The most commonly used 500 words in written English, sorted alphabetically
The list of 500 words that occur most frequently in written English is based on an analysis of the Google Books Ngram (a collection compiled by Peter Norvig in 2012, containing close to one trillion words).
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Word Frequency is calculated as the number of occurrences in one million words.
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The Word Definition is sourced from the WordNet dictionary. You'll have to look up each word page for its complete definition and Part of Speech (POS) categories.
Word | Frequency | Definition |
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20,582 | (determiner) used when referring to someone or something for the first time in a text or conversation; used to indicate membership of a class of people or things; (noun) the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet | |
248 | (adjective) (usually followed by 'to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something | |
1,439 | (preposition) around; on the subject of; concerning; (adverb) all around or on all sides | |
345 | (preposition) in or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; (opposed to below or beneath); (adverb) (in writing) at an earlier place | |
240 | (adjective) (followed by 'to') in agreement with or accordant with | |
303 | (verb) be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something; (noun) a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services | |
369 | (verb) perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); (noun) a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body | |
370 | (verb) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; (noun) something done (usually as opposed to something said) | |
322 | (noun) any specific behavior | |
296 | (verb) make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of | |
1,078 | (preposition) behind in place; (adverb) behind or in the rear | |
438 | (adverb) anew | |
551 | (preposition) in opposition or hostility to, in competition with | |
332 | (verb) begin to seem older; get older; (noun) how long something has existed | |
251 | (verb) be broadcast; (noun) a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of | |
254 | (noun) a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite | |
2,773 | (determiner) used to refer to the whole quantity or extent of a particular group or thing; (adjective) completely given to or absorbed by | |
292 | (verb) let have | |
299 | (adverb) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | |
250 | (preposition) by the length of; moving in a constant direction on (a road, path, or any more or less horizontal surface); (adverb) with a forward motion | |
266 | (adverb) prior to a specified or implied time | |
1,396 | (adverb) in addition; too | |
362 | (conjunction) in spite of the fact that, even though | |
388 | (adverb) at all times; all the time and on every occasion | |
317 | (verb) present tense first-person singular of be | |
442 | (adjective) of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture; (noun) a native or inhabitant of the United States | |
432 | (preposition) in or through the midst of, surrounded by, in company or association with | |
262 | (verb) be tantamount or equivalent to; (noun) the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion | |
3,665 | (determiner) the form of the indefinite article used before words beginning with a vowel sound | |
256 | (noun) an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole | |
30,425 | (conjunction) used to connect words of the same part of speech, clauses, or sentences, that are to be taken jointly | |
597 | (adjective) any of various alternatives; some other | |
247 | (verb) react verbally; (noun) a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation | |
1,322 | (adverb) to any degree or extent | |
409 | (verb) come into sight or view | |
241 | (verb) move towards; (noun) ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation | |
4,974 | (verb) present tense second-person singular and present tense plural of be; (noun) a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters | |
463 | (noun) a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) | |
303 | (preposition) on all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about; (adverb) by a circular or circuitous route | |
222 | (noun) the products of human creativity; works of art collectively | |
7,663 | (preposition) used to refer to the function or character that someone or something has; during the time of being (the thing specified); (conjunction) used to indicate that something happens during the time when something is taking place; used to indicate by comparison the way that something happens or is done | |
379 | (verb) make a request or demand for something to somebody | |
4,588 | (preposition) primarily, this word expresses the relations of 'presence', 'nearness in place or time', or 'direction toward'; (noun) 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos | |
327 | (adverb) from a particular thing or place or position ('forth' is obsolete); (adjective) used of an opponent's ground | |
321 | (noun) the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet | |
556 | (adverb) in or to or toward a former location; (verb) be behind; approve of | |
264 | (adjective) having a base | |
6,479 | (verb) have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) | |
823 | (preposition) for the reason that, or due to the fact that; (conjunction) by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that | |
724 | (verb) enter or assume a certain state or condition | |
2,176 | (verb) past participle of be | |
813 | (preposition) in front of; preceding in space; ahead of | |
411 | (verb) have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; (noun) Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992) | |
869 | (verb) present participle of be; (noun) the state or fact of existing | |
272 | (verb) accept as true; take to be true | |
322 | (adverb) in a most excellent way or manner; (adjective) (superlative of 'good') having the most positive qualities | |
303 | (adverb) comparative of 'well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.; (verb) surpass in excellence | |
1,000 | (preposition) in the space which separates; betwixt; (adverb) in the interval | |
