| acrobat |
An acrobat is a person who performs off the ground doing physical acts that take balance, skill, and strength. |
| across |
When something goes across something, it goes from one side of it to the other. It begins on one side and ends on the other, like a bridge across a river. [5 definitions] |
| act |
When someone plays the part of a character in a play, movie, or on television, they are acting. [6 definitions] |
| action |
An action is a movement or a set of movements. Walking and waving goodbye are actions. [4 definitions] |
| active |
When you are active, it means that you are always doing something, or you have a lot of energy. |
| activity |
An activity is something you spend time doing. Some activities are reading, playing a game, swimming, and cooking. |
| actor |
An actor is a person who performs a part in a play or movie, or on television or radio. |
| actress |
An actress is a woman or girl who acts in a movie or play, or on radio or television. |
| actual |
When something is actual, it is real. If you got a toy giraffe for your birthday, nobody would be surprised. But if you got an actual giraffe, everybody would be surprised! Everybody would ask where you would keep it and how you would feed it. |
| actually |
Actually means really. When you actually catch a very big fish, you really catch it. It is not just a story or a dream. |
| ad |
"Ad" is a short word for "advertisement." An advertisement is something that tells people about things to buy or things that are happening. You often see advertisements on television. Sometimes you hear ads on the radio or see them online. Also, when you are outside, you sometimes see advertisements on signs. |
| add |
When you add something, you put it together with something else to make it better or larger. [3 definitions] |
| addition |
When you add numbers together to find out how much they make, you are doing addition. [2 definitions] |
| address |
Your address is the exact place where you live or where your mail comes. [3 definitions] |
| adjective |
An adjective is a kind of word. We use adjectives to describe things like people, animals, or things. Words like "big," "hungry," "sad," and "yellow" are adjectives. |
| admit |
When you admit something, you tell the truth about it even if you don't really want to. [2 definitions] |
| adopt |
When you adopt something, you accept a new thing and make it your own. When people adopt a baby, the baby becomes part of their family. When people adopt pets, they bring them into their home and care for them for a long time. |
| adult |
An adult person or animal is one that is grown up. An adult person can get married or drive a car, but a child cannot. An adult female dog can have puppies, but a female that has not grown up yet cannot. [2 definitions] |
| adventure |
When you have an adventure, you do something that is unusual, exciting, or maybe even dangerous. |
| adverb |
An adverb is a certain kind of word. When a word is an adverb, it sometimes describes how or when or where we do things. Words like "tomorrow," "here," "there," "slowly," and "usually" are adverbs. Adverbs also go in front of other adverbs or adjectives to describe those words. If we say "This is really good cake," "good" is an adjective that tells us about the cake, and "really" is an adverb that tells us how good the cake is. |
| advertise |
When you advertise something, you tell people about it and you try to make them think it is a good thing. If people want to sell things, they often advertise them. [2 definitions] |