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[**office**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/office.md) noun (an office, offices) An office is a room or building where people work at desks, often with computers and papers. 2. [**officer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/officer.md) noun (an officer, officers) An officer is a police officer, a person whose job is to keep people safe and make them obey the law. 3. [**official**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/official.md) adjective (official); noun (an official, officials) Official means approved by people in charge, like a government, school or organisation. 4. [**officially**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/officially.md) adverb (officially) Officially means in a way that is approved by people in charge, according to the rules or the law. 5. [**officiate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/officiate.md) verb (officiate, officiates, officiated, officiating) To officiate at a wedding, funeral or service is to lead it as a priest, minister or official. 6. [**officious**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/officious.md) adjective Officious means too eager to give help or orders when nobody asked for them. 7. [**offshore**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/offshore.md) adjective (offshore); adverb (offshore) Offshore means in the sea, away from the coast. 8. [**offside**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/offside.md) adjective and adverb (offside); noun (offside — the offside rule) In a position on the field that the rules don't allow, usually too far forward, ahead of the ball or the other team's last defender. 9. [**offspring**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/offspring.md) noun (offspring — same form for one and many) 1) Offspring are the young of an animal or plant: its babies or seeds. 2) (formal or jokey) A person's offspring are their children. 10. [**often**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/often.md) adverb (often, more often, most often; also oftener) 1) Often means many times. If you often play, you play a lot. 2) «How often» asks how many times something happens in a time, like each… 11. [**ogre**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ogre.md) noun (ogre, ogres; feminine «ogress») 1) An ogre is a huge, frightening giant in stories who eats people. 2) An ogre is a very cruel or frightening person, as a joke. 12. [**ogress**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ogress.md) noun (ogress, ogresses) 1) An ogress is a female ogre, a huge, frightening giantess in stories who eats people. 2) An ogress is a fierce or cruel woman, as a joke. 13. [**oil**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oil.md) noun (oil — uncountable; oils — kinds of oil); verb (oil, oils, oiled) A thick, slippery liquid that does not mix with water, from plants or animals, used in cooking: olive oil. 14. [**oilbird**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oilbird.md) noun (an oilbird, oilbirds) 1) A brown, night-flying bird of South America and Trinidad that lives in caves, eats fruit and finds its way in the dark by clicking, a… 15. [**oily**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oily.md) adjective (oily, oilier, oiliest) Covered with oil or containing a lot of oil: «oily hands», «oily fish». 16. [**oink**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oink.md) noun (an oink, oinks); verb (oink, oinks, oinked, oinking); interjection (oink!) 1) An oink is the grunting sound a pig makes. 2) To oink is to make that sound. 17. [**ointment**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ointment.md) noun (an ointment, ointments; ointment — uncountable) A smooth, greasy cream rubbed on the skin to heal cuts, burns, rashes or sore places. 18. [**oireachtas**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oireachtas.md) noun (the Oireachtas) — (Ireland, a name) The national parliament of Ireland, made of the President, the Dáil (lower house) and the Seanad (Senate). 19. [**ok**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ok.md) adjective and adverb (OK, okay); exclamation (OK!); verb (OK, OK's, OK'd, OK'ing — informal) All right; acceptable; good enough: «Is it OK if I sit here?». 20. [**okapi**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/okapi.md) noun (an okapi, okapis) An okapi is a shy African forest animal with a brown body and black-and-white stripes on its legs, like a zebra's. 21. [**okay**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/okay.md) adjective (okay, also OK); adverb (okay); exclamation (Okay!); verb (okay, okays, okayed — to approve, informal) Okay means all right, fine, not hurt or not upset: are you okay? 22. [**ola**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ola.md) fragment or name — not a common English word 1) Not an English word on its own. It may be a piece of a longer word, as in "cola", "granola" or "Coca-Cola". 2) It may be a name, like… 23. [**old**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/old.md) adjective (old, older, oldest; elder, eldest for family); noun (the old — old people) Old tells how long someone or something has lived or been: «Tom is 7 years old». 24. [**olden**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/olden.md) adjective (olden — used before a noun, mostly in «olden days» and «olden times») 1) Olden means belonging to the long-ago past; «in the olden days» means a long time ago. 25. [**older**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/older.md) adjective (comparative of old) 1) Older means having lived more years than someone else. 2) Older means made or used longer ago than something else: «an older house». 