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chair

chair [noun] (FURNITURE)
US /tʃer/ 
UK /tʃeər/ 
Example: 

The room was full of empty chairs.

A seat for one person, which has a back, usually four legs, and sometimes two arms

Persian equivalent: 

Click here.

Example: 

The room was full of empty chairs.

Theme, CEFR level & Tags

Theme: 
chairs and seats
Level: 
A1 (Basic)
Region: 
American English
British English

Oxford Essential Dictionary

chair

 noun

1 a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, with four legs, a seat and a back:
a table and four chairs

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

chair

I.   noun

I. chair1 S1 W2 /tʃeə $ tʃer/ noun
 [Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: chaiere, from Latin cathedra, from Greek, from kata- ( ⇨ cataclysm) + hedra 'seat']

 1. [countable] a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, which has a back, a seat, and four legs:
   • a kitchen chair
   • They bought a new table and chairs.
   • One of the chair legs was broken.
  on/in a chair
   • She was sitting on a wooden chair.
   • He sat back in his chair.
 2. [singular] the position of being in charge of a meeting or committee, or the person who is in charge of it:
   • Address your questions to the chair, please.
  be in the chair
   • Who will be in the chair at tomorrow’s meeting?
  chair of
   • He was nominated as chair of the board of governors.
 3. [countable] the position of being a university professor
  chair of
   • a new Chair of Medicine
 4. the chair American English informal the electric chair
     • • •

COLLOCATIONS■ verbs

   ▪ sit in/on a chair • She sat in her favourite chair.
   ▪ pull/draw up a chair (=move a chair nearer someone or something) • Pull up a chair and look at these pictures.
   ▪ take a chair (=sit down in one in a particular place) • Brian took a chair beside his wife.
   ▪ lean back in your chair • He leant back in his chair and took out his pipe.
   ▪ sink/slump/flop into a chair (=sit down in one in a tired or unhappy way) • Greg groaned and sank into his chair.
   ▪ collapse in/into a chair (=sit down suddenly because you are very tired or upset) • Eileen collapsed into a chair and burst out crying.
   ▪ get up from your chair (also rise from your chair formal) • He got up from his chair and walked to the window.
   ▪ jump up from your chair (=get up quickly) • ‘Look at the time!’ she cried, jumping up from her chair.
   ▪ push back your chair (=in order to get up) • He pushed back his chair and stood up.
   ▪ lounge in a chair (=sit in one in a very relaxed way) • Everyone was outside, lounging in chairs in the sun.

■ adjectives

   ▪ a comfortable chair (also a comfy chair informal) • The hotel had a TV room with some nice comfy chairs.
   ▪ a hard chair (=not comfortable) • I sat on a hard chair in the corridor and waited.
   ▪ an empty chair (=with no one using it) • She came and sat in an empty chair beside me.
   ▪ a wooden/plastic/leather etc chair • In the kitchen was a table with six wooden chairs around it.
   ▪ a folding chair (=one which you can fold so it is flat) • People were sitting on blankets or folding chairs, listening to the outdoor concert.

■ chair + NOUN

   ▪ a chair leg/arm/back/seat • The chair leg has broken.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chair

chair [chair chairs chaired chairing] noun, verb   [tʃeə(r)]    [tʃer] 

noun
 

1. countable a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, with a back, a seat and four legs

• a table and chairs

• Sit on your chair!

• an old man asleep in a chair (= an armchair )

• dining/kitchen chairs

see also  armchair, deckchair, easy chair, high chair, musical chairs, rocking chair, wheelchair

2. the chair singular the position of being in charge of a meeting or committee; the person who holds this position

• She takes the chair in all our meetings.

• Who is in the chair today?

• He was elected chair of the city council.

• All remarks should be addressed to the chair.

3. countable the position of being in charge of a department in a university

• He holds the chair of philosophy at Oxford.

4. the chair singular (US, informal) =  electric chair 

Word Origin:

Middle English: from Old French chaiere (modern chaire ‘bishop's throne, etc.’, chaise ‘chair’), from Latin cathedra ‘seat’, from Greek kathedra. Compare with cathedral.

Thesaurus:

chair noun C

• Sit on your chair!

• a wheelchair/deckchair/high chair/rocking chair

seat • • armchair • • throne • • stool •

in/into/out of a/an chair/seat/armchair

on/onto/off a chair/seat/throne/stool

Chair or seat? A chair is a piece of furniture designed for sitting on; a seat is anywhere that you can sit:

• a set of dining/kitchen chairs

 ¤ a set of dining/kitchen seats:

• We used the old tree stump as a seat.

 ¤ We used the old tree stump as a chair. Seat is also used for the place where you sit in a vehicle:

• the passenger seat/driver's seat (= in a car)

• an aisle/a window seat (= in a bus/plane/train)

Example Bank:

• ‘Please, be my guest.’ He gestured towards an empty chair.

• A cat was asleep on the chair.

• A chair lift carried us to the top of the ski run.

• A chair stood facing the window.

• A private benefactor endowed the new Chair of Japanese Literature.

• Anne took the chair in Carol's absence.

• Anne took the chair= was chairperson in Carol's absence.

• Come in and take a chair.

• He gave her his chair.

• He gestured to an empty chair.

• He got up from his chair to address the meeting.

• He held the Chair of Botany at Cambridge University for thirty years.

• He held the Chair of Psychology at Yale.

• He lay back in the reclining chair and went to sleep.

• He pulled out a chair for her.

• He pushed back his chair and got to his feet.

• He put his feet up on the desk and lay back in his chair.

• He sank into his chair and opened the letter.

• He sat nervously on the edge of his chair.

• He was shifting about uneasily in his chair.

• Lisa heard a chair scraping the floor.

• Paul Ryan was in the chair at today's meeting.

• Paul Ryan was in the chair= was chairperson at today's meeting.

• Please address your questions to the chair.

• She always swivels around in her chair.

• She dropped her bags and flopped down into the nearest chair.

• She gripped the arm of her chair as she spoke.

• She leaned back in her chair and lit a cigarette.

• She returned to the swivel chair behind her desk.

• She swivelled round in her chair and picked up the phone.

• She tipped her chair back and fixed her gaze full upon him.

• The chair creaked every time I moved.

• They straightened in their chairs when the manager burst in.

• a dining table and four matching chairs

• a set of antique dining chairs

• a high chair

• a rocking chair

• an old man asleep in a chair

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

chair / tʃeə r /   / tʃer / noun [ C ] (FURNITURE)

A1 a seat for one person, which has a back, usually four legs, and sometimes two arms

→  See also armchair noun , deckchair , pushchair , wheelchair

See picture in the office

the chair

informal for the electric chair

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

chair

/tʃeə(r)/
(chairs, chairing, chaired)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.
A chair is a piece of furniture for one person to sit on. Chairs have a back and four legs.
He rose from his chair and walked to the window.
N-COUNT

2.
At a university, a chair is the post of professor.
He has been appointed to the chair of sociology at Southampton University...
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N of/in n

3.
The person who is the chair of a committee or meeting is the person in charge of it.
She is the chair of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Military.
= chairperson
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n

4.
If you chair a meeting or a committee, you are the person in charge of it.
He was about to chair a meeting in Venice of EU foreign ministers...
VERB: V n

5.
The chair is the same as the electric chair. (AM)
N-SING: the N

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

1chair /ˈʧeɚ/ noun, pl chairs
1 [count] : a seat for one person that has a back and usually four legs
• a chair by the window
• We'll need a table and four chairs for the dining room.
• Please pull up a chair [=bring a chair to where we are] and join us.
2 [count]
a : the person who is the leader of a department at a college or university
• He is now chair of the English department.
b : the person who is the leader of a meeting, organization, committee, or event
• She's chair of the school board this year.
• Address any questions to the committee chair.
- see also chairman, chairperson, chairwoman
3 the chair US informal : electric chair
• a murderer who was sentenced/sent to the chair

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bookcase

bookcase [noun]
US /ˈbʊk.keɪs/ 
UK /ˈbʊk.keɪs/ 
Example: 

I put my books in bookcase.

a piece of furniture with shelves in it for putting books on

Persian equivalent: 

Click here.

Example: 

I put my books in bookcase.

Theme, CEFR level & Tags

Theme: 
furniture for storage
Level: 
A1 (Basic)
Region: 
American English
British English

Oxford Essential Dictionary

bookcase

 noun
a piece of furniture that you put books in

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

bookcase

book‧case /ˈbʊk-keɪs/ noun [countable]
  a piece of furniture with shelves to hold books

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bookcase

book·case [bookcase bookcases]   [ˈbʊkkeɪs]    [ˈbʊkkeɪs]  noun

a piece of furniture with shelves for keeping books on

Example Bank:

• I chose a book from the bookcase.

• I found this book in your bookcase.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

bookcase / ˈbʊk.keɪs / noun [ C ]

A1 a piece of furniture with shelves to put books on

© Cambridge University Press 2013

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

bookcase

/bʊkkeɪs/
(bookcases)

A bookcase is a piece of furniture with shelves that you keep books on.

N-COUNT
 

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

bookcase

book·case /ˈbʊkˌkeɪs/ noun, pl -cases [count] : a piece of furniture with shelves to hold books

American English
British English
A1 (Basic)
bookcase
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door

door [noun]
US /dɔːr/ 
UK /dɔːr/ 
Example: 

Open the door!

A flat object that is used to close the entrance of something such as a room or building, or the entrance itself

Persian equivalent: 

Click here.

Example: 

Open the door!

Theme, CEFR level & Tags

Theme: 
doors and parts of doors
Level: 
A1 (Basic)
Region: 
American English
British English

Oxford Essential Dictionary

door

 noun
the way into a building or room; a piece of wood, glass or metal that you use to open and close the way in to a building, room, cupboard, car, etc.:
Can you close the door, please?
Sophie knocked on the door. 'Come in,' Peter said.
There is somebody at the door.
Will you answer the door (= go to open the door when somebody knocks or rings the bell)?
A house often has a front door and a back door.

next door in the next house, room or building:
Mary lives next door to us.

out of doors outside; not in a building:
Farmers spend a lot of time out of doors.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

door

I.   noun

I. door1 S1 W1 /dɔː $ dɔːr/ noun [countable]
 [Language: Old English; Origin: duru 'door' and dor 'gate']

 1. the large flat piece of wood, glass etc that you move when you go into or out of a building, room, vehicle etc, or when you open a cupboard ⇨ gate:
   • Could you open the door for me?
   • The door flew open and Ruth stormed in.
   • Don’t forget to lock the garage door. ⇨ fire door, French doors, revolving door(1), sliding door, stage door, swing door, trapdoor
 2. the space made by an open door SYN doorway
  in/out (of)/through the door
   • Rick turned and ran out of the door.
   • I glanced through the open door.
 3. at the door if someone is at the door, they are waiting for you to open the door of a building so they can come inside:
   • There’s somebody at the front door.
 4. out of doors outside SYN outdoors:
   • I prefer working out of doors.
 5. show/see somebody to the door to take someone to the main way out of a building:
   • My secretary will show you to the door.
 6. two/three etc doors away/down/up used to say how many houses or buildings there are between your house, office etc and another building
  two/three etc doors away/down/up from
   • Patrick lived two doors away from me.
 7. (from) door to door
   a) especially British English from one place to another:
   • How long is the journey, door to door?
   b) going to each house in a street or area to sell something, collect money, or ask for votes:
   • Joe sold vacuum cleaners door to door for years. ⇨ door-to-door
 8. be on the door to work at the entrance to a theatre, club etc, collecting tickets
 9. shut/close the door on something to make something impossible:
   • The accident shut the door on her ballet career.
  ⇨ at death’s door at death(7), ⇨ behind closed doors at closed(5), ⇨ get in through the back door at back door(2), ⇨ lay something at sb’s door at lay2(19), ⇨ next door, ⇨ open doors (for somebody) at open2(16), ⇨ open-door policy, ⇨ open the door to something at open2(16), ⇨ show somebody the door at show1(20)
     • • •

COLLOCATIONS■ verbs

   ▪ open/close/shut the door • I opened the door and Dad was standing there. | • Can you close the door as you go out?
   ▪ slam/bang the door (=shut it loudly, usually because you are angry) • He strode from the room, slamming the door behind him.
   ▪ answer the door (=open it for someone who has knocked or pressed the bell) • Lucy ran downstairs to answer the door.
   ▪ a door leads somewhere (=used to say what place is on the other side of a door) • This door leads into the garden.
   ▪ a door opens/closes/shuts • We were still waiting for the train doors to open.
   ▪ a door slams/bangs (shut) (=shuts loudly) • I heard the front door slam.
   ▪ a door flies/bursts open (=opens very suddenly and quickly) • Then the door burst open and two men with guns came in.
   ▪ a door swings open/shut (=moves forward to open or backwards to shut) • The door swung shut behind me.
   ▪ a door slides open/shut (=moves smoothly to the side or back again) • The lift doors slid open and we got in.
   ▪ lock/unlock the door • I locked the door and turned out the lights.
   ▪ bolt the door (=slide a metal bar across to fasten it) • Once inside, he bolted the door.
   ▪ knock on/at the door (=hit it with your hand to make someone open it) • Who's that knocking at the door?
   ▪ bang/hammer on the door (=hit it very loudly and urgently) • A policeman was banging on the door across the road.
   ▪ tap on/at the door (=hit it very gently) • I tapped on the door and opened it.
   ▪ get the door (=open or close it for someone) • Could you get the door for me?

■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + door

   ▪ the front/back/side door (=of a house) • I heard someone knocking at the front door. | • Use the back door if your boots are muddy.
   ▪ the main door (=the door into a building that most people use) • The main door to the hotel is on Queen Street.
   ▪ the kitchen/bedroom/bathroom etc door • The kitchen door opened and Jake walked in.
   ▪ the cupboard door British English, the closet door AmE: • Both the cupboard doors were locked.
   ▪ the fridge/oven door • Steam came out as I opened the oven door.
   ▪ a car door • She heard a car door slamming.
   ▪ the passenger door (=for the person in a car who sits beside the driver) • The taxi driver was holding open the passenger door.
   ▪ a rear door (=a door at the back of a vehicle) • The kids opened the rear doors and climbed in.

■ door + NOUN

   ▪ a door handle (=that you move up or down to open a door) • Ella reached for the door handle.
   ▪ a door knob (=that you turn to open a door) • I turned the door knob and went into the room.
   ▪ a door knocker (=a metal object on a door that you use to knock with) • There was a brass door knocker in the shape of a lion's head.
   ▪ a door bell (=that you press to make it ring) • Adam walked up the path and rang the door bell.
   ▪ a door key • She was looking in her bag for her door key.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

door

door [door doors]   [dɔː(r)]    [dɔːr]  noun

1. countable a piece of wood, glass, etc. that is opened and closed so that people can get in and out of a room, building, car, etc; a similar thing in a cupboard/closet

• a knock on the door

• to open/shut/close/slam/lock/bolt the door

• to answer the door (= to go and open it because sb has knocked on it or rung the bell)

• the front/back door (= at the entrance at the front/back of a building)

• the bedroom door

• the door frame

• a four-door saloon car

• the fridge door

• Shut the door!

• Close the door behind you, please.

• The door closed behind him.

see also  back-door, fire door, French door, open-door, revolving door, sliding door, stable door, stage door, swing door, trapdoor

2. countable the space when a door is open

• Marc appeared through a door at the far end of the room.

• (informal) She's just arrived— she's just come in the door.

• (informal) He walked out the door.

3. countable the area close to the entrance of a building

• There's somebody at the door (= at the front door of a house).

• ‘Can I help you?’ asked the man at the door.

see also  doorway

4. countable a house, room, etc. that is a particular number of houses, rooms, etc. away from another

• the family that lives three doors up from us

• Our other branch is just a few doors down the road.

see also  next door

5. uncountable (BrE) the amount of money made by selling tickets for an event

Syn:  gate

• 50% of the door will go to the Red Cross.

