--- title: C — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 14 description: The 1851 words of the school dictionary under C, 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/school/C/page/14/) [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/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / C # C — The school dictionary · page 14 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/10/) [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/11/) [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/12/) [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/13/) **14** [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/15/) [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/16/) [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/17/) [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/18/) [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/19/) - [contiguous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contiguous/) — Contiguous things touch each other or share a border, with no gap between them. — 8 sentences - [continent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continent/) — A continent is one of the very large areas of land on Earth. — 13 sentences - [continental](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continental/) — Continental means to do with a continent, one of the world's large land masses: «continental shelf», «continental climate». — 10 sentences - [contingent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contingent/) — Depending on something else happening first: «The trip is contingent on good weather.». — 9 sentences - [continual](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continual/) — Continual means happening again and again, often in an annoying way, with short breaks in between. — 10 sentences - [continually](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continually/) — Continually means again and again, very often, with short breaks in between. — 10 sentences - [continuance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuance/) — The state of going on or lasting; continuing: «the continuance of the old custom». — 9 sentences - [continuation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuation/) — A continuation is something that continues or carries on from something before, like the next part of a story. — 7 sentences - [continue](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continue/) — To keep doing something without stopping. — 13 sentences - [continuity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuity/) — Being unbroken; carrying on without a break, so that things stay linked from one time to the next. — 4 sentences - [continuous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuous/) — Going on without stopping or breaking: continuous rain. — 12 sentences - [continuously](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/continuously/) — Continuously means without stopping or without a break. — 9 sentences - [contour](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contour/) — A contour is the outline or shape of something, especially its curves, like the contour of a face or a coastline. — 11 sentences - [contract](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contract/) — noun. — 17 sentences - [contracted](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contracted/) — Became smaller or shorter (The metal contracted as it cooled). — 12 sentences - [contraction](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contraction/) — In grammar, a contraction is a short form made by joining two words with an apostrophe, like «don't» (do not) or «I'm» (I am). — 9 sentences - [contractor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contractor/) — A contractor is a person or company paid to do a particular job, especially building or repair work, under an agreement. — 8 sentences - [contradict](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contradict/) — To contradict someone means to say the opposite of what they have said, showing you think they are wrong. — 11 sentences - [contradiction](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contradiction/) — A situation in which two statements or facts cannot both be true: «There is a contradiction between his two stories». — 11 sentences - [contradictory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contradictory/) — Contradictory statements or ideas cannot both be true because they say opposite things. — 10 sentences - [contradistinction](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contradistinction/) — Contradistinction is telling two things apart by showing how they are opposite or different. — 7 sentences - [contrary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contrary/) — Contrary means opposite or very different: «contrary opinions». — 13 sentences - [contrast](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contrast/) — noun A clear difference between two things when you put them side by side. — 11 sentences - [contravene](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contravene/) — To break a law, rule or agreement. — 8 sentences - [contribute](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contribute/) — To contribute is to give money, time or help together with other people. — 11 sentences - [contribution](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contribution/) — A contribution is something you give, especially money, to help pay for something or to help a group. — 11 sentences - [contributor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contributor/) — A person who gives money, help or ideas to something together with others: contributors to the charity. — 9 sentences - [contrivance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contrivance/) — A clever device or plan, often made with ingenious thinking. — 4 sentences - [contrive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contrive/) — To manage, by some clever means, to do something or bring a result about. — 5 sentences - [contrived](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contrived/) — Seeming false and planned, not natural or believable: «The ending of the film felt contrived». — 10 sentences - [control](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/control/) — To control something means to make it do what you want, like steering a toy car. — 14 sentences - [controlled](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/controlled/) — Controlled is the past form of «control»: made something or someone do what you want, or kept it in order. — 12 sentences - [controller](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/controller/) — A hand-held device with buttons and sticks used to play video games or work a machine such as a toy car or drone. — 9 sentences - [controlling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/controlling/) — As a verb form, controlling means being in charge of something or making it do what you want: «He is controlling the drone». — 9 sentences - [contusion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contusion/) — A contusion is a bruise: an injury where the skin is not broken but blood leaks under it, making a dark mark. — 7 sentences - [convalescence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convalescence/) — Convalescence is the time when someone slowly gets their strength back after an illness or operation. — 7 sentences - [convection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convection/) — Convection is the way heat moves through a liquid or a gas: the warm part rises and the cooler part sinks, making a current that goes round. — 7 sentences - [convene](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convene/) — To come together for a meeting. — 9 sentences - [convenience](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenience/) — Convenience is being easy, useful or quick for you, so it saves time or trouble. — 14 sentences - [convenient](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convenient/) — Easy to use, reach or do; saving time and trouble. — 10 sentences - [conveniently](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conveniently/) — In a way that is easy, useful or suitable for someone: «The shop is conveniently close.». — 9 sentences - [convent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convent/) — A building where nuns live, pray and work together. — 10 sentences - [convention](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convention/) — The usual or accepted way of doing something; a custom or rule people follow. — 11 sentences - [conventional](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conventional/) — Conventional means usual, ordinary and done the way most people have done it for a long time. — 11 sentences - [conventionally](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conventionally/) — Conventionally means in the usual, normal, accepted way that most people do things. — 10 sentences - [converge](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/converge/) — When lines, roads or rivers converge, they move towards each other and meet at one point. — 11 sentences - [convergence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convergence/) — Convergence is when lines, roads, paths or things come together and meet at one point. — 11 sentences - [conversation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conversation/) — A conversation