind, encouraging of, approving of, sympathetic to
  2. Affecting, with regard to, or in respect of.
    • example - she is responsible for the efficient running of their department
    • synonyms - in honour of, as a tribute to, as a mark of respect to, the same as
  3. On behalf of or to the benefit of.
    • example - I got a present for you
  4. Having (the thing mentioned) as a purpose or function.
    • example - networks for the exchange of information
    • synonyms - because, since, seeing that, seeing as, considering that, on account of the fact that, in view of the fact that, owing to the fact that
  5. Having (the thing mentioned) as a reason or cause.
    • example - Aileen is proud of her family for their support
    • synonyms - cause, purpose, reason, aim, end, objective, object, goal, motive
  6. Having (the place mentioned) as a destination.
    • example - they are leaving for London tomorrow
  7. Representing (the thing mentioned)
    • example - the ‘F’ is for Fascinating
  8. In place of or in exchange for.
    • example - will you swap these two bottles for that one?
  9. In relation to the expected norm of.
    • example - she was tall for her age
  10. Indicating the length of (a period of time)
    • example - he was jailed for 12 years
  11. Indicating the extent of (a distance)
    • example - he crawled for 300 yards
  12. Indicating an occasion in a series.
    • example - the camcorder failed for the third time
conjunction
  • Because; since.
    • example - he felt guilty, for he knew that he bore a share of responsibility for Fanny"s death
/fɔːs/
noun
  1. Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.
    • example - he was thrown backwards by the force of the explosion
    • synonyms - strength, power, energy, might, potency, vigour, muscle, stamina, effort, exertion, impact, pressure, weight, impetus
  2. Coercion or compulsion, especially with the use or threat of violence.
    • example - they ruled by law and not by force
    • synonyms - coercion, compulsion, constraint, duress, oppression, enforcement, harassment, intimidation, threats, pressure, pressurization, influence
  3. Mental or moral strength or power.
    • example - the force of popular opinion
    • synonyms - intensity, feeling, passion, vigour, vigorousness, vehemence, drive, fierceness
  4. An organized body of military personnel or police.
    • example - a British peacekeeping force
    • synonyms - body, body of people, group, outfit, party, team
  5. (in the Star Wars films) a mystical universal energy field which certain individuals, such as the Jedi, can harness to gain special powers or abilities.
    • example - Luke used the Force to draw his lightsabre to his hand
verb
  1. Make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force.
    • example - the back door of the bank was forced
    • synonyms - break open, force open, burst open, prise open, kick in, knock down, blast
  2. Make (someone) do something against their will.
    • example - she was forced into early retirement
    • synonyms - compel, coerce, make, constrain, oblige, impel, drive, necessitate, pressurize, pressure, press, push
/ˈfɒrɪn/
adjective
  1. Of, from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one"s own.
    • example - foreign currency
    • synonyms - overseas, distant, remote, far off, far flung, external, outside
  2. Strange and unfamiliar.
    • example - I suppose this all feels pretty foreign to you
    • synonyms - unfamiliar, unknown, unheard of, strange, alien, exotic, outlandish, odd, peculiar, curious, bizarre, weird, queer, funny
/ˈfɒrɪst/
noun
  1. A large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth.
    • example - a pine forest
    • synonyms - wood, woods, woodland, trees, tree plantation, plantation
  2. A large number or dense mass of vertical or tangled objects.
    • example - a forest of high-rise apartments
/fəˈrɛvə/
adverb
  1. For all future time; for always.A very long time (used hyperbolically)Used in slogans of support after the name of something or someone.
    • example - she would love him forever
    • synonyms - forever, for ever, for all time, for ever and ever, for always, once and for all, for good, for good and all, permanently, in perpetuity
  2. Continually.
    • example - they are forever on the move
    • synonyms - continually, continuously, constantly, perpetually, incessantly, endlessly, persistently, repeatedly, regularly
adjective
  • Lasting or permanent.
/fəˈɡɛt/
verb
  • Fail to remember.
    • example - he had forgotten his lines
    • synonyms - fail to remember, fail to recall, fail to think of, let slip
/fəˈɡɪv/
verb
  • Stop feeling angry or resentful towards (someone) for an offence, flaw, or mistake.
    • example - I"ll never forgive David for the way he treated her
    • synonyms - pardon, excuse, exonerate, absolve, acquit, let off, grant an amnesty to, amnesty
/fɔːk/
noun
  1. An implement with two or more prongs used for lifting food to the mouth or holding it when cutting.
    • example - All these invite the sidelong glances of those who pretend not to be looking, as when in a restaurant, she struggles to keep the food on the fork long enough to deposit it in the mouth.