• Performers keep 75% of the door.

more at by/through the back door at  back  adj., close, etc. the barn door after the horse has escaped at  barn, beat a path to sb's door at  beat  v., close its doors at  close1 v., behind closed doors at  closed, never darken my door again at  darken, at death's door at  death, get/have a foot in the door at  foot  n., open doors for sb at  open  v., show sb the door at  show  v., close, etc. the stable door after the horse has bolted at  stable door  n., keep the wolf from the door at  wolf  n.

Idioms: door to door ▪ door to something ▪ lay something at somebody's door ▪ leave the door open ▪ on the door ▪ out of doors ▪ shut the door in somebody's face ▪ shut the door on something ▪ somebody's door 

Word Origin:

Old English duru, dor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch deur ‘door’ and German Tür ‘door’, Tor ‘gate’; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin foris ‘gate’ and Greek thura ‘door’.

 

Thesaurus:

door noun C

• There was a knock on the door.

entrance • • exit • • doorway • • way • • hatch • • gate • • gateway •

at the door/entrance/exit/gate

through the door/doorway/hatch/gate/gateway

the front/back/side door/entrance/exit/way/gate

open/shut/close/slam the door/hatch/gate

 

Example Bank:

• Always put the door chain on.

• Go along the corridor and through the double doors.

• Go and answer the door.

• He arrived home to find the door barred.

• He banged the front door behind him as he left.

• He came in the side door.

• He flung the door open and caught them stuffing a document back into a briefcase.

• He got stuck in a revolving door.

• He had left the door ajar.

• He leaned against the door jamb.

• He looked through the door to make sure the children were all right.

• He pulled the door shut.

• He stood in the door for several minutes before deciding whether he'd stay.

• He was working the door at the event.

• I banged on the door for ages but still couldn't wake them.

• I left the door on the latch so that I could sneak back in later.

• I stopped at a low oak door set in the stone wall.

• I tried the door but it was locked.

• I was woken by a door banging in the wind.

• I went through the door marked ‘Enquiries’.

• Parking is helped by wide door mirrors.

• Remember to bolt the door before you go to bed.

• She had trouble pushing the heavy door open.

• She poked her head through the door to say goodbye.

• She pushed her way through the swing doors.

• Someone had propped the fire door open with a pile of books.

• The car drove off with its rear door flapping open.

• The door bore a notice saying ‘Private’.

• The door burst open and a little boy ran in.

• The door connecting the two offices is kept locked.

• The door opens onto a sunny terrace.

• The door stood ajar so I could see a narrow section of the room.

• The door was half-open when we got there.

• The door was jammed shut.

• The inner door leads to the safe and is always locked after 5 p.m.

• There's someone at the door.

• They had to break the door down to get into the flat.

• This door leads to my bedroom.

• a creaking door hinge

• automatic garage door openers

• the back door of a house

• the door between the laundry room and the garage

• the door into the back garden

• the rear door of a car

• He walked out the door.

• Mark appeared through a door at the far end of the room.

• She's just arrived— she's just come in the door.

• There was a knock on the door.

• the bedroom/wardrobe door

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

door     / dɔ r /      / dɔr /   noun   [ C ]   
  
    A1     a flat object that is used to close the entrance of something such as a room or building, or the entrance itself:  
  the front door 
  the back door 
  a car door 
  a sliding door 
  The door  to  his bedroom was locked. 
  We could hear someone knocking  at/on  the door. 
  Could you  open/close/shut  the door, please? 
  She asked me to  answer  the door   (= go and open it for someone) . 
See picture  door 
  be on the door 
        to work at the entrance of a building, collecting tickets or preventing particular people from entering 
        used to refer to a house or other building:  
  Sam only lives a few doors  (away/up/down) from  us. 
  The people  next  door ( to  us)   (= living in the house next to us)  aren't very friendly. 
  out of doors 
        outside in the open air 

 
© Cambridge University Press 2013

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

door

/dɔ:(r)/
(doors)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.
A door is a piece of wood, glass, or metal, which is moved to open and close the entrance to a building, room, cupboard, or vehicle.
I knocked at the front door, but there was no answer...
The policeman opened the door and looked in...
N-COUNT

2.
A door is the space in a wall when a door is open.
She looked through the door of the kitchen. Her daughter was at the stove.
= doorway
N-COUNT

3.
Doors is used in expressions such as a few doors down or three doors up to refer to a place that is a particular number of buildings away from where you are. (INFORMAL)
Mrs Cade’s house was only a few doors down from her daughter’s apartment.
N-PLURAL: amount N down/up

4.
see also next door

5.
When you answer the door, you go and open the door because a visitor has knocked on it or rung the bell.
Carol answered the door as soon as I knocked.
PHRASE: V inflects

6.
If you say that someone gets or does something by the back door or through the back door, you are criticizing them for doing it secretly and unofficially.
The government would not allow anyone to sneak in by the back door and seize power by force...
PHRASE: PHR after v [disapproval]

7.
If someone closes the door on something, they stop thinking about it or dealing with it.
We never close the door on a successful series.
PHRASE: V inflects: PHR n

8.
If people have talks and discussions behind closed doors, they have them in private because they want them to be kept secret.
...decisions taken in secret behind closed doors.
PHRASE: PHR after v, PHR n

9.
If someone goes from door to door or goes door to door, they go along a street calling at each house in turn, for example selling something.
They are going from door to door collecting money from civilians.
PHRASE: PHR after v, PHR n

10.
If you talk about a distance or journey from door to door or door to door, you are talking about the distance from the place where the journey starts to the place where it finishes.
...tickets covering the whole journey from door to door...
PHRASE

11.
If you say that something helps someone to get their foot in the door or their toe in the door, you mean that it gives them an opportunity to start doing something new, usually in an area that is difficult to succeed in.
The bondholding may help the firm get its foot in the door to win the business...
PHRASE: N inflects, PHR after v

12.
If someone shuts the door in your face or slams the door in your face, they refuse to talk to you or give you any information.
Did you say anything to him or just shut the door in his face?
PHRASE: V inflects

13.
If you lay something at someone’s door, you blame them for an unpleasant event or situation.
The blame is generally laid at the door of the government.
PHRASE: V inflects

14.
If someone or something opens the door to a good new idea or situation, they introduce it or make it possible.
This book opens the door to some of the most exciting findings in solid-state physics...
PHRASE: V and N inflect, oft PHR to n

15.
When you are out of doors, you are not inside a building, but in the open air.
The weather was fine enough for working out of doors.
= outdoors
PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR

16.
If you see someone to the door, you go to the door with a visitor when they leave.
PHRASE: V inflects

17.
If someone shows you the door, they ask you to leave because they are angry with you.
Would they forgive and forget–or show him the door?
PHRASE: V inflects

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

door

door /ˈdoɚ/ noun, pl doors [count]
1 a : a movable piece of wood, glass, or metal that swings or slides open and shut so that people can enter or leave a room, building, vehicle, etc.
• open/shut/slam/lock/bolt the door
• I heard a knock on/at the door.
• the bedroom/bathroom/cellar door
• The car has four doors. = It's a four-door car.
• Leave the package at the front/back/side door. [=the door at the front/back/side of the house, building, etc.]
• Can you answer the door? [=open the door to see who is knocking on the door or ringing the doorbell]
• Is somebody at the door? [=knocking on the door or ringing the doorbell]
• Let me open the door for you. = (US) Let me get the door for you.
• (US) Can you get the door? [=can you open or close the door for me?] My hands are full.
• an exterior/outside door [=a door that can be used to enter or leave a building]
• an interior door [=a door inside a building; a door that connects rooms]
• a garage door [=a large door that covers the opening through which a car enters and leaves a garage]
• turn/pull the door handle
• a large brass door knocker [=knocker]
- see also back door, dutch door, french door, revolving door, storm door, trapdoor
b : a part of an object (such as piece of furniture or an appliance) that swings or slides open and shut
• the cupboard/closet/refrigerator/oven door
2 : the opening for a door : the entrance to a room or building : doorway
• Please don't block the door.
• I peeked through the open door.
• He stood at/before the door.
• He greeted his guests as they came in/through the door. = He greeted his guests at the door.
• She walked out the door [=left] without saying goodbye.
• standing (just/right) inside/outside the door [=inside/outside the room, building, etc., near the door]
3 : a house, building, apartment, office, etc. - used with an adverb to indicate where something is in relation to something else
• She lives in a house two doors down/up from me. [=there is one house between our houses]
• The library is a few doors down from the bank. [=there are several buildings between the library and the bank]
• We grew up two doors apart. [=with one house/apartment between our houses/apartments]
✦If you do something (from) door to door, you do it at each of the houses, apartments, or buildings in an area.
• Girl Scouts are selling cookies door to door. = Girl Scouts are going door to door selling cookies.
• She went (from) door to door looking for her cat.
- see also door-to-door, next door
4
- used especially with open or unlock to describe an opportunity or possibility
• The grant will open new doors for our town. [=will give our town new opportunities]
• The discovery may unlock the door to a cure for the disease.
• The door is open (to you) if you want a better job.
• A good education can open/unlock the door of success. [=can make success possible]
• The patent on the product has expired, which leaves the door open for [=makes it possible for] other companies to make it.
- see also out of doors
at death's door
- see death
behind closed doors
- see closed
close the door on : to no longer think about, consider, or accept (something)
• I'd like to close the door on that chapter in my life.
• The former senator says she hasn't closed the door on politics.
• Don't close the door on your options.
close your doors
1 : to not allow someone to enter
• The country has closed its doors to immigrants.
2 of a business or organization : to close permanently : to stop operating
• The museum may be forced to close its doors.
• The store closed its doors (for the last time) last fall.
darken someone's door/doors
- see darken
get your foot in the door
- see 1foot
keep the wolf from the door
- see 1wolf
lay the blame for (something) at someone's door : to blame someone for (something)
• They laid the blame for the book's failure at my door.
open doors for
- see 2open
open the door
- see 2open
open your doors
1 : to allow someone to enter
• The country has opened its doors to immigrants.
• local churches that open their doors to the homeless in the winter months [=that let homeless people stay there]
2 of a business or organization : to open for business : to begin operating
• The new store will be opening its doors next month.
show (someone) the door : to tell or force (someone) to leave
• We don't tolerate bad behavior. If you cause trouble, we'll show you the door.
• If the coach doesn't win this year, they'll show him the door. [=they'll fire him]
show/see (someone) to the door : to go to the door with (someone who is leaving)
• My secretary will show you to the door. [=show you out]
- doorless adj
• a doorless cubicle

American English
British English
A1 (Basic)
door
noun
0

floor

floor [noun] (LEVEL OF BUILDING)
US /flɔːr/ 
UK /flɔːr/ 
Example: 

Mehri's apartment is on the sixth floor.

A level of a building

Persian equivalent: 

Click here.

Example: 

Mehri's apartment is on the sixth floor.

 

Theme, CEFR level & Tags

Theme: 
floors and parts of floors
Level: 
A1 (Basic)
Region: 
American English
British English

Oxford Essential Dictionary

floor

 noun

1 the part of a room that you walk on:
There weren't any chairs so we sat on the floor.

2 all the rooms at the same height in a building:
I live on the top floor.
Our hotel room was on the sixth floor.

which word?
The part of a building that is on the same level as the street is called the ground floor in British English and the first floor in American English.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

floor

I.   noun

I. floor1 S1 W1 /flɔː $ flɔːr/ noun [countable]
 [Language: Old English; Origin: flor]
 1. IN A BUILDING  the flat surface that you stand on inside a building:
   • a polished wooden floor
   • a puddle of water on the kitchen floor
   • a warehouse that has 410,000 square feet of floor space
 2. IN A CAR  British English the part of a car that forms its inside floor SYN floorboard American English
 3. LEVEL IN BUILDING  one of the levels in a building:
   • a ground floor flat
  on the top/first/tenth etc floor
   • Our office is on the top floor.
  floor of
   • We are located on the seventh floor of the building.
 4. OCEAN/FOREST/CAVE FLOOR ETC  the ground at the bottom of the ocean, the forest etc:
   • creatures that live on the ocean floor
 5. FOR DANCING  an area in a room where people can dance:
   • There were two or three couples already on the dance floor.
  take (to) the floor (=begin dancing)
   • Everyone took to the floor for the last waltz.
 6. WHERE PEOPLE WORK  a large area in a building where a lot of people do their jobs:
   • He wasn’t keen on the idea of working on the shop floor (=the part of a factory where people make things using machines).
   • the busy trading floor (=area where STOCKS and SHARES are bought and sold)
 7. LIMIT  an officially agreed limit below which something cannot go ⇨ ceiling:
   • Manufacturers have tried to put a floor under the price of their products.
 8. the floor
   a) the people attending a public meeting:
   • Are there any questions from the floor?
   b) the part of a parliament, public meeting place etc where people sit:
   • The delegates crowded the floor of the House.
 9. take the floor to begin speaking at an important public meeting:
   • The chairman then took the floor.
 10. have the floor to be speaking or have the right to speak at an important public meeting:
   • He stepped aside to allow other speakers to have the floor.
 11. go through the floor if a price, amount etc goes through the floor, it becomes very low OPP go through the roof:
   • Share prices have gone through the floor.
     • • •

COLLOCATIONS■ verbs

   ▪ clean the floor • Next he had to clean the floor.
   ▪ wash/mop the floor • The floor needs mopping.
   ▪ sweep the floor • He grabbed a broom and began sweeping the floor.
   ▪ wax/polish the floor • I washed and waxed the kitchen floor.
   ▪ sit/lie/sleep on the floor • Officers found her lying face down on the floor.
   ▪ fall/drop/sink to the floor • He let his cigarette fall to the floor.

■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + floor

   ▪ the bathroom/kitchen/bedroom etc floor • I’ve still got to clean the bathroom floor.
   ▪ a wooden floor • The hut had a muddy wooden floor.
   ▪ a marble floor • He strode across the marble floor.
   ▪ a tiled floor • There were a couple of oriental rugs on the tiled floor.
   ▪ a carpeted floor • Barbara was sitting on the carpeted floor.
   ▪ a bare floor (=not covered by anything) • Father Murphy led me to a tiny room with a bare floor and a simple bed.

■ floor + NOUN

   ▪ floor tiles (=flat square pieces of clay or other material, used to cover floors) • When you buy floor tiles, always get a few extra.
   ▪ floor polish • The room smelt of floor polish.
   ▪ a floor covering (=a material, such as carpet, that covers a floor) • A carpet fitter can fit floor coverings quickly and inexpensively.
   ▪ floor space (=a measure of how big a room or building is, based on the size of the floor) • The shop has 33,000 square feet of floor space.
     • • •

THESAURUS

   ▪ floor one of the levels in a building: • She lives in an apartment on the eighteenth floor.
   ▪ storey British English, story American English used when saying how many levels a building has: • a five-storey car park | • The school is a single storey building.
   ▪ the ground floor (also the first floor American English) the floor of a building that is at ground level: • There is a shop on the ground floor. | • The emergency room is on the first floor.
   ▪ the first floor British English, the second floor American English the floor of a building above the one at ground level: • She lives on the first floor.
   ▪ deck one of the levels on a ship, bus, or plane: • The Horizon Lounge is on the top deck of the ship.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

floor

floor [floor floors floored flooring] noun, verb   [flɔː(r)]    [flɔːr]

noun  

OF ROOM

1. countable, usually singular the surface of a room that you walk on

• a wooden/concrete/marble, etc. floor

• ceramic floor tiles

• The body was lying on the kitchen floor.

• The furniture and floor coverings date from the 1920s.

• The alterations should give us extra floor space.  

OF VEHICLE

2. (NAmE also floor·board) countable, usually singular the bottom surface of a vehicle

• The floor of the car was covered in cigarette ends.  

LEVEL OF BUILDING

3. countable all the rooms that are on the same level of a building

• Her office is on the second floor.

• the Irish guy who lives two floors above

• There is a lift to all floors.

• Their house is on three floors (= it has three floors).

see also  ground floor  

OF THE SEA/FORESTS

4. countable, usually singular the ground at the bottom of the sea, a forest, etc

• the ocean/valley/cave/forest floor  

IN PARLIAMENT, ETC.

5. the floor singular the part of a building where discussions or debates are held, especially in a parliament; the people who attend a discussion or debate

• Opposition politicians registered their protest on the floor of the House.

