--- title: V — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 9 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/9/) [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 9 [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:* A vet (veterinarian in the USA, veterinary surgeon in the UK) is an animal doctor who looks after sick or injured animals.[↗](../../vet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In the USA, «vet» can also mean a veteran, a person who used to be in the army or navy.[↗](../../vet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To vet someone or something means to check them carefully before accepting them.[↗](../../vet/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We took our cat to the vet because she was sick.[↗](../../vet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet gave our puppy its vaccinations.[↗](../../vet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I want to be a vet when I grow up because I love animals.[↗](../../vet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet said the rabbit's leg was broken.[↗](../../vet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Farm vets look after cows, sheep and horses.[↗](../../vet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We found an injured bird and took it to the vet.[↗](../../vet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandad is an army vet.[↗](../../vet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The school vets every visitor before they meet the children.[↗](../../vet/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **veteran** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A veteran is a person who has served in the armed forces, especially someone who fought in a war.[↗](../../veteran/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A veteran is also someone who has done a job or activity for a long time and has much experience: «a veteran teacher».[↗](../../veteran/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Veteran means old and experienced, or (of cars) very old: «a veteran car».[↗](../../veteran/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Great-grandpa was a veteran of the Second World War.[↗](../../veteran/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Veterans marched past the war memorial on Remembrance Sunday.[↗](../../veteran/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · On Anzac Day, we listened to a veteran speak at school.[↗](../../veteran/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mrs Hall is a veteran teacher with thirty years in the classroom.[↗](../../veteran/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The veteran goalkeeper played his last match.[↗](../../veteran/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A veteran car rally drove through our village.[↗](../../veteran/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **veterinarian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A veterinarian is a doctor who looks after sick and injured animals and helps keep them healthy.[↗](../../veterinarian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The veterinarian gave our puppy its first injections.[↗](../../veterinarian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt is a veterinarian who works with horses.[↗](../../veterinarian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer called the veterinarian when the cow was ill.[↗](../../veterinarian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Zoo veterinarians look after lions and elephants.[↗](../../veterinarian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · To become a veterinarian you study for many years.[↗](../../veterinarian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The veterinarian checked the cat's teeth and ears.[↗](../../veterinarian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We took the injured bird to a veterinarian.[↗](../../veterinarian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **veterinary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with the medical care and treatment of animals: a veterinary clinic.[↗](../../veterinary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Used in the names of jobs and places for animal care: a veterinary nurse, veterinary surgeon, veterinary school.[↗](../../veterinary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A veterinary is an animal doctor, also called a vet.[↗](../../veterinary/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We took the puppy to the veterinary clinic for its injections.[↗](../../veterinary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt is a veterinary nurse.[↗](../../veterinary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the UK a vet is officially called a veterinary surgeon.[↗](../../veterinary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She wants to study veterinary medicine when she grows up.[↗](../../veterinary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The farm animals get regular veterinary care.[↗](../../veterinary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The veterinary bill for the cat came to 85 pounds.[↗](../../veterinary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Veterinary students learn about horses, dogs, cows and birds.[↗](../../veterinary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The next morning the veterinary--that is, the animal doctor--declared that he would be lame for the rest of his life.[↗](../../veterinary/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **veto** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A veto is the right of one person or group to stop a decision or law, even if others agree with it.[↗](../../veto/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To veto something is to use that power to say no and stop it.[↗](../../veto/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) To veto an idea at home or with friends is just to refuse it: «Mum vetoed the idea of a puppy.».[↗](../../veto/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The President vetoed the new law.[↗](../../veto/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Russia used its veto at the UN Security Council.[↗](../../veto/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each of the five permanent members has a veto.[↗](../../veto/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister vetoed my idea of pizza for breakfast.[↗](../../veto/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The head teacher has the power of veto over school trips.[↗](../../veto/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · One veto is enough to stop the resolution.[↗](../../veto/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad vetoed the scary film.[↗](../../veto/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The council could not veto the plan on its own.[↗](../../veto/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **vex** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To annoy, worry or upset someone, especially about small things.[↗](../../vex/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To puzzle someone; a "vexed question" is one that is hard to answer and that people argue about.[↗](../../vex/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The noisy neighbours vexed my grandad.[↗](../../vex/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was vexed that her brother had eaten the last biscuit.[↗](../../vex/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The missing piece of the puzzle vexed us all afternoon.[↗](../../vex/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not vex your mother by being late.[↗](../../vex/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Climate change is a vexed question that people argue about.[↗](../../vex/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a vexing problem, but we solved it in the end.[↗](../../vex/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The king was vexed when his orders were ignored.[↗](../../vex/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Well, I'm sorry if I've vexed you," said Lionel.[↗](../../vex/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?[↗](../../vex/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.19.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../vex/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And her rival vexed her sore, to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.