  2. The point where something, especially a road or river, divides into two parts.
    • example - turn right at the next fork
  3. Each of a pair of supports in which a bicycle or motorcycle wheel revolves.
    • example - The ladder arms are brought together at the front and angled up to become the headstock for the motorcycle forks, which are kept at a more vertical angle to allow for the extremely sharp turns.
  4. A flash of forked lightning.
    • example - Their linings were tainted a blood-red hue - a fork of lightning flashed every now and then.
  5. A simultaneous attack on two or more pieces by one.
    • example - A fork occurs when one piece attacks two or more enemy units at the same time.
verb
  1. (especially of a route) divide into two parts.
    • example - the place where the road forks
    • synonyms - branch, split, divide, subdivide, separate, part, diverge, go in different directions, go separate ways, bifurcate, split in two
  2. Dig or move (something) with a fork.
    • example - fork in some compost
  3. Attack (two pieces) simultaneously with one.
    • example - he has forked my bishop and knight
/fɔːm/
noun
  1. The visible shape or configuration of something.
    • example - the form, colour, and texture of the tree
    • synonyms - shape, configuration, formation, conformation, structure, construction, arrangement, disposition, appearance, outward appearance, outward form, exterior
  2. A particular way in which a thing exists or appears.
    • example - essays in book form
    • synonyms - manifestation, appearance, embodiment, incarnation, semblance, shape, guise, character, description, expression
  3. A type or variety of something.
    • example - sponsorship is a form of advertising
    • synonyms - kind, sort, type, order, class, classification, category, variety, genre, brand, style
  4. The customary or correct method or procedure.
    • example - an excessive concern for legal form and precedent
    • synonyms - etiquette, social practice, custom, usage, use, habit, wont, protocol, procedure, rules, convention, tradition, fashion, style, routine, ritual, pattern, regimen, policy, method, system, way, rule, formula, set formula
  5. A mould, frame, or block in or on which something is shaped.
  6. A printed document with blank spaces for information to be inserted.
    • example - an application form
    • synonyms - questionnaire, document, coupon, tear-off slip, sheet of paper, paper
  7. A class or year in a school, usually given a specifying number.
    • example - the fifth form
    • synonyms - class, year, school group, tutor group, set, stream, band
  8. The state of a sports player or team with regard to their current standard of play.
    • example - they are one of the best teams around on current form
    • synonyms - fitness, physical fitness, condition, fettle, shape, trim, health, state of health
  9. A long bench without a back.
    • example - The shelter inside was totally dark and one had to grope to find a place to sit on the backless wooden forms.
    • synonyms - bench, long seat, pew, settle, stall
  10. variant spelling of forme
  11. A hare"s lair.
    • synonyms - lair, den, drey, lodge, burrow, set, form
verb
  1. Bring together parts or combine to create (something)
    • example - the company was formed in 1982
    • synonyms - set up, devise, establish, found, launch, float, create, bring into being, put in place, organize, institute, start, begin, get going, initiate, bring about, inaugurate, lay the foundations of
  2. Make or be made into a specific shape or form.
    • example - form the dough into balls
    • synonyms - make, fashion, shape, model, mould, forge, found, cast, sculpt, hew, carve
/ˈfɔːm(ə)l/
adjective
  1. Done in accordance with convention or etiquette; suitable for or constituting an official or important occasion.
    • example - a formal dinner party
    • synonyms - ceremonial, ceremonious, ritualistic, ritual, conventional, traditional, orthodox, prescribed, fixed, set
  2. Officially sanctioned or recognized.
    • example - a formal complaint
    • synonyms - official, legal, authorized, approved, validated, certified, endorsed, documented, sanctioned, licensed, recognized, authoritative, accepted, verified, legitimate, lawful, valid, bona fide, proper, prescribed, pro forma
  3. Of or concerned with outward form or appearance as distinct from content.
    • example - I don"t know enough about art to appreciate the purely formal qualities
noun
  • An evening dress.
    • example - cocktail parties every night so the ladies can show off their formals
/ˈfɔːmə/
adjective
  1. Having previously been a particular thing.
    • example - her former boyfriend
    • synonyms - one-time, erstwhile, sometime, late, as was
  2. Denoting the first or first mentioned of two people or things.
    • example - I take the former view
    • synonyms - first-mentioned, first
/ˈfɔːtʃ(ə)nətli/
adverb
  • It is fortunate that.
