Wiktionary simplewiktionary https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.47.0-wmf.7 case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk TimedText TimedText talk Module Module talk Event Event talk 0 3288 560324 517082 2026-06-17T12:53:05Z Brett 77 /* Preposition */ 560324 wikitext text/x-wiki {{BE850}} {{BNC1000HW}} === Pronunciation === * {{IPA|/nɑʊ/}} * {{SAMPA|/naU/}} * {{audio|en-us-now.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{audio|en-uk-now.ogg|Audio (UK)}} == Preposition == {{preposition}} # You use '''now''' when you want to say that something is true at this [[time]]. It is also used for things a short time in the [[future]] or a short time in the [[past]]. #: ''I had many problems before, but I'm OK '''now'''.'' #: ''What did you say just '''now'''?'' #: ''The English teacher is at the library '''now'''.'' # You use '''now''' at the beginning of a sentence to get people's attention. #: '''''Now''', I'd like to hear from other people too.'' # You use '''now''' to refer to the present time, often in contrast to a time in the past or the future. #: '''''Now''' is the time when we must all live as economically as possible.'' #: '''''Now''' is a good time to do it.'' #: ''Mary should be home by '''now'''.'' # You use '''now''' to indicate that an event has occurred and as a result something else may or will happen. #: ''I’m going to relax '''now''' the school year is over.'' #: '''''Now''' that I know the truth, I've changed my mind.'' [[Category:Present]] [[Category:Prepositions with clause complements]] [[Category:Intransitive prepositions]] orz1fcujd99wbsz360nqopluz6q22ud 0 4740 560326 541190 2026-06-17T15:46:27Z ~2026-34597-22 54744 /* Noun */ image 560326 wikitext text/x-wiki {{wikipedia}} {{AWL}} === Pronunciation === * {{UK}} {{IPA|/ˈkɒnfərəns/}}, {{SAMPA|/"kQnf@r@ns/}} * {{US}} {{IPA|/ˈkɑːnfərəns/}}, {{SAMPA|/"kA:nf@r@ns/}} * {{audio|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-conference.wav|UK}} == Noun == {{noun}} {{AVL}} [[File:Women Executive Club - IESE.jpg|thumb|a '''conference''' (''sense 1'')]] # {{countable}} A '''conference''' is a large organised [[meeting]] to discuss a particular [[topic]] or area. #: ''FMBRA will be holding a '''conference''' on diet, health, and the food industry on 19 March in Barcelona.'' #: ''Some of the world's top scientists attended an important '''conference''' in 1983, to study the effects of nuclear weapons.'' # {{countable}} A '''conference''' is a meeting. #: ''Contact the teacher or coach and ask for a private '''conference''' without your child's presence.'' === Related words === * [[press conference]] [[Category:2-syllable words]] [[Category:3-syllable words]] gentediizi50ubqsv3exx5jab6z6lfe 0 7941 560323 523659 2026-06-17T12:52:59Z Minorax 27347 560323 wikitext text/x-wiki === Word parts === {{ety-prefix|step|child}} === Pronunciation === * {{IPA|/ˈstɛp.tʃaɪld/}} * {{audio|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stepchild.wav|UK}} * {{hyph|step|child}} == Noun == {{noun|stepchild|stepchildren}} # {{countable}} A '''stepchild''' is the [[child]] of a person's [[husband]] or [[wife]]. A '''stepchild''' is a child from an [[earlier]] [[marriage]]. #: ''When I married my wife I got two '''stepchildren'''.'' === Related words === * [[stepson]] * [[stepdaughter]] * [[stepfather]] * [[stepmother]] * [[stepsister]] * [[stepbrother]] {{stub}} [[Category:Family members]] 17nijcmmcozvv4i8ig7zcff4gd6qwqo 0 10819 560319 452448 2026-06-17T12:51:34Z Minorax 27347 560319 wikitext text/x-wiki === Pronunciation === * {{IPA|/ˈpɪt/}} * {{audio|en-us-pit.ogg|US}} == Noun == {{noun}} [[File:Avocat.png|thumb|an avocado cut open and showing the '''pit''' (''sense 2'')]] # {{countable}} A '''pit''' is a big hole in the [[ground]]. #: ''Don't fall in the pit!'' # {{countable}} A '''pit''' is a large [[seed]] such as that in a [[peach]]. #: ''The peach '''pit''' is hard. Don't bite it.'' {{-}} == Verb == {{verb|pit|t}} # {{transitive}} If something is '''pitted''', it is marked with little [[hollow]]s. #: ''The metal is '''pitted''' due to the [[exposure]] to [[acid rain]].'' # {{transitive}} If you '''pit''' something, you remove the [[seed]] from a [[fruit]]. #: ''Please '''pit''' the [[cherries]] before giving it to the [[children]].'' 0u3fr1ks7a47ptu4xojn5uz6qud0mxx 0 13315 560321 560314 2026-06-17T12:52:01Z Minorax 27347 560321 wikitext text/x-wiki === Pronunciation === * {{IPA|/reɪp/}} * {{SAMPA|/reIp/}} * {{audio|en-au-rape.ogg|AU}} == Noun == {{noun}} [[File:Tarquin and Lucretia, 1663-4.jpg|thumb|depiction of a '''rape''']] # {{cu noun}} '''Rape''' is when someone has sex with a person who does not want to have [[sex]]. #: ''6 years ago my ex-boyfriend '''raped''' me, and I had to call the [[police]].'' #: ''A person who commits the crime of '''rape''' can be either male or female.'' # {{cu noun}} '''Rape''' is when a man has [[sexual intercourse]] with a woman [[against]] her [[will]]. {{-}} == Verb == {{verb|rap|e}} # If a person '''rapes''' someone, he or she makes the other person have [[involuntary]] sex with him or her. === Related words === * [[rapist]] * [[statutory rape]] [[Category:Sex]] [[Category:Crime]] 2outbzuzc2wilcukmj8njspfxnewdu3 0 18915 560330 423196 2026-06-17T22:40:30Z ~2026-35436-72 54740 + image 560330 wikitext text/x-wiki ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|En-us-sweater.ogg|Audio (US)}} == Noun == {{noun}} [[File:Ayu Ting Ting - Tuah Kreasi.jpg|thumb|a woman with a green '''sweater''']] # A '''sweater''' is a [[warm]] piece of clothing people mostly wear during [[winter]]. 6cr93etrhyr26gc1isdg2bumlw3jyhi 0 24002 560327 535154 2026-06-17T16:34:28Z ~2026-34597-22 54744 /* Verb */ image 560327 wikitext text/x-wiki === Pronunciation === * {{enPR|stăb}}, {{IPA|/stæb/}} * {{SAMPA|/st{b/}} * {{audio|en-us-stab.ogg|US}} == Noun == {{noun}} # {{countable}} A '''stab''' is an act of [[thrust]]ing or [[poke|poking]] with an object to cause [[harm]] to someone. #: ''He made a '''stab''' at me; he tried to kill me.'' == Verb == {{verb|stab|b}} [[File:James Prescott Warde as Brutus in a scene from "Julius Caesar" - DPLA - b75fcefd29464b3d86d7dee93ab6b72e.jpg|thumb|a person being '''stabbed''']] # {{transitive}} To '''stab''' someone is to [[harm]] them by {{r|pok|ing}} or {{r|pierc|ing}}. #: ''He '''stabbed''' the man in the back with a knife.'' dbjsiee5go3fwf81ngl3mfvtjfar4t8 0 28448 560317 560315 2026-06-17T12:50:59Z Minorax 27347 560317 wikitext text/x-wiki === Pronunciation === * {{UK}} {{IPA|/ˈbɑːbɪˌkjuː/}} * {{US}} {{IPA|/ˈbɑrbɪˌkju/}} * {{audio|en-us-barbecue.ogg|US}} * {{hyph|bar|be|cue}} == Noun == {{noun}} [[File:Barbecue at our 10th birthday (14315077503).jpg|thumb|a '''barbecue''']] # A style of [[cooking]] that involves [[meat]] being cooked on a [[grill]] or in a [[pit]], then often covered in a special [[sauce]]. #:''Chris' Black Oak Restaurant serves '''barbecue''' [[rib]]s and [[chicken]].'' # The grill for cooking barbecue; or for grilling anything in general. #: ''I put two [[hot dog]]s and two [[hamburger]]s on the '''barbecue'''''. # A meal of barbecue. #: ''There was a big '''barbecue''' in Riverside Park for the Fourth of July.'' {{-}} == Verb == {{verb|barbecu|e}} # To cook food in the barbecue style. ee1rt64akgh8v24nwurtkh09jimt5qt 0 31509 560318 500153 2026-06-17T12:51:11Z Minorax 27347 560318 wikitext text/x-wiki === Pronunciation === * {{IPA|/ɡrɪl/}} * {{audio|en-us-grill.