Oxford Basic American Dictionary

He is not wholly to blame for the situation. —SYNONYM totally

whom / hum / pronoun

( formal )

a word we use instead of "who" as the object of a verb or preposition

To whom did you give the money? She's the woman whom I met in Greece.

whoop / wup ; hup / verb (whoops , whoop ing , whooped )

to shout loudly because you are happy or excited ►whoop noun [ count ]

He let out a whoop of laughter.

who's / huz /

short for who is , who has

whose © / huz / adjective, pronoun

used to ask who something belongs to Whose car is this?

used to say exactly which person or thing you mean, or to give extra information about a person or thing

That's the boy whose sister is a singer.

who've / huv /

short for who have

Why Ф / wai / adverb

for what reason Why are you late? I don't know why she's angry. why not?

words that you use to make or agree to a suggestion Why not ask Kate to go with you? "Let's go see a movie." "Sure, why not?"

wick • ed / ' wiksd / adjective

very bad

a story about a wicked witch —SYNONYM evil

wide Ч-¹ / waid / adjective (wid ei , i/id es )

far from one side to the other We drove down a wide road.

—ANTONYM narrow

You use wide to say or ask how far something is from one side to the other

The table was 6 feet wide. How wide is the river?

completely open

The children's eyes were wide with excitement. The noun is width .

wide 2 / waid / adverb completely; as far or as much as possible Open your mouth wide. I'm wide awake!

She stood with her feet wide apart .

wide • ly / ' waidli / adverb

by a lot of people; in or to a lot of places He has traveled widely in Asia.

wid • en / waidn / verb ( wid - ens , wid en - ing , wid ened )

to become wider; to make something wider They are widening the road.

wide • spread aw / ' waidspred /

If something is widespread , it is happening in many places

The disease is becoming more widespread.

wid • ow / ' widou / noun [ count ]

a woman whose husband is dead

wid • ow • er / ' widouar / noun

[count]

a man whose wife is dead width / wrd6 / noun [ count ]

how far it is from one side of something to the other; how

wide something is

The room is fifteen feet in width .

The adjective is wide .

Look at the picture at dimension .

wife О / waif / noun [ count ]

( plural wives / waivz / )

the woman that someone is married to

Look at husband .

wig / wig / noun [ count ]

a covering for your head made of hair that is not your own

wi • ki / ' wiki / noun [ count ] ( plural wi . kis ) a website that allows any user to change or add to the information it contains

Wild 1 Ф / waild / adjective ( wild er , wild es )

Wild plants and animals live or grow in nature, not with people

We picked some wild flowers.

excited; not controlled She was wild with anger.

The crowd went wild with excitement.

( informal ) exciting and interesting, because it is unusual

a totally wild outfit

wild2 / 'waild / noun the wild [ singular ]

a natural area that is not controlled by people In Africa we saw gorillas in the wild .

wil • der • ness / ' wildarnas / noun

[ count , usually singular ]

a large area of land that has never been used for building on

or for growing things

We love to go camping in the wilderness.

wild • life / ' waildlaif / noun [noncount]

animals and plants in nature

Collocations

The Natural World

animals