    • example - fortunately, no shots were fired and no one was hurt
    • synonyms - luckily, happily, providentially, opportunely, by good luck, by good fortune, as luck would have it, propitiously
/ˈfɔːtʃuːn/
noun
  1. Chance or luck as an arbitrary force affecting human affairs.
    • example - some malicious act of fortune keeps them separate
    • synonyms - chance, accident, coincidence, serendipity, twist of fate, destiny, fortuity, providence, freak, hazard
  2. A large amount of money or assets.
    • example - he inherited a substantial fortune
    • synonyms - wealth, riches, substance, property, assets, resources, means, deep pockets, possessions, treasure, estate
/ˈfɔːti/
cardinal number
  1. The number equivalent to the product of four and ten; ten less than fifty; 40.The numbers from forty to forty-nine, especially the years of a century or of a person"s life.Forty years old.Forty miles an hour.A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by forty.The third point won by a player in a game.
    • example - York was only forty miles away
  2. The central North Sea between Scotland and southern Norway, so called from its prevailing depth of forty fathoms or more.
/ˈfɔːwəd/
adverb
  1. In the direction that one is facing or travelling; towards the front.
    • example - he started up the engine and the car moved forward
    • synonyms - ahead, forwards, onwards, onward, on, further
  2. Onward so as to make progress.
    • example - the signing of the treaty is a big step forward
    • synonyms - moving forwards, moving ahead, onward, advancing, progressing, progressive
  3. Towards the future; ahead in time.
    • example - looking forward, earnings are expected to hit £7.2 billion
    • synonyms - onward, onwards, on, forth, forwards
adjective
  1. Directed or facing towards the front or the direction that one is facing or travelling.
    • example - forward flight
    • synonyms - moving forwards, moving ahead, onward, advancing, progressing, progressive
  2. Relating to the future.
    • example - a twelve-month forward forecast
    • synonyms - future, forward-looking, for the future, prospective
  3. Progressing towards a successful conclusion.
    • example - the decision is a forward step
  4. (of a person) bold or overfamiliar in manner.
    • example - I am not usually a forward sort of person
    • synonyms - bold, brazen, brazen-faced, barefaced, brash, shameless, immodest, audacious, daring, presumptuous, presuming, assuming, familiar, overfamiliar
noun
  1. An attacking player in football, hockey, or other sports.
    • example - Hockey should follow suit with special coaches for goalkeepers, defenders, halfbacks and forwards.
  2. Agreements to trade specified assets, typically currency, at a specified price at a certain future date.
    • example - The first type, called futures or forwards, oblige a buyer and seller to complete a transaction at a predetermined time in the future at a price agreed upon today.
verb
  1. Send (a letter or email) on to a further destination.
    • example - my emails were forwarded to a friend
    • synonyms - send on, redirect, readdress, pass on
  2. Help to advance (something); promote.
    • example - the scientists are forwarding the development of biotechnology
    • synonyms - advance, further, hasten, hurry along, expedite, accelerate, speed up, step up, aid, assist, help, foster, encourage, contribute to, promote, favour, support, back, give backing to, facilitate
/faʊnd/
verb
  • past and past participle of find
adjective
  1. Having been discovered by chance or unexpectedly.
  2. (of a ship) equipped.
/fɔː/
cardinal number
  • Equivalent to the product of two and two; one more than three, or six less than ten; 4.
    • example - Francesca"s got four brothers
/fɔːˈtiːn/
/ˈfɔːtiːn/
cardinal number
  • Equivalent to the product of seven and two; one more than thirteen, or six less than twenty; 14.A size of garment or other merchandise denoted by fourteen.Fourteen years old.
    • example - they had spent fourteen days in solitary confinement
/fɔːθ/
ordinal number
  1. Constituting number four in a sequence; 4th.
    • example - the fourth and fifth centuries
  2. A quarter.
    • example - nearly three fourths of that money is now gone
/freɪm/
noun
  1. A rigid structure that surrounds something such as a picture, door, or windowpane.
    • example - His mother stood in the frame of the kitchen door, hands on her hips and a grim expression on her face.
    • synonyms - setting, mount, mounting, surround, fixture, support, stand
  2. A person"s body with reference to its size or build.
    • example - a shiver shook her slim frame
    • synonyms - body, figure, form, shape, physique, build, size, proportions
  3. A basic structure that underlies or supports a system, concept, or text.
    • example - the establishment of conditions provides a frame for interpretation
    • synonyms - structure, framework, context
  4. A structural environment within which a class of words or other linguistic units can be correctly used. For example I — him is a frame for a large class of transitive verbs.
    • example - Correct capitalization could help German readers extract the structural frame of a sentence.
