Wiktionary:BNC spoken freq 01a

This list includes all entries and variations of the letters A through E from the BNC1.

BNC lists (edit)

Main Lists 1–1000, 1001–2000, 2001–3000, 3001–4000 Other lists BNC1 Compressed, by headwords: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Compressed, by letter: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Only headwords: Long and Compressed BNC2 Compressed, by headwords: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Compressed, by letter: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Only headwords: Long and Compressed BNC3 Compressed, by headwords: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Compressed, by letter: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Only headwords: Long and Compressed BNC4 Compressed, by headwords: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Compressed, by letter: A–E F–M N–R S–Z Only headwords: Long and Compressed

A

a • an • able • ability • abler • ablest • ably • abilities • unable • inability • about • absolute • absolutely • absolutist • absolutists • accept • acceptability • acceptable • acceptably • unacceptable • acceptance • accepted • accepting • accepts • unacceptably • account • accounted • accounting • accounts • achieve • achievable • unachievable • achieved • achievement • achievements • achiever • achievers • achieves • achieving • across • act • acted • acting • action • inaction • actions • actionable • acts • actor • actors • actress • actresses • active • actively • activities • activity • inactive • inactivity • activist • activists • activism • actual • actually • actuality • add • added • adding • addition • additional • additionally • additive • additives • additions • adds • address • addressed • addresses • addressing • addressee • addressees • admit • admission • admissions • admittedly • admits • admitted • admitting • admissible • admissibly • inadmissible • admittance • readmit • readmitted • readmitting • readmits • readmittance • readmission • admissibility • admissibilities • inadmissibility • advertise • advertising • advertises • advertiser • advertisers • advertised • advertisement • advertisements • advertize • advertizing • advertizes • advertizer • advertizers • advertized • advertizement • advertizements • ad • ads • advert • adverts • affect • affected • affecting • affects • unaffected • affectation • affectations • afford • afforded • affording • affords • affordable • unaffordable • after • afterward • afterwards • afternoon • afternoons • again • against • age • aged • ages • aging • ageing • ageism • ageist • ageless • ager • agers • agent • agency • agencies • agents • ago • agree • agreed • agreeing • agreement • agreements • agrees • agreeable • agreeably • disagreeably • disagreements • disagree • disagreeable • disagreed • disagreeing • disagreement • disagrees • air • airy • airier • airiest • airiness • airily • airless • airs • aired • airing • airings • midair • all • allow • allowance • allowances • allowed • allowing • allows • allowable • almost • along • already • alright • also • although • always • america • american • americans • americanise • americanised • americanising • americanisation • americanize • americanized • americanizing • americanization • amount • amounted • amounting • amounts • and • another • answer • answered • unanswered • answering • answers • answerable • unanswerable • any • anybody • anyhow • anymore • anyone • anything • anyway • anywhere • apart • apparent • apparently • appear • appearance • appeared • appearing • appears • appearances • reappear • reappears • reappeared • reappearing • reappearance • reappearances • apply • application • applications • applied • applies • applicable • applying • applicant • applicants • applicability • applicator • applicators • appoint • appoints • appointed • appointing • appointments • appointment • reappoint • reappointed • reappointing • reappointments • reappointment • reappoints • appointee • appointees • approach • approachable • approached • approaches • approaching • unapproachable • appropriate • appropriacy • appropriately • appropriateness • inappropriacy • inappropriate • inappropriately • area • areas • argue • arguing • argues • argued • arguable • arguably • unarguably • argument • arguments • arm • armed • arms • unarmed • armful • around • arrange • arranged • arranging • arranges • arrangement • arrangements • art • arts • artist • artistic • artists • artistically • arty • as • ask • asked • unasked • asking • asks • associate • associates • associated • associating • associative • associatively • associations • association • disassociate • disassociated • assume • assumed • assumes • assuming • assumption • assumptions • unassuming • unassumingly • at • attend • attends • attending • attended • unattended • attendant • attendants • attendance • attendances • attention • attentions • attender • attenders • authority • authoritative • authoritatively • authoritativeness • authorities • available • availability • unavailability • unavailable • aware • awareness • unaware • unawares • away • awful • awfully

