EN Vocabulary - 3000 Words

Common words beginning V

v
/viː/
abbreviation
  1. Verb.
  2. (in textual references) verse.
  3. Verso.
  4. Versus.
    • example - Portsmouth v Coventry City
  5. Very.
  6. (in textual references) vide.
crossReference
  • Velocity.
/vəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
noun
  1. A fixed holiday period between terms in universities and law courts.
    • example - the Easter vacation
  2. The action of leaving something one previously occupied.
    • example - his marriage was the reason for the vacation of his fellowship
    • synonyms - quitting, evacuation, abandonment, desertion, relinquishment, leaving
verb
  • Take a holiday.
    • example - I was vacationing in Europe with my family
    • synonyms - take a break, travel, tour, stay, visit, stop over
/ˈvali/
noun
  1. A low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it.
    • example - the Thames Valley
    • synonyms - dale, vale
  2. An internal angle formed by the intersecting planes of a roof, or by the slope of a roof and a wall.
    • example - Check flashings at valleys, chimneys, dormers, vent pipes, and other roofing protrusions.
/ˈvaljʊb(ə)l/
adjective
  • Worth a great deal of money.
    • example - a valuable antique
noun
  • A thing that is of great worth, especially a small item of personal property.
    • example - put all your valuables in the hotel safe
    • synonyms - precious items, costly articles, prized possessions, personal effects, treasures
/ˈvaljuː/
noun
  1. The regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.
    • example - your support is of great value
    • synonyms - merit, worth, usefulness, use, utility, practicality, advantage, desirability, benefit, gain, profit, good, service, help, helpfulness, assistance, effectiveness, efficacy, avail, importance, significance, point, sense
  2. Principles or standards of behaviour; one"s judgement of what is important in life.
    • example - they internalize their parents" rules and values
    • synonyms - principles, moral principles, ethics, moral code, morals, moral values, standards, moral standards, code of behaviour, rules of conduct, standards of behaviour
  3. The numerical amount denoted by an algebraic term; a magnitude, quantity, or number.
    • example - the mean value of x
  4. The relative duration of the sound signified by a note.
    • example - Rhythmic values are quarter, eighth and half notes, and only the major finger pattern is used in the first chorale.
  5. The meaning of a word or other linguistic unit.
    • example - In either case, the reference to neat depends on its use earlier and on its value as a word.
  6. The relative degree of lightness or darkness of a particular colour.
    • example - the artist has used adjacent colour values as the landscape recedes
verb
  1. Estimate the monetary worth of.
    • example - his estate was valued at £45,000
    • synonyms - evaluate, assess, estimate, appraise, assay, rate, price, put a price on, set a price on, cost, cost out
  2. Consider (someone or something) to be important or beneficial; have a high opinion of.
    • example - she had come to value her privacy
    • synonyms - cherished, treasured, dear, prized, favourite, precious, worth its weight in gold, worth one"s weight in gold
van
/van/
noun
  • A medium-sized motor vehicle, typically without side windows in the rear part, for transporting goods.
    • example - delivery vans can"t pull in and are holding up the traffic behind them
/vəˈrʌɪəti/
noun
  1. The quality or state of being different or diverse; the absence of uniformity or monotony.
    • example - it"s the variety that makes my job so enjoyable
    • synonyms - diversity, variation, diversification, multifariousness, heterogeneity, variegation, many-sidedness, change, difference
  2. A taxonomic category that ranks below subspecies (where present) or species, its members differing from others of the same subspecies or species in minor but permanent or heritable characteristics. Varieties are more often recognized in botany, in which they are designated in the style Apium graveolens var. dulce.
    • example - Viola is represented by 25 species, two additional subspecies, and five varieties.
/ˈvɛːrɪəs/
determiner
  • More than one; several.
    • example - various people arrived late
    • synonyms - numerous, many, several, copious, abundant, profuse, countless, innumerable, large number of, multiplicity of
adjective
  1. Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts.
