List of Words Used in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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List of Words Used in Longman
Dictionary of Contemporary English
This is a list of the words that have been used for all the explanations and examples in Longman
Dictionary of Contemporary English, except those words in SMALL CAPITAL letters.
A
ago
agree
ahead
aim n,v
air n
-al
alcohol (ic)
alike adj,adv
alive
all adj,adv
all right
allow
almost
alone
along
aloud
alphabet
already
also
although
altogether
always
among
amongst
amount n
amuse
amusing adj
an
-an
-ance
ancient
and
anger n,v
angle
angry
animal n,adj
ankle
annoy
another
answer n,v
ant
anxiety
anxious
any
anybody
anyhow
anyone
anything
anywhere
apart
apparatus
appear
appearance
a
ability
able
-able
about
above
abroad
absence
absent adj
accept
accident
accordance
according (to)
account v,n
accustom v
ache v,n
acid
across
act v
action
active
activity
actor,actress
actual
add
addition
address v,n
adjective
admiration
admire
admit
advance v,n
advantage
adventure n
adverb
advertize
advice
advise
affair(s)
afford
afraid
after adv,prep,conj
afternoon
afterwards
again
against
age n
apple
appoint
approve
April
-ar
arch,archway
area
argue
arise
arm n,v
armour n,v
arms
army
around prep,adv
arrange,arrangeme
nt(s)
arrive
arrow
art
article
artist
as
ashamed
ash(es)
aside adv
ask
asleep
association
at
-ate
-ation
atom(ic)
attack n,v
attempt n,v
attention
attentive
attract(ive)
August
aunt
autumn
average n,adj,v
avoid
awake adj
away
awkward
axe n
B
baby
back n,adv
background
backward(s)
bacteria (-ium)
bad
bag n
bake
balance n,v
ball
banana
band n
bank
bar
bare
barrel
base n,v
basin
basket
bath n
bathe v
battle
be
beak
beam
bean
bear n
bear v
beard n
beat v
beautiful
beauty
because
become
bed
bee
beer
before
beg
begin
behave
behaviour
behind
belief
believe
bell
belong
below
belt n
bend n,v
beneath
berry
beside
besides
best adj,adv
better adj,adv
between
beyond
Bible
bicycle
big
bill
bind
bird
birth
bit
bite n,v
bitter adj
black
blade
blame n,v
bleed v
bless
blind adj,v
block n,v
blood n
blow n,v
blue n,adj
board n
boat
body
boil v
bold
bomb n,v
bone n
book n
boot n
border n,v
born
borrow
both
bottle n
bottom n
bowel
bowl n
box n
boy
brain
branch n,v
brass
brave adj
bread
breadth
break
breakfast n
breast
breath n
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cave n
cease
cell
cement n
cent
centre n
century
ceremony n
certain
adj,determiner
certainty
chain n,v
chair n
chairman
chalk n
chance n
change n,v
character
charge n,v
charm n,v
chase v
cheap
cheat n,v
cheek n
cheer n,v
cheerful
cheese
chemical n,adj
chemistry
cheque
chest
chichen
chief n,adv
child,children
chimney
chin
chocolate n,adj
choice n
choose
Christrmas
church
cigarette
cinema n,adj
circle n
circular adj
citizen
city
civilize
claim n,v
class n
clay
clean
clear v,adj
clerk
clever
cliff
climb
clock n
close v,adj,adv
cloth
clothes,clothing
cloud n
club n
coal
coarse adj
coast n
coat n
coconut
coffee
coin n
cold n,adj
collar n
collect v
college
colour n,v
comb n,v
combine v
come
comfort n,v
command n,v
committee
common adj
