author
The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.
English words 1,001–5,000 · Từ tiếng Anh 1.001–5.000 3,214
The next four thousand English words by corpus frequency. Definitions adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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authorities
The bodies that have political or administrative power and control in a particular sphere.
authority
Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.
authorized
Explicitly allowed.
auto
A setting for automatic operation.
automatic
Capable of operating without external control or intervention.
automatically
In an automatic manner.
autumn
Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves, and temperatures and daylight hours decrease; typically regarded as spanning the months of September, October, and November in the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere.
availability
The quality of being available.
avenue
A broad street, especially one bordered by trees or, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is on a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction.
aviation
The art or science of making and flying aircraft.
avoid
To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun.
aw
Used to express disappointment or dismay.
award
A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
aware
Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
awareness
The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.
awkward
Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.
ba
A being's soul or personality, represented as a bird-headed figure, which survives after death but must be sustained with offerings of food.
back-pocket
A secret or hidden plan
background
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
backing
Support, especially financial.
backs
The backyard of the University.
backup
A reserve or substitute.
badly
In a bad manner.
baker
A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
balance
A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
balanced
Containing elements in appropriate proportion; proportionately weighted on all dimensions and therefore unlikely to tip over.
balls-out
doing something with maximum effort or speed
ban
To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
band
A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling. — A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
band-aid
A temporary or superficial solution
banking
The business of managing a bank.
bankruptcy
A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
banned
Forbidden; not allowed.
banner
A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
barely
By a small margin.
barrier
A structure that bars passage.
barry
A field divided transversely into several equal parts, and consisting of two different tinctures interchangeably disposed.
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.
basement
A floor of a building below ground level.
basically
In a fundamental, essential or basic manner.
basis
A physical base or foundation.
basketball
A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
bass
Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency.
Bat-Signal
A call for help or summons to action
bath
A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
bathroom
A room containing a shower or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
battery
A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.
battle
A contest, a struggle.
bay
A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
beach
The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
beam
Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
bearing
That bears (some specified thing).
beaten
Defeated.
beating
The action by which someone or something is beaten.
beauty
The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.
becoming
The act or process by which something becomes.
bedroom
A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.
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.
begin
To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.