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      3 You say all right if you agree to something. • Will you help? All right.

      ally allies

      NOUN a person or a country that helps and supports another

      SYNONYMS: friend, partner

      almond almonds

      NOUN an oval edible nut, cream in colour

      almost

      ADVERB very nearly • I have almost as many points as you.

      SYNONYMS: just about, practically

      alone

      ADJECTIVE not with other people or things

      along

      PREPOSITION 1 moving forward • We strolled along the road.

      2 from one end of something to the other • The cupboards stretched along the wall.

      alongside

      PREPOSITION OR ADVERB next to something • We tied our boat alongside the jetty.

      aloud

      ADVERB When you read aloud, you read so that people can hear you.

      alphabet alphabets

      NOUN all the letters used to write words in a language. The letters of an alphabet are written in a special order.

      alphabetical

      ADJECTIVE If something is in alphabetical order, it is arranged according to the letters of the alphabet.

      alphabetically ADVERB

      already

      ADVERB If you have done something already, you did it earlier. • Josh has already gone to bed.

      also

      ADVERB in addition to something that has just been mentioned • I bought an ice cream, and I also bought a drink.

      altar altars

      NOUN a holy table in a church or temple

      alter alters, altering, altered

      VERB If something alters, or if you alter it, it changes.

      alternate alternates, alternating, alternated

      Said “ol-ter-nut” ADJECTIVE 1 If something happens on alternate days, it happens on one in every two days.

      Said “ol-ter-nayt” VERB 2 If two things alternate, they regularly happen one after the other.

      alternative alternatives

      NOUN something you can do or have instead of something else • Is there an alternative to meat on the menu?

      although

      CONJUNCTION in spite of the fact that • He wasn’t well-known in America, although he had made a film there.

      altitude altitudes

      NOUN height above sea level • The mountain range reaches an altitude of 1330 metres.

      altogether

      ADVERB 1 completely or entirely • The car got slower, then stopped altogether.

      2 in total – used of amounts • I have two cats and two dogs. That’s four pets altogether.

      aluminium

      NOUN a silvery-white, lightweight metal

      always

      ADVERB 1 all the time • He’s always late.

      2 forever • I’ll always remember this day.

      a.m.

      a.m. is used to show times in the morning

      [an abbreviation of the Latin ante meridiem meaning before noon]

      am

      VERB a present tense of be

      amateur amateurs

      NOUN someone who does something without being paid for it • He began playing football as an amateur, but now he is a professional.

      amaze amazes, amazing, amazed

      VERB If something amazes you, it surprises you very much.

      SYNONYMS: astonish, astound

      amazement NOUN

      amazing

      ADJECTIVE If something is amazing, it is very surprising.

      amazingly ADVERB

      ambassador ambassadors

      NOUN a person sent to a foreign country as the representative of their own government

      amber

      NOUN 1 a hard, yellowish-brown substance from trees, used in making jewellery

      NOUN OR ADJECTIVE 2 an orange-brown colour

      ambiguous

      ADJECTIVE If something is ambiguous, it can have more than one meaning.

      ambiguously ADVERB ambiguity NOUN

      ambition ambitions

      NOUN If you have an ambition to do something, you want very much to do it.

      amble ambles, ambling, ambled

      VERB If you amble, you walk along in a slow, relaxed way.

      ambulance ambulances

      NOUN a vehicle for taking sick and injured people to hospital

      ambush ambushes, ambushing, ambushed

      NOUN 1 a surprise attack

      VERB 2 If one group of people ambushes another, they hide and lie in wait, and then make a surprise attack.

      ammonia

      NOUN a strong-smelling, colourless liquid or gas, often used in cleaning substances

      ammunition

      NOUN anything that can be fired from a gun or other weapon, for example bullets and shells

      amoeba amoebas or amoebae

      NOUN a tiny living organism that has only one cell. An amoeba reproduces by dividing into two.

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