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The Longman Defining V
ocabulary
(LDV)
Here is the list of
defining words in the Longman Dictionary of
Contemporary English (LDOCE)
from an
earlier edition. All definitions in the dictionary
are written using the words in the defining
vocabulary (or words defined elsewhere
in the dictionary). The defining vocabulary was
chosen
using common English frequency
lists.
a
ability
about
above
abroad
absence
absent
accept
acceptable
accident
accordance
according
according to
account
ache
acid
across
act
action
active
activity
actor
actress
actual
add
addition
address
adjective
admiration
admire
admit
admittance
adult
advance
advantage
adventure
adverb
advertise
advertisement
advice
advise
affair
afford
afraid
after
afternoon
afterwards
again
against
age
ago
agree
agreement
ahead
aim
air
aircraft
airforce
airport
alcohol
alike
alive
all
allow
almost
alone
along
aloud
alphabet
already
also
although
altogether
always
among
amount
amuse
amusement
amusing
an
ancient
and
anger
angle
angry
animal
ankle
annoy
annoyance
another
answer
ant
anxiety
anxious
any
anyhow
anyone
anything
anywhere
apart
apparatus
appear
appearance
apple
appoint
approval
approve
arch
area
argue
argument
arm
armor
arms
army
around
arrange
arrangement
arrival
arrive
art
article
artificial
as
ash
ashamed
aside
ask
asleep
association
at
atom
attack
attempt
attend
attendance
attention
attract
attractive
aunt
autumn
average
avoid
awake
away
awkward
baby
back
background
backward
backwards
bacteria
bad
bag
bake
balance
ball
banana
band
bank
bar
bare
barrel
base
basket
bath
bathe
battle
be
beak
beam
bean
bear
beard
beat
beautiful
beauty
because
become
bed
bee
beer
before
beg
begin
beginning
behave
behavior
behind
belief
believe
bell
belong
below
belt
bend
beneath
berry
beside
besides
best
better
between
beyond
bicycle
big
bill
bind
bird
birth
birthday
bit
bite
bitter
black
blade
blame
bleed
bless
blind
block
blood
blow
blue
board
boat
body
boil
bomb
bone
book
boot
border
born
borrow
both
bottle
bottom
bowels
bowl
box
boy
brain
branch
brass
brave
bread
breadth
break
breakfast
breast
breath
breathe
breed
brick
bridge
bright
bring
broad
broadcast
brother
brown
brush
bucket
build
building
bullet
bunch
burial
burn
burst
bury
bus
bush
business
busy
but
butter
button
buy
by
cage
cake
calculate
calculator
call
calm
camera
camp
can
candle
cap
capital
captain
car
card
cardboard
care
careful
careless
carriage
carry
cart
case
castle
cat
catch
cattle
cause
cell
cement
cent
center
centimeter
central
century
ceremony
certain
chain
chair
chairperson
chalk
chance
change
character
charge
charm
chase
cheap
cheat
check
cheek
cheer
cheerful
cheese
chemical
chemistry
chest
chicken
chief
child
childhood
children
chimney
chin
chocolate
choice
choose
church
cigarette
cinema
circle
circular
citizen
city
civilization
claim
class
clay
clean
clear
clerk
clever
cliff
climb
clock
clockwork
close
cloth
clothes
clothing
cloud
club
coal
coast
coat
coffee
coin
cold
collar
collect
college
color
comb
combination
combine
come
comfort
comfortable
command
committee
common
companion
company
compare
comparison
compete
competition
competitor
complain
complaint
complete
compound
computer
concern
concerning
concert
condition
confidence
confident
confuse
connect
conscience
conscious
consider
consist
consonant
contain
contents
continue
continuous
contract
control
convenient
conversation
cook
cool
copper
copy
cord
corn
corner
correct
cost
cotton
cough
could
council
count
country
courage
course
court
cover
cow
coward
cowardly
crack
crash
cream
creature
creep
cricket
crime
criminal
crop
cross
crowd
cruel
cruelty
crush
cry
cultivate
cup
cupboard
cure
curl
current
curse
curtain
curve
custom
customer
cut
cycle
daily
damage
dance
danger
dangerous
dare
daring
dark
date
daughter
day
dead
deal
dear
death
debt
decay
deceit
deceive
decide
decimal
decision
declaration
declare
decorate
decoration
decrease
deep
deer
defeat
defend
defense
degree
delay
delicate
delight
deliver
demand
department
depend
dependent