  5. A single complete picture in a series forming a cinema, television, or video film.
    • example - video footage slowed down to 20 frames a second
  6. The triangular structure for positioning the red balls in snooker.
    • example - This trophy, made of Waterford Crystal and in the shape of a snooker frame triangle, is a new one because the previous cup was sponsored by a tobacco company and their link with sport ended two seasons ago.
verb
  1. Place (a picture or photograph) in a frame.
    • example - he had had the photo framed
    • synonyms - mount, set in a frame
  2. Formulate (a concept, plan, or system)
    • example - staff have proved invaluable in framing the proposals
    • synonyms - formulate, draw up, plan, draft, map out, sketch out, work out, shape, compose, put together, arrange, form, devise, create, establish, conceive, think up, hatch, originate, orchestrate, engineer, organize, coordinate
  3. Produce false evidence against (an innocent person) so that they appear guilty.
    • synonyms - falsely incriminate, fabricate charges against, fabricate evidence against, entrap
/friː/
adjective
  1. Able to act or be done as one wishes; not under the control of another.
    • example - I have no ambitions other than to have a happy life and be free
  2. Not or no longer confined or imprisoned.
    • example - the researchers set the birds free
    • synonyms - on the loose, at liberty, at large
  3. Not subject to engagements or obligations.
    • example - she spent her free time shopping
    • synonyms - unoccupied, not at work, not working, not busy, not tied up, between appointments, off duty, off work, off, on leave
  4. Not subject to or affected by (something undesirable)
    • example - our salsas are free of preservatives
    • synonyms - unencumbered by, unaffected by, clear of, without, devoid of, lacking in
  5. Given or available without charge.
    • example - free healthcare
    • synonyms - without charge, free of charge, for nothing, complimentary, gratis, gratuitous, at no cost
  6. Using or expending something without restraint; lavish.
    • example - she was always free with her money
    • synonyms - generous, lavish, liberal, open-handed, unstinting, giving, munificent, bountiful, bounteous, charitable, extravagant, prodigal
  7. (of literature or music) not observing the normal conventions of style or form.
    • example - Eliot famously thought that no verse was free, for the poet who wanted to do a good job.
  8. (of the wind) blowing from a favourable direction to the side or aft of a vessel.
    • example - We had the wind free, a lightish air; but clouds of an inky blackness were beginning to arise, and at times it lightened without thunder.
adverb
  1. Without cost or payment.
    • example - ladies were admitted free
    • synonyms - without charge, free of charge, for nothing, complimentary, gratis, gratuitous, at no cost
  2. With the sheets eased.
    • example - I kept her off the wind and sailing free until I had all square forward
verb
  1. Release from confinement or slavery.
    • example - they were freed from jail
    • synonyms - release, liberate, discharge, emancipate, set free, let go, set at liberty, set loose, let loose, turn loose, deliver
  2. Remove something undesirable or restrictive from.
    • example - his inheritance freed him from financial constraints
    • synonyms - exempt, make exempt, except, excuse, absolve
  3. Make available for a particular purpose.
    • example - we are freeing management time for alternative work
/ˈfriːdəm/
noun
  1. The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants.
    • example - we do have some freedom of choice
    • synonyms - right to, entitlement to
  2. The state of not being imprisoned or enslaved.
    • example - the shark thrashed its way to freedom
    • synonyms - liberty, liberation, release, emancipation, deliverance, delivery, discharge, non-confinement, extrication
  3. The state of not being subject to or affected by (something undesirable)
    • example - government policies to achieve freedom from want
    • synonyms - exemption, immunity, dispensation, exception, exclusion, release, relief, reprieve, absolution, exoneration
  4. A special privilege or right of access, especially that of full citizenship of a city granted to a public figure as an honour.
    • example - he accepted the freedom of the City of Glasgow
  5. Familiarity or openness in speech or behaviour.
    • example - They think that they can make themselves as agreeable to the men as their successful rivals, by adopting the same style and allowing the same freedom of conversation.
    • synonyms - naturalness, openness, lack of inhibition, lack of reserve, casualness, informality, lack of ceremony, spontaneity, ingenuousness
/friːz/
verb
  1. (with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold.
    • example - in the winter the milk froze
  2. Store (something) at a very low temperature in order to preserve it.
    • example - the cake can be frozen
    • synonyms - deep-freeze, quick-freeze, freeze-dry, put in the freezer, pack in ice, put on ice, ice
  3. Become suddenly motionless or paralysed with fear or shock.
    • example - she froze in horror
    • synonyms - stop dead, stop in one"s tracks, stop, stand still, stand stock still, go rigid, become motionless, become paralysed
  4. Hold (something) at a fixed level or in a fixed state for a period of time.
    • example - new spending on defence was to be frozen
    • synonyms - fix, suspend, hold, peg, set
noun
  1. An act of holding or being held at a fixed level or in a fixed state.
    • example - workers faced a pay freeze
    • synonyms - fix, suspension, hold
  2. A period of frost or very cold weather.
    • example - the big freeze surprised the weathermen
    • synonyms - cold snap, spell of cold weather, freeze-up, frost
/ˈfriːkw(ə)nsi/
noun
  1. The rate at which something occurs over a particular period of time or in a given sample.
    • example - an increase in the frequency of accidents due to increased overtime
  2. The rate per second of a vibration constituting a wave, either in a material (as in sound waves), or in an electromagnetic field (as in radio waves and light)The particular waveband at which radio signals are broadcast or transmitted.