26. [**olfaction**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/olfaction.md) noun (olfaction — uncountable) 1) (science) The sense of smell, or the act of smelling. 27. [**olive**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/olive.md) noun (an olive, olives; olive, uncountable for colour/oil); adjective (olive — colour) An olive is a small oval fruit, green or black, with a stone inside, that grows on olive trees and is eaten or pressed for oil. 28. [**olm**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/olm.md) noun (an olm, olms) 1) An olm is a pale, blind salamander (an amphibian) that lives in dark underground cave waters in southern Europe, especially Slovenia… 29. [**olympiad**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/olympiad.md) noun (olympiad, olympiads) An olympiad is a contest where pupils solve hard problems, for example in maths, physics or chess. 30. [**olympian**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/olympian.md) adjective (also noun: an Olympian) Olympian means belonging to the gods who lived on Mount Olympus in Greek stories. 31. [**olympic**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/olympic.md) adjective (Olympic, usually with capital O); noun (the Olympics) Olympic means about the Olympic Games, the biggest international sports competition, held every four years in summer and winter versions. 32. [**omega**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/omega.md) noun (omega, Ω, ω) Omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet, written Ω or ω. 33. [**omelet**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/omelet.md) noun (omelet, omelets; British spelling «omelette», omelettes) An omelet is eggs beaten up and cooked flat in a pan, often with cheese or herbs. 34. [**omelette**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/omelette.md) noun (an omelette, omelettes; also omelet) 1) An omelette is a dish of beaten eggs cooked flat in a frying pan, often folded over a filling such as cheese, ham or vegetables. 35. [**omen**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/omen.md) noun (an omen, omens) 1) A sign or event that some people believe shows that something good or bad will happen in the future. 36. [**ominous**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ominous.md) adjective (more ominous, most ominous) 1) Ominous means showing that something bad is about to happen; it is a warning sign. 37. [**omission**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/omission.md) noun (an omission, omissions) 1) Something that has been left out or not done. 2) The act of leaving something out (the omission of a word). 38. [**omit**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/omit.md) verb (omit, omits, omitted, omitting) 1) To leave something out, on purpose or by mistake. 2) (formal) To fail to do something: «He omitted to tell us.» 39. [**omnibus**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/omnibus.md) noun (an omnibus, omnibuses); adjective (an omnibus edition) A book or TV programme that puts several stories or episodes together in one. 40. [**omnivore**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/omnivore.md) noun (an omnivore, omnivores); adjective form: omnivorous An omnivore is an animal that eats both plants and other animals. 41. [**on**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/on.md) preposition, adverb; adjective (the light is on; the game is on) On means touching the top or side of something: on the table, on the wall. 42. [**once**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/once.md) adverb (once); conjunction (once); noun (the once — casual) 1) Once means one time. 2) Once means at some time in the past: «Once there was a king». 3) Once can also mean «as soon as»: «Once you… 43. [**oncoming**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oncoming.md) adjective (oncoming) 1) Coming towards you or moving nearer: «oncoming traffic», «an oncoming storm». 44. [**one**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/one.md) number (one, ones); pronoun (one, ones; one another); determiner; adjective (the one and only) One is the number 1, the first and smallest whole number above zero. 45. [**oneida**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oneida.md) noun (Oneida, the Oneida); adjective (Oneida) (a name) 1) A Native American people, one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy), from what is now New York State; also… 46. [**onion**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/onion.md) noun (an onion, onions) A round vegetable with layers, papery brown, red or white skin and a strong smell and taste, used in cooking. 47. [**online**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/online.md) adjective (online); adverb (online) 1) Connected to the internet or done on it: "online games". 2) As an adverb, on the internet: "We shop online." 48. [**onlooker**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/onlooker.md) noun (an onlooker, onlookers) 1) An onlooker is a person who watches something happen but does not take part, especially an accident, fight or event in the street. 49. [**only**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/only.md) adverb (only); adjective (only); conjunction (only — informal: but) 1) Only means no more than, or just one. «Only 3 are left» means just 3 are left. 2) Only means nothing or nobody else: «Only Sam knew».