• We will now take any questions from the floor.  

AREA FOR WORK

6. countable, usually singular an area in a building that is used for a particular activity

• on the floor of the Stock Exchange (= where trading takes place)

see also  dance floor, factory floor, shop floor  

FOR WAGES/PRICES

7. countable, usually singular the lowest level allowed for wages or prices

• Prices have gone through the floor (= fallen to a very low level).

compare  ceiling  (2)

more at be/get in on the ground floor at  ground floor 

 

Word Origin:

Old English flōr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vloer and German Flur.

Thesaurus:

floor noun

1. C, usually sing.

• She sat on the floor and watched TV.

ground • • earth •

Opp: ceiling

on/under the floor/ground/earth

drop/fall to (the) floor/ground/earth

reach/hit (the) floor/ground

2. C

• an office on the third floor

level • • deck • |especially BrE storey • |AmE usually story •

on the top, etc. floor/level/deck/storey

the top/upper/lower floor/level/deck/storey

the main floor/deck

Floor or storey? Use floor to talk about which level of a building sb lives/works on; use storey to talk about how many floors a building has

• His office is on the fifth floor.

• a five-storey house

British/American:

floor

In BrE the floor of a building at street level is the ground floor, the one above it is the first floor and the one below it is the basement, or lower ground floor in a public building.

In NAmE the floor at street level is usually called the first floor, the one above it is the second floor and the one below it is the basement. In public buildings the floor at street level can also be called the ground floor.

note at storey 

Synonyms:

floor

ground • land • earth

These are all words for the surface that you walk on.

floor • the surface of a room that you walk on: ▪ She was sitting on the floor watching TV.

ground • (often the ground) the solid surface of the earth that you walk on: ▪ I found her lying on the ground. ◊ ▪ The rocket crashed a few seconds after it ▪ left the ground ▪.

land • the surface of the earth that is not sea: ▪ It was good to be back on ▪ dry land ▪ again. ◊ ▪ They fought both at sea and ▪ on land ▪.

earth • (often the earth) the solid surface of the world that is made of rock, soil, sand, etc: ▪ You could feel the earth shake as the truck came closer.

ground, land or earth?

Ground is the normal word for the solid surface that you walk on when you are not in a building or vehicle. You can use earth if you want to draw attention to the rock, soil etc. that the ground is made of. Land is only used when you want to contrast it with the sea: the land beneath our feet ◊ feel the land shake ◊ sight ground/earth ◊ travel by ground/earth

on/under the floor/ground/earth

bare floor/ground/earth

to drop/fall to the floor/the ground/(the) earth

to reach the floor/the ground/land

 

Which Word?:

storey / floor

You use storey (BrE)/story (NAmE) mainly when you are talking about the number of levels a building has: ▪ a five-storey house ◊ ▪ The office building is five storeys high.

Floor is used mainly to talk about which particular level in the building someone lives on, goes to, etc: ▪ His office is on the fifth floor.

note at floor 

 

Example Bank:

• Do you mind sitting on the floor?

• His glass fell to the floor and broke.

• I can't sleep on the bare floor!

• The offices occupy the top floor of the building.

• a cafe on the mezzanine floor

• Her office is on the second floor.

• His footsteps echoed on the wooden floor.

• She was sitting on the floor watching TV.

• The bathroom floor was flooded with water.

• The vase fell to the floor with a crash.

• Their house is on three floors.

• There is a lift/an elevator to all floors.

• There were wooden panels from floor to ceiling.

• There's not really enough floor space in here.

• to clean/wash/sweep the floor

Idioms: get have the floor ▪ hold the floor ▪ mop the floor with somebody ▪ take the floor 

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

floor / flɔː r /   / flɔːr / noun [ C usually singular ] (SURFACE)

A1 the flat surface of a room on which you walk:

The floor was partly covered with a dirty old rug.

The bathroom floor needs cleaning.

The children sat playing on the floor.

There's barely enough floor space to fit a bed in this room.
 

floor / flɔː r /   / flɔːr / noun [ C ] (LEVEL OF BUILDING)

A2 a level of a building:

This building has five floors.

Take the elevator to the 51st floor.

We live on the third floor.

a ground floor apartment
 

floor / flɔː r /   / flɔːr / noun (OPEN SPACE)

B1 [ C usually singular ] a public space for activities such as dancing and having formal discussions:

a dance floor

The new proposal will be discussed on the floor of the House of Commons (= in Parliament) tomorrow.

He spent several years working on the factory floor (= in the factory) before becoming a manager.

The chairman said that he would now take questions from the floor (= from the audience) .

have the floor to have the right to speak:

Silence, please, the prime minister has the floor.

take (to) the floor to stand and begin to dance:

The newlyweds were the first to take the floor.

take the floor start speaking:

The Chancellor of the Exchequer will take the floor for his Budget speech at 3.00 p.m.

floor / flɔː r /   / flɔːr / noun (BOTTOM)

the floor the bottom surface of the sea, a forest, a cave, etc.:

the floor of the ocean/the ocean floor

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

floor

/flɔ:(r)/
(floors, flooring, floored)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.
The floor of a room is the part of it that you walk on.
Jack’s sitting on the floor watching TV...
We painted the wooden floor with a white stain.
N-COUNT: usu the N in sing

2.
A floor of a building is all the rooms that are on a particular level.
It is on the fifth floor of the hospital...
They occupied the first two floors of the tower.
= storey
N-COUNT: usu supp N

3.
The ocean floor is the ground at the bottom of an ocean. The valley floor is the ground at the bottom of a valley.
N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp, oft n N

4.
The place where official debates and discussions are held, especially between members of parliament, is referred to as the floor.
The issues were debated on the floor of the House.
N-COUNT: usu the N in sing

5.
In a debate or discussion, the floor is the people who are listening to the arguments being put forward but who are not among the main speakers.
The president is taking questions from the floor.
N-SING-COLL: the N

6.
The floor of a stock exchange is the large open area where trading is done.
...the dealing floor at Standard Chartered Bank.
N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp

7.
The floor in a place such as a club or disco is the area where people dance.
N-COUNT

8.
If you are floored by something, you are unable to respond to it because you are so surprised by it.
He was floored by the announcement...
He seemed floored by a string of scandals.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed

9.
see also floored, flooring, dance floor, first floor, ground floor, shop floor

10.
If you take the floor, you start speaking in a debate or discussion. If you are given the floor, you are allowed to do this.
Ministers took the floor to denounce the decision to suspend constitutional rule...
Only members would be given the floor.
PHRASE: V inflects

11.
If you take to the floor, you start dancing at a dance or disco.
The happy couple and their respective parents took to the floor.
PHRASE: V inflects

12.
If you say that prices or sales have fallen through the floor, you mean that they have suddenly decreased.
Property prices have dropped through the floor...
PHRASE: PHR after v

13.
If you wipe the floor with someone, you defeat them completely in a competition or discussion. (INFORMAL)
He could wipe the floor with the Prime Minister.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

1floor /ˈfloɚ/ noun, pl floors
1 [count] : the part of a room on which you stand
• Keep your feet on the floor.
• washing the kitchen floor
• a marble/tile/hardwood floor
2 [count]
a : the lower inside surface of something (such as a vehicle)
• the floor of a car
b : the area of ground at the bottom of something - usually singular
• the ocean floor
• the forest floor
3 [count] : a level in a building
• She lives on the second floor of a five-story building.
• His office is located on the fourth floor.
- see also first floor, ground floor
4 [count] : a large indoor space where people gather for some activity - usually singular
• the floor of the convention/legislature
• the factory floor
• the dance floor
• buying and selling shares on the floor of the exchange
5 [singular] : the people who are gathered in a place for a public meeting
• He will now take questions from the floor.
6 [count] : a lower limit - usually singular
• establishing a floor for wages and prices
• The value of the stock has dropped/gone/fallen through the floor. [=to a very low level]
- opposite ceiling
have the floor : to have the right to speak at a public meeting
• May I have the floor?
hold the floor : to be the person who is speaking at a public meeting
• The senator held the floor for several hours.
on the cutting-room floor
- see cutting room
take the floor
1 : to begin speaking at a public meeting
• After Senator Smith was finished addressing the assembly, Senator White took the floor.
2 : to go out onto a dance floor to begin dancing
• Several couples took the floor.

American English
British English
A1 (Basic)
floor
noun
0

hungry

hungry [adjective] (NEEDING FOOD)
US /ˈhʌŋ.ɡri/ 
UK /ˈhʌŋ.ɡri/ 
Example: 

A hungry man would do anything.

feeling that you want to eat

Persian equivalent: 

Click here.

Theme, CEFR level & Tags

Theme: 
hungry and thirsty
Level: 
A1 (Basic)
Region: 
American English
British English

Oxford Essential Dictionary

hungry

 adjective (hungrier, hungriest)
wanting to eat:
Let's eat soon – I'm hungry!
Look at thirsty.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

hungry

hun‧gry S2 /ˈhʌŋɡri/ adjective (comparative hungrier, superlative hungriest)
  [Word Family: noun: hunger; adverb: hungrily; adjective: hungry]
 1. wanting to eat something ⇨ thirsty:
   • I was cold, tired, and hungry.
   • If you get hungry, there’s some cold chicken in the fridge.
   • Do you still feel hungry?
 2. ill or weak as a result of not having enough to eat for a long time:
   • We can’t justify wasting food when half the world is hungry.
 3. go hungry to not have enough to eat:
   • Thousands of families go hungry every day.
 4. wanting or needing something very much SYN eager
  hungry for
   • She is hungry for success.
  hungry to do something
   • Stan was hungry to learn.
 5. the hungry [plural] people who do not have enough food to eat
 6. power-hungry/news-hungry etc wanting power, news etc very much:
   • a power-hungry politician
     • • •

THESAURUS

 

■ wanting to eat

   ▪ hungry wanting to eat something: • We were really hungry after our long walk. | • It’s hard work cooking for a bunch of hungry kids.
   ▪ peckish [not before noun] British English informal a little hungry: • I’m feeling a bit peckish. What’s in the fridge?
   ▪ starving/ravenous /ˈrævənəs/ (also starved American English) [not before noun] spoken very hungry and wanting to eat as soon as possible: • I missed lunch and I’m absolutely starving. | • Sam’s always ravenous when he gets home from school.
   ▪ famished very hungry. Famished is less common and sounds a little more formal than starving or ravenous: • Everyone was famished by the time they arrived.
   ▪ I could eat a horse! spoken used to say that you are very hungry: • ‘Are you hungry?’ ‘Yeah, I could eat a horse.’
   ▪ appetite the desire for food that you have when you are hungry: • Exercise usually gives me an appetite. | • It’s healthy to have a good appetite.

■ ill because of lack of food

   ▪ hungry ill or weak because of not having enough to eat: • terrible pictures of hungry children in Africa
   ▪ starving not having had enough food for a long time and likely to die soon without food: • Because of the drought, millions of people were starving. | • the starving refugees from the war
   ▪ malnourished formal unhealthy and thin because you have not had the right kinds of food over a long period of time: • According to the report, one-fifth of the world’s population are malnourished. | • malnourished infants

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hungry

hun·gry [hungry hungrier hungriest]   [ˈhʌŋɡri]    [ˈhʌŋɡri]  adjective (hun·grier, hun·gri·est)

1. feeling that you want to eat sth

• I'm really hungry.

• She wasn't feeling very hungry.

• Is anyone getting hungry?

• All this talk of food is making me hungry.

• I have a hungry family to feed.

2. not having enough food to eat

• Thousands are going hungry because of the failure of this year's harvest.

3. the hungry noun plural people who do not have enough food to eat

4. only before noun causing you to feel that you want to eat sth

• All this gardening is hungry work.

5. ~ (for sth) having or showing a strong desire for sth

• Both parties are hungry for power.

• power-hungry

• The child is simply hungry for affection.

• His eyes had a wild hungry look in them.

Derived Word: hungrily 

 

Word Origin:

Old English hungrig, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hongerig, German hungrig, also to hunger.

 

Thesaurus:

hungry adj.

• This talk of food is making me hungry.

starving • • ravenous •

hungry/starving for sth

hungry/starving children/people

 

Example Bank:

• We were all ravenously hungry after the walk.

• the number of children who have to go hungry

• His eyes had a wild, hungry look in them.

• I'm really hungry.

• There were eight hungry mouths to feed at home.

• They've compiled a list of the ten most power-hungry companies in the country.

• Thousands are going hungry because of the failure of this year's harvest.

• We like to use small agencies that are hungry for our business.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

hungry / ˈhʌŋ.ɡri / adjective (NEEDING FOOD)

A1 wanting or needing food:

By four o'clock I felt/was really hungry.

The children are always hungry when they get home from school.

There are too many hungry people (= people without enough to eat) in the world.

She often goes hungry herself (= does not eat) so that her children can have enough to eat.

Digging the garden is hungry work (= makes you feel hunger) .

 

hungrily / -ɡrɪ.li / adverb

They sat down and ate hungrily.

He looked at her hungrily (= showing desire for her) .
 

hungry / ˈhʌŋ.ɡri / adjective (WANTING)

C2 having a strong wish or desire for something:

She was so hungry for success that she'd do anything to achieve it.

Journalists were hungry for details.

 

hungrily / -ɡrɪ.li / adverb

They sat down and ate hungrily.

He looked at her hungrily (= showing desire for her) .

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

hungry

 

/hʌŋgri/
(hungrier, hungriest)

1.
When you are hungry, you want some food because you have not eaten for some time and have an uncomfortable or painful feeling in your stomach.
My friend was hungry, so we drove to a shopping mall to get some food...
≠ full
ADJ
• hun‧gri‧ly
James ate hungrily.
ADV: ADV with v

2.
If people go hungry, they do not have enough food to eat.
Leonidas’ family had been poor, he went hungry for years.
PHRASE: V inflects

3.
If you say that someone is hungry for something, you are emphasizing that they want it very much. (LITERARY)
I left Oxford in 1961 hungry to be a critic.
= eager
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ for n, v-link ADJ to-inf [emphasis]
•
Hungry is also a combining form.
...power-hungry politicians.
COMB in ADJ
• hun‧gri‧ly
He looked at her hungrily. What eyes! What skin!
ADV: ADV with v

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

hungry

hun·gry /ˈhʌŋgri/ adj hun·gri·er; -est
1 a : suffering because of a lack of food : greatly affected by hunger
• There are millions of hungry people throughout the world.
• Too many people in the world go hungry every day. [=suffer every day because they do not have enough food to eat]
b : having an uncomfortable feeling in your stomach because you need food : feeling hunger
• That girl is always hungry.
• I'm hungry. When's dinner?
• I feel hungry.
2 not used before a noun : feeling a strong desire or need for something or to do something
• The prisoners' families were hungry for more information.
• They were hungry to learn more.
• hungry for success/attention/power
- often used in combination
• power-hungry politicians
3 always used before a noun : showing hunger or desire
• hungry eyes
• a hungry look
4 : feeling a strong desire and determination to succeed
• The coach wants the players to stay hungry. [=to continue feeling a strong desire to win]
- hun·gri·ly /ˈhʌŋgrəli/ adv
• The dog stared hungrily at the food on the table.

American English
British English
A1 (Basic)
hungry
adjective
0

teeth

teeth [noun]
US /tiːθ/ 
UK /tiːθ/ 
Example: 

Front/​back teeth

the hard white objects inside your mouth that you use for biting and for chewing food

Persian equivalent: 

Click here.

Example: 

Front/​back teeth

Theme, CEFR level & Tags

Theme: 
the teeth
Level: 
A1 (Basic)
Region: 
American English
British English

Oxford Essential Dictionary

tooth

 noun (plural teeth )

1 one of the hard white things in your mouth that you use for eating:
I brush my teeth after every meal.

word building
A dentist is a person whose job is to look after teeth. If a tooth is bad, the dentist may fill it (= put a substance in the hole) or take it out. People who have lost their own teeth can wear false teeth.