companion
company
compare
comparison
compass
compete
complain
complete v,adj
compound n,adj
concern v
concerning
concert n
condition
confuse
connect
conquer
conscience
conscious
consider
consist
consonant (sound)
contain
content adj
contents n
continue
contract n
control n,v
convenient
conversation
cook n,v
cool adj
copper n,adj
copy n,v
cord
corn
corner n
correct adj
cost n,v
cotton n
cough n,v
could
council
count v
country n
courage n
course
court n
cover n,v
cow n
coward
crack n,v
crash n,v
cream n
creature
creep v
cricket
crime
criminal n,adj
crop n
cross n,v
crowd n
crown n,v
cruel
crush v
cry n,v
cultivate
cup n
cupboard
cure n,v
curl n,v
current n
curse n,v
curtain n
curve n,v
custom n
cut n,v
cycle v
D
daily adj
damage n,v
dance n,v
danger
dare v
daring n,adj
dark adj
date n
daughter
day
dead adj
deal n,v
dear adj
death
debt
decay n,v
deceive
December
decide
decimal n,adj
declare
decrease n,v
deed
deep adj
deer
defeat n,v
defence
defend
degree
delay n,v
delicate
delight n,v
deliver
demand n,v
department
depend
dependent
depth
descend
describe
description
descriptive
desert n
desert v
deserve
desire n,v
desk
destroy
detail n
determine
develop
devil n
diamohd
dictionary
die v
difference
different
difficult
difficulty
dig
dinner
dip
direct
direction
dirt
dirty adj
dis-
disappoint
discourage
discover
disease n
dish n
dismiss
distance
distant
ditch n
divide v
division
do
doctor n
dog n
dollar
-dom
donkey
breathe
breed n,v
brick n
bridge n,v
bright adj
bring
British
broad
broadcast n,v
brother
brown n,adj
brush n,v
bucket
Buddhist,-ism
build
bullet
bunch n
burn v,n
burst n,v
bury
bus
bush n
busy
but
butter n
button n,v
buy n
by
C
cage n
cake n
calculate
call n,v
calm
camel
camera
camp n,v
can v
candle
cap n
capital n
captain n
car
card n
cardboard
care n,v
carriage
carry
cart n
case n
castle n
cat n
catch v
cattle
cat n
catch v
cattle
cause n,v
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encourage
end n,v
enemy
engine
English n,adj
enjoy
enough n,adj,adv
enquire
enter v
entrance
envelope
equal n,v,adj
-er
escape n,v
-ese
especially
-ess
establish
even adj,adv
evening
event
ever
every
evil n,adj
exact adj
examine
examination
example
excellent
except prep,conj
exchange n,v
excite
excuse n,v
exercise n,v
exist
expect
expenence n,v
explain
explanation
explode
explosion
explosive n,adj
express v
expression
eye
eyelid
F
face n,v
fact
factory n
fade v
fail
failure
faint adj
fair adj
fairy
faith
faithful adj
fall n,v
false
fame
familiar adj
family
famous
fancy n,v,adj
far adj,adv
farm n,v
farmer
fashion(able)
fast adj,adv
fasten
fat n,adj
fate
father n
fault n
favour n,v
favourable
favourite adj
fear n,v
feast n,v
feather n
February
feed v
feel v
feelings
fellow n
female n,adj
fence n
fever n
few
field n,adj
fierce
fight n,v
figure n
fill
film n,v
find v
fine adj
finger n
finish n,v
fire n,v
firm n,adj
first adj,adv
fish
fisherman
fit v,adj
fix v
flag
flame
flash
flat n,adj
flesh n
flight
float v
flood n,v
floor n
flow n,v
flower n
fly n,v
fold n,v
door
doorway
dot n
double adj,adv,v
doubt n,v
down adv,prep
drag v
draw
drawer
dream n,v
dress n,v
drink n,v