… 50. [**onomatopoeia**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/onomatopoeia.md) noun (onomatopoeia, uncountable; also an onomatopoeia — an example) Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like the noise it describes, such as buzz, bang, sizzle, hiss, splash, cuckoo and woof. 51. [**onondaga**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/onondaga.md) noun (Onondaga, the Onondaga); adjective (Onondaga) (a name) A Native American people of central New York State, one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy); also their language. 52. [**onset**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/onset.md) noun (the onset, onsets) The onset of something is its start, especially of something bad or unpleasant. 53. [**onshore**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/onshore.md) adjective (onshore); adverb (onshore) On the land, not at sea, as in "onshore wind farms". 54. [**onside**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/onside.md) adjective (onside); adverb (onside) In football, rugby and hockey, onside means in a position where you are allowed to play the ball; it is the opposite of offside. 55. [**onslaught**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/onslaught.md) noun (onslaughts) 1) An onslaught is a fierce, sudden attack, when many people or things rush at once. 56. [**onward**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/onward.md) adverb (onward, onwards); adjective (onward) 1) Onward means forward, going further on. 2) Onward means from a time and later: «from Monday onward». 3) An onward journey is the next… 57. [**ooh**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ooh.md) interjection (ooh) Ooh is a sound people make to show surprise, delight, interest or admiration. 58. [**oolong**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oolong.md) noun (oolong — uncountable; an oolong, oolongs) 1) A kind of Chinese tea, partly oxidised, between green tea and black tea in taste and colour. 59. [**ooze**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ooze.md) verb (ooze, oozes, oozed, oozing); noun (ooze — uncountable) verb (of a thick liquid) To flow out slowly: «Honey oozed from the jar». 60. [**oozing**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oozing.md) verb form (ooze, oozes, oozed, oozing); adjective (oozing) Oozing means slowly flowing or leaking out of something, like thick liquid. 61. [**opal**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/opal.md) noun (an opal, opals; opal as a material) An opal is a precious stone that shows flashing rainbow colours when you move it in the light. 62. [**opaque**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/opaque.md) adjective (opaque, more opaque, most opaque) Opaque means light cannot pass through it, so you cannot see through it, like wood or a brick wall. 63. [**open**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/open.md) verb (open, opens, opened, opening); adjective (open); noun in «in the open» To open is to move something so you can go in or see inside: open a door, open a box. 64. [**opener**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/opener.md) noun (an opener, openers) An opener is a tool for opening something, such as a tin opener, can opener or bottle opener. 65. [**opening**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/opening.md) noun (an opening, openings); verb form (open, opens, opened, opening); adjective (the opening scene) An opening is a gap or hole that something can pass through. 66. [**openly**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/openly.md) adverb 1) Openly means in a way that everyone can see or hear, not secretly. 2) Openly means honestly, without hiding your feelings or thoughts. 67. [**opera**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/opera.md) noun (an opera, operas); noun (opera house, opera singer) An opera is a play in which the actors sing almost all the words, with an orchestra playing music. 68. [**operate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/operate.md) verb (operate, operates, operated, operating) To operate a machine is to make it work or control it. 69. [**operatic**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/operatic.md) adjective (operatic; more operatic) To do with opera, plays where all or most of the words are sung, with an orchestra. 70. [**operating**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/operating.md) verb (present participle of operate: operate, operates, operated, operating); adjective (operating, as in operating room, operating system) Working or running, said of a machine or business. 71. [**operation**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/operation.md) noun (operation, operations) In maths, an operation is a way of working with numbers: add, subtract, multiply or divide. 72. [**operative**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/operative.md) adjective; noun (an operative, operatives) Working, in action: «The new system is now operative.». 73. [**operator**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/operator.md) noun (an operator, operators) A person who works a machine or equipment: «a crane operator». 74. [**opinion**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/opinion.md) noun (an opinion, opinions) An opinion is what you think or believe about something; it may not be the same as what others think. 75. [**opium**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/opium.md) noun (opium — uncountable) A strong, illegal drug made from the juice of a kind of poppy, which makes people sleepy and is very addictive and dangerous. 