is a talk between two or more people in which they share ideas, news or feelings. — 10 sentences - [conversational](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conversational/) — To do with conversation, or like ordinary friendly talk. — 8 sentences - [converse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/converse/) — To converse is to talk with someone, have a conversation. — 11 sentences - [conversion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conversion/) — A conversion is changing something from one form, unit or use to another. — 11 sentences - [convert](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convert/) — To convert means to change something into a different form or use. — 18 sentences - [converter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/converter/) — A converter is a machine or device that changes something from one form into another, such as electricity, signals or files. — 10 sentences - [convey](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convey/) — To make an idea, feeling or message known to someone. — 9 sentences - [conveyance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conveyance/) — A conveyance is a vehicle or any way of carrying people or things. — 11 sentences - [conveyor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conveyor/) — A conveyor (conveyor belt) is a long moving belt or line of rollers that carries things from one place to another, as in factories, airpor… — 9 sentences - [convict](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convict/) — To convict someone is for a court to decide officially that they are guilty of a crime. — 9 sentences - [conviction](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conviction/) — A strong belief or opinion: «She has a deep conviction that animals should be treated kindly». — 12 sentences - [convince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convince/) — To convince someone is to make them believe that something is true. — 11 sentences - [convinced](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convinced/) — Completely sure that something is true: «I'm convinced the cat ate my sandwich.». — 11 sentences - [convincing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convincing/) — Convincing means making you believe something is true or right: «a convincing argument». — 9 sentences - [convincingly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convincingly/) — Convincingly means in a way that makes people believe something is true or real. — 8 sentences - [convolvulus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convolvulus/) — A convolvulus is a climbing plant with trumpet-shaped flowers, such as bindweed or morning glory. — 4 sentences - [convulsion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convulsion/) — A convulsion is a sudden, violent shaking of the body that you cannot control. — 5 sentences - [convulsive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convulsive/) — Convulsive movements are sudden, violent shakes of the body that a person cannot control. — 8 sentences - [convulsively](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/convulsively/) — In a sudden, jerky way that you cannot control, with a shake or a grip. — 4 sentences - [coo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coo/) — For a pigeon or dove to make its soft, low, round sound. — 12 sentences - [cook](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cook/) — To cook is to make food ready to eat by heating it: boil, fry, bake, roast. — 12 sentences - [cookbook](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cookbook/) — A cookbook is a book of recipes and instructions for cooking. — 8 sentences - [cooked](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooked/) — Cooked means made ready to eat by heating, like boiled, baked or fried food. — 11 sentences - [cooker](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooker/) — A large kitchen machine with an oven and hot plates or burners for cooking food; US: stove or range. — 9 sentences - [cookery](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cookery/) — Cookery is the skill or activity of preparing and cooking food. — 9 sentences - [cookie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cookie/) — A cookie is a small sweet baked biscuit, often round, sometimes with chocolate chips. — 11 sentences - [cooking](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooking/) — Cooking is making food ready to eat by heating it, for example by baking, boiling or frying. — 14 sentences - [cool](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cool/) — A little cold, pleasantly not warm. — 19 sentences - [cooler](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooler/) — Cooler means more cool: a little colder, or (slang) more stylish or exciting. — 12 sentences - [cooling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooling/) — Cooling means becoming cooler or making something cooler. — 11 sentences - [coolly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coolly/) — In a calm way, without showing worry, fear or excitement. — 5 sentences - [coolness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coolness/) — Coolness is being a little cold in a pleasant way. — 10 sentences - [coop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coop/) — A coop is a cage or small house where chickens or other birds are kept. — 9 sentences - [cooperation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperation/) — Cooperation is working together with other people to reach the same goal. — 8 sentences - [cooperative](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperative/) — If you are cooperative, you are willing to help and work together with others and do what is asked. — 11 sentences - [coordinate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coordinate/) — Coordinates are a pair of numbers, like (3, 5), that show exactly where a point is on a grid or graph. — 11 sentences - [coordinated](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coordinated/) — Able to move different parts of your body together well and smoothly. — 9 sentences - [coot](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coot/) — A coot is a black water bird with a white beak and a white patch on its forehead. — 8 sentences - [cop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cop/) — A cop is a police officer. — 13 sentences - [cope](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cope/) — To cope means to deal well with a hard problem or situation, and to keep going. — 9 sentences - [copepod](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copepod/) — A copepod is a tiny animal with a hard shell and many legs, a relative of crabs and shrimps, that lives in the sea and in fresh water. — 7 sentences - [copier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copier/) — A copier is a machine that makes paper copies of documents and pictures; it is also called a photocopier. — 8 sentences - [copious](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copious/) — In large amounts; more than enough: «copious notes», «copious amounts of food». — 7 sentences - [copiously](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copiously/) — Copiously means in very large amounts, much more than usual. — 7 sentences - [copper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copper/) — Copper is a reddish-brown metal that conducts electricity and heat very well. — 13 sentences - [coppersmith](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coppersmith/) — A coppersmith is a person who makes or mends things from copper. — 5 sentences - [coppery](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coppery/) — Coppery means having the colour of copper: a shiny reddish-brown or orange-brown. — 8 sentences - [coprolite](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coprolite/) — A coprolite is fossilised poo (dung) from an animal that lived long ago, such as a dinosaur, that has slowly turned to stone. — 8 sentences - [copse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copse/) — A small group of trees growing close together; a little wood. — 8 sentences - [copy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copy/) — A copy is a thing made to be the same as another one, like a copy of a page or a photo. — 15 sentences - [copycat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copycat/) — A person who copies what someone else does, says or wears. — 7 sentences - [copyright](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/copyright/) — Copyright is the legal right of the person who made a book, song, picture, film or program to decide who can copy, sell or use it. — 9 sentences - [coracle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/coracle/) — A coracle is a small, round boat made of a frame covered with skin or cloth, used on rivers. — 4 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/10/) [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/11/) [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/12/) [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/13/) **14** [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/15/) [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/16/) [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/17/) [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/18/) [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/19/)