270 | (adjective) being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; (noun) the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) | |
414 | (verb) invest with or as with a body; give body to; (noun) the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being) | |
501 | (verb) engage for a performance; (noun) a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together) | |
731 | (conjunction) as well; not only; equally | |
401 | (verb) take something or somebody with oneself somewhere | |
228 | (noun) a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place | |
327 | (noun) a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it | |
3,754 | (preposition) except with; unless with; without | |
6,323 | (preposition) in the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from; close to; along with; (adverb) so as to pass a given point | |
327 | (noun) a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system | |
689 | (verb) ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality; (noun) a telephone connection | |
2,251 | (verb) preserve in a can or tin; (noun) airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. | |
247 | (verb) feel concern or interest; (noun) the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something | |
318 | (verb) have with oneself; have on one's person; (noun) the act of carrying something | |
838 | (verb) look over, usually with the intention to rob; (noun) an occurrence of something | |
412 | (verb) give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; (noun) events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something | |
282 | (noun) any small compartment | |
322 | (noun) a period of 100 years | |
343 | (adjective) certain to occur; destined or inevitable | |
554 | (verb) cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; (noun) an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another | |
396 | (noun) a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled | |
253 | (verb) engrave or inscribe characters on; (noun) the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions | |
741 | (noun) a young person of either sex | |
354 | (verb) perform a special church rite or service for; (noun) one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship | |
409 | (noun) a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts | |
225 | (verb) assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; (noun) an assertion of a right (as to money or property) | |
265 | (noun) a collection of things sharing a common attribute | |
972 | (verb) move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody | |
315 | (adjective) belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public | |
275 | (noun) a group of people living in a particular local area | |
404 | (verb) be a companion to somebody; (noun) an institution created to conduct business | |
245 | (noun) the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process | |
378 | (verb) exercise authoritative control or power over; (noun) power to direct or determine | |
1,192 | (verb) past of can; used to indicate possibility; used in making polite requests | |
575 | (noun) the territory occupied by a nation | |
396 | (verb) move swiftly through or over; (noun) education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings | |
387 | (verb) engage in social activities leading to marriage; (noun) an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business | |
274 | (verb) bring into existence | |
225 | (noun) the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
341 | (noun) a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn | |
633 | (noun) time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis | |
316 | (noun) the time during which someone's life continues | |
570 | (noun) a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies | |
305 | (noun) the event of dying or departure from life | |
427 | (noun) act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining | |
927 | (verb) past tense of do | |
270 | (verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; (noun) a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers | |
266 | (noun) the quality of being unlike or dissimilar | |
513 | (adjective) unlike in nature or quality or form or degree | |
2,237 | (verb) get (something) done; (noun) the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization | |
276 | (verb) past participle of do; (adjective) having finished or arrived at completion | |
573 | (preposition) in a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; (adverb) spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position | |
225 | (adverb) directly or exactly; straight; (adjective) owed and payable immediately or on demand | |
602 | (preposition) throughout the duration, continuance, or existence of | |
808 | (adverb) to or from every one of two or more (considered individually) | |
353 | (adverb) before the usual time or the time expected; (adjective) at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time | |
291 | (adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth | |
282 | (noun) the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill | |
308 | (verb) produce; (noun) an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived) | |
311 | (conjunction) either precedes two, or more, cordinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to 'or'; (adverb) after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like 'likewise' or 'also' | |
487 | (verb) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; (noun) either extremity of something that has length | |
262 | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people; (noun) an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries | |
254 | (adverb) as much as necessary; (noun) an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose | |
230 | (adverb) to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common | |
911 | (adverb) used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected; (verb) become even or more even | |
279 | (adverb) at any time | |
528 | (adjective) (used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception | |
513 | (noun) an item of information that is typical of a class or group | |
318 | (verb) undergo or live through a difficult experience; (noun) the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities | |
231 | (noun) opinion or judgment | |
248 | (verb) be opposite; (noun) the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear | |
