| collect |
When you collect things, you bring them together in one place. [2 definitions] |
| collection |
A collection is a group of things of the same type that someone has put together, sometimes over a long time. Many people have collections of stamps or coins, for example. |
| college |
A college is a school that some people go to after high school. People in college usually study for four years. |
| Colombia |
Colombia is a country in South America. Colombia has beaches on both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Colombia has many mountains too, but the weather in Colombia is not too cold or too hot. Coffee plants grow in Colombia, and many kinds of fruits grow there too. |
| Colombian |
When something is Colombian, it's from the country of Colombia, or it has to do with the people or culture of Colombia. |
| color |
When we look at something in the light, we see the shape of it, the size of it, and also its color. Some of the colors we can see are red, blue, green, yellow, purple, and orange. Color is one of the most important things we use to describe things. [2 definitions] |
| Colorado |
Colorado is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. A short way to write Colorado is CO. |
| colorful |
When something is colorful, it has many colors or it has very bright colors. |
| comb |
A comb is a thin piece of plastic or other material that you use to make your hair neat. A comb has things called teeth along one side that go through your hair and separate it. [2 definitions] |
| combine |
When you combine things, you bring them together. You combine dirt and water to make mud. [2 definitions] |
| come |
When you tell a dog to come, it means you want the dog to run or walk to the place where you are. If your mom tells you to come home, it means she wants you to leave where you are and walk or ride home. [3 definitions] |
| comfort |
When you comfort someone, you try to make them feel better. [2 definitions] |
| comfortable |
When you are comfortable, you don't have any pain or bad feeling at all. You can feel relaxed. [2 definitions] |
| comic |
When something is comic, it is funny. [2 definitions] |
| comic book |
A comic book is a book or magazine that tells stories using pictures that someone has drawn. Some comic books tell funny stories, but many comic books are about adventures, love, or other things. |
| comma |
A comma is a little mark that we use in writing. A comma separates words or parts of a sentence and makes the sentence easier to understand when people read it. We also use commas to separate things in a list and when we write large numbers like one thousand (1,000) and one million (1,000,000). |
| command |
A command is an order that must be obeyed. [2 definitions] |
| commercial |
When people want to sell something, they sometimes put a commercial on TV. The commercial tells people about their product or service, and they hope the commercial will make people want to buy it. You can see commercials between parts of the TV show you are watching. There are commercials on the radio too. |
| common |
When something is common, it is the same for everyone. If you and your friends have a common interest in basketball, it means that you all have an interest in basketball. An interest in basketball is something that is the same for all of you. [2 definitions] |
| communicate |
When two people communicate, they give each other information, or they say or show what they are thinking or feeling to each other. |
| community |
A community is an area where a group of people live. A community may be a neighborhood or a town. It has a government that makes laws and decides what might be best for everyone living there. [2 definitions] |