drive v
drop n,v
drown
drug n
drum n,v
drunk
dry v,adj
duck n
dull adj
during
dust n
duty
E
each
drterminer,pron
eager
ear
early adj,adv
earn
earth n
east n,adj,adv
eastern
-ed
edge n
educate
effect n
effective
effort
elastic adj
elbow n
elder adj
eldest
elect v
electric
electrical
electrician
electricity
elephant
else
empire
employ v
empty v,adj
en-
-en
-ence
enclose
follow v
fond
food n
fool n
foolish
foot
football
for prep
forbid
force n,v
fore-
forehead
foreign
foreigner
forest
forget
forgive
fork
form n,v
formal
former
formerly
fort
fortune
fortunate
forward(s) adv
fox n
frame n
framework
free v,adj
freeze
frequent adj
fresh
Friday
friend
fro
from
front n,adj
fruit n
-ful
fulfil
full
fun n
funny
funeral n
fur n
furnish
furniture
further adj,adv
future n,adj
G
gaiety
gain n,v
game n
garage n,v
garden n
garment
gas n
gate
gather
gay
general n,adj
generosity
generous
gentle adj
gentleman
get
gift
girl
give
glad
glass n
glorious
glory
go
goat
god & God
goddess
gold
golden
good
food-bye
goods
govern
government
grace
gradual(ly)
grain
gram
grammar
grand
grandfather
grandmother
grass
grateful
grave n
great
Green n,adj
greet
grey n,adj
grief
grieve
ground
group n
grow
growth
guard n,v
guess n,v
guest
guide n,v
guilt
gun n
gunpowder
H
habit
habitual
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hope n,v
horizon
horn n
horse n
hospital
host
hot
hotel
hour
house n
how
human adj
humble adj
humour,humorous
hunger
hungry
hunt v
hurry v
hurt v
husband n
hut
I
I
-ible
-ic
-ical
ice n
icy
idea
if
ill adj
im-
image
imaginary
imagination
imagine
importance
important
improve
in
in-
inch n
include
including
income
increase n,v
indeed
indoor(s) adj
industrial
industry
infect(ious)
influence n,v
influential
inform
information
-ing
ink n
inn
inner
inquire
inquiry
insect
inside n,prep,adv
instead
instruct
instrument
insurance
intend
intention
interest n,v
interesting
international
interrupt
into
introduce
introduction
invent
invitation
invite
inwards
-ion
ir-
iron n,adj
-ish
island
-ist
it
its
-ity
-ive
-ization
-ize
J
January
jaw(s) n
jealous(y)
jelly
Jew(ish)
jewel
jewellery
job n
join n,v
joint n
joke n,v
journey n
joy
judge
judgment
juice
July
jump n,v
June
just adj,adv
justice
K
keen
keep v
key n
kill v
kilo
kilogram
kiilometre
kind n,adj
king
kingdom
kiss n,v
kitchen
knee
kneel
knife n
knock n,v
knot n,v
know v
knowledge
L
labour n
lack n,v
ladder
lady
lake
lamb
lamp
land n,v
language
large
last v,adj,adv
late
lately
latter
laugh n,v
laughter
law
lawful
lawyer
lay
lazy
lead n
lead v
leaf
lean v
learn
least
leather
leave v
left
leg
lend
length
less
-less
lesson
let v
letter
level n,adj,adv
library
lid
lie v
life
lift
light n,v,adj
lighting
like v,adj,adv,prep
-like
likely
limb
lime n
limit n,v
line n
lion
lip
liquid n,adj
list n
listen v
literature
litre
little n,adj,adv
live v
load n,v
loaf n
local adj
lock n,v
lodge v
lodgings
log n
lonely
long adj,adv
loose adj
lord n
lose
loss n
lot
loud adj,adv
love n,v
low adj
lower v
loyal
loyalty
luck
lump n
lung(s)
-ly
M
machine n
machinery
mad
magazine
hair
half n,adj,adv
hall
hammer n,v
hand n,v
handkerchief
handle n,v