depth
descend
describe
description
descriptive
desert
deserve
desirable
desire
desk
destroy
destruction
detail
determination
determined
develop
devil
diamond
dictionary
die
difference
different
difficult
difficulty
dig
dinner
dip
direct
direction
dirt
dirty
disappoint
discourage
discouragement
discover
discovery
dish
dismiss
distance
distant
ditch
divide
division
do
doctor
dog
dollar
door
doorway
dot
double
doubt
down
drag
draw
drawer
dream
dress
drink
drive
drop
drown
drug
drum
drunk
dry
duck
dull
during
dust
duty
each
eager
ear
early
earn
earth
east
eastern
easy
eat
edge
educate
education
effect
effective
effort
egg
eight
eighth
either
elastic
elbow
elect
election
electric
electricity
elephant
else
employ
employer
employment
empty
enclose
enclosure
encourage
encouragement
end
enemy
engine
engineer
enjoy
enjoyment
enough
enter
entertain
entertainment
entrance
envelope
equal
equality
escape
especially
establish
establishment
even
evening
event
ever
every
everyone
everything
everywhere
evil
exact
examination
examine
example
excellent
except
exchange
excite
excited
exciting
excuse
exercise
exist
existence
expect
expensive
experience
explain
explanation
explode
explosion
explosive
express
expression
extreme
eye
eyelid
face
fact
factory
fail
failure
faint
fair
fairy
faith
faithful
fall
false
fame
familiar
family
famous
fancy
far
farm
farmer
farmyard
fashion
fashionable
fast
fasten
fat
fate
father
fault
favor
favorable
favorite
fear
feather
feed
feel
feeling
feelings
fellow
female
fence
fever
few
field
fierce
fifth
fight
figure
fill
film
find
fine
finger
finish
fire
fireplace
firm
first
fish
fisherman
fit
five
fix
flag
flame
flash
flat
flesh
flight
float
flood
floor
flour
flow
flower
fly
fold
follow
fond
food
fool
foolish
foot
football
footpath
footstep
for
forbid
force
forehead
foreign
foreigner
forest
forget
forgive
fork
form
formal
former
formerly
fort
fortunate
fortune
forward
forwards
four
fourth
fox
frame
free
freedom
freeze
frequent
fresh
friend
friendly
frighten
frightening
from
front
fruit
fulfill
full
fun
funeral
funny
fur
furnish
furniture
further
future
gain
game
garage
garden
garment
gas
gasoline
gate
gather
general
generous
gentle
gentleman
get
gift
girl
give
glad
glass
glory
glue
go
goat
god
gold
golden
good
good-bye
goods
govern
government
grace
graceful
gradual
grain
gram
grammar
grand
grandfather
grandmother
grass
grateful
grave
gray
great
green
greet
greeting
grief
grieve
ground
group
grow
growth
guard
guess
guest
guidance
guide
guilt
gun
habit
habitual
hair
hairy
half
hall
hammer
hand
handkerchief
handle
hang
happen
happy
hard
harden
hardly
hardship
harm
harmful
harmless
hasty
hat
hate
hatred
have
he
head
health
healthy
hear
heart
heat
heaven
heavy
heel
height
help
helpful
hen
her
here
hers
herself
hide
high
hill
him
himself
hire
his
historical
history
hit
hold
holiday
hollow
holy
home
honest
honesty
honor
honorable
hook
hope
hopeful
hopeless
horizon
horn
horse
hospital
host
hot
hotel
hour
hourly
house
how
human
humor
humorous
hundred
hundredth
hunger
hungry
hunt
hurry
hurt
husband
hut
ice
icy
idea
if
ill
image
imaginary
imagination
imagine
importance
important
improve
improvement
in
include
including
income
increase
indoor
indoors
industrial
industry
infect
infection
infectious
influence
influential
inform
information
ink
inner
inquire
inquiry
insect
inside
instead
instruct
instruction
instrument
insurance
insure
intend
intention
interest
interesting
international
interrupt
interruption
into
introduce
introduction
invent
invention
invitation
invite
inwards
iron
island
it
its
itself
jaw
jealous
jealousy
jelly
jewel
jewelry
job
join
joint
joke
journey
joy
judge
judgment
juice
jump
just
justice
keen
keep
key
kick
kill
kilo
kilogram
kilometer
kind
king
kingdom
kiss
kitchen
knee
kneel
knife
knock
knot
know
knowledge
labor
lack
ladder
lady
lake
lamb
lamp
land
language
large
last
late
lately
laugh
laughter
law
lawyer
lay
lazy
lead (n)
lead (v)
leaf
lean
learn
least
leather
leave
left
leg
legal
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