2 one of the long narrow pointed parts of an object such as a comb (= an object that you use for making your hair tidy)

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

tooth

tooth S2 W2 /tuːθ/ BrE AmE noun (plural teeth /tiːθ/) [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: toth]
1. IN MOUTH one of the hard white objects in your mouth that you use to bite and eat food:
Sugar is bad for your teeth. ⇨ ↑baby tooth, ⇨ canine tooth at ↑canine2(1), ⇨ ↑eye tooth(2), ↑milk tooth, ↑wisdom tooth, ↑buck teeth, ↑false teeth, ↑gap-toothed
2. ON A TOOL ETC one of the sharp or pointed parts that sticks out from the edge of a comb or ↑saw
3. POWER have teeth if a law or an organization has teeth, it has the power to force people to obey it:
We need an Environment Agency that really has teeth.
4. fight tooth and nail to try with a lot of effort or determination to do something:
We fought tooth and nail to get these plans accepted.
5. get your teeth into something informal to start to do something with a lot of energy and determination:
I can’t wait to get my teeth into the new course.
6. in the teeth of something in spite of opposition or danger from something:
Permission for the development was granted in the teeth of opposition from local shopkeepers.
7. set sb’s teeth on edge if a sound or taste sets your teeth on edge, it gives you an uncomfortable feeling in your mouth:
a horrible scraping sound that set my teeth on edge
⇨ armed to the teeth at ↑armed(1), ⇨ cut your teeth on something at ↑cut1(23), ⇨ by the skin of your teeth at ↑skin1(9), ⇨ be a kick in the teeth at ↑kick2(5), ⇨ lie through your teeth at ↑lie2(1), ⇨ have a sweet tooth at ↑sweet1(7), ⇨ take the bit between your teeth at ↑bit2(9)
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ verbs
▪ brush your teeth (also clean your teeth British English) I brush my teeth twice a day.
▪ floss your teeth (=clean between your teeth using dental floss) My dentist said I should floss my teeth more.
▪ have a tooth out British English, have a tooth pulled American English (=have a tooth removed) He's gone to the dentist to have a tooth out.
▪ lose a tooth (=no longer have it) Many of the men had lost all their teeth by the age of 40.
▪ extract a tooth (=take it out) The dentist announced that she would have to extract two teeth.
▪ bare your teeth (=show them, especially in an angry or threatening way) The dog bared its teeth and snarled.
▪ grit/clench your teeth (=put them firmly together) He was gritting his teeth against the pain.
▪ grind your teeth (also gnash your teeth literary) (=move them against each other because you are angry) Kate ground her teeth in helpless rage.
▪ sink your teeth into something (=put your teeth into someone's flesh, into food etc) The dog sank its teeth into the boy's hand.
▪ somebody's teeth chatter (=hit together quickly because someone is cold or afraid) My teeth began to chatter, and I regretted leaving my jacket behind.
▪ be cutting a tooth (=have one of your first teeth growing) Poor little Patrick was cutting another tooth and we had hardly had any sleep.
■ adjectives
▪ somebody's front/back teeth Some of his front teeth were missing.
▪ white/yellow His teeth were white and even.
▪ sharp The fish has small but very sharp teeth.
▪ good/perfect She smiled, showing a mouthful of perfect teeth.
▪ bad/rotten She felt ashamed of her bad teeth and rarely smiled.
▪ even (=all of the same height ) His teeth were white and even.
▪ crooked He grinned at me, showing rotten, crooked teeth.
▪ loose I had a loose tooth.
■ tooth + noun
▪ tooth decay Brushing regularly helps prevent tooth decay.
■ COMMON ERRORS
► Do not say 'wash your teeth'. Say brush your teeth or clean your teeth.
 

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

teeth

teeth [teeth]   [tiːθ]  ;   [tiːθ] 

pl. of  tooth

tooth

tooth [tooth teeth]   [tuːθ]    [tuːθ]  noun (pl. teeth   [tiːθ]  ;   [tiːθ]  )

1. any of the hard white structures in the mouth used for biting and chewing food

• I've just had a tooth out at the dentist's.

• to brush/clean your teeth

• tooth decay

• She answered through clenched teeth (= opening her mouth only a little because of anger).

• The cat sank its teeth into his finger.
 

see also  buck teeth, false teeth, milk tooth, wisdom tooth

2. a narrow pointed part that sticks out of an object

• the teeth on a saw

• The teeth of the cog should fit into these grooves.

see also  fine-tooth comb 

more at armed to the teeth at  armed  v., bare your teeth at  bare  v., get the bit between your teeth at  bit, an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) at  eye  n., give your eye teeth for sth at  eye teeth, fight tooth and nail at  fight  v., gnash your teeth at  gnash, grit your teeth at  grit  v., Hell's teeth at  hell, kick sb in the teeth at  kick  v., a kick in the teeth at  kick  n., lie through your teeth at  lie2 v., long in the tooth at  long  adj., red in tooth and claw at  red  adj., by the skin of your teeth at  skin  n., have a sweet tooth at  sweet  adj.

Idioms: cut a tooth ▪ cut your teeth on something ▪ get your teeth into something ▪ have teeth ▪ in the teeth of something ▪ set somebody's teeth on edge 

 

Word Origin:

Old English tōth (plural tēth), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tand and German Zahn, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin dent-, Greek odont-.

 

Collocations:

Physical appearance

A person may be described as having:

Eyes

(bright) blue/green/(dark/light) brown/hazel eyes

deep-set/sunken/bulging/protruding eyes

small/beady/sparkling/twinkling/(informal) shifty eyes

piercing/penetrating/steely eyes

bloodshot/watery/puffy eyes

bushy/thick/dark/raised/arched eyebrows

long/dark/thick/curly/false eyelashes/lashes

Face

a flat/bulbous/pointed/sharp/snub nose

a straight/a hooked/a Roman/(formal) an aquiline nose

full/thick/thin/pouty lips

dry/chapped/cracked lips

flushed/rosy/red/ruddy/pale cheeks

soft/chubby/sunken cheeks

white/perfect/crooked/protruding teeth

a large/high/broad/wide/sloping forehead

a strong/weak/pointed/double chin

a long/full/bushy/wispy/goatee beard

a long/thin/bushy/droopy/handlebar/pencil moustache/ (especially US) mustache

Hair and skin

pale/fair/olive/dark/tanned skin

dry/oily/smooth/rough/leathery/wrinkled skin

a dark/pale/light/sallow/ruddy/olive/swarthy/clear complexion

deep/fine/little/facial wrinkles

blonde/blond/fair/(light/dark) brown/(jet-)black/auburn/red/(BrE) ginger/grey hair

straight/curly/wavy/frizzy/spiky hair

thick/thin/fine/bushy/thinning hair

dyed/bleached/soft/silky/dry/greasy/shiny hair

long/short/shoulder-length/cropped hair

a bald/balding/shaved head

a receding hairline

a bald patch/spot

a side/centre/(US) center (BrE) parting/ (NAmE) part

Body

a long/short/thick/slender/(disapproving) scrawny neck

broad/narrow/sloping/rounded/hunched shoulders

a bare/broad/muscular/small/large chest

a flat/swollen/bulging stomach

a small/tiny/narrow/slim/slender/28-inch waist

big/wide/narrow/slim hips

a straight/bent/arched/broad/hairy back

thin/slender/muscular arms

big/large/small/manicured/calloused/gloved hands

long/short/fat/slender/delicate/bony fingers

long/muscular/hairy/shapely/(both informal, often disapproving) skinny/spindly legs

muscular/chubby/(informal, disapproving) flabby thighs

big/little/small/dainty/wide/narrow/bare feet

a good/a slim/a slender/an hourglass figure

be of slim/medium/average/large/athletic/stocky build

 

Example Bank:

• Alan hissed from behind his clenched teeth.

• Billy's first tooth is now through.

• Does the tooth fairy really exist?

• He broke off what he was saying, clamping his teeth together.

• He clashed the spoon against his teeth as he ate.

• Her smile showed crooked teeth.

• Her teeth flashed as she smiled.

• His pipe was firmly clamped between his teeth.

• I lost three teeth in the fight.

• I still have one of my baby teeth.

• I used to be self-conscious of my prominent teeth.

• Mink have razor-sharp teeth.

• She answered the phone with a cigarette between her teeth.

• She answered through clenched teeth.

• She wore a brace to correct her gappy teeth.

• Skyscrapers rose like jagged teeth.

• Sugar rots your teeth.

• The baby's crying because he's cutting a new tooth.

• The cat came in with a mouse in its teeth.

• The cat left teeth marks in my arm.

• The dog bared its teeth at us and growled.

• The man smiled, revealing perfect white teeth.

• Their teeth were chattering with cold.

• a reporter who cut her teeth working in Soweto

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

teeth

teeth (AGAINST) /tiːθ/
plural noun
in the teeth of sth If something happens or is done in the teeth of difficulties, the difficulties cause problems but do not stop it:
The road was built in the teeth of fierce opposition from the public.

teeth (POWER) /tiːθ/
plural noun
effective force or power:
This committee can make recommendations but it has no real teeth.

teeth (TOOTH) /tiːθ/

plural of tooth

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

tooth

/tu:θ/
(teeth)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.
Your teeth are the hard white objects in your mouth, which you use for biting and chewing.
If a tooth feels very loose, your dentist may recommend that it’s taken out.
N-COUNT: oft poss N

2.
The teeth of something such as a comb, saw, cog, or zip are the parts that stick out in a row on its edge.
N-PLURAL

3.
If you say that something such as an official group or a law has teeth, you mean that it has power and is able to be effective.
The opposition argues that the new council will be unconstitutional and without teeth...
The law must have teeth, and it must be enforced.
N-PLURAL

4.
see also wisdom tooth

5.
If you say that someone cut their teeth doing a particular thing, at a particular time, or in a particular place, you mean that that is how, when, or where they began their career and learned some of their skills.
...director John Glen, who cut his teeth on Bond movies...
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR prep, PHR -ing

6.
If you say that something sets your teeth on edge, you mean that you find it extremely unpleasant or irritating.
Their voices set your teeth on edge.
PHRASE: V inflects

7.
If you fight tooth and nail to do something, you do everything you can in order to achieve it. If you fight something tooth and nail, you do everything you can in order to prevent it.
He fought tooth and nail to keep his job...
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR to-inf

8.
If you describe a task or activity as something you can get your teeth into, you mean that you like it because it is interesting, complex, and makes you think hard. (INFORMAL)
This role gave her something to get her teeth into...
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR n [approval]

9.
If you do something in the teeth of a difficulty or danger, you do it in spite of the difficulty or danger.
I was battling my way along the promenade in the teeth of a force ten gale...
In the teeth of the longest recession since the 1930s, the company continues to perform well.
PHRASE: PHR n

10.
If you say that someone is lying through their teeth, you are emphasizing that they are telling lies. (INFORMAL)
PHRASE: V inflects [emphasis]

11.
If you describe someone as long in the tooth, you are saying unkindly or humorously that they are old or getting old. (INFORMAL)
Aren’t I a bit long in the tooth to start being an undergraduate?
PHRASE: v-link PHR [disapproval]

12.
If you have a sweet tooth, you like sweet food very much.
PHRASE: usu PHR after v

13.
to get the bit between your teeth: see bit
to give one’s eye teeth for something: see eye
to gnash one’s teeth: see gnash
to grit your teeth: see grit
a kick in the teeth: see kick
by the skin of your teeth: see skin

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

tooth

tooth /ˈtuːɵ/ noun, pl teeth /ˈtiːɵ/
1 [count] : one of the hard white objects inside the mouth that are used for biting and chewing
• The dentist will have to pull that tooth.
• You should brush/clean your teeth every morning and night.
• She clenched her teeth in anger.
• He has a set of false teeth.
• a loose tooth
• tooth decay
• She sank her teeth into [=bit] the apple.
- see picture at mouth; see also baby tooth, buck teeth, eyetooth, milk tooth, sweet tooth, wisdom tooth
2 [count] : a sharp or pointed object that sticks out of something and is part of a row of similar objects
• the teeth of a saw/comb
3 teeth [plural] : the power that makes something effective
• drug laws with teeth
• The labor union showed that it has teeth.
a kick in the teeth
- see 2kick
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
- see 1eye
by the skin of your teeth
- see 1skin
cut a tooth, cut your teeth
- see 1cut
fly in the teeth of
- see 1fly
get/take the bit between your teeth
- see 2bit
get your teeth into or chiefly US sink your teeth into : to become fully involved in (something, such as a new activity) : to do or deal with (something) with a lot of energy, interest, etc.
• He finally has a project he can get his teeth into.
grit your teeth
- see 2grit
in the teeth of
1 or into the teeth of : directly against (a strong wind, storm, etc.)
• They sailed in/into the teeth of the wind.
2 : despite (something)
• A shopping mall was built in the teeth of fierce opposition.
like pulling teeth
- used to say that something is very difficult and frustrating
• Getting him to make a decision is like pulling teeth. [=it is very hard to get him to make a decision]
long in the tooth informal : no longer young : old
• Isn't she a little long in the tooth for those kinds of antics?
set your teeth on edge
✦If a sound, taste, etc., sets your teeth on edge, it makes your body feel tense or uncomfortable.
• That awful squeaking is enough to set my teeth on edge!
tooth and nail : with a lot of effort and determination
• They fought tooth and nail.
to the teeth : fully or completely
• The men were armed to the teeth. [=the men had a lot of weapons]

American English
British English
A1 (Basic)
teeth
noun
0

microwave

microwave [noun]
US /ˈmaɪ.kroʊ.weɪv/ 
UK /ˈmaɪ.krə.weɪv/ 
Example: 

I cook my food in a microwave.

An oven that cooks food very quickly by passing electricity through it, instead of using heat

Persian equivalent: 

Click here.

Example: 

I cook my food in a microwave.

Theme, CEFR level & Tags

Theme: 
kitchen appliances
Level: 
A1 (Basic)
Region: 
American English
British English

Oxford Essential Dictionary

microwave

 (also microwave oven ) noun
a type of oven that cooks or heats food very quickly using electric waves

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

microwave

I.   noun

I. mi‧cro‧wave1 /ˈmaɪkrəweɪv/ noun [countable]

 1. (also ˌmicrowave ˈoven) a type of oven that cooks food very quickly using very short electric waves instead of heat:
   • I’ll heat it up in the microwave.
 2. a very short electric wave that is used in cooking food and sending messages by radio, and in radar
     • • •

THESAURUS■ ways of cooking something

   ▪ bake to cook things such as bread or cakes in an oven: • Tom baked a cake for my birthday.
   ▪ roast to cook meat or vegetables in an oven: • Roast the potatoes for an hour.
   ▪ fry to cook food in hot oil: • She was frying some mushrooms.
   ▪ stir-fry to fry small pieces of food while moving them around continuously: • stir-fried tofu and bean sprouts
   ▪ sauté /ˈsəʊteɪ $ soʊˈteɪ/ to fry vegetables for a short time in a small amount of butter or oil: • Sauté the potatoes in butter.
   ▪ grill to cook food over or under strong heat: • grilled fish
   ▪ broil American English to cook food under heat: • broiled fish
   ▪ boil to cook something in very hot water: • He doesn’t even know how to boil an egg. | • English people seem to love boiled vegetables.
   ▪ steam to cook vegetables over hot water: • Steam the rice for 15 minutes.
   ▪ poach to cook food, especially fish or eggs, slowly in hot water: • poached salmon
   ▪ toast to cook the outside surfaces of bread: • toasted muffins
   ▪ barbecue to cook food on a metal frame over a fire outdoors: • I thought we could barbecue some mackerel.
   ▪ microwave to cook food in a microwave oven: • The beans can be microwaved.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

microwave

micro·wave [microwave microwaves microwaved microwaving] noun, verb   [ˈmaɪkrəweɪv]    [ˈmaɪkrəweɪv] 

noun

1. (also formal ˌmicrowave ˈoven) a type of oven that cooks or heats food very quickly using electromagnetic waves rather than heat

• Reheat the soup in the microwave.

• microwave cookery/meals

compare  oven

2. (technical) an electromagnetic wave that is shorter than a radio wave but longer than a light wave

 

Example Bank:

• I took my lunch out of the microwave.