    • example - dresses of various colours
    • synonyms - diverse, different, differing, varied, varying, a variety of, dissimilar, disparate, assorted, mixed, sundry, miscellaneous, variegated, heterogeneous
  2. Having or showing different properties or qualities.
    • example - their environments are locally various
    • synonyms - diverse, different, differing, varied, varying, a variety of, dissimilar, disparate, assorted, mixed, sundry, miscellaneous, variegated, heterogeneous
pronoun
  • More than one of several people or things.
    • synonyms - numerous, many, several, copious, abundant, profuse, countless, innumerable, large number of, multiplicity of
/ˈvɛːri/
verb
  • Differ in size, amount, degree, or nature from something else of the same general class.
    • example - the properties vary in price
    • synonyms - differ, be different, be unlike, be dissimilar
/vɑːst/
adjective
  • Of very great extent or quantity; immense.
    • example - a vast plain full of orchards
    • synonyms - huge, extensive, expansive, broad, wide, boundless, immeasurable, limitless, infinite, enormous, gigantic, very big, very large, great, giant, massive, colossal, mammoth, immense, tremendous, mighty, stupendous, monumental, epic, prodigious, mountainous, monstrous, titanic, towering, elephantine, king-sized, king-size, gargantuan, Herculean, Brobdingnagian
noun
  • An immense space.
/ˈvɛdʒtəb(ə)l/
noun
  1. A plant or part of a plant used as food, such as a cabbage, potato, turnip, or bean.
    • example - fresh fruit and vegetables
    • synonyms - herb, flower, vegetable, shrub, weed
  2. A person with a dull or inactive life.
adjective
  • Relating to plants or plant life, especially as distinct from animal life or mineral substances.
    • example - decaying vegetable matter
/ˈviːɪk(ə)l/
noun
  1. A thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land, such as a car, lorry, or cart.
    • example - the vehicle was sent skidding across the road
    • synonyms - automobile, motor vehicle, motorized vehicle, means of transport, conveyance, machine
  2. A thing used to express, embody, or fulfil something.
    • example - I use paint as a vehicle for my ideas
    • synonyms - channel, medium, means, means of expression, agency, agent, instrument, mechanism, organ, apparatus, structure, machine, machinery
  3. A film, television programme, song, etc. that is intended to display the leading performer to the best advantage.
    • example - a vehicle for a star who was one of Hollywood"s hottest properties
  4. A privately controlled company through which an individual or organization conducts a particular kind of business, especially investment.
    • example - Most companies offer investment vehicles, such as mutual funds, that are already managed by experienced and qualified money managers.
/ˈvɛnjuː/
noun
  • The place where something happens, especially an organized event such as a concert, conference, or sports competition.
    • example - the club is the city"s main venue for live music
    • synonyms - place, site, spot, area
/ˈvəːʃ(ə)n/
noun
  1. A particular form of something differing in certain respects from an earlier form or other forms of the same type of thing.
    • example - a revised version of the paper was produced for a later meeting
    • synonyms - sort, kind, type, variety, genre, class, category, style, form, brand, make, model, design
  2. An account of a matter from a particular person"s point of view.
    • example - he told her his version of events
    • synonyms - report, statement, description, record, account, story, tale, history, chronicle, narrative, narration, rendition, rendering, interpretation, explanation, construction, construal, analysis, understanding, reading, impression, side, view
  3. The manual turning of a fetus in the uterus to make delivery easier.
verb
  • Create a new version of.
    • example - the English curriculum would then be versioned for Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
/ˈvɛri/
adverb
  • In a high degree.
    • example - a very large amount
    • synonyms - extremely, exceedingly, exceptionally, especially, tremendously, immensely, vastly, hugely
adjective
  1. Actual; precise (used to emphasize the exact identity of someone or something)
    • example - those were his very words
    • synonyms - exact, actual, precise, particular, specific, distinct
  2. Emphasizing an extreme point in time or space.
    • example - from the very beginning of the book
    • synonyms - furthest, farthest, furthermost, farthermost, farthest away, furthest away, very, utmost, outermost, most distant, aftermost, endmost, ultimate, final, last, terminal, remotest
  3. With no addition of anything else; mere.
    • synonyms - mere, simple, pure, pure and simple, plain, basic
via
/ˈvʌɪə/
preposition
  • Travelling through (a place) en route to a destination.