B

b • baby • babies • babyish • back • backed • backing • backs • backbone • backwards • backward • backwardness • backwardnesses • bad • badly • badness • baddy • baddies • bag • bags • bagging • bagged • baggage • baggy • baggier • baggiest • bagginess • baggily • balance • balancing • balances • balanced • imbalance • imbalances • unbalanced • unbalance • unbalances • unbalancing • ball • balls • bank • banked • banker • bankers • banking • banks • interbank • bar • bars • barred • unbarred • barring • base • based • baseless • bases • basic • basics • basically • basing • basis • be • am • are • aren't • ain't • been • is • isn't • 're • 's • was • wasn't • were • weren't • being • beings • bein • twas • tis • bear • bearing • bearings • bearable • unbearable • bears • bore • born • reborn • unborn • borne • bearer • bearers • unbearably • bearably • beat • beats • beating • beatings • beaten • unbeaten • unbeatable • beater • beaters • beauty • beautiful • beautifully • beauties • because • cos • coz • become • became • becomes • becoming • bed • bedroom • bedrooms • bedroomed • bedding • bedded • beds • before • begin • began • beginner • beginners • beginning • beginnings • begins • begun • behind • believe • believed • believes • believing • disbelief • believable • unbelievable • unbelievably • believer • believers • unbeliever • unbelievers • disbelievingly • disbelieving • disbelieved • disbelieves • disbeliever • disbelievers • unbelief • unbelieving • unbelievingly • disbelieve • benefit • beneficial • beneficially • beneficiary • beneficiaries • benefitted • benefitting • benefited • benefiting • benefits • best • better • betterment • betterments • bet • betting • bets • between • big • bigger • bigness • biggest • biggish • bill • bills • billed • billing • birth • births • birthdays • birthday • bit • bits • black • blacker • blackest • blackly • blacken • blackened • blackening • blackens • blackness • blacks • blackish • blacking • blacked • bloke • blokes • blood • bled • bleed • bleeding • bleeds • blooded • bloody • bloodied • bloodying • bloodies • bloodiness • bloodless • bloodlessness • bloodlessly • blow • blew • blowing • blows • blown • blower • blowers • blue • blueness • bluer • bluest • bluish • bluey • blues • board • boarded • boarding • boards • boarder • boarders • boat • boats • boated • boating • boatman • boatmen • boater • boaters • body • bodies • bodily • bodied • book • books • booklet • booklets • bookish • both • bother • bothered • bothering • bothers • bottle • bottling • bottles • bottled • unbottled • bottom • bottoms • bottomed • bottoming • bottomless • box • boxes • boy • boyhood • boys • boyish • break • breaking • breakage • breakages • breaks • broke • broken • unbreakable • outbreaks • outbreak • unbroken • breaker • breakers • brief • briefed • briefing • briefly • briefs • brilliant • brilliantly • bring • bringing • brings • brought • britain • british • brit • brits • brother • brothers • brotherly • bro • bros • budget • budgetary • budgeted • budgeting • budgets • build • builder • builders • building • buildings • builds • built • unbuilt • bus • bussing • buses • busses • bussed • business • businesses • businessmen • unbusinesslike • businesslike • businessman • businesswoman • businesswomen • busy • busily • busiest • busier • busied • busies • busying • but • buy • bought • buying • buys • buyer • buyers • rebuild • rebuilding • rebuilt • prebuilt • by

