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Название: Collins Junior Illustrated Dictionary
Автор: Collins Dictionaries
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Учебная литература
isbn: 9780007583584
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collision NOUN
colon colons NOUN
The punctuation mark : is a colon. You can use it in several ways, for example in front of a list of things.
See Punctuation on page 270
colour colours NOUN
The colour of something is the way it looks in daylight. The colour of grass is green.
See Colours and shapes on page 266
colt colts NOUN
A colt is a young male horse.
column columns
NOUN 1 A column is a tall stone post which supports part of a building.
NOUN 2 A column is also a vertical strip of print in a newspaper or magazine.
NOUN 3 If numbers are arranged in vertical lists, these are called columns.
comb combs NOUN
A comb is a flat piece of plastic or metal with narrow teeth on one edge. You use it to tidy your hair.
combine combines, combining, combined VERB
If you combine things, you mix them together.
come comes, coming, came, come
VERB 1 To come to a place is to move there or arrive there.
VERB 2 If you come from a place, you were born there, or it is your home.
comedy comedies NOUN
A comedy is a play or film that makes people laugh.
comet comets NOUN
A comet is an object which travels around the sun, leaving a long bright trail behind it.
comfort comforts, comforting, comforted VERB
If you comfort someone, you make them feel less worried or unhappy.
comfortable ADJECTIVE
If something is comfortable, it is easy to wear or use.
comic comics NOUN
A comic is a magazine that tells stories in pictures.
comma commas NOUN
A comma is a punctuation mark (,) which is used to separate parts of a sentence or items on a list.
See Punctuation on page 270
command commands, commanding, commanded VERB
If you command someone to do something, you order them to do it.
commercial commercials NOUN
A commercial is an advertisement on television or radio.
common ADJECTIVE
If something is common, you often see it or it often happens.
common noun common nouns NOUN
Common nouns name things in general. For example, “boy”, “dog” and “computer” are all common nouns.
See Noun on page 268
common sense NOUN
If you have common sense, you usually act sensibly and do the right thing.
commotion NOUN
A commotion is a lot of noise, confusion and excitement.
communicate communicates, communicating, communicated VERB
If you communicate with someone, you give them information by talking or writing to them.
compact disc compact discs NOUN
A compact disc is a round flat silver-coloured object which can store information. It is called a CD for short.
company companies
NOUN 1 Company is being with others so you are not lonely.
NOUN 2 A company is a group of people who work together to make or sell things.
comparative comparatives NOUN
In grammar, the comparative is the form of an adjective which has “more” of that adjective. For example, “happier” is the comparative of “happy”.
See Adjective on page 269
compare compares, comparing, compared VERB
When you compare two or more things, you look at them to see in what ways they are the same or different.
compass compasses
NOUN 1 A compass is an instrument with a needle that always points to north.
NOUN 2 A pair of compasses is an instrument used for drawing circles.
compass point compass points NOUN
The main compass points are north, south, east and west.
competition competitions NOUN
A competition is an event to find out who is best at doing something.
complain complains, complaining, complained VERB
If you complain, you say that you are not happy about something.
complete
ADJECTIVE 1 If something is complete, it has been finished.
ADJECTIVE 2 If you talk about a complete thing, you mean all of it. I need a complete change of clothes.
complicated ADJECTIVE
Something complicated is made up of so many parts that it is difficult to understand or deal with.
compose composes, composing, composed VERB
If you compose something, like a poem or a piece of music, you write it.
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