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      abnormal

      ADJECTIVE not normal or usual

      abnormally ADVERB

      aboard

      PREPOSITION OR ADVERB If you are aboard a plane or a ship you are on it.

      Aborigine Aborigines

      NOUN someone descended from the people who were living in Australia before the European settlers arrived

      about

      PREPOSITION OR ADVERB 1 If you talk or write about a particular thing, you say things that are to do with that subject. • a book about London

      2 You say about in front of a number to show it is not exact. • about two o’clock

      PHRASE 3 If you are about to do something, you are just going to do it. • He was about to leave.

      above

      PREPOSITION OR ADVERB If one thing is above another, it is higher up. • The plane was flying above the clouds.

      ANTONYM: below

      abroad

      ADVERB If you go abroad, you go to another country.

      abscess abscesses

      NOUN a painful swelling on the body, which contains pus

      abseil abseils, abseiling, abseiled

      VERB If you abseil down a rock face, you use ropes to go down it.

      absent

      ADJECTIVE If you are absent from a place, you are not there.

      ANTONYM: present

      absolute

      ADJECTIVE 1 total and complete • absolute darkness

      2 having total power • an absolute ruler

      absolutely

      ADVERB If you are absolutely sure about something, you are completely sure of it.

      absorb absorbs, absorbing, absorbed

      VERB If something absorbs liquid or gas, it soaks it up. • Plants absorb moisture from the soil.

      absorbent

      ADJECTIVE If something is absorbent, it soaks up liquids easily.

      abstract

      ADJECTIVE 1 An abstract idea is based on thoughts and ideas rather than on real objects or happenings, for example bravery and happiness.

      2 Abstract art uses shapes rather than images of people or objects.

images

      3 In grammar, abstract nouns refer to qualities or ideas, rather than physical objects, for example happiness.

      See noun

      absurd

      ADJECTIVE Something that is absurd is stupid or ridiculous.

      abuse abuses, abusing, abused

      Said “ab-yooss” NOUN 1 cruel treatment of someone

      2 rude and unkind remarks

      Said “ab-yooz” VERB 3 To abuse someone is to treat them cruelly.

      4 If you abuse someone, you speak to them in a rude and insulting way.

      abysmal

      ADJECTIVE very bad

      abysmally ADVERB

      academic academics

      ADJECTIVE 1 Academic work is done in school, college and university.

      NOUN 2 someone who teaches or does research in a college or university

      academy academies

      NOUN 1 a school or college, usually one that specializes in a particular subject • the Royal Academy of Arts

      2 an organization of scientists, writers, artists or musicians

      accelerate accelerates, accelerating, accelerated

      VERB To accelerate is to speed up.

      ANTONYM: decelerate

      acceleration

      NOUN the rate at which the speed of something increases

      accent accents

      NOUN a way of pronouncing a language • She had an Australian accent.

      accept accepts, accepting, accepted

      VERB 1 If you accept something, you say yes to it or you take it from someone. • She accepted our invitation to the party.

      2 If you accept a situation, you realize that it cannot be changed. • I accepted that I would have to work hard before my exams.

      acceptable

      ADJECTIVE satisfactory

      access

      NOUN If you have access to a place, you may enter it. If you have access to a thing, you may use it.

      accessible

      ADJECTIVE 1 easy to reach or to see • The beach was accessible by a narrow path.

      2 Books that are accessible are easy to understand.

      accident accidents

      NOUN 1 something that happens suddenly or unexpectedly, causing people to be hurt or killed

      PHRASE 2 Something that happens by accident has not been planned. • We met by accident in the supermarket.

      accidental

      ADJECTIVE Something that is accidental has not been planned.

      accidentally ADVERB

      accommodation

      NOUN a place where you can live, work or sleep

      accompany accompanies, accompanying, accompanied

      VERB 1 If you accompany someone, you go with them.

      2 If you accompany a singer, you play an instrument while they sing.

      accomplice accomplices

      NOUN a person who helps someone else to commit a crime

      accomplish accomplishes, accomplishing, accomplished

      VERB If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it.

      according to

      PREPOSITION If something is true according to a particular person, that person says that it is true. • According to my grandad, that castle is haunted.

      account accounts, accounting, accounted

      NOUN 1 a written or spoken report of something

      2 money that you keep at a bank

      PHRASE 3 On account of means because of. • He couldn’t play football, on account of a sore throat.

      VERB 4 To account for something is to explain it. • The bad weather accounts for the cancellation of the barbecue.

      accountant accountants

      NOUN someone whose job is to look after the financial affairs of people and companies

      accumulate accumulates, accumulating, accumulated

      VERB If things accumulate, or if you accumulate things, they collect over a period of time. • While they were away, a large pile of letters accumulated on the doormat.

      accumulation NOUN

      accurate

      ADJECTIVE absolutely correct

      accuracy NOUN

      accuse accuses,


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