| 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] |
| Comoros |
Comoros is a country made up of three islands in the Indian Ocean. Comoros is near the continent of Africa. People grow a lot of spices in Comoros and also the plants that produce vanilla beans. Vanilla beans are used to make vanilla, which is the flavor used in vanilla ice cream. |
| company |
A company is something that is set up by people to do business. A company tries to make money by making and selling things or by selling its services. [3 definitions] |
| compare |
When you compare things, you say how they are like each other or how they are different. [2 definitions] |
| compete |
When you compete, you try to win or get something that others are also trying to get. People who compete in a race are all trying to be the first one to get to the end of the race. |
| competition |
A competition is something in which people compete and try to win. A race is a kind of competition. |
| complain |
When you complain, you say that you are not happy about something or that there is something wrong. If you are upset because it is raining, you might complain about it to someone. |
| complaint |
When you hear a complaint from someone, they are saying that something is wrong or that they don't like something. |
| complete |
When something is complete, it has all the parts it should have. When you have a complete set of crayons, it means that you have all the crayons that belong in the set. [2 definitions] |
| complicated |
When a thing is complicated, it is not simple. A complicated thing has many different parts or things connected with it. When something is complicated, it is not easy to explain. It might be hard to figure out. |
| computer |
A computer is a machine that can store and give back information. A computer can play games and do many kinds of work. |