hang
happen
happening
happiness
happy
harbour n
hard adj,adv
hardly
harm n,v
haste n
hasten
hastily
hasty
hat
hate n,v
hatred
have
he
head n,adj
health n
healthy
heap n,v
hear
heart
heat n,v
heaven
heavy
heel
height
help n,v
hen
her(s) pron,adj
here
hide v
high adj,adv
hill
him
Hindu(ism)
hire v
his
historical
history
hit n,v
hold n,v
hold n
holiday
hollow adj
holy
home n,adj,adv
honest
honesty
honour n
honourable
-hood
hook n,v
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mirror n
mis-
Miss
miss v
mist
mistake n,v
mix v
mixture
model n
modern
moment(ary)
modest
Monday
money
monkey n
month
moon n
moral(s)
more
morning
mosque
mosquito
most
mother
motor n
mountain
mouse
mouth n
move
Mr
Mrs
much
mud
multiply
murder n,v
muscle n
music n
musician
Muslim n,adj
must v
my
mystery
N
nail n,v
name n,v
narrow adj
nasty
nation
native n,adj
nature
naval
navy
near adj,adv,prep
neat adj
necessary adj
neck
need n,v
needle n
neighbour n
neither
nerve n
nervous
-ness
nest n
net n
network
never
new
news
newspaper
next adj,adv
nice
night
no
noble n,adj
nobleman
nobody
noise n
non-
none
no one
nor
north n,adj,adv
northern
nose n
not
note n,v
nothing
notice n,v
noun
November
now
nowhere
number n
nurse n,v
nut
nylon
O
obey
object n
obtain
occasion n
ocean
o'clock
October
odd
of
oh adv,prep
offence
offend
offensive adj
offer n,v
office
officer
official adj
often
oil n,v
old adj
on
once
one
onion
only adj,adv
open v,adj
operation
opinion
opponent
oppose
opposite adj,prep
opposition
or
-or
orange n,adj
order n,v
ordinary adj
organ
organization
origin
ornament n,v
other
otherwise adv,conj
ought
our(s)
-ous
out
outer adj
outside
n,adj,adv,prep
outdoor(s) adj,adv
over adv,prep
overflow n,v
owe
owing to
own v,adj
ox(en)
oxygen
P
pack v
packet
page
pain n
paint n,v
pair n
palace
pale adj
pan n
paper n
parallel
parcel n
parent n
park n,v
parliament
part n
paniciple
particular adj
partner n
party
pass v
passage
passenger
past n,adj,prep
paste n,v
pastry
path
patient adj
pattern n
pause n,v
pay n,v
peace n
peculiar
pen n
pence
pencil n
penny
people n
pepper n
per
perfect adj
perform
perhaps
period
permission
permit v
person
personal
persuade
pet n
petrol
photograph n,v
photography
phrase n
piano n
pick
picture
piece n
pig
pile n,v
pillar
pilot n,v
pin n,v
pink
pipe n
pity n,v
place n,v
plain n,adj
plan n,v
plane n
plant n,v
plastic(s)
plate n
play n,v
pleasant
please v,adv
pleasure
plenty
plural
magic n,adj
magician
mail n,v
main adj
make v
male n,adj
man n
manner
manners
many
map n,v
March
march v
mark n,v
market n
marriage
marry
mass
master n
mat
match n,v
material n,adj
matter n,v
may v
May
me
meal
mean v
meaning n
means n
measure n,v
meat
medicine n
meet v
meeting n
melt
member
memory
mend v
-ment
mention n,v
mercy
merry
message
messenger
metal n
method
metre
metric
microscope
mid-
middle n,adj
mights
mile
military adj
milk n,v
mill n
mind n,v
mine pron,n
mineral
minister
minute n
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prize n
probable
probability
procession
produce v
product
production
profession
profit n
promise n,v
pronounce
pronunciation
proof n
proper
property
