auction |
An auction is a special kind of sale. At an auction, each item gets sold to the person who offers the most money for it. If many people are interested in a particular thing, the price goes higher and higher until everybody but that one person gives up. |
certainty |
A certainty is something that people are completely sure about or that everybody can agree on. [1/2 definitions] |
common |
(often plural) an area of land that can be used by everybody. [1/4 definitions] |
custom |
A custom product is something that is made exactly the way a particular customer wants it to be made. If someone has custom shoes, they have shoes that are made exactly for them. They are made in a way that is different from the way that product is made for everybody else. [1/2 definitions] |
everybody |
Everybody means every person. If everybody in your class likes music, then all the people in the class like it. |
everyone |
each and every person; everybody. |
fair1 |
When something is fair, it is the same for everybody. One person is not treated better or worse than another person. When a decision is fair, it doesn't hurt or help one person more than another. [1/8 definitions] |
fault |
A fault is something that is not good in a person. A fault makes a person do something or act in a way that other people don't like or that causes problems. Everybody has faults, though, because nobody is perfect. [1/3 definitions] |
herd |
the common people; most people. The expression "He (or she) follows the herd" means that a person tends to do what everybody else does, like a cow in a herd, and does not think for himself or herself. [1/4 definitions] |
ignorance |
Ignorance is not knowing things. Everybody has ignorance about something until they learn about it in some way. |
last1 |
When something happens last, it happens after all other things. If you do something last, you do it after everybody else has already done it. If you get home last, it means that you get home after everyone else. [2/6 definitions] |
lead1 |
When you lead in something, you are ahead of everybody else who is part of this thing. If you lead in a race, it means that you are now in the first position. [1/11 definitions] |
least |
When you have the least ice cream, everybody else has more than you do. [1/2 definitions] |
niece |
If you are a girl and you have an aunt or uncle, then you are their niece. When everybody in your family grows up, maybe your brother or sister will have children. If they have daughters, they will be your nieces. |
normal |
If a person's feelings or thoughts are normal, there is nothing wrong with them. Everybody has similar thoughts or feelings. They are just natural and not unusual. [1/4 definitions] |
otherwise |
"Otherwise" means "differently" or "in a different way." If your sister likes a movie a lot, but you feel otherwise, it means that you feel in a different way about it. If everybody goes home after school, but you do otherwise, it means you do something different instead of going home. [1/3 definitions] |
prove |
If something proves correct, it means that eventually everybody can see that it is correct. If something proves false, it means that in the end everybody can see that it is false. [1/2 definitions] |
public |
The public is everybody in a community. [1/4 definitions] |
race1 |
When you race, you join other people in a contest of speed. You try very hard to be faster than everybody else. When horses race, their rider has them go as fast as they can, and people watch to see which horse is the fastest at the end. [1/6 definitions] |
rage |
If something is "all the rage," it is very popular at a certain time, especially with people who are always interested in things that are new and different. If something is "all the rage," it seems like suddenly everybody wants it or wants to do it. [1/4 definitions] |
represent |
If someone represents a group of people, they speak for that whole group when they meet with others outside of that group. Let's say that everyone in a class is angry about something but they are afraid to tell the school principal, maybe the class will choose one person to represent them and that person will go to the principal and speak for everybody. When someone goes to another country to speak for the people of their country, we say that that person represents their country or represents the people of their country. [1/3 definitions] |