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above
If something is above another thing, it is over it or higher than it.
Lift the ball above your head.
accident noun accidents
1 An accident is something nasty that happens, and that hurts someone.
He broke his leg in a car accident.
2 If something happens by accident, you do not expect it to happen.
I dropped a cup by accident.
ache verb aches, aching, ached
If a part of your body aches, you feel a steady pain there.
My leg aches a lot.
acorn noun acorns
An acorn is the seed of an oak tree.
across
If someone goes across a place, they go from one side of it to the other.
She walked across the road.
act verb acts, acting, acted
1 When you act, you do something.
The police acted quickly to stop the fight.
2 If you act in a play or film, you pretend to be one of the people in it.
active adjective
Someone who is active moves around a lot.
My grandmother is very active for her age.
add verb adds, adding, added
1 If you add one thing to another, you put it with the other thing.
Add the water to the flour.
2 If you add numbers together, you find out how many they make together.
Add three and six.
address noun addresses
Your address is the name of the place where you live.
adjective noun adjectives
An adjective is a word like “big” or “beautiful”, that tells you more about a person or thing.
admire verb admires, admiring, admired
If you admire something, you like it and think that it is very nice or very good.
I admired his painting.
adopt verb adopts, adopting, adopted
If you adopt another person’s child, you take them into your own family as your son or daughter.
adult noun adults
An adult is a person who is not a child anymore.
adventure noun adventures
An adventure is something exciting which you do, or which happens to you.
He wrote a book about his adventures in the jungle.
adverb noun adverbs
An adverb is a word like “slowly”, “now”, or “very” that tells you about how something is done.
aeroplane noun aeroplanes
An aeroplane is a large vehicle with wings and engines that flies through the air.
afraid adjective
If you are afraid, you are frightened because you think that something bad will happen to you.
I am not afraid of the dark.
after
1 If something happens after another thing, it happens later than it.
I watched television after dinner.
2 If you go after a person or thing, you follow them or chase them.
They ran after her.
afternoon noun afternoons
The afternoon is the part of each day between twelve noon and about six o’clock.
again
If something happens again, it happens another time.
We went to the park again yesterday.
against
1 If something is against another thing, it is touching it.
He leaned against the wall.
2 If you play against someone in a game, you try to beat them.
The two teams played against one another.
age noun ages
Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
ago
You use ago to talk about a time in the past.
She left two weeks ago.
agree verb agrees, agreeing, agreed
If you agree with someone, you think the same as they do about something.
I agree with you about him.
ahead
Someone who is ahead of another person is in front of them.
My brother ran ahead of us.
air noun
Air is the mixture of gases all around us that we breathe.
I opened the window and let in some air.
aircraft noun aircraft
An aircraft is any vehicle which can fly.
airport noun airports
An airport is a place where aeroplanes fly from and land.
alarm noun alarms
An alarm is a piece of equipment that warns you of danger by making a noise.
The car alarm woke us up.
alien noun aliens
In stories and films, an alien is a creature from another planet.
alike adjective
If people or things are alike, they are the same in some way.
The two cats looked alike.
alive adjective
If a person, an animal or a plant is alive, they are living and not dead.
all
You use all to talk about everything, everyone, or the whole of something.
Did you eat all of it?
alligator noun alligators
An alligator is a large reptile with a long body, a long mouth and sharp teeth. Alligators’ mouths are in the shape of a letter U.
allow verb allows, allowing, allowed
If you allow someone to do something, you let them do it.
Mum allowed us to go out and play.