    • example - they came to Europe via Turkey
/ˈvɪktɪm/
noun
  • A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.
    • example - victims of domestic violence
    • synonyms - sufferer, injured party, casualty, injured person, wounded person
/ˈvɪkt(ə)ri/
noun
  • An act of defeating an enemy or opponent in a battle, game, or other competition.
    • example - an election victory
    • synonyms - success, triumph, conquest, win, successful outcome, positive result, favourable result, landslide, achievement, coup, game, set, and match
/ˈvɪdɪəʊ/
noun
  1. The recording, reproducing, or broadcasting of moving visual images.
    • example - it"s a great option for anyone looking to start using video to talk over the Net
  2. A recording of moving visual images made digitally or on videotape.
    • example - she could post videos of the event on the internet
    • synonyms - CD, disc, record, single, album
verb
  1. Make a video recording of (something broadcast on television)
    • example - how many programmes have you videoed and never managed to watch?
    • synonyms - make a record of, make a recording of, tape, tape-record
  2. Film with a video camera.
    • example - he videoed our wedding
    • synonyms - film, photograph, get a photo of, get a photograph of, take a photo of, take a photograph of, get photographs of, take photographs of, get a picture of, take a picture of, get pictures of, take pictures of, take someone"s photo, take someone"s picture, get a snap of, get a snapshot of, take a snap of, take a snapshot of, take, snap, capture on celluloid, capture on film, record on celluloid, record on film
/vjuː/
noun
  1. The ability to see something or to be seen from a particular place.
    • example - the end of the tunnel came into view
    • synonyms - sight, perspective, field of vision, range of vision, vision, visibility, eyeshot
  2. A sight or prospect, typically of attractive natural scenery, that can be taken in by the eye from a particular place.
    • example - a fine view of the castle
    • synonyms - outlook, prospect, panorama, vista, scene, aspect, perspective, spectacle, sight
  3. A particular way of considering or regarding something; an attitude or opinion.
    • example - strong political views
    • synonyms - opinion, point of view, viewpoint, belief, judgement, reckoning, way of thinking, thinking, thought, notion, idea, conviction, persuasion, attitude, feeling, sentiment, impression, concept, conception, hypothesis, theory, thesis, estimate, estimation, conclusion, verdict
verb
  1. Look at or inspect.
    • example - the public can view the famous hall with its unique staircase
    • synonyms - look at, gaze at, stare at, peer at, eye, observe, ogle, contemplate, regard, scan, survey, watch
  2. Regard in a particular light or with a particular attitude.
    • example - farmers are viewing the rise in rabbit numbers with concern
    • synonyms - consider, regard, look on, see, perceive, judge, adjudge, estimate, deem, reckon, think of, treat
/ˈvjuːə/
noun
  1. A person who looks at or inspects something.
    • example - the viewer of paintings or sculpture
    • synonyms - watcher, television watcher, spectator, onlooker, observer, non-participant
  2. A device for looking at film transparencies or similar photographic images.
    • example - a slide viewer
/ˈvɪlɪdʒ/
noun
  1. A group of houses and associated buildings, larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town, situated in a rural area.
    • example - pretty fishing villages
    • synonyms - community, colony, outpost, encampment
  2. A select suburban shopping centre.
/ˈvʌɪəl(ə)ns/
noun
  1. Behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.
    • example - violence erupted in protest marches
    • synonyms - brutality, brute force, roughness, ferocity, fierceness, savagery, cruelty, sadism, barbarity, barbarousness, brutishness, murderousness, bloodthirstiness, ruthlessness, inhumanity, heartlessness, pitilessness, mercilessness
  2. Strength of emotion or of a destructive natural force.
    • example - the violence of her own feelings
    • synonyms - intensity, severity, strength, force, great force, vehemence, powerfulness, power, potency, ferocity, forcefulness, wildness, frenziedness, fury, storminess, tempestuousness, turbulence
/ˈvʌɪəl(ə)nt/
adjective
  1. Using or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.
    • example - a violent confrontation with riot police
    • synonyms - brutal, vicious, savage, harsh, rough, aggressive, bullying, threatening, terrorizing, fierce, wild, intemperate, hot-headed, hot-tempered, bloodthirsty, ferocious, berserk, frenzied
  2. (especially of an emotion or a destructive natural force) very strong or powerful.