• Your dinner's in the microwave.

• He lives on a diet of fast food and microwave meals.

• This product is unsuitable for cooking in microwave ovens.

• You can always reheat the soup in the microwave.

Derived Word: microwaveable 

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

microwave / ˈmaɪ.krə.weɪv /   / -kroʊ- / noun [ C ]

( also microwave oven ) an electric oven that uses waves of energy to cook or heat food quickly:

Put the fish in the microwave and it'll only take five minutes.

a very short electromagnetic wave used for cooking food or for sending information by radio or radar

microwave verb [ T ]

to cook something in a microwave:

Shall I microwave something for dinner?

microwaveable ( US microwavable ) / -weɪ.və.bl̩ / adjective

microwaveable frozen chips

© Cambridge University Press 2013

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

microwave

/maɪkroʊweɪv/
(microwaves, microwaving, microwaved)

1.
A microwave or a microwave oven is an oven which cooks food very quickly by electromagnetic radiation rather than by heat.
N-COUNT

2.
To microwave food or drink means to cook or heat it in a microwave oven.
Steam or microwave the vegetables until tender.
VERB: V n

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

1mi·cro·wave /ˈmaɪkroʊˌweɪv/ noun, pl -waves [count]
1 : microwave oven
• The apartment came with a microwave.
- often used before another noun
• microwave cooking [=cooking using a microwave oven]
• microwave [=microwavable] popcorn
• a microwave dinner
2 physics : a very short wave of electromagnetic energy
• antennas for detecting microwaves
• microwave radiation

American English
British English
A1 (Basic)
microwave
noun
0

movie

movie [noun]
US /ˈmuː.vi/ 
UK /ˈmuː.vi/ 
Example: 

We took the kids to the movies.

especially American English

a film made to be shown at the cinema or on television

Persian equivalent: 

Click here.

Example: 

We took the kids to the movies.

Theme, CEFR level & Tags

Theme: 
cinema - general words
Level: 
A1 (Basic)
Region: 
American English

Oxford Essential Dictionary

movie

 noun (American)

1 (British film) a film that you see at the cinema:
Would you like to see a movie?

2 the movies (plural) (British the cinema) (no plural) the place where you go to watch a film:
We went to the movies last night.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

movie

mov‧ie S2 W2 /ˈmuːvi/ BrE AmE noun [countable] especially American English
1. a film made to be shown at the cinema or on television:
It was like one of those old John Wayne movies.
in a movie
She once played the innocent victim in a horror movie.
movie about
a movie about two gay teenagers who fall in love
2. the movies
a) the cinema:
We took the kids to the movies.
In those days, we went to the movies every week.
at the movies
Why were you at the movies all by yourself?
b) films in general, and the events in them
in (the) movies
He couldn’t believe his luck. It was the sort of thing that only happened in the movies.
c) the business of producing films:
a career in the movies
• • •
COLLOCATIONS
■ verbs
▪ watch/see a movie We watched the movie and ate popcorn.
▪ go to a movie How about going to a movie?
▪ take in a movie American English (=go to see a movie) Maybe we could go out to dinner and take in a movie.
▪ appear in/be in a movie She’s also appeared in ten movies.
▪ star in a movie (=play one of the main characters) Depp will star in director Tim Burton’s next movie.
▪ a movie stars/features somebody a movie starring Will Smith
▪ make/shoot a movie The children have made their own movies for the contest.
▪ direct a movie He wrote and directed the movie.
▪ show/screen a movie What movies are they showing this weekend?
▪ a movie is released (=becomes available for the public to see) The movie has already been released in the US.
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + movie
▪ an old movie She was watching an old movie on television.
▪ a classic movie (=an old movie that is very good) a scene from the classic movie ‘Casablanca’
▪ a hit movie (=a successful movie) He has directed a string of hit movies.
▪ a cult movie (=one that a small group of people like very much and watch often) a showing of the cult movie ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’
▪ a big-budget/low-budget movie (=one that cost a lot of money to make, or very little money to make) He won a role in a big-budget movie.
■ movie + NOUN
▪ the movie industry How did you get started in the movie industry?
▪ a movie star She looked like a movie star.
▪ a movie director He and his wife are both movie directors.
▪ a movie producer He started out as an actor, then became a movie producer.
▪ a movie premiere (=the first showing of a movie) She wore the dress to a movie premiere.
▪ a movie camera Do you know how to operate a movie camera?
▪ a movie screen It was strange to see herself up there on the movie screen.
• • •
THESAURUS
▪ film especially British English, movie especially American English a series of images that tell a story and are shown in a cinema or on television: What’s your favourite movie? | It won the award for best foreign film. | a made-for-TV movie
▪ motion picture formal (also picture) a film – used especially by people who make films or by critics: a major Hollywood motion picture | Tell us about your latest picture.
▪ blockbuster informal a very successful film: Steven Spielberg’s latest Hollywood blockbuster
▪ flick informal a film – a very informal use: an action flick
▪ documentary a film that gives detailed information and facts about a particular subject: a documentary on the rain forest
▪ feature film a film made to be shown in cinemas: The book was later made into a full-length feature film starring Sean Penn.
▪ comedy a film intended to make people laugh: Monroe appeared in a number of comedies.
▪ romantic comedy (also romcom British English informal) a film about two people who are in love, which is intended to make the people who watch it feel happy: ‘Notting Hill’ is a romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant.
▪ thriller an exciting film, especially about murder or serious crimes: ‘The Birds’ is a classic Hitchcock thriller.
▪ film noir a film that shows strong feelings of fear or evil and whose characters are often immoral, or these films in general: ‘The Big Sleep’ is a classic Hollywood film noir.
▪ action film/movie a film that has lots of fighting, explosions etc: Stallone’s latest action movie
▪ horror film/movie a frightening film about ghosts, murders etc: She loves watching old horror movies.
▪ western a film with cowboys in it: John Wayne is famous for making westerns.
▪ science fiction film/movie (also sci-fi film/movie informal) a film about imaginary events in the future or in outer space: ‘2001’ is probably the most famous sci-fi movie ever made.
▪ gangster film/movie a film about violent criminals
▪ silent film/movie an old film without any sound: The 1920s were the golden age of silent movies.
▪ an independent film/movie a film made by a small film company
▪ animated film/movie/cartoon a film with characters that are drawn or made using a computer: One of his first animated films was ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’.
▪ anime /ˈænɪmeɪ, -mə/ a type of Japanese animated film, which often has a science fiction story: Miyazaki’s anime film ‘Spirited Away’ became an international success. | an anime character
▪ CGI the use of computers to create characters and images in a film: The film uses CGI. | Disney’s latest CGI movie
▪ short a short film, usually shown before a longer movie in the cinema: an animated short
▪ trailer a series of short scenes from a film or programme, shown in order to advertise it in a cinema, on television etc: We had to sit through all the trailers.
■ the people who make film
▪ actor a man or woman who acts in a film: a previously unknown actor | Brando was one of Hollywood’s greatest actors.
▪ actress a woman who acts in a film. Women who appear in films or plays usually prefer to be called actors: She was the actress who played Scarlet O'Hara in ‘Gone with the Wind’.
▪ star a famous actor or actress: He looked liked a movie star. | a hotel which was used by the stars
▪ director the person who tells the actors and actresses in a film what to do: The director of the film is Quentin Tarantino.
▪ producer the person who makes the arrangements for a film to be made and controls the ↑budget
▪ film/movie crew the people operating the camera, lights etc who help the director make a film
 

 

motion picture

ˌmotion ˈpicture BrE AmE noun [countable] especially American English formal
a film made for the cinema SYN movie:
the motion picture industry

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

movie

 

movie [movie movies]   [ˈmuːvi]    [ˈmuːvi]  noun (especially NAmE)
1. countable a series of moving pictures recorded with sound that tells a story, shown at the cinema/movie theater
Syn:  film
• to make a horror movie
• Have you seen the latest Miyazaki movie?
• a famous movie director/star

 

2. the movies plural =  cinema  (2)

• Let's go to the movies.

3. the movies plural =  cinema  (3)
• I've always wanted to work in the movies.  
Culture:
Hollywood
Hollywood, more than any other place in the world, represents the excitement and glamour of the film industry. The world’s major film companies have studios in Hollywood and many famous film/movie stars live in its fashionable and expensive Beverly Hills district. But Hollywood is also Tinseltown, where money can buy an expensive lifestyle but the pressure to succeed can ruin lives, as in the case of Marilyn Monroe and River Phoenix. Both the British and Americans have mixed feelings about Hollywood: they are fascinated by the excitement of the film world and by the lives of the stars, but also see Hollywood as a symbol of trashy, commercial culture.
Hollywood is now surrounded by Los Angeles. In 1908, when film companies began moving west from New York, it was a small, unknown community. The companies were attracted to California by its fine weather, which allowed them to film outside for most of the year, but they also wanted to avoid having to pay money to a group of studios led by Thomas Edison which were trying to establish a monopoly. Most of the companies were run by people from Jewish families who had come to America from Europe. By the 1920s, companies such as Universal and United Artists had set up studios around Hollywood. During this period Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks1, and John Barrymore became famous in silent films (= films without sound). Mack Sennett, a Canadian, began making comedy films, including those featuring the Keystone Kops, in which Charlie Chaplin and ‚Fatty’ Arbuckle became stars. D W Griffith directed expensive ‚epic’ films like Birth of a Nation, and William S Hart made westerns popular. Hollywood also created its first sex symbol, Theda Bara (1890–1955).
The 1920s saw big changes. The first film in Technicolor was produced in 1922. Warner Brothers was formed in 1923 and four years later produced Hollywood’s first talkie (= film with spoken words), Jazz Singer. Huge numbers of Americans were now attracted to the movies. Stars like Pickford and Chaplin reached the height of their fame, and new stars were discovered, such as Rudolph Valentino, Laurel and Hardy and Buster Keaton.
The 1930s and 1940s were Hollywood’s ‚Golden Age’ and films became popular around the world. Hollywood even made successes out of America’s worst times: Prohibition led to the gangster films of Edward G Robinson and James Cagney, and the Great Depression to films like Grapes of Wrath. World War II featured in successful films like Casablanca. The great Hollywood studios, MGM, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures, controlled the careers of actors. Famous directors of the time included Orson Welles and John Ford and screen stars included Clark Gable, John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Errol Flynn, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bette Davis, Gregory Peck, Kirk Douglas and Robert Mitchum.
New words were invented to keep up with Hollywood’s development: cliffhanger, tear jerker, spine-chiller and western describe types of film. Villains became baddies or bad guys. As equipment became more sophisticated more people were needed to manage it. New jobs, still seen on lists of film credits today, included gaffer (= chief electrician) and best boy, his chief assistant.
In the 1950s large numbers of people abandoned the movies in order to watch television. The film industry needed something new to attract them back. This led to the development of Cinerama and 3-D films, which gave the audience the feeling of being part of the action. These proved too expensive but the wide screen of CinemaScope soon became standard throughout the world. The stars of the 1950s, including Marilyn Monroe, Rock Hudson, James Dean and Steve McQueen, also kept the film industry alive.
In the 1960s many companies began making films in other countries where costs were lower, and people said Hollywood would never again be the centre of the film industry. But the skills, equipment and money were still there, and Hollywood became important again in the 1980s. The old studios were bought by new media companies: 20th Century Fox was bought by Rupert Murdoch, and Columbia by the Sony Corporation. New energy came from independent directors and producers like Steven Spielberg, Robert Redford and Martin Scorsese. Rising stars included Meryl Streep, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kevin Costner and Tom Hanks.
Now, more than ever, Hollywood leads the world’s film industry, producing the most expensive and successful films ever made, such as Jurassic Park (1993), Forrest Gump, Independence Day (1996), Titanic, Gladiator (2000) and Troy (2004). Companies like MGM own their own movie theaters in the US and elsewhere. Studios make extra profits from selling films to television companies and from selling videos and DVDs. The Oscars, presented by Hollywood’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, are the most valued prizes in the industry. 
Thesaurus:
movie noun
1. C (especially AmE)
• Have you seen that new Chinese movie?
video • • DVD • |especially BrE film •
in a movie/video/film
make/produce/direct a movie/video/film
see/watch a movie/video/DVD/film
Movie or film? Movie is used especially in American English; film is used especially in British English. Movie can suggest that a film is just entertainment without any artistic value. In American English film can suggest that a film has artistic value:
• an art film
 ¤ an art movie
2. movies pl. (especially AmE)
• I've always wanted to work in movies.
film • |especially BrE cinema •
work in movies/film/cinema
the movie/film/cinema industry  
Collocations:
Cinema/the movies
Watching
go to/take sb to (see) a film/movie
go to/sit in (BrE) the cinema/(NAmE) the (movie) theater
rent a film/movie/DVD
download a film/movie/video
burn/copy/rip a DVD
see/watch a film/movie/DVD/video/preview/trailer
Showing
show/screen a film/movie
promote/distribute/review a film/movie
(BrE) be on at the cinema
be released on/come out on/be out on DVD
captivate/delight/grip/thrill the audience
do well/badly at the box office
get a lot of/live up to the hype
Film-making
write/co-write a film/movie/script/screenplay
direct/produce/make/shoot/edit a film/movie/sequel/video
make a romantic comedy/a thriller/an action movie
do/work on a sequel/remake
film/shoot the opening scene/an action sequence/footage (of sth)
compose/create/do/write the soundtrack
cut/edit (out) a scene/sequence
Acting
have/get/do an audition
get/have/play a leading/starring/supporting role
play a character/James Bond/the bad guy
act in/appear in/star in a film/movie/remake
do/perform/attempt a stunt
work in/make it big in Hollywood
forge/carve/make/pursue a career in Hollywood
Describing films
the camera pulls back/pans over sth/zooms in (on sth)
the camera focuses on sth/lingers on sth
shoot sb/show sb in extreme close-up
use odd/unusual camera angles
be filmed/shot on location/in a studio
be set/take place in London/in the '60s
have a happy ending/plot twist 
Example Bank:
• Her father played all the old home movies.
• I'd never go to a movie alone.
• Johnson really steals this movie as Cassius.
• Liz paused the movie and walked over to the phone.
• The former footballer is now mixing with movie people in Hollywood.
• The movie contains a lengthy car chase through the streets of Paris.
• The movie follows their lives on a small Arkansas farm.
• The movie is set in a New England school.
• The movie opens with a quote from the Buddha.
• We watched a home movie of my second birthday party.
• We're having a movie night with pizza and beer.
• a movie about the life of Castro
• a movie based on the novel by Betty Munn
• a movie entitled ‘Short Legs’
• an excellent actor who could easily carry the movie all on his own
• the movie rights to her autobiography
• the movie version of the well-known novel
• Have you seen the latest Tarantino movie?

• a famous movie director/star

 

 

motion picture

 

ˌmotion ˈpicture [motion picture motion pictures]       noun (especially NAmE)
a film/movie that is made for the cinema 
Example Bank:

• The American motion picture industry began with Thomas Edison in the 19th century.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

movie / ˈmuː.vi / noun

A1 [ C ] mainly US for a cinema film:

My favourite movie is 'Casablanca'.

the movies [ plural ] mainly US a cinema or group of cinemas:

What's on/showing at the movies this week?

Shall we go to the movies tonight?

© Cambridge University Press 2013

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

movie

[mu͟ːvi]
 ♦♦
 movies
 1) N-COUNT A movie is a film. [AM; also BRIT, INFORMAL]
  In the first movie Tony Curtis ever made he played a grocery clerk.
  ...a horror movie.
  Syn:
  film
 2) N-PLURAL: the N You can talk about the movies when you are talking about seeing a movie in a movie theater. [mainly AM]
  He took her to the movies.(in BRIT, usually use the cinema)

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

movie

 

mov·ie /ˈmuːvi/ noun, pl -ies chiefly US
1 [count] : a recording of moving images that tells a story and that people watch on a screen or television
• He's making a movie [=film, motion picture] about growing up in a small town.
• a Hollywood movie
• We went to (see) a movie after dinner.
• Do you want to rent a movie [=rent a video or DVD] tonight?
• an action movie
• a horror movie
- often used before another noun
• a movie star/producer/director
• a movie camera/studio
• the movie business/industry
• a movie critic/review
• a movie house/theater
- see also home movie
2 the movies
a : a showing of a movie in a theater
• We are going to the movies tonight. [=we are going to see a movie tonight] also; : a movie theater
• What's (playing/showing) at the movies?
b : the business of making movies : the film industry
• He wants to work in the movies.
• a career in the movies

American English
A1 (Basic)
movie
noun
0

Business

business [noun] (SELLING)
US /ˈbɪz.nɪs/ 
UK /ˈbɪz.nɪs/ 
Example: 

He is studying business.