501 | (noun) a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred | |
249 | (verb) resolve into factors; (noun) anything that contributes causally to a result | |
464 | (noun) a social unit living together | |
388 | (adverb) to a considerable degree; very much; (adjective) located at a great distance in time or space or degree | |
314 | (noun) a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father) | |
432 | (adjective) a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by 'a'; a small but indefinite number; (noun) a small elite group | |
237 | (verb) catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket; (noun) a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed | |
465 | (verb) be or play a part of or in; (noun) a diagram or picture illustrating textual material | |
412 | (verb) come upon, as if by accident; meet with | |
1,241 | (adverb) before anything else; (adjective) preceding all others in time or space or degree | |
285 | (adjective) being one more than four; (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one | |
395 | (verb) to travel behind, go after, come after | |
380 | (adjective) going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction; (noun) a group of followers or enthusiasts | |
268 | (verb) pay for something; (noun) the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint | |
8,799 | (conjunction) for the reason that; on this ground | |
391 | (verb) impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; (noun) a powerful effect or influence | |
693 | (verb) create (as an entity); (noun) the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something | |
635 | (adjective) come upon unexpectedly or after searching; (noun) food and lodging provided in addition to money | |
355 | (adjective) being one more than three; (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | |
293 | (verb) grant freedom to; free from confinement; (adjective) not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint | |
291 | (noun) a person you know well and regard with affection and trust | |
4,663 | (preposition) used as a function word to indicate a starting point of a physical movement or a starting point in measuring or reckoning or in a statement of limits | |
271 | (verb) beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening; (adjective) containing as much or as many as is possible or normal | |
303 | (verb) perform as expected when applied; (noun) (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) | |
286 | (adverb) to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage ('further' is used more often than 'farther' in this abstract sense); (adjective) more distant in especially degree | |
617 | (verb) command as a general; (adjective) applying to all or most members of a category or group | |
699 | (verb) come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; (noun) a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent | |
577 | (verb) cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; (noun) the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length | |
499 | (adjective) acknowledged as a supposition; (noun) an assumption that is taken for granted | |
820 | (verb) follow a procedure or take a course; (adjective) functioning correctly and ready for action | |
533 | (noun) a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people | |
279 | (noun) advancing toward a goal | |
792 | (adjective) having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; (noun) benefit | |
576 | (noun) the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit | |
749 | (adjective) relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind; (noun) a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field | |
597 | (verb) arrange into a group or groups; (noun) any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | |
3,516 | (verb) past tense and past participle of have | |
269 | (adverb) partially or to the extent of a half; (adjective) (of siblings) related through one parent only | |
403 | (verb) guide or conduct or usher somewhere; (noun) the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb | |
2,194 | (verb) third person present of have | |
4,120 | (verb) have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense | |
5,526 | (pronoun) the man or male being (or object personified to which the masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a pronoun of the masculine gender, usually referring to a specified subject already indicated; (noun) the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | |
361 | (verb) to go or travel towards; (noun) the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains | |
232 | (noun) a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease | |
240 | (adjective) occupied or in the control of; often used in combination | |
352 | (verb) give help or assistance; be of service | |
2,195 | (pronoun) the form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun 'she' | |
581 | (adverb) in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is; (noun) the present location; this place | |
591 | (adverb) at a great altitude; (adjective) greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount | |
1,587 | (pronoun) used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a male person or animal previously mentioned or easily identified | |
419 | (pronoun) an emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; used as a subject usually with 'he' | |
4,855 | (pronoun) belonging or pertaining to 'him'; used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun | |
387 | (noun) the aggregate of past events | |
391 | (adverb) at or to or in the direction of one's home or family; (verb) provide with, or send to, a home | |
226 | (verb) expect and wish; (noun) a specific instance of feeling hopeful | |
517 | (verb) contain or cover; (noun) a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families | |
847 | (preposition) used in questions, the way or manner in which | |
698 | (adverb) despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession) | |
375 | (adjective) characteristic of humanity | |
5,222 | (pronoun) used as the singular subject pronoun by a speaker or writer in referring to themselves | |
325 | (noun) the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about | |
2,104 | (preposition) used as a function word to introduce an exclamation expressing a wish; (conjunction) in case that; granting, allowing, or supposing that; introducing a condition or supposition | |