76. [**opossum**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/opossum.md) noun (an opossum, opossums); informal: possum 1) An opossum is a North and South American marsupial about the size of a cat, with a pointed white face, bare ears and a long, bare tail… 77. [**opponent**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/opponent.md) noun (an opponent, opponents) 1) A person or team that you play, compete or fight against. 2) A person who disagrees with an idea or plan and argues against it. 78. [**opportunity**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/opportunity.md) noun (an opportunity, opportunities) An opportunity is a time or situation when it is possible to do something you want or need to do; a chance. 79. [**opposable**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/opposable.md) adjective 1) Able to be placed opposite and pressed against the other fingers, like a human thumb, so that the hand can grip and pick things up. 80. [**oppose**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oppose.md) verb (oppose, opposes, opposed, opposing) To oppose something is to be against it and try to stop it. 81. [**opposed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/opposed.md) adjective (opposed); verb past form (oppose → opposed) If you are opposed to something, you are against it. 82. [**opposing**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/opposing.md) adjective (opposing); verb form (oppose, opposes, opposed, opposing) Being against someone or something in a game, fight or argument (the opposing team). 83. [**opposite**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/opposite.md) noun (opposite, opposites); adjective (opposite); preposition and adverb (opposite) The opposite is the thing that is as different as can be: up is the opposite of down. 84. [**opposition**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/opposition.md) noun (opposition — uncountable; the Opposition) Opposition is strong disagreement with a plan or idea, often shown by speaking or acting against it. 85. [**oppress**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oppress.md) verb (oppresses, oppressed, oppressing) 1) To oppress people is to treat them cruelly and unfairly, keeping them under hard control. 86. [**oppressed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oppressed.md) adjective (oppressed); verb form (past tense and past participle of oppress: oppress, oppresses, oppressed, oppressing); noun (the oppressed) Treated in a cruel and unfair way by people with power, and not given freedom or rights. 87. [**oppression**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oppression.md) noun (no plural) 1) Oppression is cruel and unfair treatment of people, keeping them down and taking away their freedom. 88. [**oppressive**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oppressive.md) adjective (oppressive, more oppressive, most oppressive) Cruel and unfair, keeping people down and taking away their freedom: an oppressive ruler. 89. [**optic**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/optic.md) adjective (optic); noun (an optic, optics) To do with the eye or sight: «the optic nerve». 90. [**optical**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/optical.md) adjective (optical); adverb (optically) 1) To do with seeing and the eyes. 2) To do with light and how it travels, or with instruments that use light, such as lenses, microscopes… 91. [**optician**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/optician.md) noun (an optician, opticians) An optician is a person whose job is to test people's eyes and make or sell glasses and contact lenses. 92. [**optimistic**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/optimistic.md) adjective (optimistic, more optimistic, most optimistic) 1) Hopeful and believing good things will happen. 2) (of a guess or plan) Hoping for more than is likely (an optimistic estimate). 93. [**option**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/option.md) noun (an option, options); verb (option, options, optioned, optioning — rare, business use) 1) One of the things you can choose from. 2) The freedom or right to choose. 3) A school subject you choose to study (UK). 4) (formal… 94. [**optional**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/optional.md) adjective (optional) 1) Something you can choose to do or have, but you do not have to. 95. [**optometrist**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/optometrist.md) noun (an optometrist, optometrists) 1) An optometrist is a person trained to test people's eyesight, check eye health and prescribe glasses or contact lenses. 96. [**or**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/or.md) conjunction Or gives a choice between two or more things: tea or juice? 97. [**oracle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oracle.md) noun (an oracle, oracles) 1) In ancient Greece and Rome, a priest or priestess through whom people believed the gods gave advice or told the future, or the holy… 98. [**oracular**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oracular.md) adjective 1) Oracular means like an oracle: giving wise-sounding answers or predictions that are often hard to understand. 99. [**oral**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oral.md) adjective (oral); noun (an oral, orals — an oral exam, UK) Oral means spoken, not written: an oral test or an oral report is done by talking. 100. [**orally**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/orally.md) adverb (orally) 1) By speaking, not in writing, as in "answer orally". 2) (medicine) By mouth, as in "take this medicine orally". 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