    • example - different thicknesses of glass will absorb different frequencies of sound
/ˈfriːkwəntli/
adverb
  • Regularly or habitually; often.
    • example - they go abroad frequently
    • synonyms - regularly, often, very often, all the time, habitually, customarily, routinely, usually, normally, commonly
/frɛʃ/
adjective
  1. (of food) recently made or obtained; not tinned, frozen, or otherwise preserved.
    • example - fresh fruit
    • synonyms - newly harvested, garden-fresh, not stale, crisp, firm, unwilted, unfaded
  2. Not previously known or used; new or different.
    • example - the court had heard fresh evidence
    • synonyms - new, brand new, recent, latest, up to date, modern, modernistic, ultra-modern, newfangled
  3. (of a person) full of energy and vigour.
    • example - they are feeling fresh after a good night"s sleep
    • synonyms - refreshed, rested, restored, revived, like a new person
  4. (of water) not salty.
    • example - all the fresh water in the world"s lakes
  5. (of the wind) cool and fairly strong.
    • example - a fresh northerly wind was speeding the ship southwards
    • synonyms - chilly, cool, cold, brisk, bracing, invigorating
  6. (of a person) having just had (a particular experience) or come from (a particular place)
  7. Presumptuous towards someone, especially in a sexual way.
    • synonyms - impudent, impertinent, insolent, presumptuous, audacious, forward, cheeky, irreverent, discourteous, disrespectful, insubordinate, rude, crude, brazen, brazen-faced, brash, shameless, pert, defiant, bold, bold as brass, as bold as brass, outrageous, shocking, out of line
  8. Having an unpleasant, slightly rotten smell.
    • synonyms - stinking, smelly, foul-smelling, evil-smelling, malodorous, stinking to high heaven, reeking, pungent, acrid, high, rank, foul, unpleasant, nasty, noxious
adverb
  • Newly; recently.
    • example - fresh-baked bread
/ˈfrʌɪdeɪ/
noun
  • The day of the week before Saturday and following Thursday.
    • example - he was arrested on Friday
adverb
  • On Friday.
    • example - we"ll try again Friday
/frɪdʒ/
noun
  • A refrigerator.
    • example - she put the carton of milk back in the fridge
/frɛnd/
noun
  1. A person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations.
    • example - she"s a friend of mine
    • synonyms - companion, boon companion, bosom friend, best friend, close friend, intimate, confidante, confidant, familiar, soul mate, alter ego, second self, shadow, playmate, playfellow, classmate, schoolmate, workmate, ally, comrade, associate
  2. A member of the Religious Society of Friends; a Quaker.
verb
  1. Add (someone) to a list of friends or contacts on a social networking website.
  2. Befriend (someone).
/ˈfrɛn(d)li/
adjective
  1. Kind and pleasant.
    • example - they were friendly to me
    • synonyms - affectionate, affable, amiable, genial, congenial, cordial, warm, demonstrative, convivial, companionable, company-loving, sociable, gregarious, outgoing, clubbable, comradely, neighbourly, hospitable, approachable, easy to get along with, accessible, communicative, open, unreserved, easy-going, good-natured, kindly, benign, amenable, agreeable, obliging, sympathetic, well disposed, benevolent
  2. Denoting something that is adapted for or is not harmful to a specified thing.
    • example - an environment-friendly agronomic practice
  3. Favourable or serviceable.
    • example - no one noticed her as she slipped out—it was a friendly night
    • synonyms - favourable, advantageous, beneficial, benevolent, helpful, well disposed, good
  4. (of troops or equipment) of, belonging to, or allied with one"s own forces.
    • example - the risk of blowing up friendly forces is minimized
noun
  • A game or match that does not form part of a serious competition.
    • example - England will play two friendlies in Sardinia
/ˈfrɛn(d)ʃɪp/
noun
  • The emotions or conduct of friends; the state of being friends.
    • example - old ties of love and friendship
    • synonyms - company, companionship, fellowship, friendship, comradeship, camaraderie, social intercourse
/ˈfrʌɪt(ə)n/
verb
  • Make (someone) afraid or anxious.