284 | (adjective) being one more than one; (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number | |
428 | (adjective) of great significance or value | |
22,707 | (preposition) the specific signification of 'in' is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, 'within', 'into', 'on', 'at', 'of', and 'among'; (adverb) to or toward the inside of | |
433 | (verb) have as a part, be made up out of | |
262 | (verb) become bigger or greater in amount; (noun) a change resulting in an increase | |
385 | (adjective) being or characteristic of a single thing or person; (noun) a single organism | |
264 | (verb) have and exert influence or effect; (noun) a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc | |
384 | (noun) a message received and understood | |
414 | (verb) excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of; (noun) a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something | |
1,538 | (preposition) used as a function word to indicate entry, introduction, insertion, superposition, or inclusion | |
11,271 | (verb) present tense third-person singular of be | |
322 | (verb) circulate or distribute or equip with; (noun) an important question that is in dispute and must be settled | |
7,716 | (pronoun) the neuter pronoun of the third person, corresponding to the masculine pronoun 'he' and the feminine 'she', and having the same plural ('they', 'their' or 'theirs', 'them') | |
1,841 | (pronoun) the possessive form of it, used as an attributive adjective | |
300 | (pronoun) the neuter reflexive pronoun of It | |
316 | (noun) youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216) | |
610 | (adverb) only a moment ago; (adjective) used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting | |
324 | (adjective) having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; (noun) a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality | |
306 | (noun) a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom | |
809 | (verb) be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; (noun) the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people | |
250 | (noun) the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning | |
326 | (adjective) apprehended with certainty | |
263 | (noun) the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization | |
369 | (verb) reach or come to rest; (noun) the land on which real estate is located | |
287 | (noun) a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols | |
513 | (adverb) at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark); (adjective) above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent | |
438 | (adverb) most recently; (verb) persist for a specified period of time | |
362 | (adverb) comparative of the adverb 'late' | |
454 | (noun) the collection of rules imposed by authority | |
294 | (adverb) used to form the superlative; (noun) something that is of no importance | |
412 | (adverb) toward or on the left; also used figuratively; (adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north | |
453 | (adverb) used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; (adjective) (usually preceded by 'no') lower in quality | |
319 | (verb) make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen; (noun) a serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court; the ball must be served again | |
422 | (verb) aim at; (adjective) not showing abrupt variations | |
928 | (noun) a characteristic state or mode of living | |
330 | (verb) make lighter or brighter; (adjective) of comparatively little physical weight or density | |
966 | (verb) find enjoyable or agreeable; (adjective) resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination | |
479 | (verb) be in line with; form a line along; (noun) a formation of people or things one beside another | |
595 | (adverb) not much; (adjective) (of children and animals) young, immature | |
257 | (adverb) not recorded; (verb) lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style | |
257 | (adjective) relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area; (noun) public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops | |
258 | (noun) the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center | |
648 | (adverb) for an extended time or at a distant time; (adjective) primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified | |
505 | (verb) perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; (noun) the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually | |
251 | (verb) make a lord of someone; (noun) a titled peer of the realm | |
298 | (verb) have a great affection or liking for; (noun) a strong positive emotion of regard and affection | |
242 | (adverb) in a low position; near the ground; (adjective) less than normal in degree or intensity or amount | |
991 | (verb) past and past participle of make; (adjective) (of a bed) having the sheets and blankets set in order | |
227 | (verb) have as one's principal field of study; (adjective) of greater importance or stature or rank | |
844 | (verb) engage in | |
275 | (noun) (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something | |
824 | (verb) take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; (noun) an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) | |
984 | (determiner) a large number of; (adjective) a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by 'as' or 'too' or 'so' or 'that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number | |
251 | (verb) engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of; (noun) the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold | |
328 | (adjective) derived from or composed of matter; (noun) the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | |
357 | (noun) a vaguely specified concern | |
1,771 | (verb) expressing possibility; (noun) the month following April and preceding June | |
1,101 | (pronoun) used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself as the object of a verb or preposition | |
282 | (verb) mean or intend to express or convey; (adjective) excellent | |
352 | (noun) thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end | |
259 | (verb) come together; (noun) a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held | |
395 | (noun) one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization) | |
610 | (noun) the force of workers available | |
369 | (noun) a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps) | |