C

c • cake • caked • caking • cakes • call • called • calling • calls • caller • callers • can • cannot • car • cars • card • cards • care • cared • uncared • careful • carefully • careless • carelessness • cares • caring • carelessly • uncaring • carer • carers • carry • carried • carrier • carriers • carries • carrying • case • cases • cat • cats • catlike • catch • catches • catching • caught • uncaught • catcher • catchers • catchy • cause • caused • causes • causing • causation • causative • cent • cents • centre • center • centerist • centerists • centers • centred • centered • central • centralism • centrally • centrality • centralities • centres • centrist • centrists • centralise • centralises • centralised • centralising • centralisation • centralized • centralize • centralizes • centralizing • centralization • certain • certainly • certainty • uncertain • uncertainties • uncertainty • uncertainly • chair • chairs • chaired • chairing • chairman • chairmen • chance • chanced • chances • chancing • change • changed • changes • changing • changeable • unchanged • unchangeable • unchangeably • unchanging • changer • changers • chap • chaps • chappie • chappies • character • characteristic • characteristically • characteristics • characterize • characterized • characterization • characterizes • characterise • characterised • characterises • characterising • characterizing • characters • uncharacteristic • uncharacteristically • charge • charged • uncharged • charges • charging • charger • chargers • chargeable • nonchargeable • cheap • cheapness • cheaply • cheapest • cheaper • cheapen • cheapening • cheapened • cheapens • check • checks • checking • checked • unchecked • child • children • childish • childhood • childless • childlike • choice • choices • choose • chooses • choosing • chose • chosen • unchosen • choosy • Christ • Christian • Christians • Christianity • Christendom • Christmas • Christmases • church • churches • city • cities • claim • claimed • claiming • claims • unclaimed • claimant • claimants • class • classed • classes • classing • classless • classlessness • classy • classier • classiest • classiness • subclass • subclasses • clean • cleaned • cleaner • cleaners • cleanest • cleaning • cleanly • cleans • cleanness • cleanliness • unclean • uncleanliness • clear • cleared • clearer • clearest • clearing • clearings • clearly • clearness • clears • unclear • clearance • clearances • client • clients • clock • clocks • clocked • clocking • clocker • clockers • oclock • close • closely • closeness • closer • closest • closes • closed • unclosed • closing • clothe • clothes • clothed • clothing • unclothe • unclothes • unclothed • unclothing • clothier • clothiers • club • clubbed • clubbing • clubs • coffee • coffees • cold • colder • coldest • coldly • coldness • colds • coldish • colleague • colleagues • collect • collects • collecting • collected • uncollected • collective • collectively • collector • collectors • collection • collections • collectable • collectables • collectivist • collectivists • collectivism • collectivity • college • colleges • collegiate • colour • color • colored • colorful • colorfully • coloring • colorless • colors • coloured • colourful • colourfully • colouring • colourless • colours • coloration • colouration • come • came • comes • coming • comings • comer • comers • comment • commentaries • commentary • commented • commenting • comments • commit • commitment • commitments • commits • committed • uncommitted • committee • committees • subcommittee • subcommittees • committing • committal • committals • common • commoner • commoners • commonest • commonly • commonness • commons • uncommon • uncommonly • community • communities • company • companies • co • compare • comparable • comparably • comparability • incomparable • compared • compares • comparative • comparison • comparisons • comparing • comparatively • complete • completed • uncompleted • completely • completion • completions • completes • completeness • completing • incomplete • incompletely • compute • computation • computational • computationally • computations • computable • computer • computed • computerize • computerise • computerising • computerizing • computerises • computerizes • computerised • computerized • computerisation • computerization • computers • computing • concern • concerned • concerning • concerns • unconcerned • condition • conditional • conditionally • unconditionally • conditions • unconditional • conditioned • conditioning • conditioner • conditioners • unconditioned • conditionings • confer • conference • conferences • conferencing • conferred • conferring • confers • consider • consideration • considerations • considered • unconsidered • considering • considers • reconsider • reconsiders • reconsidered • reconsidering • reconsideration • reconsiderations • consult • consultancy • consultant • consultants • consultation • consultations • consultative • consulted • consults • consulting • contact • contactable • uncontactable • contacted • contacting • contacts • continue • continual • continually • continuance • continued • continuity • continues • continuing • continuous • continuously • continuation • continuations • contract • contracted • contracting • contractor • contractors • contracts • control • controlled • controller • controllers • controlling • controls • uncontrollable • uncontrollably • controllable • uncontrolled • converse • converses • conversed • conversing • conversant • conversation • conversations • conversational • conversationally • conversationalist • conversationalists • cook • cooks • cooking • cookers • cooker • cooked • uncooked • cookery • cookeries • copy • copying • copies • copied • copier • copiers • copyist • copyists • corner • corners • cornered • cornering • correct • corrects • correctly • correcting • corrected • correctness • correction • corrections • corrective • incorrect • incorrectly • uncorrected • cost • costing • costings • costed • costs • costly • costless • could • couldn • council • councillor • councillors • cllr • cllrs • councilor • councils • count • counted • uncounted • counting • countless • counts • countable • uncountable • country • countries • county • counties • couple • coupled • uncoupled • coupling • couples • course • courses • court • courts • courtly • courted • courting • cover • covered • covering • coverings • coverage • covers • uncover • uncovered • uncovers • coverlet • coverlets • create • created • creates • creating • creation • creations • creative • creatively • creativity • creator • creators • recreate • recreated • recreates • recreating • cross • crossed • crosses • crossing • crossings • crossly • crossness • cup • cups • cupping • cupped • cuplike • current • currents • currently • cut • cuts • cutting • cuttings • uncut • cutter • cutters