protect
protection
protective adj
proud
prove
provide
provision(s)
public n,adj
pull n,v
pump n,v
punish
pupil
pure
purple
purpose n
push n,v
put
Q
quality
quantity
quarrel n,v
quarter n
queen n
question n,v
quick adj
quiet
quite
R
rabbit n
race n,v
radio n,v
railway
rain n,v
raise v
range n
rank n
rapid adj
rare
rat n
rate
rather
raw
re-
reach n,v
read
ready
real
reason n,v
receipt
receive
recent(ly)
recognition
recognize
record n,v
red
reduce
reduction
refusal
refuse v
regard n,v
regular
relative(s)
relation
religion
religious
remain
remains
remark n
remember
remind
remove
rent n,v
repair n,v
repeat
reply n,v
report n,v
represent
representative
n,adj
republic
request n,v
respect n,v
respectful
responsible
rest n,v
restaurant
result n,v
return n,v
reward n,v
rice
rich adj
rid
ride n,v
right n,adj,adv
ring n,v
ripe
rise v
risk n,v
river
road
rob
rock n
rod
roll v
roof
room
root n
rope
rose n
rough
round adj,adv,prep
row n
row v
royal
rub v
rubber
rude
ruin(s) n,v
rule n,v
ruler
run n,v
rush n,v
-ry
S
sad adj
safe adj
sail n,v
sale
salt n,adj
same adj
sand n
satisfaction
satisfactory
satisfy
Saturday
save v
say v
scale(s) n
scarce(ly)
scatter v
scene
scenery
school
science
scientific
scientist
scissors
scold v
screw n,v
sea
search n,v
season n
seat n,v
second n,adj
secrecy
secret n,adj
secretary
see v
seed n
seem
seize
self
sell
send v
sensation n
sense n
senseless
sensible
sensitive
sentence
separate v,adj
Septembe
serious
servant
serve
service
set n,v
settle v
several
severe
sew
sex(ual)
shade n,v
shadow n
shake n,v
shall
shame n
shape
share n,v
sharp adj
she
sheep
sheet n
shelf
shell
shelter n,v
shield n,v
shilling
shine v
ship n
-ship
shirt
shock n,v
shoe n
shoot v
shop n,v
shore n
short adj
shot
should
shoulder
shout n,v
show n,v
shut
sick
side
sideways
sight n
sign n,v
signal n,v
pocket n
poem
poet
poetry
point n,v
pointed
poison n,v
pole n
police n
policeman
polish n,v
polite adj
politician
politics
pool
poor adj
popular
popular
popularity
population
port n
position
possess
possessions
possible adj
possibility
post n,v
postage stamp
pot n
potato
pound n
pour
powder n
power
practical
practice
practise v
praise n,v
pray
prayer
precious adj
preparation
prepare v
presence
present n,adj
preserve v
president
press v
pretend
pretty adj
prevent
price n
pride n
prick v
prickle n
prickly
priest
prince
prjnciple
print v
prison
Private adj
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soul
sound n,v
soup
sour
south n,adj,adv
southern
space n
spade
speak
spear n
special adj
speech
speed n
spell n
spend v
spin v
spirit
spite
splendid
split v
spoil v
spoon
sport(s) n
spot n
spread v
spring n,v
square n,adj
stage n
stair(s)
stamp n,v
stand v
standard n
star
start n,v
state n,v
station n
stay n,v
steady adj
steal v
steam n,v
steel
steep adj
stem n
stick n,v
sticky
stiff
still adj,adv
sting v
stitch n,v
stocking(s)
stomach n
stone n
stop n,v
store n,v
storm n
story
straight adj,adv
strange
stranger n
stream n
street
strength
stretch n,v
strike v
string n
stroke n
strong
struggle n,v
study n,v
student
stupid
stupidity
style n
subject n
substance
subtract
succeed