550 | (noun) physical strength | |
342 | (verb) be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by; (noun) that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason | |
291 | (verb) plan or create according to a model or models; (noun) a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process | |
248 | (noun) the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender | |
255 | (noun) a time unit of approximately 30 days | |
2,080 | (adverb) used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; (noun) English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state | |
1,157 | (adverb) used to form the superlative | |
283 | (verb) care for like a mother; (noun) a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother) | |
243 | (noun) a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something | |
808 | (adverb) to a great degree or extent; (noun) a great amount or extent | |
891 | (verb) be obliged to; should (expressing necessity); (noun) a necessary or essential thing | |
1,455 | (pronoun) a form of the possessive case of I used as an attributive adjective | |
416 | (verb) assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; (noun) a language unit by which a person or thing is known | |
231 | (noun) the people who live in a nation or country | |
361 | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country; (noun) a person who owes allegiance to that nation | |
352 | (noun) the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized | |
282 | (adjective) absolutely essential | |
372 | (verb) have or feel a need for; (noun) a condition requiring relief | |
493 | (adverb) not ever; at no time in the past or future | |
1,453 | (adjective) not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered | |
294 | (adverb) at the time or occasion immediately following; (adjective) (of a day of the week) nearest (or nearest but one) after the present moment | |
258 | (noun) the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside | |
1,891 | (adverb) referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present; (noun) a negative | |
233 | (conjunction) used in negative phrases, especially after neither, to introduce the second member in a series, or any subsequent member | |
240 | (adverb) in a northern direction; (adjective) situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north | |
6,080 | (adverb) negation of a word or group of words | |
314 | (verb) make mention of; (noun) a brief written record | |
302 | (adverb) in no respect; to no degree; (noun) a quantity of no importance | |
913 | (adverb) in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events; (noun) the momentary present | |
579 | (verb) give numbers to; (noun) the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals | |
266 | (verb) express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent; (noun) a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow | |
251 | (verb) come into possession of | |
281 | (verb) come to one's mind; suggest itself | |
41,629 | (preposition) used to indicate distance or direction from something, separation from something, or the condition of having been deprived of something | |
409 | (preposition) not on; away from; (adverb) at a distance in space or time | |
230 | (verb) make available or accessible, provide or furnish; (noun) the verbal act of offering | |
261 | (noun) place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed | |
437 | (adverb) in many cases or instances | |
538 | (adjective) (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; (noun) past times (especially in the phrase 'in days of old') | |
6,176 | (preposition) the general signification of 'on' is situation, motion, or condition with respect to contact or support beneath; (adverb) indicates continuity or persistence or concentration | |
359 | (adverb) on one occasion | |
2,981 | (pronoun) referring to a person or thing previously mentioned or easily identified; (adjective) used of a single unit or thing; not two or more | |
1,526 | (adverb) with nevertheless the final result | |
264 | (verb) cause to open or to become open; (adjective) affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed | |
4,930 | (conjunction) a particle that marks an alternative | |
559 | (verb) give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; (noun) (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed | |
234 | (noun) a group of people who work together | |
2,236 | (pronoun) a person or thing that is different or distinct from one already mentioned or known about; (adjective) not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied | |
1,176 | (pronoun) a form of the possessive case of we used as an attributive adjective | |
1,411 | (adverb) away from home; (verb) reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle | |
962 | (preposition) above, or higher than, in place or position, with the idea of covering; opposed to under; (adverb) at or to a point across intervening space etc. | |
716 | (verb) have ownership or possession of | |
693 | (noun) something determined in relation to something that includes it | |
266 | (adjective) first and most important; (noun) a fact about some part (as opposed to general) | |
382 | (verb) have or participate in a party; (noun) an organization to gain political power | |
279 | (verb) go across or through; (noun) (military) a written leave of absence | |
309 | (adjective) enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance; (noun) a person who requires medical care | |
885 | (verb) fill with people; (noun) (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively | |
258 | (adverb) by chance | |
378 | (noun) the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon | |
469 | (noun) a human being | |
679 | (verb) place somebody in a particular situation or location; (noun) any area set aside for a particular purpose | |
258 | (verb) have the will and intention to carry out some action; (noun) a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished | |
624 | (verb) mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics; (noun) a geometric element that has position but no extension | |
330 | (noun) a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group | |
375 | (adjective) involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians | |
334 | (verb) cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation; (noun) the particular portion of space occupied by something | |