[↗](../../vex/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.1.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../vex/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death.[↗](../../vex/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.16.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../vex/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **vexation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A feeling of being annoyed, frustrated or worried.[↗](../../vexation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something that annoys you.[↗](../../vexation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* To his vexation, the last cake was gone.[↗](../../vexation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She stamped her foot in vexation.[↗](../../vexation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The broken printer was a daily vexation.[↗](../../vexation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The king cried out in vexation when the plan failed.[↗](../../vexation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Losing her keys again caused her great vexation.[↗](../../vexation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The noisy neighbours were a constant vexation.[↗](../../vexation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · At this accident Jason could not help uttering a cry of vexation.[↗](../../vexation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A fool's vexation is presently known; but a prudent man concealeth shame.[↗](../../vexation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.12.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../vexation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For in much wisdom is much vexation; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.[↗](../../vexation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.1.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../vexation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Oh that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances altogether\![↗](../../vexation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.6.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../vexation/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **vexatious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Vexatious means annoying and troublesome, causing worry or bother again and again.[↗](../../vexatious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) In law, a vexatious case is one brought only to annoy someone.[↗](../../vexatious/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The vexatious fly kept buzzing at my ear.[↗](../../vexatious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom's vexatious questions made the teacher sigh.[↗](../../vexatious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The master punished Edmund for his vexatious habit of arguing.[↗](../../vexatious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **vi** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The Roman numeral for 6.[↗](../../vi/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A short name for a text-editing program used by computer programmers.[↗](../../vi/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Sometimes a short form of the name Violet or Vienna, or a part of a word in other languages (a name or fragment).[↗](../../vi/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* King Henry VI became king when he was a baby.[↗](../../vi/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Chapter VI is the exciting part.[↗](../../vi/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · On the clock, VI stands where the 6 would be.[↗](../../vi/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · VI means five plus one.[↗](../../vi/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle writes code in vi.[↗](../../vi/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Write the number 6 in Roman numerals: VI.[↗](../../vi/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Kings vi.[↗](../../vi/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") 23 and Exodus xxv.[↗](../../vi/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") 18, and indeed Genesis iii.[↗](../../vi/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") 24.[↗](../../vi/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../vi/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · PARTIAL: English Wikisource transcription (proofread from Index:Sepher Yetzirah.djvu) — only Preface to the Second Edition, Introduction, and the text (chapters I-VI).[↗](../../vi/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../vi/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · (2) Mantua 11 chap VI Sepher Yetzirah II, chap.[↗](../../vi/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../vi/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **vial** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A small bottle for holding oil or liquid.[↗](../../vial/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say: Thus saith the LORD: I have anointed thee king over Israel.[↗](../../vial/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.9.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../vial/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said: 'Is it not that the LORD hath anointed thee to be prince over His inheritance?[↗](../../vial/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.10.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../vial/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said unto him: 'Gird up thy loins, and take this vial of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.[↗](../../vial/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.9.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../vial/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **vibe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) A vibe is the feeling or mood a place, person or thing gives you.[↗](../../vibe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (slang) To vibe means to relax and enjoy yourself, often to music.[↗](../../vibe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (slang) To vibe with someone means to get on well with them.[↗](../../vibe/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Vibes» is short for vibraphone, a musical instrument (rare).[↗](../../vibe/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This café has a really chill vibe.[↗](../../vibe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I got bad vibes from that dark alley.[↗](../../vibe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We're just vibing to music in my room.[↗](../../vibe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Good vibes only\![↗](../../vibe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I really vibe with my new classmate.[↗](../../vibe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The party had a happy vibe.[↗](../../vibe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **vibes** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, slang) Vibes are the feelings or mood that a place, person, song or situation gives you: good vibes, bad vibes, cosy vibes.[↗](../../vibes/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (slang) «Vibes» on its own or «it's a vibe» means something feels good or cool.[↗](../../vibes/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (slang) «Vibing» means relaxing and enjoying the mood.[↗](../../vibes/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (music) Vibes is a short name for the vibraphone, a metal xylophone-like instrument.[↗](../../vibes/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This café has really cosy vibes.[↗](../../vibes/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I got bad vibes from that dark alley, so we went another way.[↗](../../vibes/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fairy lights and music?[↗](../../vibes/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") It's a vibe\![↗](../../vibes/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We were just vibing to music in my room.[↗](../../vibes/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The new teacher gives off friendly vibes.[↗](../../vibes/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Vibe check: how's everyone feeling?»