Common English Words

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1200	consider	©
1. v. To think about seriously.
Consider that we’ve had three major events and the year has hardly begun.
2. v. To think of doing.
I’m considering going to the beach tomorrow.
3. v. (ditransitive) To assign some quality to.
1201	greater	©
1. adj. comparative form of great: more great
2. adj. Used in referring to a region or place together with the surrounding area; (of a city) metropolitan.
Greater China includes many areas north of the Great Wall.
Greater New York includes nearby parts of three states as well as the City itself.
1202	raise	©
1. v. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself
2. v. To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
to raise a wall, or a heap of stones
3. v. To cause something to come to the surface of the sea.
1203	attempt	©
1. v. To try.
I attempted to sing, but my throat was too hoarse.
to attempt an escape from prison
A group of 80 budding mountaineers attempted Kilimanjaro, but 30 of them didn't make it to the top.
2. v. (obsolete) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
1204	immediately	©
1. adv. In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.
I hope we can begin immediately.
2. conj. Indicates that the dependent clause describes something that occurs immediately after the independent clause's referent does.
1205	spirit	©
1. n. The soul of a person or other creature.
2. n. A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
A wandering spirit haunts the island.
3. n. Enthusiasm.
School spirit is at an all-time high.
1206	lack	©
1. n. (obsolete) A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.
2. n. A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
3. v. To be without, to need, to require.
My life lacks excitement.
4. v. (intransitive) To be short (of or for something).
1207	closer
1. adj. comparative form of close: more close
2. n. Someone or something that closes.
In our organization, the VP of Sales usually acts as the closer.
3. n. Someone or something that concludes.
The DJ chose a fantastic track as his closer at the end of the night.
1208	count	©
1. v. (intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
The psychiatrist asked her to count down from a hundred by sevens. ux, en, The psychiatrist asked her to count down from a hundred by sevens.
2. v. To determine the number (of objects in a group).
There are three apples; count them.
3. v. (intransitive) To be of significance; to matter.
1209	evil	©
1. adj. Intending to harm; malevolent.
an evil plot to kill innocent people
2. adj. Morally corrupt.
Do you think that companies that engage in animal testing are evil?
3. adj. Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
1210	talks	©
1. n. plural of talk
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of talk
	talk
1. v. To communicate, usually by means of speech.
2. v. (transitive, informal) To discuss.
1211	station	©
1. n. (obsolete) The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.
2. n. (astronomy) The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion.
3. n. A stopping place.
4. n. A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
The next station is Esperanza.
1212	reality	©
1. n. The state of being actual or real.
The reality of the crash scene on TV dawned upon him only when he saw the victim was no actor but his friend.
2. n. A real entity, event or other fact.
The ultimate reality of life is that it ends in death.
3. n. The entirety of all that is real.
1213	keeps	©
1. n. plural of keep
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of keep
	keep
1. v. To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
2. v. (heading, transitive) To hold the status of something.
3. v. To maintain possession of.
1214	happening	©
1. v. present participle of happen
2. adj. (slang) Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.
This is a happening place tonight!
3. adj. (slang) Trendy, up-to-the-minute.
He is a real happening guy.
	happen
1. v. (intransitive) To occur or take place.
2. v. (transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall.
3. v. (intransitive or impersonal, with infinitive) To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.
1215	pieces	©
1. n. plural of piece
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of piece
	piece
1. n. A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
2. n. A single item belonging to a class of similar items
1216	quick	©
1. adj. Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
I ran to the station – but I wasn't quick enough.
He's a quick runner.
2. adj. Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
That was a quick meal.
1217	memory	©
1. n. The ability of a system to record information about things or events with the facility of recalling them later at will.
Memory is a facility common to all animals.
2. n. A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.
I have no memory of that event.
My wedding is one of my happiest memories.
1218	rose	©
1. n. A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.
2. n. A flower of the rose plant.
3. n. A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae)
4. n. Something resembling a rose flower.
5. n. (heraldry) The rose flower, usually depicted with five petals, five barbs, and a circular seed.
	rise
1. v. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
2. v. To move upwards.
3. v. To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
1219	responsible	©
1. adj. Answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; ac; amenable, especially legally or politically.
Parents are responsible for their child's behaviour.
2. adj. Capable of responding to any reasonable claim; able to answer reasonably for one's conduct and obligations; capable of rational conduct.
3. adj. Involving responsibility; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.
She has a responsible position in the firm.

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