    • example - violent dislike
    • synonyms - intense, extreme, strong, powerful, forceful, great, vehement, wild, frenzied, raging, riotous, rampaging, rampant, out of control, stormy, tempestuous, turbulent, tumultuous, intemperate, uncontrolled, unrestrained, uncurbed, unchecked, unbridled, unfettered, uncontrollable, unmanageable, ungovernable, inordinate, excessive, consuming, passionate, overwhelming, immoderate
/ˈvəːtʃʊ(ə)l/
adjective
  1. Almost or nearly as described, but not completely or according to strict definition.
    • example - the virtual absence of border controls
    • synonyms - effective, in effect, near, near enough, essential, practical, for all practical purposes, to all intents and purposes, in all but name, indirect, implied, implicit, unacknowledged, tacit
  2. Not physically existing as such but made by software to appear to do so.
    • example - virtual images
  3. Relating to the points at which rays would meet if produced backwards.
  4. Relating to or denoting infinitesimal displacements of a point in a system.
  5. Denoting particles or interactions with extremely short lifetimes and (owing to the uncertainty principle) indefinitely great energies, postulated as intermediates in some processes.
    • example - An electron blasts a proton and neutron into myriad virtual particles, which then reconfigure themselves into two double-quark particles.
/ˈvʌɪrəs/
noun
  1. An infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host.
    • example - the hepatitis B virus
  2. A piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data.
    • example - How do you stop a virus from spreading and infecting other computers?
/ˈvɪʒ(ə)n/
noun
  1. The faculty or state of being able to see.
    • example - she had defective vision
    • synonyms - eyesight, sight, power of sight, faculty of sight, ability to see, power of seeing, powers of observation, observation, perception, visual perception
  2. The ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom.
    • example - the organization had lost its vision and direction
    • synonyms - imagination, creativity, creative power, inventiveness, innovation, inspiration, intuition, perceptiveness, perception, breadth of view, foresight, insight, far-sightedness, prescience, discernment, awareness, penetration, shrewdness, sharpness, cleverness
  3. An experience of seeing someone or something in a dream or trance, or as a supernatural apparition.
    • example - the idea came to him in a vision
    • synonyms - apparition, spectre, phantom, hallucination, ghost, wraith, shadow, manifestation, chimera, illusion, mirage, image
  4. A person or sight of unusual beauty.
    • example - madame was a vision in black velvet
    • synonyms - beautiful sight, vision of loveliness, feast for the eyes, pleasure to behold, delight, dream, beauty, spectacle, picture, joy, marvel, sensation
verb
  • Imagine.
    • example - we visioned a small lawn surrounded with a perfect tangle of trees
/ˈvɪzɪt/
verb
  1. Go to see and spend time with (someone) socially.
    • example - I came to visit my grandmother
    • synonyms - pay someone a call, pay someone a visit, pay a call on, pay a visit to, go to see, come to see, look in on
  2. Inflict (something harmful or unpleasant) on someone.
    • example - the mockery visited upon him by his schoolmates
    • synonyms - happen to, overtake, befall, come upon, fall upon, hit, strike
noun
  • An act of going to see a person or place as a guest, tourist, etc.
    • example - I"ll pay him a visit soon
    • synonyms - social call, call
/ˈvɪzɪtə/
noun
  • A person visiting someone or somewhere, especially socially or as a tourist.
    • example - she"s a frequent visitor to London
    • synonyms - guest, caller
/ˈvɪʒ(j)ʊəl/
adjective
  • Relating to seeing or sight.
    • example - visual perception
    • synonyms - optical, seeing, optic, ocular, eye
noun
  • A picture, piece of film, or display used to illustrate or accompany something.