Work that you do to earn money

Persian equivalent: 

Click here.

Example: 

He is studying business.

Theme, CEFR level & Tags

Theme: 
buying and selling in general
Level: 
A1 (Basic)
Region: 
American English
British English

Oxford Essential Dictionary

business

 noun

1 (no plural) buying and selling things:
I want to go into business when I leave school.
Business is not very good this year.

2 (plural businesses) a place where people sell or make things, for example a shop or factory

3 the work that you do as your job:
The manager will be away on business next week.
a business trip

it's none of your business, mind your own business words that you use to tell somebody rudely that you do not want to tell them about something private:
'Where are you going?' 'Mind your own business!'
 

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

business

busi‧ness S1 W1 /ˈbɪznəs, ˈbɪznɪs/ noun
 [Date: 1300-1400; Origin: busy]
 1. BUYING OR SELLING GOODS OR SERVICES  [uncountable] the activity of making money by producing or buying and selling goods, or providing services:
   • Students on the course learn about all aspects of business.
   • Carl began in the music business by running a recording studio.
   • We do business with a number of Italian companies.
   • He has a wide range of business interests.
 2. COMPANY  [countable] an organization such as a company, shop, or factory that produces or sells goods or provides a service:
   • She now has her own $25 million home-shopping business.
   • They don’t know how to run a business.
   • The company began as a small family business.
 3. HOW MUCH WORK A COMPANY HAS  [uncountable] the amount of work a company does or the amount of money it makes:
   • We’re now doing twice as much business as we did last year.
   • Exports account for 72% of overall business.
  business is good/bad/slow etc
   • Business is slow during the summer.
  drum up business (=try to get more work for you or your company)
   • Perot was in Europe, drumming up business for his new investment company.
 4. FOR YOUR JOB  [uncountable] work that you do as part of your job:
   • She’s in New York this week on business (=for her work).
   • Hi Maggie! Is this phone call business or pleasure?
  business trip/meeting etc
   • We discussed the idea over a business lunch.
   • useful business contacts
 5. WHAT SOMEONE SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN  [uncountable]
   a) if something is not your business or none of your business, you should not be involved in it or ask about it:
   • It was not her business, she decided, to ask where the money came from.
   • It’s none of your business how much I weigh.
   • ‘Who’s that girl you were with?’ ‘Mind your own business (=Don’t ask questions about something that does not concern you)!’
   • ‘Are you going out with Kate tonight?’ ‘That’s my business’ (=it doesn’t concern you, so don’t ask me questions about it).
   b) if it is someone’s business to do something, it is their duty or responsibility to do it
  it is the business of somebody to do something
   • It is the business of government to listen to the various groups within society.
 6. THINGS TO BE DEALT WITH  [uncountable] things that need to be done or discussed:
   • Okay, let’s get down to business (=start doing or discussing something).
   • ‘Is there any other business?’ the chairman asked.
 7. MATTER  [singular] a situation or activity, especially one that you have a particular opinion about or attitude towards
  a serious/strange/funny etc business
   • Leon regards keeping fit as a serious business.
   • Tanya found the whole business ridiculous.
 8. be in business
   a) to be involved in business activities:
   • The company has been in business for over 30 years.
   b) spoken to have all that you need to start doing something:
   • I’ve just got to buy the paint and then we’re in business.
 9. (go) out of business if a company goes out of business, or something puts it out of business, it stops operating, especially because of financial problems:
   • Higher interest rates will drive small firms out of business.
 10. be back in business to be working or operating in a normal way again:
   • The band are back in business after a long break.
 11. somebody was (just) minding their own business spoken used to say that someone was not doing anything unusual or wrong at the time when something unfair or bad happened to them:
   • I was driving along, minding my own business, when the police stopped my car.
 12. go about your business to do the things that you normally do:
   • The street was full of ordinary people going about their business.
 13. make it your business to do something to make a special effort to do something:
   • Ruth made it her business to get to know the customers.
 14. mean business informal to be serious about doing something even if it involves harming someone:
   • The border is guarded by troops who mean business.
 15. unfinished business something you need to discuss further with someone or a situation that has not yet reached a satisfactory solution:
   • The sudden death of a loved one can often leave the bereaved with an agonising sense of unfinished business.
 16. business is business spoken used to say that profit is the most important thing to consider:
   • We can’t afford to employ someone who isn’t good at the job – business is business.
 17. business as usual when someone or something is still working or operating normally when you think they might not be:
   • Despite last night’s scare, it was business as usual in the White House today.
 18. have no business doing something/have no business to do something to do something you should not be doing:
   • He was drunk and had no business driving.
 19. not be in the business of doing something to not be intending to do something because you think it is a bad idea:
   • I’m not in the business of selling my best players.
 20. and all that business spoken informal and other things of the same general kind:
   • She handles the publicity and all that business.
 21. (it’s) the business British English informal used to say that something is very good or works well:
   • Have you seen David’s new car? It’s the business!
 22. do the business British English informal
   a) to do what you are expected to do or what people want you to do:
   • Come on, then, and do the business.
   b) to have sex
  ⇨ big business, ⇨ funny business at funny(3), ⇨ like nobody’s business at nobody1(2), ⇨ monkey business at monkey1(3), ⇨ show business
     • • •

COLLOCATIONS(for Meaning 1)■ verbs

   ▪ do business • A lot of firms are keen to do business in Japan.
   ▪ conduct business formal (=do business) • It is not a sensible way to conduct business.
   ▪ go into business (=start working in business) • A lot of university graduates want to go into business.
   ▪ set up/start up in business • The bank gave me a loan to help me set up in business.
   ▪ stay in business (=continue operating and not become bankrupt) • Some stores are finding it hard to stay in business.
   ▪ go out of business (=stop doing business because of financial problems) • In a recession smaller firms often go out of business.

■ NOUN + business

   ▪ the music/entertainment/computer etc business • He started out working in the computer business.

■ business + NOUN

   ▪ a business deal (=an occasion when you buy or sell something) • Negotiation is the most important part of a business deal.
   ▪ business activities • His wife refused to get involved in his business activities.
   ▪ business interests (=business activities, or shares in companies) • Both companies have substantial business interests in Indonesia.
   ▪ the business community (=people who work in business) • There was pressure on the government from the business community.
   ▪ the business world • You need to be flexible in today’s highly competitive business world.
   ▪ business studies (=a course of study about business) • She did business studies at college.

■ COMMON ERRORS

    ► Do not say 'make business'. Say do business.
     • • •

COLLOCATIONS(for Meaning 2)■ verbs

   ▪ have/own a business • Nick owned a software business in Boston.
   ▪ run a business (=manage it) • There’s plenty of advice available on how to run your own business.
   ▪ start/set up a business • When you’re starting a business, you have to work longer hours.
   ▪ take over a business (=buy it or start running it) • When my father retired, I took over the business.
   ▪ build (up)/develop a business • He spent years trying to build a business in Antigua.
   ▪ establish a business • She overcame many financial difficulties to establish her business.
   ▪ a business succeeds • Making a business succeed is not simple.
   ▪ a business collapses/fails (=stops operating) • 35% of small businesses fail in the first year of operation.

■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + business

   ▪ a small business (=that employs only a few people) • Many small businesses have been badly hit by the recession.
   ▪ a medium-sized business • They offer services to small and medium-sized businesses.
   ▪ a software/catering/construction etc business • His girlfriend runs a catering business.
   ▪ a family business (=owned and controlled by one family) • For many years the hotel was a family business.
   ▪ an import/export business • Kingwell had an export business in New Zealand.
   ▪ a successful/profitable/thriving business • Within a few years she had established a thriving business in London.
   ▪ a viable business (=one that is likely to be successful) • It soon became clear that the restaurant was not a viable business.

■ business + NOUN

   ▪ a business partner (=someone who shares a business with you) • Margie was his wife and also his business partner.
   ▪ a business manager • We need to take on a business manager to deal with some of the admin.
   ▪ a business customer/client • We’re providing our business customers with reliable, proven Internet technology.
     • • •

THESAURUS

   ▪ business the activity of making money by producing, buying, or selling goods, or providing services: • Business in Europe has been badly affected by economic conditions in the US. | • He works in the advertising business.
   ▪ trade the buying and selling of goods and services, especially between countries: • Trade between European countries became easier after the introduction of the Euro. | • a trade agreement
   ▪ commerce the buying and selling of goods and services. Commerce is more formal than business, and is used when talking about business activities in general: • One of the roles of the federal government is to regulate commerce. | • London became a great centre of commerce. | • the local chamber of commerce (=an organization which the companies and shops in an area belong to)
   ▪ e-commerce the buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet: • E-commerce is a fast-growing part of the US economy.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

business

busi·ness [business businesses]   [ˈbɪznəs]    [ˈbɪznəs]  noun

TRADE

1. uncountable the activity of making, buying, selling or supplying goods or services for money

Syn:  commerce, Syn: trade

• business contacts/affairs/interests

• a business investment

• It's been a pleasure to do business with you.

• She has set up in business as a hairdresser.

• When he left school, he went into business with his brother.

• She works in the computer business.

• They were both in the same line of business.

 

see also  agribusiness, big business, show business  

WORK

2. uncountable work that is part of your job

• Is the trip to Rome business or pleasure?

• a business lunch

• He's away on business.

3. uncountable the amount of work done by a company, etc; the rate or quality of this work

• Business was bad.

• Business was booming.

• Her job was to drum up (= increase) business.

• How's business?

• If we close down for repairs, we'll lose business.  

COMPANY

4. countable a commercial organization such as a company, shop/store or factory

• to have/start/run a business

• business premises

• She works in the family business.

 

• They've got a small catering business.

 

• He wanted to expand the export side of the business.  

 

 

RESPONSIBILITY

 

5. uncountable something that concerns a particular person or organization

 

• It is the business of the police to protect the community.

 

• I shall make it my business to find out who is responsible.

 

• My private life is none of your business (= does not concern you).

 

• It's no business of yours who I invite to the party.  

 

 

IMPORTANT MATTERS

 

6. uncountable important matters that need to be dealt with or discussed

 

• the main business of the meeting

 

• He has some unfinished business to deal with.  

 

 

EVENT

 

7. singular (usually with an adjective) a matter, an event or a situation

 

• That plane crash was a terrible business.

 

• I found the whole business very depressing.

 

• The business of the missing tickets hasn't been sorted out.  

 

 

BEING A CUSTOMER

 

8. (especially NAmE) (also BrE formal cus·tom) uncountable the fact of a person or people buying goods or services at a shop/store or business

 

• We're grateful for your business.

 

more at mean business at  mean  v., mind your own business at  mind  v., ply for hire/trade/business at  ply  v.

 

Idioms: any other business ▪ business as usual ▪ business is business ▪ get down to business ▪ go about your business ▪ have no business doing something ▪ have no business to do something ▪ in business ▪ like nobody's business ▪ not be in the business of doing something ▪ out of business ▪ the business

 

See also: custom 

 

 

Word Origin:

 

Old English bisignis ‘anxiety’ (see busy, -ness); the sense ‘state of being busy’ was used from Middle English down to the 18th cent., but is now differentiated as busyness. The use ‘appointed task’ dates from late Middle English, and from it all the other current senses have developed.

 

 

Culture:

 

the City

 

The business and financial centre of London is called the City or the City of London. It covers an area in east central London north of the River Thames, between Blackfriars Bridge and Tower Bridge. It is only about one square mile/2.5 square kilometres in size and is often referred to as the Square Mile.

 

Many financial institutions have their head offices in the City, including the Bank of England in Threadneedle Street, the London Stock Exchange in Old Broad Street and Lloyd's of London in Lime Street. Many banks, insurance companies and stockbrokers (= companies that buy and sell shares for others) have been in the City many years. When journalists talk about ‘the City’ they are usually not referring to the place but to the people involved in business and commerce, as in: The City had been expecting poor results from the company. (

 

Compare Wall Street

 

)

 

In the City old and new buildings stand next to each other. The most famous older buildings include St Paul's Cathedral, the Guildhall and the Mansion House, where the Lord Mayor of London lives. Tower 42, which is 600 feet/183 metres high, and the Swiss Re Tower, nicknamed ‘the Gherkin’, are two of the City’s more recent landmarks. The Barbican Centre includes an art gallery, a theatre and a concert hall, as well as flats/apartments.

 

Few people live in the City and at night the population is about 7 000. During the day it rises to about half a million, as business people commute to the City by car, bus and train. In the past the traditional image of the City gent was of a businessman in a dark suit and bowler hat, carrying a briefcase and a newspaper or an umbrella. The expression She’s something in the City means ‘She has an important job with a bank or firm of stockbrokers ’, and suggests wealth and high social status.

 

 

Thesaurus:

 

business noun

 

1. U

 

• It's a pleasure to do business with you.

 

trade • • trading • • commerce • • enterprise • • dealing • • operation • • market • • marketplace •

 

business/trade/trading/commerce/enterprise/dealing between people/countries

 

business/trade/trading/commerce/dealing with sb/a country

 

encourage/promote business/trade/commerce/enterprise

 

business/trade/the market grows/is booming/picks up/declines

 

Business or trade? Trade is used slightly more to talk about buying and selling goods rather than services. Business is used when sb is trying to emphasize the more personal aspects, such as discussing things and working together to provide goods or services.

 

2. C

 

• He works in the oil business.

 

industry • • trade • • service •

 

the book/tourist/car/catering/hotel/construction business/industry/trade

 

the energy/oil/food/computer/advertising/insurance/music business/industry

 

work in/be in a particular business/industry/trade/service

 

3. U

 

• She's away on business.

 

work • • job • • assignment • • duty • • duties • • mission • • task •

 

Opp: pleasure

 

(a) routine business/work/job/assignment/duties/mission/task

 

do business/your work/a job/an assignment/a task

 

be on business/a job/a mission

 

4. C

 

• start your own business

 

company • • firm • • operation • • corporation • • partnership • • practice • • cooperative • • syndicate • • house • |informal outfit • |business group • • conglomerate • • consortium • |business, journalism enterprise •

 

a multinational business/company/firm/operation/corporation/group/conglomerate/consortium/enterprise

 

a family business/company/firm/operation/partnership/practice/… house/enterprise

 

set up a/an business/company/firm/operation/corporation/partnership/practice/cooperative/syndicate/…house/outfit/consortium/enterprise

 

run a/an business/company/firm/operation/corporation/cooperative/syndicate/…house/group/conglomerate/consortium/enterprise

 

5.

 

• It's my business who I invite to the party.

 

affair • • preserve • |formal concern •

 

a private/personal business/affair/concern

 

sth is sb's own business/affair/concern

 

be none of sb's business/affair/concern

 

Business or concern? You can only use business, not concern, in the phrases make it your business to do sth and sth is the business of sth:

 

• I shall make it my business to find out who is responsible.

 

 ¤ I shall make it my concern to find out who is responsible.:

 

• It is the business of the police to protect the community.

 

 ¤ It is the concern of the police to protect the community.