366 | (adjective) capable of happening or existing; (noun) something that can be done | |
608 | (verb) supply the force or power for the functioning of; (noun) possession of controlling influence | |
258 | (verb) carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions; (noun) a customary way of operation or behavior | |
604 | (verb) bring forward and present to the mind; (adjective) being or existing in a specified place | |
291 | (verb) exert pressure or force to or upon; (noun) the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines | |
245 | (noun) a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct | |
523 | (noun) a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved | |
453 | (verb) subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; (noun) (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents | |
361 | (verb) bring forth or yield; (noun) fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market | |
254 | (noun) an artifact that has been created by someone or some process | |
234 | (noun) the act or process of producing something | |
301 | (verb) arrange a program of or for; (noun) a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need | |
277 | (noun) something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone | |
524 | (verb) give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance | |
462 | (adjective) not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole; (noun) a body of people sharing some common interest | |
282 | (verb) reach a decision; (noun) an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions | |
338 | (verb) put into a certain place or abstract location | |
477 | (verb) challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; (noun) an instance of questioning | |
233 | (adverb) to a degree (not used with a negative) | |
263 | (verb) assign a rank or rating to; (noun) a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit | |
362 | (adverb) on the contrary | |
231 | (verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract; (noun) the act of physically reaching or thrusting out | |
222 | (verb) interpret something that is written or printed; (noun) something that is read | |
245 | (adjective) being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; (noun) the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos | |
339 | (verb) decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; (noun) a rational motive for a belief or action | |
232 | (noun) a relation between people; ('relationship' is often used where 'relation' would serve, as in 'the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of 'relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness) | |
291 | (verb) to give an account or representation of in words; (noun) a written document describing the findings of some individual or group | |
293 | (verb) attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner; (noun) systematic investigation to establish facts | |
604 | (verb) issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end; (noun) something that results | |
337 | (verb) go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; (noun) a coming to or returning home | |
733 | (adverb) precisely, exactly; (verb) make reparations or amends for | |
224 | (noun) normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting | |
242 | (noun) an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling | |
298 | (verb) decide with authority; (noun) a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior | |
245 | (verb) move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; (noun) a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely | |
766 | (noun) the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
1,019 | (verb) past and past participle of say | |
839 | (pronoun) the same thing as something previously mentioned; (adjective) same in identity | |
610 | (verb) communicate or express nonverbally; (noun) the chance to speak | |
523 | (verb) educate in or as if in a school; (noun) an educational institution | |
236 | (noun) a particular branch of scientific knowledge | |
453 | (adverb) in the second place; (verb) give support or one's approval to | |
335 | (noun) a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical) | |
1,489 | (verb) perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; (noun) the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located | |
550 | (verb) appear to exist | |
287 | (adjective) (used as a combining form) relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self; (noun) your consciousness of your own identity | |
265 | (verb) detect some circumstance or entity automatically; (noun) a general conscious awareness | |
288 | (verb) be used by; as of a utility; (noun) work done by one person or group that benefits another | |
460 | (verb) establish as the highest level or best performance; (noun) a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used | |
358 | (adjective) (used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many | |
469 | (auxiliary verb) used to express what is inevitable or seems likely to happen in the future | |
1,872 | (pronoun) used to refer to a woman, girl, or female animal previously mentioned or easily identified | |
264 | (adverb) without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; (adjective) primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration | |
1,094 | (auxiliary verb) used to express the opinion that the action of the main verb is one of duty, or what is proper, or what is a good idea | |
706 | (verb) give an exhibition of to an interested audience; (noun) the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining | |
409 | (verb) take sides for or against; (noun) a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location | |
226 | (adjective) marked by correspondence or resemblance | |
499 | (preposition) between a particular past time and the present; (conjunction) seeing that; because; considering; formerly followed by 'that' | |
222 | (verb) hit a single; (adjective) used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals | |
235 | (noun) the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time | |
486 | (adverb) on a small scale; (adjective) limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent | |
1,948 | (conjunction) provided that; on condition that; in case that; if; (adverb) to a very great extent or degree | |
488 | (adjective) relating to human society and its members | |