    • example - the music should fit the visuals
/ˈvʌɪt(ə)l/
adjective
  1. Absolutely necessary; essential.
    • example - secrecy is of vital importance
    • synonyms - essential, indispensable, crucial, key, necessary, needed, required, requisite, important, all-important, of the utmost importance, of great consequence, of the essence, critical, life-and-death, imperative, mandatory, urgent, pressing, burning, compelling, acute, paramount, pre-eminent, high-priority, significant, consequential
  2. Full of energy; lively.
    • example - a beautiful, vital girl
    • synonyms - lively, energetic, active, sprightly, spry, animated, spirited, high-spirited, vivacious, exuberant, bouncy, enthusiastic, vibrant, zestful, sparkling, dynamic, vigorous, full of vim and vigour, forceful, fiery, lusty, hale and hearty, in fine fettle
  3. Fatal.
noun
  • The body"s important internal organs.
    • example - he felt the familiar knot contract in his vitals
/ˈvɪtəmɪn/
noun
  • Any of a group of organic compounds which are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body.
    • example - most people can get all the vitamins they need from a healthy diet
/vɔɪs/
noun
  1. The sound produced in a person"s larynx and uttered through the mouth, as speech or song.
    • example - Meg raised her voice
  2. A particular opinion or attitude expressed.
    • example - a dissenting voice
    • synonyms - opinion, view, comment, feeling, wish, desire, vote, input
  3. The range of pitch or type of tone with which a person sings, such as soprano or tenor.
    • example - At times, it makes sense to play the soprano and alto voices with the right hand, the tenor and bass with the left hand.
    • synonyms - range, area, region, reaches, sweep
  4. Sound uttered with resonance of the vocal cords (used in the pronunciation of vowels and certain consonants).
    • example - The two characters are quite similar, and apparently both denote voiced back consonants.
  5. A form or set of forms of a verb showing the relation of the subject to the action.
    • example - the passive voice
verb
  1. Express (something) in words.
    • example - get teachers to voice their opinions on important subjects
    • synonyms - express, give expression to, vocalize, give voice to, put in words, give utterance to, communicate, declare, state, set forth, bring into the open, make public, assert, divulge, reveal, proclaim, announce, raise, air, ventilate, vent, give vent to, pour out, mention, talk of, point out, go into
  2. Utter (a speech sound) with resonance of the vocal cords (e.g. b, d, g, v, z)
    • example - he is unable to voice the g sound
  3. Regulate the tone quality of (organ pipes or a piano).
    • example - Skills such as shaping of line, pedaling, wrist rotation, voicing and chord playing can be easily incorporated into the piano lesson.
/ˈvɒljuːm/
noun
  1. A book forming part of a work or series.
    • example - a biography of George Bernard Shaw in three volumes
  2. The amount of space that a substance or object occupies, or that is enclosed within a container.
    • example - the sewer could not cope with the volume of rainwater
    • synonyms - capacity, cubic measure, size, magnitude, largeness, bigness, mass, bulk, extent, extensiveness
  3. Quantity or power of sound; degree of loudness.
    • example - he turned the volume up on the radio
    • synonyms - loudness, sound, amplification
/ˌvɒlənˈtɪə/
noun
  1. A person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task.
    • example - a call for volunteers to act as foster-parents
    • synonyms - subject, participant, case, client, patient
  2. A person who works for an organization without being paid.
    • example - the railway is operated solely by volunteers
verb
  1. Freely offer to do something.
    • example - 140 employees volunteered for redundancy
  2. Work for an organization without being paid.
    • example - volunteering is an easy way to get involved in practical conservation
    • synonyms - offer one"s services, present oneself, step forward, come forward, make oneself available
/vəʊt/
noun
  • A formal indication of a choice between two or more candidates or courses of action, expressed typically through a ballot or a show of hands.
    • example - Voters will have two votes on their ballot paper - one to vote for or against a regional assembly and the other to decide on the restructuring of local government.
    • synonyms - ballot, poll, election, referendum, plebiscite, public vote, general election, local election, popular vote, straw poll, show of hands
verb
  • Give or register a vote.
    • example - they voted against the resolution
    • synonyms - go to the polls, cast one"s vote, mark one"s ballot paper