 

 

Collocations:

 

Business

 

Running a business

 

buy/acquire/own/sell a company/firm/franchise

 

set up/establish/ start/start up/launch a business/company

 

run/operate a business/company/franchise

 

head/run a firm/department/team

 

make/secure/win/block a deal

 

expand/grow/build the business

 

boost/increase investment/spending/sales/turnover/earnings/exports/trade

 

increase/expand production/output/sales

 

boost/maximize production/productivity/efficiency/income/revenue/profit/profitability

 

achieve/maintain/sustain growth/profitability

 

cut/reduce/bring down/lower/slash costs/prices

 

announce/impose/make cuts/cutbacks

 

Sales and marketing

 

break into/enter/capture/dominate the market

 

gain/grab/take/win/boost/lose market share

 

find/build/create a market for sth

 

start/launch an advertising/a marketing campaign

 

develop/launch/promote a product/website

 

create/generate demand for your product

 

attract/get/retain/help customers/clients

 

drive/generate/boost/increase demand/sales

 

beat/keep ahead of/out-think/outperform the competition

 

meet/reach/exceed/miss sales targets

 

Finance

 

draw up/set/present/agree/approve a budget

 

keep to/balance/cut/reduce/slash the budget

 

be/come in below/under/over/within budget

 

generate income/revenue/profit/funds/business

 

fund/finance a campaign/a venture/an expansion/spending/a deficit

 

provide/raise/allocate capital/funds

 

attract/encourage investment/investors

 

recover/recoup costs/losses/an investment

 

get/obtain/offer sb/grant sb credit/a loan

 

apply for/raise/secure/arrange/provide finance

 

Failure

 

lose business/trade/customers/sales/revenue

 

accumulate/accrue/incur/run up debts

 

suffer/sustain enormous/heavy/serious losses

 

face cuts/a deficit/redundancy/bankruptcy

 

file for/ (NAmE) enter/avoid/escape bankruptcy

 

(BrE) go into administration/liquidation

 

liquidate/wind up a company

 

survive/weather a recession/downturn

 

propose/seek/block/oppose a merger

 

launch/make/accept/defeat a takeover bid

 

 

Example Bank:

 

• After a slack period business is now picking up.

 

• After leaving school she entered the family business.

 

• After six months the business really took off.

 

• Business has slowed considerably in recent months.

 

• Business is booming for estate agents in the south as the property market hots up.

 

• Business is booming for the big pharmaceutical companies.

 

• Business was brisk and they had sold out by midday.

 

• Changing your life can be a risky business.

 

• Cheap imports are hurting business for domestic producers.

 

• Having fun is a serious business.

 

• He argues that tax cuts will help business.

 

• He left the department to start his own business.

 

• He needs time and space to get on with the real business of writing.

 

• He owns a management consulting business based in Santa Barbara.

 

• He says he's going to make changes, and I think he means business.

 

• He spent his whole life in the insurance business.

 

• He wore a business suit.

 

• He works in the family business.

 

• He's someone I can do business with.

 

• I shall make it my business to find out who is responsible.

 

• I think we've finished item four. Now, is there any other business?

 

• I was just sitting there, minding my own business, when a man started shouting at me.

 

• I'll be glad when the whole business is over and done with.

 

• I'm going to Paris on business.

 

• I'm just glad to be out of the whole dirty business.

 

• I'm not going to talk business tonight.

 

• Is the trip to Rome business or pleasure?

 

• It was a bad business— he couldn't work for months.

 

• It was always my dream to run my own business.

 

• It was purely a business decision.

 

• It's business as usual at the factory, even while investigators sift through the bomb wreckage.

 

• It's good business practice to listen to your customers.

 

• It's time to focus on the company's core business.

 

• Jack and I finished our business early, so we went to lunch.

 

• Keep your nose out of my business!

 

• Meals are considered a business expense.

 

• My private life is none of your business.

 

• Nobody understands the music business better than him.

 

• OK, let's get down to business.

 

• Our repeat business is 50% or higher.

 

• Retail is a tough business.

 

• She had her own hairdressing business.

 

• She runs a successful online business.

 

• She's in Europe drumming up business for her new company.

 

• Supermarkets are doing more online business.

 

• The business is expanding fast.

 

• The company went out of business during the recession.

 

• The company's offices are located in the new business park out of town.

 

• The family owns a booming construction business.

 

• The new regulations will put many small companies out of business.

 

• These laws make life more difficult for legitimate businesses.

 

• They decided to start their own business.

 

• They developed a lasting business relationship.

 

• They're doing good business in Asia.

 

• They've cut their rates to attract new business.

 

• This isn't a social call— I've come on official business.

 

• Traditional businesses are having to compete with the Internet.

 

• We are looking to grow the business over the next couple of years.

 

• We built up the business from nothing.

 

• We have some unfinished business to discuss.

 

• We took on temporary staff to handle the extra business.

 

• We're losing business to our main rivals.

 

• We're not trying to educate— we're in the entertainment business.

 

• What business are you in?

 

• When I travel abroad I like to mix business with pleasure.

 

• You can call the helpline during normal business hours.

 

• You have no business= no right being here.

 

• a business model for using electronic commerce

 

• a company that has ceased to carry on business

 

• a conference of women business leaders

 

• insurance salesmen touting for business

 

• loans for people to start new businesses

 

• market traders going about their daily business

 

• protecting business secrets

 

• the city's main business district

 

• to protect business secrets

 

• Almost all businesses will be closed on Christmas Day.

 

• Falling prices are wreaking havoc in the oil business.

 

• Going to trade fairs is a good way of developing business contacts.

 

• Her job was to drum up business.

 

• How's business?

 

• I've decided to start my own business.

 

• If we close down for repairs, we'll lose business.

 

• It was not his habit to discuss his business affairs with strangers.

 

• It's been a pleasure to do business with you.

 

• It's no business of yours who I invite to the party.

 

• She has business interests all over the world.

 

• She's away on business.

 

• Stores are doing brisk business in wizard accessories and vampire kits.

 

• The average business trip lasts 2.5 days.

 

• The business of the missing tickets hasn't been sorted out.

 

• The restaurant is every executive's favourite place for a business lunch.

 

• There are strong links between politics and big business.

 

• They've got a small catering business.

 

• This legislation will hurt small businesses.

 

• We're looking for new business premises.

 

• When he left school he went into business with his brother.

 

• a business trip/lunch

 

• the catering/hotel/entertainment/advertising/insurance business.

 

• the energy/oil/food business.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

business

business (THINGS YOU DO) /ˈbɪz.nɪs/
noun [U]
the things that you do or the matters which relate only to you:
I got on with the business of filling in the form.
What she does with her life is her business.

 

business (MATTER) /ˈbɪz.nɪs/
noun [S or U]
a situation or activity, often one that you are giving your opinion about:
Arranging a trip abroad is a time-consuming business.
These killings are a dreadful business.
I make it my business (= I feel it is my particular duty) to check the monthly accounts.
We've got some unfinished business to discuss (= We still have something important to discuss).

the business noun [S] UK SLANG
extremely good:
That new defender is the business!

 

business (SELLING) /ˈbɪz.nɪs/
noun [C or U]
the activity of buying and selling goods and services, or a particular company that does this, or work you do to earn money:
My brother's in business.
He's in the frozen food business.
The two brothers established/set up/started up a clothes retailing business.
Our firm does a lot of business with overseas customers.
Eventually they found a consultant they felt they could do business with (= with whom they could work well).
Currently, there are fewer firms in business (= operating) in the area than ever before.
This new tax will put a lot of small firms out of business (= they will stop operating).
She set up in business (= started her own company) as a management consultant.
How is business (= Are you selling much) at the moment?
Business is good/brisk/booming/flourishing (= I'm selling a lot).
Business is bad/slack/quiet (= I'm not selling much).
I'm in Baltimore on business.
a business appointment

business-to-business /ˌbɪz.nɪs.təˈbɪz.nɪs/
adjective [before noun] (ABBREVIATION B2B)
describing or involving arrangements or trade between different businesses, rather than between businesses and the general public

business-to-consumer /ˌbɪz.nɪs.tə.kənˈsjuː.məʳ/ US /-ˈsuː.mɚ/
adjective [before noun] (ABBREVIATION B2C)
describing or involving the sale of goods or services to individual customers for their own use, rather than to businesses

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

business

/bɪznɪs/
(businesses)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.
Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
...young people seeking a career in business...
Jennifer has an impressive academic and business background.
...Harvard Business School.
N-UNCOUNT

2.
Business is used when talking about how many products or services a company is able to sell. If business is good, a lot of products or services are being sold and if business is bad, few of them are being sold.
They worried that German companies would lose business...
Business is booming.
N-UNCOUNT

3.
A business is an organization which produces and sells goods or which provides a service.
The company was a family business...
The majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months...
He was short of cash after the collapse of his business.
= company, firm
N-COUNT

4.
Business is work or some other activity that you do as part of your job and not for pleasure.
I’m here on business...
You can’t mix business with pleasure.
...business trips.
N-UNCOUNT: oft on N

5.
You can use business to refer to a particular area of work or activity in which the aim is to make a profit.
May I ask you what business you’re in?
...the music business.
N-SING: oft supp N

6.
You can use business to refer to something that you are doing or concerning yourself with.
...recording Ben as he goes about his business...
There was nothing left for the teams to do but get on with the business of racing.
N-SING: with supp

7.
You can use business to refer to important matters that you have to deal with.
The most important business was left to the last...
I’ve got some unfinished business to attend to.
N-UNCOUNT

8.
If you say that something is your business, you mean that it concerns you personally and that other people have no right to ask questions about it or disagree with it.
My sex life is my business...
If she doesn’t want the police involved, that’s her business...
It’s not our business.
= affair, concern
N-UNCOUNT: with poss

9.
You can use business to refer in a general way to an event, situation, or activity. For example, you can say something is ‘a wretched business’ or you can refer to ‘this assassination business’.
We have sorted out this wretched business at last...
This whole business is very puzzling.
= affair
N-SING: supp N

10.
You can use business when describing a task that is unpleasant in some way. For example, if you say that doing something is a costly business, you mean that it costs a lot. (INFORMAL)
Coastal defence is a costly business...
Parenting can be a stressful business.
= affair
N-SING: supp N

11.
see also big business, show business

12.
If two people or companies do business with each other, one sells goods or services to the other.
I was fascinated by the different people who did business with me.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR with n, pl-n PHR

13.
If you say that someone has no business to be in a place or to do something, you mean that they have no right to be there or to do it.
Really I had no business to be there at all.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR to-inf, PHR -ing

14.
A company that is in business is operating and trading.
You can’t stay in business without cash.
PHRASE: v-link PHR

15.
If you say you are in business, you mean you have everything you need to start something immediately. (INFORMAL, SPOKEN)
All you need is a microphone, and you’re in business.
PHRASE: V inflects, v-link PHR

16.
If you say that someone means business, you mean they are serious and determined about what they are doing. (INFORMAL)
Now people are starting to realise that he means business.
PHRASE: V inflects

17.
If you say to someone ‘mind your own business’ or ‘it’s none of your business’, you are rudely telling them not to ask about something that does not concern them. (INFORMAL)
I asked Laura what was wrong and she told me to mind my own business.
PHRASE

18.
If a shop or company goes out of business or is put out of business, it has to stop trading because it is not making enough money.
Thousands of firms could go out of business.
PHRASE: PHR after v

19.
In a difficult situation, if you say it is business as usual, you mean that people will continue doing what they normally do.
The Queen was determined to show it was business as usual.
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

business

busi·ness /ˈbɪznəs/ noun, pl -ness·es
1 [noncount]
a : the activity of making, buying, or selling goods or providing services in exchange for money
• The store will be open for business next week. [=the store will be ready for customers next week]
• The store has lost a significant amount of business since the factory closed.
• Allowing customers to leave your store unsatisfied is bad (for) business.
• The new Web site has been good for (attracting) business.
• What line of business [=work] are you in?
• She works in the publishing business.
• the fashion/music/restaurant business
• We do business with [=sell to or buy from] companies overseas.
• David has decided to go into business with his brother.
• Remember that your customers can take their business elsewhere. [=your customers can go to another place to do business]
• Their publishing company is the best in the business.
• a place of business [=a place, such as a store, bank, etc., where business is done]
- often used before another noun
• business opportunities/contacts/interests
• The business world is responding to changes in technology. [=businesses are responding to changes in technology]
• Someone will be available to answer your call during regular business hours. [=the hours that the office is open to do business]
• a business meeting [=a meeting at which matters of business are discussed]
- see also agribusiness, big business, in business (below), out of business (below), show business
b : work that is part of a job
• Is your trip to Miami (for) business or pleasure?
• I have to go to New York City on/for business next week.
- sometimes used before another noun
• a business trip [=a trip that is made in order to do business]
• I am flying business class [=in a seating section of an airplane that is more expensive than the main section but less expensive than first class] from Tokyo to New York.
c : the amount of activity that is done by a store, company, factory, etc.
• Business has been slow/bad lately. [=there have been few customers, sales, etc., lately]
• Business was good/booming.
• They advertised to increase business.
• How is business?
2 [count] : an organization (such as a store, company, or factory) that makes, buys, or sells goods or provides services in exchange for money
• He has the skills necessary to run/operate/start a business.
• The town is trying to attract new businesses.
• local businesses
• She joined the family business [=the business owned or operated by her family] after graduating from college.
- sometimes used before another noun
• I had lunch with some business associates.
• In addition to being married, the two are also business partners.
• The restaurant is in the business district. [=the part of a city or town where there are many businesses]
• the business community [=people involved in the upper levels of businesses]
3 [singular] : something that concerns a particular person, group, etc. : something that needs to be considered or dealt with
• Do we have any other business we need to discuss?
• Air quality is a serious business. [=air quality is something people should think about seriously]
• What's this business [=news] I hear about you moving away?
• Educating students is the business [=responsibility] of schools.
• No, I didn't ask him what he wanted the car for. That's his business.
• I won't answer that question. Who I choose to vote for is my business.
• He's decided to make it his business [=make it his goal] to bring more affordable housing to the city.
• “Who did you vote for?” “That's none of your business.” [=that's private information that you should not be asking about]
• It's no business of yours who I voted for.
✦The phrase mind your own business is used as an informal and often somewhat impolite way to tell someone to stop watching or asking about something that is private.
• Mind your own business and let them talk alone.
✦To say that you were minding your own business when something happened means that you were doing what you normally do and were not bothering anyone.
• I was walking down the street, minding my own business, when all of a sudden some man started yelling at me.
✦If you say something is nobody's business, you mean that it is private and other people do not need to know about it.
• It's nobody's business what we were talking about.
✦Someone who has no business doing something has no right to do it.
• You have no business telling me what I can and cannot wear! I'll wear whatever I like!
4 [noncount] : something that must be done
• I have some business in town Friday afternoon. [=I have to do something in town Friday afternoon]
• He had to leave the meeting early because he had to attend to some unfinished business. [=something not done that needs to be done]
• Now that we've all introduced ourselves, let's get down to business. [=start doing what needs to be done, start working]
• I was just going about my business [=doing what I usually do], when I heard a big crash.
• Sarah is good at taking care of business [=doing what needs to be done], so she's been put in charge of organizing the event.
• The church has hired someone to take care of the bills and all that business. [=everything else that needs to be done]
• A public library is in the business of providing information to the public. [=the job/purpose of a public library is to provide information]
• I'm not in the business of lending money to people I hardly know. [=I don't lend money to people I hardly know]
5 [singular] : a matter, event, or situation - usually used after an adjective
• Divorce can be such a messy business. [=affair]
• The earthquake was a terrible business.
• Predicting how people will react to something is a tricky business.
• Investing all your money in one stock is (a) very risky business.
• “How long did the ceremony take?” “Oh, the whole business was over in less than an hour.”
• Let's just forget about that business of me being unhappy with my job.
- see also monkey business
business as usual
- used to say that something is working or continuing in the normal or usual way
• Much of the town lost electricity in the storm, but for people with generators it was business as usual.
• As the election nears, both political parties continue to blame each other for all the city's problems. In other words, it's business as usual.
business is business
- used to say that in order for a business to be successful it is necessary to do things that may hurt or upset people
• I'm sorry I have to let you go, but understand that business is business.
in business
1 : operating as a business
• The hotel has been in business for over 150 years.
• Customer satisfaction is important if you want to stay in business.
2 informal : ready to begin doing or using something
• Just plug in the computer and you're in business! [=you will be able to use the computer]
• All the musicians have finally arrived, so we're in business!
• He quickly changed the tire, and was back in business [=ready to drive again] in 10 minutes.
like nobody's business informal : very well or quickly or in very large amounts
• She can design computer programs like nobody's business.
• It's been raining like nobody's business.
mean business : to be serious about doing something
• We thought he was joking at first, but then we saw that he really meant business.
out of business : closed down : no longer in business
• My favorite flower shop is out of business.
• Small grocery stores are being driven/forced/put out of business by large stores. [=small grocery stores cannot compete with large stores and so are closing permanently]
• The store has gone out of business. [=has closed]
the business Brit slang : a very good or impressive person or thing
• Since he's won the tournament, he thinks he's the business. [=the best]
• You should see their new flat. It's the business.

