Longman Communication 3000

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Word Meaning Word Meaning a abandon ability able about about above above abroad absence absolute absolutely absorb abuse academic accept acceptable access accident accommodation accompany according account account accurate accuse achieve achievement acid acknowledge acquire across act act action active activist activity actor actual actually ad adapt add addition additional address address adequate adjust administration administrative admire admission admit adopt adult adult advance advance advanced advantage advert advertise advertisement advertising advice advise adviser affair affect afford afraid after afternoon afterwards again against

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The Longman Communication 3000 is a list ofthe 3000 most frequent words in both spokenand written English, based on statisticalanalysis of the 390 million words containedin the Longman Corpus Network – a group ofcorpuses or databases of authentic Englishlanguage.

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  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    a abandon

    ability able

    about about

    above above

    abroad absence

    absolute absolutely

    absorb abuse

    academic accept

    acceptable access

    accident accommodation

    accompany according

    account account

    accurate accuse

    achieve achievement

    acid acknowledge

    acquire across

    act act

    action active

    activist activity

    actor actual

    actually ad

    adapt add

    addition additional

    address address

    adequate adjust

    administration administrative

    admire admission

    admit adopt

    adult adult

    advance advance

    advanced advantage

    advert advertise

    advertisement advertising

    advice advise

    adviser affair

    affect afford

    afraid after

    afternoon afterwards

    again against

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    age aged

    agency agent

    aggressive ago

    agree agreement

    agriculture ahead

    aid aim

    aim air

    aircraft airline

    airport alarm

    album alcohol

    alive all

    all allow

    allowance all

    interjection almost

    alone along

    along alongside

    already also

    alter alternative

    alternative although

    altogether always

    amazing ambition

    ambulance among

    amount an

    determiner analyse

    analysis analyst

    ancient and

    anger angle

    angry animal

    announce announcement

    annoy annual

    another answer

    answer anticipate

    anxiety anxious

    any anybody

    anyhow anyone

    anything anyway

    anywhere apart

    apartment apologize

    apology apparent

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    apparently appeal

    appeal appear

    appearance apple

    application apply

    appoint appointment

    appreciate approach

    approach appropriate

    approval approve

    approximate architect

    architecture area

    argue argument

    arise arm

    armed army

    around arrange

    arrangement arrest

    arrival arrive

    art article

    artificial artist

    as as

    ashamed aside

    ask asleep

    aspect assess

    assessment assignment

    assist assistance

    assistant associate

    association assume

    assumption assure

    at atmosphere

    attach attack

    attack attempt

    attempt attend

    attention attitude

    attorney attract

    attraction attractive

    audience aunt

    author authority

    automatic automatically

    autumn available

    average average

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    avoid awake

    award award

    aware awareness

    away awful

    awkward baby

    back back

    back back

    background backwards

    bacon bad

    badly bag

    bake balance

    balance ball

    ban band

    bang bang

    bank bar

    barrier base

    base baseball

    basic basically

    basis basket

    bat bath

    bathroom battery

    battle be

    be beach

    bean bear

    beard beat

    beat beautiful

    beauty because

    because become

    bed bedroom

    beef beer

    before before

    before beforehand

    begin beginning

    behalf behave

    behaviour behind

    being belief

    believe bell

    belong below

    belt bench

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    bend beneath

    benefit benefit

    beside best

    best bet

    bet better

    better between

    beyond bicycle

    bid big

    bike bill

    bin bird

    birth birthday

    biscuit bit

    bit bite

    bite bitter

    black blade

    blame blank

    bless blind

    block block

    bloke blonde

    blood blow

    blow blue

    board boat

    body boil

    boiler boiling

    bomb bone

    bonus book

    book boom

    boot border

    bored boring

    born borrow

    boss both

    bother bottle

    bottom bottom

    bounce bound

    bowl box

    boy boyfriend

    brain branch

    brave bread

    break break

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    breakfast breath

    breathe breather

    brick bridge

    brief briefly

    bright brilliant

    bring broad

    brother brown

    brush brush

    buck bucket

    buddy budget

    bug build

    builder building

    bump bunch

    burn burn

    burst bury

    bus business

    busy but

    but but

    butcher butter

    button buy

    buyer by

    by bye

    bye cabinet

    cable cake

    calculate calculation

    calculator calendar

    call call

    calm camera

    camp campaign

    can can

    cancel cancer

    candidate candle

    candy cap

    capable capacity

    capital capital

    captain capture

    car card

    care care

    career careful

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    carefully carpet

    carrot carry

    cartoon case

    cash cash

    cast castle

    cat catalogue

    catch category

    cause cause

    CD cease

    ceiling celebrate

    celebration cell

    cellphone cent

    centimetre central

    centre century

    cereal certain

    certainly certificate

    chain chair

    chairman challenge

    challenge champion

    championship chance

    change change

    channel chap

    chapter character

    characteristic characterize

    charge charge

    charity chart

    chase chat

    cheap cheat

    check check

    cheek cheese

    chemical chemical

    chemist chemistry

    cheque cherry

    chest chicken

    chief chief

    child childhood

    chip chocolate

    choice choose

    chop chuck

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    church cigarette

    cinema circle

    circuit circumstance

    citizen city

    civil claim

    claim class

    classic classical

    classroom clean

    clean cleaner

    clear clear

    clearly clerk

    clever click

    client climate

    climb clock

    close close

    close closed

    closely closet

    cloth clothes

    cloud club

    clue coach

    coal coast

    coat code

    coffee coin

    cold collapse

    collar colleague

    collect collection

    college colour

    column combination

    combine come

    comfort comfortable

    command comment

    comment commercial

