saving
A reduction in cost or expenditure.
Dictionary · English 1,010
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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singing
The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.
straight-shooting
Honest and direct in speech or behavior
scenes
A funny or incredible and usually chaotic situation.
seeking
The act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.
senator
A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures of the United States and Canada.
sentence
The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.
shift
A movement to do something, a beginning.
storage
The act of storing goods; the state of being stored.
severe
Very bad or intense.
sleeping
Asleep.
suppose
To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
shame
An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
somewhat
To a limited extent or degree; not completely.
staying
A stay or visit.
stronger
Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the former entails the latter, but the latter does not entail the former.
surely
Without fail.
significantly
In a significant manner or to a significant extent.
sing
to provide information or testimony
soviet
A workers' council, an institution first formed during the 1905 Russian Revolution and then instituted as the main form of communist government at all levels in the Soviet Union; by extension, a similar organization in early Chinese communism and elsewhere.
sample
A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
secondary
Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
solar
Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun.
somehow
In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means
suffering
Experiencing pain; characterized by suffering.
singer
A person who sings, often professionally.
steam
The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).
survive
Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
suspect
To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.
swear
To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect.
shower
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
stations
An infrequent religious gathering of family and friends spread over a few days, where Mass and the Rosary will be said in the home.
Santa
An instance of someone dressed up as Santa.
settlement
The act of settling.
smell
A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
speaker
One who speaks.
studied
Practiced; self-conscious; careful; not spontaneous.
surrounding
An outlying area; area in proximity to something.
soccer
Association football.
stable
A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
supplies
Financial resources supplied, often for a particular purpose.
shortly
In a short or brief time or manner; quickly.
strongly
In a strong or powerful manner.
sensitive
Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
server
A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
shock
A sudden, heavy impact.
superior
Higher in rank, status, or quality.
scheduled
Planned; according to schedule.
select
Privileged, specially selected.
sharp-set
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
silent
Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
spoken
Expressed in speech.
suffer
To undergo hardship.
sand
Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
shadow
A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
singles
Of or pertaining to unmarried people.
strategic
Of or pertaining to strategy.
swimming
The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water.
sexy
Having sex appeal; attractive.
soil
A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.