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{audio|EN-AU ck1 grill.ogg|Audio (AU)}} == Noun == {{noun}} [[File:Barbecue DSCF0013.JPG|thumb|Food cooking on a [[barbecue]] '''grill''']] # {{countable}} A '''grill''' is a cooking surface which has parallel metal bars. #: ''I like steak when it is cooked on a '''grill'''.'' # A '''grill''' is food cooked on a grill. #: ''The most popular meal at the hotel was the mixed '''grill'''.'' {{-}} == Verb == {{verb}} # To '''grill''' is cook on hot metal bars. #: ''He thought he would '''grill''' the steak.'' # To '''grill''' is to question intensely. #: ''The police would '''grill''' the suspect for hours.'' {{stub}} [[Category:Fire]] d3yotpwgcwccfxy4v5l89lg0wifax9i 0 37126 560322 475240 2026-06-17T12:52:34Z Minorax 27347 560322 wikitext text/x-wiki === Word parts === {{ety-suffix|rape|ist}} === Pronunciation === * {{IPA|/ˈreɪ.pɪst/}} * {{audio|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rapist.wav|UK}} == Noun == {{noun}} # {{countable}} A '''rapist''' is a person who has [[commit]]ted one or more acts of [[rape]]. #: ''The police went into the house and [[arrest]]ed the '''rapist''' after 3 girls reported having been raped by him.'' #: ''It is possible, although unlikely, for a woman to be a rapist.'' [[Category:People]] 2elx6jqfw351mxthj0qunba2oadc3u3 0 51605 560325 516349 2026-06-17T12:55:13Z Minorax 27347 560325 wikitext text/x-wiki === Pronunciation === * {{UK}} {{IPA|/aɪm/}} * {{US}} {{IPA|/a(ɪ)m/}} * {{audio|en-us-I'm.ogg|US}} == Contraction == {{contraction}} # The [[contraction]] of ''[[I]] [[am]]''. #: ''I have been working all day. '''I'm''' so tired.'' === Related words === * [[I]] * [[am]]/ [['m]] 6wose4yzur83pbfn18qfnd5uaoi499b 0 76213 560320 560313 2026-06-17T12:51:45Z Minorax 27347 added [[Category:Video games]] using [[Help:Gadget-HotCat|HotCat]] 560320 wikitext text/x-wiki === Pronunciation === * {{UK}} {{IPA|/ˈɒb.iː/}} * {{US}} {{IPA|/ˈɑb.i/}} == Noun == {{noun|obby|obbies}} # {{informal}} On [[w:Roblox|Roblox]], an '''obby''' is an [[w:obstacle course|obstacle course]]. #: ''An '''obby''' usually starts out easy and gets tougher as it goes.'' # {{informal}} On [[w:RuneScape|RuneScape]] and [[w:Minecraft|Minecraft]], '''obby''' is [[obsidian]]. #: ''We need to collect some '''obby''' for a Nether Portal.'' [[Category:Video games]] dabwnkusj32xywsjh8f4lzr1kg14hqn 0 76215 560328 2026-06-17T17:42:13Z ~2026-34597-22 54744 image 560328 wikitext text/x-wiki === Word parts === {{compound|sand|storm}} == Noun == {{noun}} [[File:Lost in the sandstorm.jpg|thumb|people in a '''sandstorm''']] # {{uncountable}} A '''sandstorm''' is a big [[wind]] that causes big [[cloud]]s of [[dust]] and [[sand]]. mpjv623kbudclncuat8mhqzvt6u0syi 560329 560328 2026-06-17T17:43:10Z ~2026-34597-22 54744 560329 wikitext text/x-wiki === Word parts === {{compound|sand|storm}} == Noun == {{noun}} [[File:Lost in the sandstorm.jpg|thumb|people in a '''sandstorm''']] # {{countable}} A '''sandstorm''' is a big [[wind]] that causes big [[cloud]]s of [[dust]] and [[sand]]. oed9lp0uzw7puuyx9o3x1h7jdblq4so 0 76216 560331 2026-06-18T02:46:38Z PieWriter 53179 Creating plural from [[sandstorm]] ([[User talk:Conrad.Irwin/creation.js|Accelerated]]) 560331 wikitext text/x-wiki == Noun == {{noun|sandstorm}} # {{plural of|sandstorm}} 1bb4sngv06m5v0u96e434fe3f0zkvfm