--- title: V — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 10 description: The 307 words of the English dictionary under V, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / V # V — The English dictionary · page 10 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* Cruel and wanting to hurt; violent: a vicious attack.[↗](../../vicious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of an animal) Dangerous and likely to bite or attack.[↗](../../vicious/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Very strong or severe: a vicious storm, a vicious headache.[↗](../../vicious/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «A vicious circle» is a bad situation where one problem causes another that makes the first worse.[↗](../../vicious/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The vicious dog was kept behind a high fence.[↗](../../vicious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Spreading vicious rumours is a kind of bullying.[↗](../../vicious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A vicious wind blew the roof tiles off.[↗](../../vicious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She has a vicious cough.[↗](../../vicious/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Not sleeping made him tired, and being tired made him unable to sleep: a vicious circle.[↗](../../vicious/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The villain gave a vicious laugh.[↗](../../vicious/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But soon after his father died, and his mother got married again to a man that turned out to be a very vicious step-father, who couldn't abide the little boy.[↗](../../vicious/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **victim** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person or animal that is hurt, killed or harmed by someone else, an accident or an illness: a victim of a crime.[↗](../../victim/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Someone who is tricked or cheated: a victim of a scam.[↗](../../victim/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Someone who suffers because of something they did not choose: flood victims.[↗](../../victim/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The victim of the robbery called the police.[↗](../../victim/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people fell victim to the fake prize email.[↗](../../victim/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Volunteers brought food to the flood victims.[↗](../../victim/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If you are the victim of bullying, tell a teacher.[↗](../../victim/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox's victims were three hens.[↗](../../victim/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He always plays the victim when he loses a game.[↗](../../victim/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The police helped the victims of the crash.[↗](../../victim/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He bent his shaggy brows upon the poor Athenian victims.[↗](../../victim/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **victor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A victor is the winner of a battle, game or contest (formal).[↗](../../victor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The victor raised the trophy.[↗](../../victor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team was the victor in the final.[↗](../../victor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The victor of the battle became king.[↗](../../victor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She emerged the victor.[↗](../../victor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The victors celebrated.[↗](../../victor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · To the victor go the spoils.[↗](../../victor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Weasels were always the victors.[↗](../../victor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **victorian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* From the time when Queen Victoria ruled Britain, from 1837 to 1901.[↗](../../victorian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who lived in that time.[↗](../../victorian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Old-fashioned, very strict or prim, like people imagined the Victorians to be.[↗](../../victorian/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (Australia) From or to do with the state of Victoria in Australia.[↗](../../victorian/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Victorians built many railways.[↗](../../victorian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school is in an old Victorian building.[↗](../../victorian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Victorian children often worked in factories.[↗](../../victorian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We dressed up as Victorians for history day.[↗](../../victorian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad has very Victorian ideas about manners.[↗](../../victorian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Charles Dickens was a Victorian writer.[↗](../../victorian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Melbourne is the capital of the Victorian state in Australia.[↗](../../victorian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **victorious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Having won a battle, game or competition.[↗](../../victorious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Showing that you have won: a victorious shout.[↗](../../victorious/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our team was victorious in the final.[↗](../../victorious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The victorious army marched home.[↗](../../victorious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave a victorious cheer when she finished the puzzle.[↗](../../victorious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight emerged victorious from the battle.[↗](../../victorious/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After a long game, the blue team was victorious.[↗](../../victorious/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The victorious players lifted the cup.[↗](../../victorious/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone went out to meet him with cymbals and fifes and drums, and there was great rejoicing over his victorious return.[↗](../../victorious/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of the victorious be delivered?[↗](../../victorious/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.49.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../victorious/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said unto me: 'Unto two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings; then shall the sanctuary be victorious.'[↗](../../victorious/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.8.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../victorious/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Fear thou not, for I am with thee, be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I strengthen thee, yea, I help thee; yea, I uphold thee with My victorious right hand.[↗](../../victorious/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.41.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../victorious/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **victory** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A victory is winning a game, race, contest, battle or war.[↗](../../victory/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Victory is success in a struggle against something difficult.[↗](../../victory/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our team celebrated its first victory of the season.[↗](../../victory/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight won a great victory over the dragon.[↗](../../victory/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a narrow victory: 3 goals to 2.[↗](../../victory/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The runner did a victory lap of the track.[↗](../../victory/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Learning to swim was a victory for me.