beyond
Further away than.
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Vocabulary ranked by real-world frequency — start with the 1,000 most common words. Definitions adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), review in progress.
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by-the-numbers
Done in a completely routine and unoriginal way
battle
A contest, a struggle.
brain
The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
biggest
Something that is bigger than all others in its class.
band
A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling. — A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
beach
The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
bought
Compromised by money from special interests; corrupt.
begin
To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
benefits
public assistance; welfare.
brand
A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.
benefit
An advantage; help or aid from something.
basis
A physical base or foundation.
becoming
The act or process by which something becomes.
blue-ball
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
background
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
birth
The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.
balance
A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
birthday
The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
beauty
The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.
billion
Either of two large amounts: — a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000²): 1 followed by nine zeros, 10⁹.
bottom-line
The most important or fundamental aspect of a situation
buying
The act of making a purchase.
breaking
The act by which something is broken.
bay
A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
bringing
The act by which something is brought.
beer
An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.
border
The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
behavior
Human conduct relative to social norms.
book-length
Extremely long or detailed
Boston
In the card game spades, a bid of all 13 tricks.
bridge-building
Establishing connections or relationships between different groups or communities
basically
In a fundamental, essential or basic manner.
besides
In addition to.
blame
Censure.
bowl
A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items. — As much as is held by a bowl.
breakfast
The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
bright
Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
blow
to fail or be ruined
bond
A document constituting evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registe
boyfriend
A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
branch
The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
bunch
A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.
basketball
A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
ban
To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
brilliant
Shining brightly.
baseball
A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, in which the objective is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.
bathroom
A room containing a shower or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
button-down
Conventional and respectable
band-aid
A temporary or superficial solution
battery
A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.
breath
The act or process of breathing.
balls-out
doing something with maximum effort or speed
burning
So hot as to seem to burn (something).
barely
By a small margin.
bush
A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.
back-pocket
A secret or hidden plan
brian
To keep fire at the mouth of (as of an oven), to give light or to preserve heat.
bedroom
A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.
belief
Mental acceptance of a claim as true.