[↗](../../vibes/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In a story, write «the house felt creepy» rather than «the house had creepy vibes».[↗](../../vibes/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **vibrate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To move quickly and gently backwards and forwards or from side to side, many times a second; to shake slightly.[↗](../../vibrate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The guitar string vibrates when you pluck it.[↗](../../vibrate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My phone vibrated in my pocket.[↗](../../vibrate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your hand on your throat and feel it vibrate when you hum.[↗](../../vibrate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The windows vibrated when the truck went by.[↗](../../vibrate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Faster vibrating makes a higher note.[↗](../../vibrate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The drum skin vibrates to make sound.[↗](../../vibrate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Are you sure?” said Fionn in a voice that rumbled and vibrated like thunder.[↗](../../vibrate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **vibration** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A quick small shaking movement backwards and forwards.[↗](../../vibration/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In science, a movement that makes sound or travels through a material.[↗](../../vibration/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I felt the vibration of the train through the floor.[↗](../../vibration/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sound is caused by vibrations.[↗](../../vibration/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The earthquake's vibrations shook the houses.[↗](../../vibration/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Faster vibrations give a higher pitch.[↗](../../vibration/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The phone's vibration woke me up.[↗](../../vibration/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Snakes can feel vibrations in the ground.[↗](../../vibration/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **vibrato** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Vibrato is a quick, small wobble up and down in the pitch of a note, made by a singer or a player of a string or wind instrument to make the sound warmer and richer.[↗](../../vibrato/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The opera singer's voice had a lovely vibrato.[↗](../../vibrato/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My violin teacher showed me how to rock my finger for vibrato.[↗](../../vibrato/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much vibrato can make a song sound wobbly.[↗](../../vibrato/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The flute player added vibrato to the long note.[↗](../../vibrato/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Choir boys often sing with little or no vibrato.[↗](../../vibrato/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · You can hear the vibrato when the singer holds a note.[↗](../../vibrato/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **vicar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vicar is a priest in charge of a church and its local area (parish), especially in the Church of England.[↗](../../vicar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old-fashioned, joking) «The vicar» in British stories and comedy is a polite, kind, slightly old-fashioned church person, often at tea parties and village fêtes.[↗](../../vicar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The vicar married my aunt and uncle in the village church.[↗](../../vicar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The vicar opened the summer fair.[↗](../../vicar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited the vicar at the vicarage.[↗](../../vicar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The vicar gave a talk about kindness.[↗](../../vicar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the vicar solved the mystery.[↗](../../vicar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The vicar rang the church bells on Sunday.[↗](../../vicar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **vice** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bad habit or a wrong way of behaving.[↗](../../vice/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Serious crime such as illegal gambling.[↗](../../vice/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK; US «vise») A tool with two jaws that holds something firmly while you work on it.[↗](../../vice/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (prefix «vice-») Next in rank below the top person: vice-captain, vice president.[↗](../../vice/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Greed was the king's worst vice.[↗](../../vice/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Chocolate is my only vice, laughed Mum.[↗](../../vice/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Clamp the wood in the vice before you saw it.[↗](../../vice/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She was chosen as vice-captain of the netball team.[↗](../../vice/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His hand gripped mine like a vice.[↗](../../vice/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The vice-principal took the assembly today.[↗](../../vice/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He is a great teacher, a corrector of morals, a censor of vice, and a commender of virtue.[↗](../../vice/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **viceroy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A viceroy is a person sent by a king or queen to rule a country or colony in their name.[↗](../../viceroy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The viceroy is also the name of an orange North American butterfly that looks like the monarch.[↗](../../viceroy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Viceroy of India lived in a huge palace in Delhi.[↗](../../viceroy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The king sent a viceroy to govern the colony.[↗](../../viceroy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Spanish viceroys ruled Mexico for nearly three hundred years.[↗](../../viceroy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of India in 1947.[↗](../../viceroy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The people had to obey the viceroy's orders.[↗](../../viceroy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A viceroy butterfly looks a lot like a monarch butterfly.[↗](../../viceroy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “And for that reason,” said the native officer, twirling his mustache, “your Amir whom you do not obey must come here and take orders from our Viceroy.”[↗](../../viceroy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **vicinity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) The vicinity is the area near or around a place.[↗](../../vicinity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «In the vicinity of» a number means about or roughly that number.[↗](../../vicinity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are three parks in the vicinity of our house.[↗](../../vicinity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Police asked people in the vicinity to stay indoors.[↗](../../vicinity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · No shops are in the immediate vicinity.[↗](../../vicinity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cost was in the vicinity of 200 pounds.[↗](../../vicinity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Was anyone seen in the vicinity of the fire?[↗](../../vicinity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wild deer live in the vicinity.[↗](../../vicinity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) … [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/8/) **9** [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/10/) … [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/16/) - ← previous: [page 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/8/) - next →: [page 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/page/10/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)