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      amplify amplifies, amplifying, amplified

      VERB If you amplify a sound, you make it louder.

      amplifier NOUN

      amputate amputates, amputating, amputated

      VERB If a surgeon amputates part of the body, such as an arm or a leg, they cut it off.

      amputation NOUN

      amuse amuses, amusing, amused

      VERB 1 If something amuses you, you think it is funny.

      2 If you amuse yourself, you find things to do that stop you from being bored.

      amused ADJECTIVE amusing ADJECTIVE

      amusement amusements

      NOUN 1 the feeling you have when you think that something is funny or you have pleasure

      2 a mechanical device used for entertainment, at a fair for example

      3 Amusements are ways of passing the time pleasantly.

      an

      ADJECTIVE An is used instead of a in front of words that begin with the vowels a, e, i, o, or u. • an apple • an egg

      anaemia

      NOUN a medical condition in which there are too few red cells in the blood. It makes you feel tired and look pale.

      anaemic ADJECTIVE

      anaesthetic anaesthetics; also spelt anesthetic

      NOUN a substance that stops you feeling pain. A general anaesthetic stops you from feeling pain in the whole of your body by putting you to sleep. A local anaesthetic makes just one part of your body go numb.

      anagram anagrams

      NOUN a word or phrase formed by changing the order of the letters of another word or phrase. For example, draw is an anagram of ward and dear is an anagram of read.

      analogue

      ADJECTIVE An analogue watch or clock shows the time with pointers that move round a dial.

      ANTONYM: digital

      analogy analogies

      NOUN a comparison between two things that are similar in some ways

      analyse analyses, analysing, analysed

      VERB If you analyse something, you investigate it carefully to understand it or to find out what it consists of.

      anatomy anatomies

      NOUN the study of the structure of bodies, both animal and human, to find out how they work

      anatomical ADJECTIVE

      ancestor ancestors

      NOUN a member of your family who lived many years ago • He could trace his ancestors back 700 years.

      [from Latin antecessor meaning one who goes before]

      anchor anchors, anchoring, anchored

      NOUN 1 a heavy, hooked object at the end of a chain. It is dropped from a boat into the water to keep the boat from floating away.

      VERB 2 If you anchor something, you hold it down firmly.

      ancient

      ADJECTIVE Things that are ancient existed or happened a very long time ago.

      ANTONYM: modern

      and

      CONJUNCTION You use and to link two or more parts of a sentence together. • Let’s go to the cinema and then have pizza.

      anecdote anecdotes

      NOUN a short, sometimes entertaining story about a person or an event

      angel angels

      NOUN a being who, some people believe, lives in heaven and acts as a messenger for God

      [from Greek angelos meaning messenger]

      anger

      NOUN the strong feeling you get about something unfair or cruel

      SYNONYMS: fury, rage, wrath

      angle angles

      NOUN 1 the distance between two lines at the point where they join together. Angles are measured in degrees. • an angle of 90 degrees

      2 the direction from which you look at something • He painted pictures of the garden from all angles.

      angry angrier, angriest

      ADJECTIVE very annoyed

      SYNONYMS: furious, cross

      anguish

      NOUN great suffering

      animal animals

      NOUN any living being that is not a plant

      animation animations

      NOUN a way of making films using drawings that appear to move when you watch them

      animated ADJECTIVE

      ankle ankles

      NOUN the joint that connects your foot to your leg

      annihilate annihilates, annihilating, annihilated

      VERB If someone or something annihilates someone or something else, they destroy them completely.

      annihilation NOUN

      anniversary anniversaries

      NOUN a date that is remembered because something special happened on that date in a previous СКАЧАТЬ