Dictionary definitions

Dictionary definitions

Read dictionary definitions for academic words and review parts of speech to practise and improve your reading skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.

Preparation

Reading text
attend 
(v)
to officially go to a place, like a school, university or class
You must attend 80 per cent of classes to pass the course.
dormitory plural dormitories
(n)
1. a place where many people sleep
2. US: a big building at a university where students live (UK: hall of residence)
I know John. He lives in my dorm at university.
faculty plural faculties
(n)
all the teachers who work at a university
Norman Brown was in the English faculty for twenty years.
teaching assistant
(n)
a person who works to help a university teacher in a classroom
The teaching assistant has the exams for you at the end of class.
tuition fee
(n)
an amount of money that you pay to go to university
Tuition fees are very high this year.
undergraduate
(n)
a student at a college or university who is studying for a first degree
They met when they were undergraduates at Cambridge University.

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Submitted by mai123 on Tue, 14/04/2026 - 11:39

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I don't use dictionary, but when I need know any world I use translate 

Submitted by angezuniga on Sun, 12/04/2026 - 17:20

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Not ussually, when I don't understand a work in a phrase I look up all mean about this, cause a word mean depend context

And when i need a definition specific I look up in RAE website if is in spanish.

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Submitted by daninovaes on Wed, 08/04/2026 - 00:54

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I don’t often use a dictionary; I usually use my phone to translate and research words that I don’t know.

Submitted by Dzikidziadzior on Thu, 05/03/2026 - 04:54

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I use a dictionary very often because my vocabulary is quite limited. I also frequently use Google Translate or the Cambridge or Oxford dictionary when I want to see example sentences using a given word. Additionally, I use them when I want to check another meaning of a word or find words that sound similar.

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Submitted by homoitiner on Sat, 03/01/2026 - 13:41

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I used to use a dictionary often, but now I use chat gbt. 

Hello, 
I have learned English about 1 month in this web. And I've seen your comments many times. I just wanna say Hello.
Nice to meet you. 

Submitted by sid on Sat, 20/12/2025 - 06:37

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To be honest, I rarely use a dictionary for consulting meaning of new words. I often try to predict meaning of any new word through context. This trick helps me understand any message quickly. However, if I feel something quite important, I definitely consu

Submitted by mariam_mohamed on Wed, 10/12/2025 - 12:18

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I am always use the dictionary , it makes searching easier for me

Submitted by moaz_shamekh on Thu, 27/11/2025 - 17:35

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I always use E-dictionaries like Cambridge dictionary, it's very helpful specially for knowing how to pronounce new words.