    • example - the savagery of his thoughts frightened him
    • synonyms - scare, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, shock, chill, appal, agitate, panic, throw into panic, fluster, ruffle, shake, disturb, disconcert, unnerve, unman, intimidate, terrorize, cow, daunt, dismay
/ˈfrʌɪtnd/
adjective
  • Afraid or anxious.
    • example - a frightened child
    • synonyms - anxious, disturbed, perturbed, troubled, bothered, distressed, concerned, upset, distraught, worried sick, disquieted, uneasy, ill at ease, fretful, fretting, agitated, in a state of agitation, nervous, edgy, on edge, like a cat on a hot tin roof, tense, overwrought, worked up, keyed up, strung out, jumpy, with one"s stomach in knots, stressed, under stress
/ˈfrʌɪt(ə)nɪŋ/
adjective
  • Making someone afraid or anxious; terrifying.
    • example - a frightening experience
/frɒɡ/
noun
  1. A tailless amphibian with a short squat body, moist smooth skin, and very long hind legs for leaping.
    • example - Around 5,000 amphibian species, including frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders are thought to exist today.
  2. A French person.
/frɒm/
/frəm/
preposition
  1. Indicating the point in space at which a journey, motion, or action starts.
    • example - she began to walk away from him
  2. Indicating the point in time at which a particular process, event, or activity starts.
  3. Indicating the source or provenance of someone or something.
    • example - I"m from Hackney
  4. Indicating the starting point of a specified range on a scale.
    • example - men who ranged in age from seventeen to eighty-four
  5. Indicating the point at which an observer is placed.
    • example - you can see the island from here
  6. Indicating the raw material out of which something is manufactured.
    • example - a paint made from a natural resin
  7. Indicating separation or removal.
    • example - the party was ousted from power after sixteen years
  8. Indicating prevention.
    • example - the story of how he was saved from death
  9. Indicating a cause.
    • example - a child suffering from asthma
  10. Indicating a source of knowledge or the basis for one"s judgement.
    • example - information obtained from papers, books, and presentations
  11. Indicating a distinction.
    • example - these fees are quite distinct from expenses
/frʌnt/
noun
  1. The side or part of an object that presents itself to view or that is normally seen or used first; the most forward part of something.
    • example - a page at the front of the book had been torn out
    • synonyms - forepart, fore, foremost part, anterior, forefront, nose, head
  2. The foremost line or part of an armed force; the furthest position that an army has reached and where the enemy is or may be engaged.
    • example - his regiment was immediately sent to the front
    • synonyms - front line, vanguard, van, first line, firing line, battlefield, battleground, field of battle, combat zone
  3. An appearance or form of behaviour assumed by a person to conceal their genuine feelings.
    • example - she put on a brave front
    • synonyms - appearance, look, expression, face, manner, air, countenance, demeanour, bearing, posture, pose, mien, aspect, exterior, veneer, show, outward show, false display, act, pretence, affectation
  4. Boldness and confidence of manner.
    • example - he"s got a bit of talent and a lot of front
    • synonyms - self-confidence, boldness, forwardness, audacity, audaciousness, temerity, brazenness, presumption, presumptuousness
  5. A person"s face or forehead.
adjective
  1. Of or at the front.
    • example - the front cover of the magazine
    • synonyms - at the front, foremost
  2. (of a vowel sound) formed by raising the tongue, excluding the blade and tip, towards the hard palate.
verb
  1. (of a building or piece of land) have the front facing or directed towards.
    • example - the flats which fronted Crow Road
    • synonyms - overlook, look on to, look out on, look out over, look towards, face, face towards, lie opposite, lie opposite to
  2. Provide (something) with a front or facing of a particular type or material.
    • example - a metal box fronted by an alloy panel
  3. Lead or be the most prominent member in (an organization, group, or activity)
    • example - the group is fronted by two girl singers
    • synonyms - lead, head, front, be the driving force behind
  4. Act as a front or cover for illegal or secret activity.
    • example - he fronted for them in illegal property deals
  5. Make an appearance; turn up.
    • example - parents get a bit worried if you don"t front up now and then
  6. Articulate (a vowel sound) with the tongue further forward.
    • example - the three velar consonants are normally fronted to some degree
  7. Place (a sentence element) at the beginning of a sentence instead of in its usual position, typically for emphasis or as a feature of some dialects, as in horrible it was.
    • example - The quoted event can be a linguistic utterance; moreover, as this example shows, the quoted element can be fronted.
/ˈfrəʊzn/
adjective
  1. (of a liquid) having turned into ice as a result of extreme cold.
    • example - The wily battery commander had hammered his guns into the frozen Vistula River.
    • synonyms - ice-cold, ice-covered, icy, ice-bound, frosted
  2. (of a ball) resting against another ball or a cushion.