[↗](../../victory/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers cheered at the news of victory.[↗](../../victory/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We won 10–4, so our victory was by 6 points.[↗](../../victory/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It was he, not I, who gained the victory.’[↗](../../victory/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD gave victory to David whithersoever he went.[↗](../../victory/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.8.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../victory/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Who hath raised up one from the east, at whose steps victory attendeth?[↗](../../victory/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.41.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../victory/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The horse is prepared against the day of battle; but victory is of the LORD.[↗](../../victory/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.21.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../victory/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **victual** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Food, especially supplies for a journey.[↗](../../victual/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is an old word.[↗](../../victual/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Food, or supplies of food for a journey.[↗](../../victual/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And to his father he sent in like manner ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with corn and bread and victual for his father by the way.[↗](../../victual/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.45.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../victual/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.[↗](../../victual/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.12.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../victual/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and oil and wine.[↗](../../victual/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.11.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../victual/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.[↗](../../victual/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.5.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../victual/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city; and he gave them victual in abundance.[↗](../../victual/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.11.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../victual/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And to his father he sent in like manner ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with corn and bread and victual for his father by the way.[↗](../../victual/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.45.23, JPS 1917) · And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.[↗](../../victual/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.12.39, JPS 1917) **victuals** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old-fashioned) Food and drink, especially supplies of food for a journey or for many people.[↗](../../victuals/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb, rare) To supply a ship or an army with food.[↗](../../victuals/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Food and drink, or supplies of food.[↗](../../victuals/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The sailors loaded the ship with victuals for the long voyage.[↗](../../victuals/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Fetch the victuals!» cried the hungry pirate.[↗](../../victuals/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The innkeeper brought plenty of good victuals to the table.[↗](../../victuals/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The army ran short of victuals in the cold winter.[↗](../../victuals/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad jokingly calls his dinner «my vittles».[↗](../../victuals/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The travellers packed bread, cheese and other victuals for the road.[↗](../../victuals/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Sit down to table and swallow your victuals!" replied the old woman.[↗](../../victuals/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.[↗](../../victuals/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../victuals/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.[↗](../../victuals/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.14.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../victuals/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother: interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of any thing that is lent upon interest.[↗](../../victuals/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.23.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../victuals/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.'[↗](../../victuals/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.22.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../victuals/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.[↗](../../victuals/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.4.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../victuals/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.[↗](../../victuals/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.37, JPS 1917) · "Sit down to table and swallow your victuals!" replied the old woman.[↗](../../victuals/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.[↗](../../victuals/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.14.11, JPS 1917) **vicuna** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vicuna is a wild South American animal related to the llama and alpaca; it is small, slim and light brown, and lives high in the Andes mountains.[↗](../../vicuna/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Vicuna also means the very fine, soft, expensive wool or cloth made from this animal's fleece.[↗](../../vicuna/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A herd of vicunas grazed on the high, cold grassland.[↗](../../vicuna/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The vicuna is a wild cousin of the llama.[↗](../../vicuna/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Vicuna wool is one of the softest and most expensive wools in the world.[↗](../../vicuna/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The vicuna is the national animal of Peru and is on its coat of arms.[↗](../../vicuna/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Vicunas have thick, soft coats to keep warm in the Andes.[↗](../../vicuna/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hunting nearly wiped out the vicuna, but now it is protected.[↗](../../vicuna/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **video** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Moving pictures with sound recorded and watched on a screen.[↗](../../video/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A recording of something: a video of the school play.[↗](../../video/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Verb: to record something with a camera or phone.[↗](../../video/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We watched a video about volcanoes.[↗](../../video/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad made a video of my first steps.[↗](../../video/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask permission before you film someone in a video.[↗](../../video/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I had a video call with my cousins in Ireland.[↗](../../video/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother plays video games.[↗](../../video/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some videos online are not true.[↗](../../video/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell an adult if you see a video that upsets you.[↗](../../video/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum videoed the race.[↗](../../video/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **vie** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To vie is to try hard to be better than someone else; to compete.