351 | (noun) an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization | |
1,589 | (determiner) an unspecified amount or number of; (adjective) remarkable | |
300 | (pronoun) used with, or sometimes added to, a word referring to a number to indicate an additional amount, unknown, unspecified, or forgotten | |
242 | (noun) a male human offspring | |
267 | (verb) get (a product) from another country or business; (noun) a document (or organization) from which information is obtained | |
262 | (adverb) in a southern direction; (adjective) situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south | |
233 | (adjective) for a special service or occasion; (noun) a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising | |
264 | (verb) be standing; be upright; (noun) the position where a thing or person stands | |
229 | (adjective) conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind; (noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | |
237 | (verb) get off the ground; (noun) the beginning of anything | |
1,268 | (verb) express in words; (noun) the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation | |
551 | (adverb) with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation; (verb) lessen the intensity of or calm | |
254 | (noun) a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events | |
232 | (adjective) having strength or power greater than average or expected | |
278 | (verb) give a structure to; (noun) a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts | |
316 | (noun) a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution | |
552 | (verb) be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning; (noun) applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading) | |
400 | (verb) cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to; (adjective) being under the power or sovereignty of another or others | |
1,478 | (adverb) to so extreme a degree | |
252 | (verb) imply as a possibility | |
266 | (verb) give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; (noun) the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities | |
228 | (verb) come to the surface; (adjective) on the surface | |
769 | (noun) instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity | |
379 | (verb) arrange or enter in tabular form; (noun) a set of data arranged in rows and columns | |
924 | (verb) carry out; (noun) the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption | |
328 | (adjective) be affected with an indisposition | |
482 | (verb) let something be known; (noun) a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap) | |
225 | (verb) name formally or designate with a term; (noun) a word or expression used for some particular thing | |
246 | (noun) the amount of money needed to purchase something | |
250 | (verb) put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; (noun) any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc | |
1,593 | (conjunction) used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison | |
10,755 | (determiner) used to identify a specific person or thing observed or heard by the speaker; referring to a specific thing previously mentioned, known, or understood; (pronoun) used to indicate a person, thing, idea, state, event, time, remark, as pointed out or present, mentioned before, supposed to be understood by the speaker and the listener, or by way of emphasis | |
71,382 | (determiner) used before a noun, with a specifying or particularizing effect, as opposed to the indefinite or generalizing force of the indefinite article "a" or "an" | |
2,894 | (pronoun) a form of the possessive case of plural they used as an attributive adjective, before a noun | |
1,612 | (pronoun) the objective case of they; used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to two or more people or things previously mentioned or easily identified | |
291 | (pronoun) a reflexive form of plural they, used as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition | |
1,173 | (adverb) subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors); (noun) that time; that moment | |
273 | (noun) a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena | |
2,182 | (adverb) in or at that place or location; (noun) a location other than here; that place | |
345 | (adverb) (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result | |
1,755 | (pronoun) plural form of this used before a plural noun | |
3,310 | (pronoun) used to refer to people in a general way or to a group of people who are not specified | |
232 | (noun) a special situation | |
351 | (noun) any movable possession (especially articles of clothing) | |
410 | (verb) judge or regard; look upon; judge; (noun) an instance of deliberate thinking | |
236 | (adverb) in the third place; (adjective) coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position | |
5,143 | (pronoun) used to indicate a person, thing, idea, state, event, time, remark, as present, near, just mentioned or pointed out, supposed to be understood by the speaker and the listener, or by way of emphasis | |
929 | (pronoun) plural of that, or you use those to mean 'people' | |
424 | (conjunction) granting, admitting, or supposing that; notwithstanding that; if; (adverb) (postpositive) however | |
458 | (noun) the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual | |
656 | (adjective) being one more than two; (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | |
869 | (preposition) from end to end of, or from side to side of; from one surface or limit of, to the opposite; into and out of at the opposite, or at another, point; (adverb) from beginning to end | |
474 | (adverb) in the way indicated | |
1,569 | (verb) assign a time for an activity or event; (noun) an instance or single occasion for some event | |
328 | (noun) a more or less definite period of time now or previously present | |
26,010 | (preposition) used to express motion or direction toward a place, person, or thing approached and reached | |
272 | (adverb) in contact with each other or in proximity; (adjective) mentally and emotionally stable | |
521 | (adverb) in addition | |
270 | (verb) add up in number or quantity | |
285 | (adverb) as acknowledged; (verb) make level, square, balanced, or concentric | |
1,391 | (adjective) being one more than one; (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number | |
412 | (verb) write by means of a keyboard with types; (noun) a subdivision of a particular kind of thing | |