D

d • dad • daddy • dads • danger • dangerous • dangerously • dangers • endanger • endangers • endangered • endangering • endangerment • endangerments • date • dates • dated • undated • dating • datable • day • daily • daylight • days • midday • goodday • gidday • dead • deaden • deadened • deadening • deadens • deadly • deal • dealer • dealers • dealership • dealerships • dealing • dealings • deals • dealt • undealt • dear • dearer • dearest • dearly • dears • debate • debatable • debated • debates • debating • decide • decided • decidedly • decides • deciding • undecided • decider • deciders • decision • decisions • deep • deepen • deepens • deepened • deeper • deepest • deeply • depth • depths • deepening • definite • definitely • definitive • definitively • indefinite • indefinitely • degree • degrees • deg • department • departments • departmental • departmentally • dept • depts • depend • depends • depended • depending • dependant • dependants • dependent • dependents • dependable • undependable • dependably • describe • described • describes • indescribable • indescribably • describing • description • descriptions • descriptive • design • designed • designer • designers • designing • designs • detail • detailed • detailing • details • develop • developed • developer • developers • developing • development • developments • developmental • developmentally • develops • underdeveloped • underdevelopment • undeveloped • redevelop • redevelops • redeveloped • redeveloping • redevelopment • redevelopments • die • died • dies • dying • undying • difference • differences • different • differently • difficult • difficulties • difficulty • dinner • dinners • direct • directed • undirected • directing • directly • director • directors • directorship • directorships • directs • indirect • indirectly • directness • directnesses • discuss • discussing • discusses • discussed • undiscussed • discussion • discussions • district • districts • divide • divided • divides • dividing • undivided • division • divisions • divider • dividers • do • did • didn • does • doesn • doing • doings • don • done • doer • doers • doctor • doctors • dr • doc • docs • doctoral • document • documentation • documented • undocumented • documenting • documents • dog • dogs • doggy • doggies • door • doors • indoors • indoor • outdoors • outdoor • double • doubled • doubles • doubling • doubly • redoubled • redoubles • redoubling • redouble • doubt • doubted • doubtful • doubtfully • doubter • doubters • doubting • doubtless • undoubted • undoubtedly • doubts • down • downs • downed • downing • downings • downward • downwards • draw • drawing • drawings • drawn • undrawn • draws • drew • redraw • redraws • redrawing • redrew • redrawn • dress • dressed • dresses • dressing • undressed • undress • undresses • undressing • drink • drinks • drinker • drinkers • drank • drunk • undrunk • drinking • drive • driven • undriven • driver • drivers • drives • driveway • driving • drove • drop • dropped • dropping • droppings • drops • droplet • droplets • dry • dried • dries • driest • dryer • drying • dryly • drily • dryness • drier • driers • due • duly • undue • unduly • dues • during

E

e • each • early • earlier • earliest • earliness • east • eastward • eastwards • easterly • easterlies • easy • easier • easiest • easily • easiness • eat • ate • eaten • uneaten • eating • eats • eater • eaters • economy • economic • economical • economically • economics • economies • economist • economists • uneconomic • uneconomical • uneconomically • economise • economises • economised • economising • economize • economizes • economized • economizing • educate • educating • educates • educated • educative • miseducated • educator • educators • uneducated • education • educationist • educationists • educational • educationally • educationalist • educationalists • effect • effected • effecting • effective • effectively • effectiveness • effects • ineffective • ineffectively • ineffectiveness • ineffectivenesses • effector • effectors • egg • eggs • eight • eighteen • eighteenth • eighth • eighths • eighties • eightieth • eighty • eights • either • elect • elected • unelected • electing • election • elections • elects • elector • electors • electoral • electorally • electric • electricity • electricians • electrician • electrical • electrically • electrics • eleven • elevens • eleventh • else • elsewhere • employ • employed • employee • employees • employer • employers • employing • employment • employs • employable • unemployed • unemployable • unemployment • encourage • encouragingly • encouraging • encourages • encouraged • encouragement • end • ended • unended • ending • endings • endless • endlessly • ends • unending • engine • engines • engineer • engineering • engineers • engineered • english • englishman • englishmen • englishwoman • englishwomen • englishes • england • englander • englanders • englishness • enjoy • enjoyed • enjoying • enjoyment • enjoys • enjoyable • unenjoyable • enough • enter • entered • unentered • entering • enters • entrance • entrances • entries • entry • environment • environmental • environmentalist • environmentalists • environmentally • environments • environmentalism • equal • equaled • equaling • equality • equalled • equalling • equally • equals • inequality • inequalities • unequal • unequalled • equalise • equalised • equalises • equalisation • equalize • equalized • equalizes • equalization • equaliser • equalisers • equalizer • equalizers • especial • especially • europe • european • europeans • even • evenly • uneven • unevenly • evening • evenings • ever • every • everybody • everyday • everyone • everything • everywhere • evidence • evidenced • evidential • exact • exactly • exactness • example • examples • except • exception • exceptional • exceptionally • exceptions • excepting • excuse • excusing • excuses • excused • excusable • inexcusable • exercise • exercised • exercises • exercising • exercisable • exist • existed • existence • existing • exists • existent • nonexistent • expect • expectancy • expectation • expectations • expected • expectedly • expecting • expects • unexpected • unexpectedly • expectant • expectantly • expense • expenses • expensive • expensively • inexpensive • inexpensiveness • inexpensively • experience • experienced • experiences • experiencing • inexperienced • inexperience • experiential • experientially • explain • explained • unexplained • explaining • explains • explanation • explanatory • explanations • express • expressed • unexpressed • expresses • expressing • expression • expressions • expressionless • expressionlessly • expressive • expressively • expressiveness • expressly • extra • extras • eye • eyes • eyed • eyeing • eyeful

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