[↗](../../vie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The two girls vied for first place in the race.[↗](../../vie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Yet the pony could vie with any horse in the stables.[↗](../../vie/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many runners vied to win the medal.[↗](../../vie/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **vietnamese** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* From or to do with Vietnam, a country in South-East Asia.[↗](../../vietnamese/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person from Vietnam or of Vietnamese family.[↗](../../vietnamese/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The language spoken in Vietnam.[↗](../../vietnamese/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We ate Vietnamese noodle soup called pho.[↗](../../vietnamese/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend's grandparents speak Vietnamese at home.[↗](../../vietnamese/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Vietnamese uses tones, so the same sound can mean different things.[↗](../../vietnamese/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Vietnamese coast is very long and thin.[↗](../../vietnamese/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a Vietnamese bakery near our school.[↗](../../vietnamese/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She is learning to write Vietnamese with all its accents.[↗](../../vietnamese/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **view** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* What you can see from a place, especially a beautiful scene (a view of the sea).[↗](../../view/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The ability to see something from where you are (Move, you're blocking my view!).[↗](../../view/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An opinion or way of thinking about something (In my view…).[↗](../../view/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To look at or watch something (view the photos).[↗](../../view/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To think about something in a certain way (She views it as a challenge).[↗](../../view/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (maths) How a 3-D shape looks from one side: front view, side view, plan view (from above).[↗](../../view/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The view from the top of the hill was amazing.[↗](../../view/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw the front view and the side view of this shape.[↗](../../view/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In my view, dogs are better than cats.[↗](../../view/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A tall man was blocking my view of the stage.[↗](../../view/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship slowly came into view.[↗](../../view/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · You can view the photos on the class website.[↗](../../view/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone has a right to their own point of view.[↗](../../view/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The video has a thousand views.[↗](../../view/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · What splendid vistas were then opened to my view\![↗](../../view/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · A similar view is reflected in the midrashicic and Kabbalistic literature, where Torah or Wisdom acts as a participant or instrument in the Work of Creation; see e.g. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../view/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Here the view of various writers differ widely.[↗](../../view/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../view/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Various views prevailed about the origin of these two sym- bols.[↗](../../view/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../view/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Then went I up in the night in the valley, and viewed the wall; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned.[↗](../../view/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.2.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../view/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there we encamped three days; and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.[↗](../../view/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.8.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../view/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two spies secretly, saying: 'Go view the land, and Jericho.'[↗](../../view/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") And they went, and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there.[↗](../../view/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.2.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../view/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **viewers** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Viewers are people who watch television, a video or a show.[↗](../../viewers/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Viewers are also people who look at something, such as a painting or a view.[↗](../../viewers/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A viewer can also be a device or program for looking at pictures or files.[↗](../../viewers/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Millions of viewers watched the final.[↗](../../viewers/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The show warned viewers about flashing lights.[↗](../../viewers/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Young viewers loved the cartoon.[↗](../../viewers/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The painting makes viewers feel calm.[↗](../../viewers/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The channel had 4,000 viewers on Saturday and 2,500 on Sunday, so 6,500 in all.[↗](../../viewers/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Adverts are made to persuade viewers to buy things.[↗](../../viewers/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **viewing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A viewing is an occasion when you look at something, especially a house you might buy or rent, a film, or a show.[↗](../../viewing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Viewing is the act of watching, especially TV or films, as in "family viewing".[↗](../../viewing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A viewing is a time before a funeral when people come to see the body of the person who has died, to say goodbye.[↗](../../viewing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Viewing is the -ing form of "view": looking at.[↗](../../viewing/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We went to three house viewings on Saturday.[↗](../../viewing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The programme is good family viewing.[↗](../../viewing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · From the viewing platform we saw the whole city.[↗](../../viewing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · This documentary is essential viewing for anyone who loves animals.[↗](../../viewing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Before the funeral, there was a viewing at the funeral home.[↗](../../viewing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Viewing the eclipse directly can hurt your eyes.[↗](../../viewing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum held a private viewing of the new paintings.[↗](../../viewing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The little tailor went up to him, and greeting him cheerfully said: “Good-day, friend; there you sit at your ease viewing the whole wide world.[↗](../../viewing/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) … [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/9/) **10** [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/11/) … [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/16/) - ← previous: [page 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/9/) - next →: [page 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/11/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)