787 | (preposition) below or lower, in place or position, with the idea of being covered; lower than; beneath; opposed to over; (adverb) down to defeat, death, or ruin | |
370 | (adjective) characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity | |
388 | (noun) the body of faculty and students at a university | |
358 | (preposition) used as a function word to indicate continuance (as of an action or condition) to a specified time; (conjunction) as far as; to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; till | |
1,319 | (preposition) from a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along; at a higher situation upon; at the top of; (adverb) spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position | |
715 | (preposition) up and on, upward so as to get or be on, in an elevated position on | |
695 | (pronoun) the persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; the objective case of 'we' | |
797 | (verb) put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; (noun) the act of using | |
704 | (adjective) employed in accomplishing something | |
270 | (noun) an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly) | |
240 | (adverb) under normal conditions | |
340 | (verb) fix or determine the value of; assign a value to; (noun) a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed | |
265 | (adjective) distinctly dissimilar or unlike | |
1,004 | (adverb) used as intensifiers; 'real' is sometimes used informally for 'really'; 'rattling' is informal | |
402 | (verb) look at carefully; study mentally; (noun) the visual percept of a region | |
333 | (verb) have need of | |
483 | (verb) make or wage war; (noun) the waging of armed conflict against an enemy | |
7,397 | (verb) first and third person singular past of be | |
477 | (verb) supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; (noun) binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent | |
752 | (adverb) to a great degree or by a great distance; very much ('right smart' is regional in the United States); (noun) the condition of things generally | |
2,765 | (pronoun) the plural of I, used as the subject of a sentence when the speaker wishes to refer to himself or herself and another or others | |
909 | (adverb) (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard ('good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for 'well'); (verb) come up, as of a liquid | |
3,052 | (verb) past tense second-person singular, past tense plural, and past subjunctive of be | |
1,643 | (pronoun) used interrogatively as a request for specific information | |
2,043 | (preposition) used to introduce a question, at what time or period, or under what circumstances | |
902 | (preposition) at, in, or to what situation, position, direction, circumstances, or to what place; (conjunction) whereas; that | |
330 | (conjunction) in case; if; used to introduce the first or two or more alternative clauses, the other or others being connected by 'or', or by 'or whether'. When the second of two alternatives is the simple negative of the first it is sometimes only indicated by the particle 'not' or 'no' after the correlative, and sometimes it is omitted entirely as being distinctly implied in the 'whether' of the first | |
4,221 | (pronoun) used as a function word to introduce a nonrestrictive relative clause and to modify a noun in that clause and to refer together with that noun to a word or word group in a preceding clause or to an entire preceding clause or sentence or longer unit of discourse | |
650 | (conjunction) during the time that; as long as; whilst; at the same time that; (noun) a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition | |
324 | (adjective) being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; (noun) the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) | |
1,968 | (pronoun) originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; used always substantively, and either as singular or plural. See the Note under What, , 1. As interrogative pronouns, 'who' and 'whom' ask the question: What or which person or persons? 'Who' and 'whom', as relative pronouns (in the sense of 'that'), are properly used of persons (corresponding to 'which', as applied to things), but are sometimes, less properly and now rarely, used of animals, plants, etc. 'Who' and 'whom', as compound relatives, are also used especially of persons, meaning the person that; the persons that; the one that; whosoever | |
356 | (adjective) including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; (noun) all of something including all its component elements or parts | |
225 | (pronoun) the objective case of 'who' | |
263 | (pronoun) that which belongs to whom, used without a following noun as a pronoun equivalent in meaning to the adjective whose | |
310 | (noun) the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase 'the whys and wherefores' | |
2,006 | (verb) decree or ordain; (noun) a fixed and persistent intent or purpose | |
6,967 | (preposition) used as a function word to indicate a participant in an action, transaction, or arrangement | |
472 | (preposition) in the inner or interior part of; inside of; not without | |
625 | (preposition) used as a function word to indicate the absence or lack of something or someone | |
646 | (noun) an adult female person (as opposed to a man) | |
250 | (noun) a unit of language that native speakers can identify | |
305 | (noun) the words that are spoken | |
932 | (verb) exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; (noun) activity directed toward making or doing something | |
695 | (noun) people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest | |
1,980 | (verb) past of will, in various senses | |
289 | (verb) produce a literary work | |
507 | (noun) a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days | |
757 | (noun) the time during which someone's life continues | |
400 | (conjunction) nevertheless; notwithstanding; however; (adverb) up to the present time | |
385 | (noun) the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose | |
3,240 | (pronoun) the pronoun of the second person singular or plural, used of the person or persons being spoken to, in the nominative or objective case | |
323 | (adjective) (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; (noun) any immature animal | |
1,009 | (pronoun) of or relating to you or yourself or yourselves especially as possessor or possessors |