American English
British English
A1 (Basic)
business
noun
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new

new [adjective] (RECENTLY CREATED)
US /nuː/ 
UK /njuː/ 
Example: 

a new pair of shoes

Related quotes: 
The best part about life? Every morning you have a new opportunity to become a happier version of yourself.
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
One's destination is never a place, but always a new way of seeing things.
Imagine a new story for your life and start living it.
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.
Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

new

 adjective (newer, newest)

1 not existing before:
Have you seen his new film?
I bought a new pair of shoes yesterday.

2 different from before:
Our new flat is much bigger than our old one.
The teacher usually explains the new words to us.

3 doing something for the first time:
New parents are often tired.
He's new to the job and still needs help.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

new

new S1 W1 /njuː $ nuː/ BrE AmE adjective
[Word Family: adjective: ↑new, ↑renewable, ↑renewed, ↑newsy; noun: ↑news, ↑renewal; verb: ↑renew; adverb: ↑newly]
[Language: Old English; Origin: niwe]
1. RECENTLY MADE recently made, built, invented, written, designed etc OPP old:
the city’s new hospital
the new issue of ‘Time’ magazine
new products on the market
The hardest part of this job is understanding the new technology.
a new range of drugs
2. RECENTLY BOUGHT recently bought:
Do you like my new dress?
They’ve just moved into their new home.
3. NOT THERE BEFORE having just developed:
new leaves on the trees
a young man with new ideas
a new generation of women writers
new hope/confidence/optimism etc (=hope etc that you have only just started to feel)
a medical breakthrough that offers new hope to cancer patients
4. NOT USED BEFORE not used or owned by anyone before OPP used, second hand:
New and second-hand books for sale.
I got a used video camera for £300 – it would have cost £1,000 if I’d bought it new.
Jake arrived in his brand new (=completely new) car.
a spanking new (=completely new) conference centre
5. like new/as good as new in excellent condition:
Your watch just needs cleaning and it’ll be as good as new.
6. UNFAMILIAR not experienced before:
Learning a new language is always a challenge.
Living in the city was a new experience for Philip.
new to
This idea was new to him.
that’s a new one on me spoken (=used to say that you have never heard something before)
‘The office is going to be closed for six weeks this summer.’ ‘Really? That’s a new one on me.’
7. RECENTLY ARRIVED having recently arrived in a place, joined an organization, or started a new job:
You’re new here, aren’t you?
new to/at
Don’t worry if you make mistakes. You’re still new to the job.
new member/employee/student etc
training for new employees
new kid on the block informal (=the newest person in a job, school etc)
It’s not always easy being the new kid on the block.
the new boy/girl British English (=the newest person in a job, organization etc – used humorously)
8. RECENTLY CHANGED recently replaced or different from the previous one OPP old:
Have you met Keith’s new girlfriend?
I’ll let you have my new phone number.
the new regime in Beijing
9. RECENTLY DISCOVERED recently discovered:
the discovery of a new planet
new oilfields in Alaska
important new evidence that may prove her innocence
10. MODERN modern:
the new breed of politicians
11. VEGETABLES [only before noun] new potatoes, ↑carrots etc are grown early in the season and eaten when young
12. new life/day/era a period that is just beginning, especially one that seems to offer better opportunities:
They went to Australia to start a new life there.
13. be/feel like a new man/woman to feel much healthier and have a lot more energy than before, or to have a different attitude:
I lost 19 pounds and felt like a new man.
14. new arrival
a) someone who has recently arrived or started work somewhere
b) a new baby:
The children are thrilled with the new arrival.
15. new blood new members of a group or organization who will bring new ideas and be full of energy:
What we need in this company is some new blood.
16. new broom someone who has just started work in a high position in an organization and who is expected to make a lot of changes:
The company seems set to make a fresh start under a new broom.
17. what’s new? spoken especially American English used as a friendly greeting to mean ‘how are you?’
18. the new new ideas, styles etc:
This charming hotel is a delightful blend of the old and the new.
19. something ... is the new ... British English used to say that something is thought to be the new fashion that will replace an existing thing:
Don’t you know that vodka is the new water, my dear?
20. new-made/new-formed/new-laid etc recently made, formed etc
⇨ a new lease of life at ↑lease1(2), ⇨ turn over a new leaf at ↑leaf1(3)
—newness noun [uncountable]
• • •
THESAURUS
▪ new: a new sports centre | a new edition of the book | an entirely new theory of time and space
▪ brand new completely new: a brand new car | The house looks brand new.
▪ recent made, produced etc a short time ago: recent research into brain chemistry
▪ the latest [only before noun] the most recent: Have you seen his latest film? | the latest fashions from Paris
▪ modern different from earlier things of the same kind because of using new methods, equipment, or designs: modern technology | modern farming methods | a modern kitchen
▪ original new and completely different from what other people have done or thought of before, especially in a way that seems interesting: The play is highly original. | His style is completely original.
▪ fresh fresh ideas, evidence, or ways of doing things are new and different, and are used instead of previous ones: We need a fresh approach to the problem. | They want young people with fresh ideas. | Police think they may have found some fresh evidence that links him to the murder.
▪ novel new and different in a surprising and unusual way – used especially about a suggestion, experience, or way of doing something: The club have come up with a novel way of raising cash. | The King was passionately in love, which was a novel experience for him.
▪ innovative completely new and showing a lot of imagination – used especially about a design or way of doing something: an attractive website with an innovative design | They came up with an innovative approach to the problem.
▪ revolutionary completely new in a way that has a very big effect – used especially about an idea, method, or invention: a revolutionary treatment for breast cancer | His theories were considered to be revolutionary at the time.
▪ new-fangled [only before noun] used about something that is new and modern but which you disapprove of: My grandfather hated all this newfangled technology.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

new

new [new newer newest]   [njuː]    [nuː]  adjective (newer, new·est)

NOT EXISTING BEFORE
1. not existing before; recently made, invented, introduced, etc
• Have you read her new novel?
• new ways of doing things
• This idea isn't new.
• The latest model has over 100 new features.

see also brand-new, Opp:  old

2. the new noun uncountable something that is new

• It was a good mix of the old and the new.  

 

RECENTLY BOUGHT

3. recently bought

• Let me show you my new dress.  

 

NOT USED BEFORE

4. not used or owned by anyone before

• A second-hand car costs a fraction of a new one.  

 

DIFFERENT

5. different from the previous one
• I like your new hairstyle.
• When do you start your new job?
• He's made a lot of new friends.
• Do you have her new phone number?

Opp:  old  

 

NOT FAMILIAR

6. already existing but not seen, experienced, etc. before; not familiar
• This is a new experience for me.
• I'd like to learn a new language.
• the discovery of a new star

• ~ to sb Our system is probably new to you.  

 

RECENTLY ARRIVED

7. ~ (to sth) not yet familiar with sth because you have only just started, arrived, etc
• I should tell you, I'm completely new to this kind of work.
• I am new to the town.
• a new arrival/recruit

• You're new here, aren't you?  

 

NEW-

8. used in compounds to describe sth that has recently happened

• He was enjoying his new-found freedom.  

 

MODERN

9. (usually with the) modern; of the latest type
• the new morality

• They called themselves the New Romantics.  

 

JUST BEGINNING

10. usually before noun just beginning or beginning again
• a new day
• It was a new era in the history of our country.

• She went to Australia to start a new life.  

 

WITH FRESH ENERGY

11. having fresh energy, courage or health

• Since he changed jobs he's looked like a new man.  

 

RECENTLY PRODUCED

12. only recently produced or developed
• The new buds are appearing on the trees now.
• new potatoes (= ones dug from the soil early in the season)
see also  newly 
more at new/fresh blood at  blood, brave new world at  brave  adj., breathe (new) life into sth at  breathe, put a new/different complexion on sth at  complexion, (you can't) teach an old dog new tricks at  teach
Idioms: break new ground ▪ good as new ▪ like new ▪ new broom ▪ new kid on the block ▪ new one on me ▪ turn over a new leaf ▪ what's new? ▪ … is the new …
Derived Word: newness  
Word Origin:
Old English nīwe, nēowe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nieuw and German neu, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit nava, Latin novus, and Greek neos ‘new’.  
Thesaurus:
new adj.
1.
• These ideas aren't new.
fresh • |often approving novel •
Opp: old
a new/fresh/novel idea/approach/way
a new/novel concept/design/feature/form/method
completely/entirely/totally/relatively new/fresh/novel
2.
• Let me show you my new dress.
brand new • • untried •
Opp: old
new/brand new/untried technology
a new/brand new product/computer/house
relatively new/untried
3.
• I was fairly new to teaching at that time.
unfamiliar with sth • • unused to sth • |formal unaccustomed to sth •
new/unused/unaccustomed to sth 
Example Bank:
• It was all very new and strange to me.
• She's still quite new to the job and needs a lot of help.
• The car still looks new.
• There is nothing new in teenagers wanting to change the world.
• These ideas are not entirely new.
• a scratch on my brand new car
• genuinely new approaches to data recording
• very proud of their spanking new kitchen
• A second-hand car costs a lot less than a new one.
• Have you read her new book?
• He couldn't stand the new breed of career politicians.
• He was new to the job and had not known how to deal with the situation.
• I was fairly new to teaching at the time.
• It's too much to ask of someone who is so new to the profession.
• Jamila likes to try the new fashions coming in from Pakistan.
• New arrivals should have their passports ready for inspection.
• New students will be given a tour of the college facilities.
• The school secretary wants to introduce new ways of doing things in the office.
• This idea isn't new.
• We offer intensive training to all new recruits.

• You're new in this town, aren't you?

 

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

new / njuː /   / nuː / adjective (RECENTLY CREATED)

A1 recently created or having started to exist recently:

a new car

She's very creative and always coming up with new ideas.

What have they decided to call their new baby?

What's new in the fashion world?

We have to invest in new technology if we are to remain competitive.

→  See also brand new

 

newness / ˈnjuː.nəs /   / ˈnuː- / noun [ U ]
 

new / njuː /   / nuː / adjective [ before noun ] (DIFFERENT)

A1 different to one that existed earlier:

Have you met the new secretary?

She's looking for a new job.

Have you seen Ann's new house (= where she has just started living) ?

They've just launched a new generation of computers that are much more powerful than earlier models.

 

newness / ˈnjuː.nəs /   / ˈnuː- / noun [ U ]
 

new / njuː /   / nuː / adjective [ after verb ] (NOT FAMILIAR)

B1 not yet familiar or experienced:

to be new to the area

She's new to the job so you can't expect her to know everything yet.

 

newness / ˈnjuː.nəs /   / ˈnuː- / noun [ U ]
 

new / njuː /   / nuː / adjective (NOT USED)

not previously used or owned:

Used car sales have risen because of the increased cost of new cars.

Did you buy your bike new or second-hand?

→  See also brand new

 

newness / ˈnjuː.nəs /   / ˈnuː- / noun [ U ]
 

new / njuː /   / nuː / adjective (RECENTLY DISCOVERED)

A1 recently discovered or made known:

This new cancer treatment offers hope to many sufferers.

A retrial can only take place when new evidence has emerged.

newness / ˈnjuː.nəs /   / ˈnuː- / noun [ U ]

© Cambridge University Press 2013

 

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

new

/nju:, AM nu:/
(newer, newest)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.
Something that is new has been recently created, built, or invented or is in the process of being created, built, or invented.
They’ve just opened a new hotel in the Stoke area...
The new invention ensures the beer keeps a full, frothy head.
...the introduction of new drugs to suppress the immune system...
Their epic fight is the subject of a new film...
These ideas are nothing new in America.
ADJ
• new‧ness
The board acknowledges problems which arise from the newness of the approach.
N-UNCOUNT

2.
Something that is new has not been used or owned by anyone.
That afternoon she went out and bought a new dress...
There are many boats, new and used, for sale...
They cost nine pounds new, three pounds secondhand.
ADJ

3.
You use new to describe something which has replaced another thing, for example because you no longer have the old one, or it no longer exists, or it is no longer useful.
Under the new rules, some factories will cut emissions by as much as 90 percent...
I had been in my new job only a few days...
I had to find somewhere new to live...
Rachel has a new boyfriend...
They told me I needed a new battery.
ADJ

4.
New is used to describe something that has only recently been discovered or noticed.
The new planet is about ten times the size of the earth.
ADJ: usu ADJ n

5.
A new day or year is the beginning of the next day or year.
The start of a new year is a good time to reflect on the many achievements of the past...
ADJ: ADJ n

6.
New is used to describe someone or something that has recently acquired a particular status or position.
...the usual exhaustion of a new mother...
The Association gives a free handbook to all new members.
ADJ: ADJ n

7.
If you are new to a situation or place, or if the situation or place is new to you, you have not previously seen it or had any experience of it.
She wasn’t new to the company...
His name was new to me then and it stayed in my mind...
I’m new here and all I did was follow orders.
ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ to n

8.
New potatoes, carrots, or peas are produced early in the season for such vegetables and are usually small with a sweet flavour.
ADJ: ADJ n

9.
as good as new: see good
to turn over a new leaf: see leaf
a new lease of life: see lease
pastures new: see pasture
see also brand-new

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

1new /ˈnuː, Brit ˈnjuː/ adj new·er; -est
1 a : not old : recently born, built, or created
• They visited the new library.
• She was looking for the new [=most recent] issue of the magazine.
• I saw their new baby for the first time.
• They planted new trees on the campus.
• a new kind of music
b : not used by anyone else previously
• She couldn't afford a new car, so she bought a used one.
• He bought the car new.
• shiny new shoes
• This watch is new.
- see also brand-new
2 a : recently bought, rented, etc.
• She is eager to see his new apartment/house/dog.
b : having recently become someone's relative, friend, employee, etc.
• This is my new stepsister.
• the young man and his new wife
• Come meet our newest [=most recently hired] employee.
• I made a new friend today.
c : recently added to an existing group, organization, etc.
• There was a new kid in school today.
• The union voted in 10 new members.
• The company created a new department to run its Web site.
- often + to
• She is new to this school.
• Don't worry about it. You are still new to the job.
3 : replacing someone or something that came before
• The team has a new coach.
• Have you met his new girlfriend?
• He starts his new job on Monday.
• I like your new haircut.
• The tree is growing new leaves.
• Waiter, could I please have a new fork? This one is dirty.
4 : recently discovered or learned about : not known or experienced before
• Scientists discovered a new comet.
• a new species of fish
• The promotion gave her a new sense of optimism.
• This drug gives new hope to patients.
• This is a new experience for me.
- often + to
• This kind of work is still new to me. [=I have been doing this kind of work for only a short time]
5
- used to describe a time, period, etc., that is beginning again and that is different from what came before
• A new day has begun.
• We are looking forward to the new year.
• A new semester starts in the fall.
• After college, he moved to the city to begin a new life. [=a time in a person's life that is different in some important way from what came before]
6 : healthier or more energetic
• I felt like a new man/woman after my vacation.
(as) good as new or like new : in very good condition : like something that has recently been made
• He painted the bicycle, and now it's as good as new.
• Once the jewelry has been cleaned, it'll be like new.
new arrival
- see arrival
new kid on the block
- see 1kid
pastures new
- see 1pasture
the new : new things
• The band played a good mix of the old and the new.
turn over a new leaf
- see 1leaf
what else is new?
- see 2else
what's new? US informal
- used as a friendly greeting
• Hey man, what's new?
- new·ness noun [noncount]
• The couple admired the shiny newness of their remodeled kitchen.

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