such
suck v
sudden
suffer
sugar n
suggest
suit n,v
sum
summer n
sun n
Sunday
supper
supply n,v
support n,v
suppose
sure
surface
surpnse n,v
surround v
swallow v
swear
sweep v
sweet n,adj
swell v
swift adj
swim v
swing v
sword
sympathy -etic
system
T
table n
tail n
take v
talk n,v
tall
taste n,v
tax n,v
taxi
tea
teach
team
tear v
tears n
telephone n,v
telegram
telegraph v,n,attrib
television
tell
temper n
temperature
temple
tend
tender adj
tennis
tense n
tent n
terrible
terror
test n,v
-th
than
mank
that
the
theatre
their(s)
them
then
there adv
therefore
these
they
thick
thief
thin adj
thing
think
third
thirst n
this
thorough
those
though
thought n
thread n
threat
throat
through
throw n,v
thumb n
thunder n,v
Thursday
thus
ticket n
tidy v,adj
tie v
tiger
tight adj
till prep
time
timetable
tin
tire v
title n
to
tobacco
today n,adv
toe n
together
tomorrow n,adv
tongue n
tonight n,adv
too
tool
tooth
top n
total n,adj
touch n,v
tour n,v
tourist
towards
tower n,v
town
toy n
track n,v
trade n
traffic n
train n,v
translate
transparent
trap n,v
travel n,v
treat v
treatment
tree n
tremble v
tribe n
trick n,v
trip n
tropic(s)
trouble n,v
troublesome
trousers
true
trunk
truth
trust n,v
trustworthy
try v
tube n
Tuesday
tume n
turn n,v
twice
twist n,v
type,typical
tyre
U
ugly
un-
uncle
under
signature
silence n
silent
silk
silly
silver
simple adj
since
sincere
sing
single adj
singular
sink v
sir
sister
sit
size n
skilful
skill
skin
skirt n
sky n
slave
sleep n,v
slide v
slight adj
slip v
slippery
slope n,v
slow v,adj
small
smell n,v
smile n,v
smoke n,v
smooth adj
snake
snow n,v
so
soap n
so-called
social
socrety
sock(s)
soft
soil n
soldier n
solemn
solid n,adj
some
somebody
somehow
someone
something
sometimes
somewhere
son
song
soon
sore n,adj
sorrow n
sorry
sort n
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wine n
wing n
winter n
wire n
wise
wish n,v
with
within
witness n,v
without
woman
wonder n,v
wood
wool
word n
work n,v
-work
world
worm n
worry n,v
worse
worst
worship n,v
worth
worthy (of)
would
wound n,v
wrap (up)
wreck n,v
wrist
write
wrong n,adj,adv
Y
-y
yard
year
yellow n,adj
yes
yesterday n,adv
yet
yield
you
young adj
your(s)
youth
Z
zero
want v
war
-ward(s)
warm v,adj
warn
wash n,v
waste n,v,adj
watch n,v
watchman
water n
wave n,v
wax n
way
we
weak adj
wealth
weapon
wear v
weather n
weave v
wedding
Wednesday
week
weep
weigh
weight
welcome n,v,adj
well n,adj,adv
well-
west n,adj,adv
western
wet adj
what
whatever
wheat
wheel n
when adv,conj
whenever
where
wherever
whether
which
whichever
while conj
whip n,v
whisper n,v
whistle n,v
white n,adj
who pron
whole n,adj
why
wicked adj
wide adj,adv
width
wife
wild
will n,v
willing
win v
wind n
wind v
window
underneath
prep,adv
understand
undo
uniform n,adj
union
unite
unity
universe
university
until prep,conj
up
upon
upper
upright
upset v
upside-down
upstairs
-ure
urge
urgent
us
use n,v
usual
V
valley
value n
variety
various
vary
vegetable n,adj
vehicle
verb
very
vessel
vice-
victory
view n
village
violent,-ence
visit n,v
voice n
vote n,v
vowel (sound)
voyage n
W
wages
waist
wait v
wake v
walk n,v
wall n
wander v