/fruːt/
noun
  1. The sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food.
    • example - tropical fruits such as mangoes and papaya
  2. A gay man.
verb
  • (of a tree or other plant) produce fruit.
    • example - the trees fruit very early
    • synonyms - produce fruit, bear fruit
fry
/frʌɪ/
verb
  1. Cook (food) in hot fat or oil, typically in a shallow pan.
    • example - she fried a rasher of bacon, a sausage and a slice of bread
    • synonyms - warm, warm up, heat up, make hot, make warm, raise something"s temperature, take the chill off
  2. Destroy.
noun
  1. French fries; chips.
    • example - By now, the fans have had their fill of burgers, fries, pizza, wings and nachos.
  2. A fried dish or meal.
    • synonyms - children, sons and daughters, progeny, family, youngsters, babies, brood
/fjuː(ə)l/
noun
  • Material such as coal, gas, or oil that is burned to produce heat or power.
    • example - one aircraft ran out of fuel and had to ditch
    • synonyms - power source, heat source, combustible, propellant
verb
  1. Supply or power (an industrial plant, vehicle, or machine) with fuel.
    • example - power stations fuelled by low-grade coal
    • synonyms - power, charge, fire, stoke up, supply with fuel
  2. Cause (a fire) to burn more intensely.
    • example - petrol may have been used to fuel the fire
/fʊl/
adjective
  1. Containing or holding as much or as many as possible; having no empty space.
    • example - waste bins full of rubbish
    • synonyms - filled, filled up, filled to capacity, filled to the brim, brimming, brimful
  2. Not lacking or omitting anything; complete.
    • example - a full range of sports facilities
    • synonyms - comprehensive, thorough, exhaustive, all-inclusive, all-encompassing, all-embracing, in depth
  3. (of a person"s figure or part of the body) plump or rounded.
    • example - she had full lips
    • synonyms - well rounded, rounded, round, plump, buxom, shapely, ample, curvaceous, voluptuous, womanly, Junoesque, Rubensesque
adverb
  1. Straight; directly.
    • example - she turned her head and looked full into his face
    • synonyms - directly, right, straight, squarely, square, just, dead, point-blank
  2. Very.
    • example - he knew full well she was too polite to barge in
    • synonyms - very, perfectly, quite, extremely, entirely
noun
  • The period, point, or state of the greatest fullness or strength.
    • example - So many of those who were killed in the attacks were right in the full of their lives.
verb
  1. Make (something) full; fill up.
    • example - he full up the house with bawling
  2. Gather or pleat (fabric) so as to make a garment full.
    • example - a straight piece fulled into a small band at the top
  3. (of the moon or tide) become full.
    • example - fulling moon aloft doth ride
/ˈfʊli/
adverb
  1. Completely or entirely; to the fullest extent.
    • example - I fully understand the fears of the workers
    • synonyms - completely, entirely, wholly, totally, thoroughly, quite, utterly, perfectly, altogether, exhaustively, extensively, intimately, in all respects, in every respect, without reservation, without exception, lock, stock, and barrel, from first to last, to the hilt
  2. No less or fewer than (used to emphasize an amount)
    • example - fully 65 per cent of all funerals are by cremation
    • synonyms - at least, without exaggeration, easily, quite
fun
/fʌn/
noun
  • Enjoyment, amusement, or light-hearted pleasure.
    • example - the children were having fun in the play area
    • synonyms - pleasure, entertainment, enjoyment, amusement, excitement, gratification
adjective
  • Amusing, entertaining, or enjoyable.
    • synonyms - enjoyable, amusing, diverting, pleasurable, pleasing, agreeable, interesting
verb
  • Joke or tease.
    • synonyms - make fun of, poke fun at, chaff, make jokes about, rag, mock, laugh at, guy, satirize, be sarcastic about
/ˈfʌŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n/
noun
  1. An activity that is natural to or the purpose of a person or thing.
    • example - bridges perform the function of providing access across water
    • synonyms - purpose, task, use, role
  2. A relation or expression involving one or more variables.
    • example - the function (bx + c)
  3. A thing dependent on another factor or factors.
    • example - class shame is a function of social power
    • synonyms - consequence, result, outcome, ramification, corollary, concomitant
  4. A large or formal social event or ceremony.
    • example - he was obliged to attend party functions
    • synonyms - social event, party, occasion, social occasion, affair, gathering, reception, soirée, celebration, jamboree, gala
verb
  • Work or operate in a proper or particular way.
    • example - her liver is functioning normally
    • synonyms - work, go, run, be in running order, be in working order, operate, perform, be in action, be operative
/fʌnd/
noun
  • A sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose.
    • example - he had set up a fund to coordinate economic investment
    • synonyms - collection, kitty, reserve, pool, purse
verb
  • Provide with money for a particular purpose.
    • example - the World Bank refused to fund the project
    • synonyms - finance, pay for, back, capitalize, sponsor, provide capital for, provide finance for, put up the money for, subsidize, underwrite, endow, support, be a patron of, float, maintain
/fʌndəˈmɛnt(ə)l/
adjective
  • Forming a necessary base or core; of central importance.
    • example - the protection of fundamental human rights
    • synonyms - basic, foundational, rudimentary, elemental, elementary, underlying, basal, radical, root
noun
  1. A central or primary rule or principle on which something is based.
    • example - two courses cover the fundamentals of microbiology
    • synonyms - basics, essentials, rudiments, foundations, basic principles, first principles, preliminaries
  2. A fundamental note, tone, or frequency.
    • example - The beating between adjacent harmonics causes the brain to ‘hear’ the non-existent fundamental.
/ˈfʌndɪŋ/
noun
  • Money provided, especially by an organization or government, for a particular purpose.
    • example - funding for the project was provided by the Housing Corporation
    • synonyms - grant, allowance, endowment, contribution, donation, bursary, gift, present, investment, bestowal, benefaction, allocation, allotment, handout
/ˈfʌni/
adjective
  1. Causing laughter or amusement; humorous.
    • example - a funny story
    • synonyms - amusing, humorous, comic, comical, droll, laughable, chucklesome
  2. Difficult to explain or understand; strange or odd.
    • example - I had a funny feeling you"d be around
noun
  1. Comic strips in newspapers.
  2. A joke or witty remark.
fur
/fəː/
noun
  1. The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals.
    • example - a long, lean, muscular cat with sleek fur
    • synonyms - hair, wool
  2. A coating formed by hard water on the inside surface of a pipe, kettle, or other container.
    • example - fur or scale, not just in kettles but in other hidden parts of the hot-water system
    • synonyms - limescale
verb
  1. Coat or clog with a deposit or thick layer.
    • example - the so-called ‘bad’ cholesterol furs up coronary arteries
  2. Level (floor or wall timbers) by inserting strips of wood.
    • example - the drain could be concealed by furring out the original wall
/ˈfəːnɪtʃə/
noun
  1. The movable articles that are used to make a room or building suitable for living or working in, such as tables, chairs, or desks.
    • example - If you are in a room with lots of furniture, tables, chairs, bar stools, etc., use them to your advantage.
    • synonyms - furnishings, house fittings, fittings, fitments, movables, fixtures, appointments, appliances, effects, chattels, amenities, units, equipment, paraphernalia
  2. The small accessories or fittings that are required for a particular task or function.
    • example - the more sophisticated Mac furniture—number wheels, colour pickers, and so on
    • synonyms - furnishings, house fittings, fittings, fitments, movables, fixtures, appointments, appliances, effects, chattels, amenities, units, equipment, paraphernalia
/ˈfəːðə/
adverb
  1. At, to, or by a greater distance (used to indicate the extent to which one thing or person is or becomes distant from another).
    • example - for some time I had wanted to move further from London
    • synonyms - at a greater distance, more distant, farther
  2. Over a greater expanse of space or time; for a longer way.
    • example - we had walked further than I realized
adjective
  1. More distant in space than something else of the same kind.More remote from a central point.
    • synonyms - more distant, more remote, remoter, more advanced, more extreme, further away, further off, farther
  2. Additional to what already exists or has already taken place, been done, or been accounted for.
    • synonyms - additionally, more, to a greater extent
verb
  • Help the progress or development of (something); promote.
    • example - he had depended on using them to further his own career
    • synonyms - promote, advance, forward, develop, stimulate
/fəːðəˈmɔː/
adverb
  • In addition; besides (used to introduce a fresh consideration in an argument)
    • example - It was also a highly desirable political end. Furthermore, it gave the English a door into France
    • synonyms - moreover, further, what"s more, also, additionally, in addition, besides, as well, too, to boot, on top of that, over and above that, into the bargain, by the same token
/ˈfjuːtʃə/
noun
  1. A period of time following the moment of speaking or writing; time regarded as still to come.
    • example - we plan on getting married in the near future
    • synonyms - time to come, time ahead
  2. Contracts for assets (especially commodities or shares) bought at agreed prices but delivered and paid for later.
    • example - This involves buying and selling futures or options on shares, bonds or currencies.
adjective
  • At a later time; going or likely to happen or exist.
    • example - the needs of future generations
    • synonyms - later, following, ensuing, succeeding, subsequent, upcoming, to come, coming