    commission commit

    commitment committee

    common communicate

    communication community

    company compare

    comparison compete

    competition competitive

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    complain complaint

    complete complete

    completely complex

    complicated component

    comprehensive comprise

    computer concentrate

    concentration concept

    concern concern

    concerned concerning

    concert conclude

    conclusion condition

    conduct conduct

    conference confidence

    confident confine

    confirm conflict

    confused confusing

    confusion congratulation

    connect connection

    conscious consciousness

    consent consequence

    consider considerable

    considerably consideration

    consist consistent

    constant constantly

    constitute construct

    construction consult

    consumer consumption

    contact contact

    contain contemporary

    content contest

    context continue

    continuous contract

    contrast contribute

    contribution control

    control convenient

    convention conventional

    conversation convert

    conviction convince

    cook cooker

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    cookie cool

    cool cooperation

    cope copy

    copy core

    corn corner

    correct correct

    corridor cost

    cost cottage

    cotton could

    council count

    counter country

    countryside county

    couple courage

    course court

    cousin cover

    cover cow

    crack craft

    crash crazy

    create creation

    creative creature

    credit credit

    crew crime

    criminal crisis

    criterion critic

    critical criticism

    criticize crop

    cross cross

    cross crowd

    crown crucial

    cruel cry

    cry cultural

    culture cup

    cupboard curious

    currency current

    current currently

    curtain curve

    cushion custom

    customer cut

    cut cute

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    cycle dentist

    dad daddy

    daft dude

    due dull

    dumb dump

    during dust

    duty DVD

    each each

    ear early

    early earn

    earth ease

    easily east

    eastern easy

    easy eat

    economic economics

    economy edge

    edition editor

    education educational

    effect effective

    effectively efficiency

    efficient effort

    egg either

    either elderly

    elect election

    electric electrical

    electricity electronic

    element elevator

    else elsewhere

    email email

    embarrassed emerge

    emergency emotion

    emotional emphasis

    emphasize empire

    employ employee

    employer employment

    empty enable

    encounter encourage

    encouraging end

    end enemy

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    energy engage

    engine engineer

    engineering enhance

    enjoy enjoyable

    enormous enough

    enough enquiry

    ensure enter

    enterprise entertainment

    enthusiasm enthusiastic

    entire entirely

    entitle entrance

    entry envelope

    environment environmental

    equal equal

    equally equipment

    equivalent era

    error escape

    escape especially

    essay essential

    essentially establish

    establishment estate

    estimate estimate

    ethnic even

    evening event

    eventually ever

    every everybody

    everyone everything

    everywhere evidence

    evil exact

    exactly exam

    examination examine

    example excellent

    except exception

    exchange excitement

    exciting exclude

    excuse excuse

    executive executive

    exercise exercise

    exhibition exist

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    existence existing

    exit expand

    expansion expect

    expectation expenditure

    expense expensive

    experience experience

    experienced experiment

    experimental expert

    expert explain

    explanation explore

    explosion export

    expose express

    expression extend

    extension extensive

    extent external

    extra extraordinary

    extreme extremely

    eye face

    face facility

    fact factor

    factory fail

    failure fair

    fair fairly

    faith fall

    fall FALSE

    familiar family

    famous fan

    fancy fancy

    fantastic far

    far farm

    farmer fascinating

    fashion fast

    fast fat

    father fault

    favour favour

    favourite fear

    fear feature

    feature federal

    fee feed

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    feedback feel

    feeling fellow

    female female

    fence festival

    fetch few

    field fight

    fight figure

    figure file

    file fill

    film filthy

    final final

    finally finance

    finance financial

    find finding

    fine fine

    finger finish

    finish fire

    fire firm

    firm first

    first firstly

    fish fish

    fishing fit

    fit fix

    fixed flash

    flat flat

    flavour flesh

    flight flood

    floor flow

    flow flower

    fly focus

    focus fold

    folk follow

    following food

    foot football

    for force

    force foreign

    forest forever

    forget forgive

    fork form

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    form formal

    heavily heavy

    height hell

    hello help

    help helpful

    hence her

    her here

    hero hers

    herself hesitate

    hi hide

    high high

    highlight highly

    highway hill

    him himself

    hire his

    historian historical

    history hit

    hit hold

    hold holder

    holding hole

    holiday holy

    home home

    homework honest

    honestly honey

    honour hook

    hook hope

    hope hopefully

    hopeless horrible

    horror horse

    hospital host

    hot hotel

    hour house

    household know

    knowledge known

    lab label

    laboratory labour

    lack lack

    lad ladder

    lady lake

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    lamb lamp

    land land

    landlord landscape

    lane language

    large largely

    last last

    last last

    late late

    later latter

    laugh laugh

    launch law

    lawyer lay

    layer lazy

    lead lead

    leader leadership

    leading leaf

    league lean

    learn least

    leather leave

    leave lecture

    left left

    left leg

    legal legislation

    leisure lend

    length less

    less lesson

    let letter

    level level

    liberal library

    licence lick

    lid lie

    lie lie

    life lift

    lift light

    light light

    lighting like

    like like

    like like

    likely limit

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    limit limitation

    limited line

    link link

    lip liquid

    list list

    listen literally

    literary literature

    little little

    little live

    live lively

    living load

    loan local

    locate location

    lock lock

    log logical

    lonely long

    long long-term

    look loose

    lord lorry

    lose loss

    lost lot

    lot loud

    loud lounge

    love love

    lovely lover

    low lower

    lower luck

    luckily lucky

    lump lunch

    lunchtime machine

    machinery mad

    madam magazine

    magic mail

    mail main

    mainly maintain

    maintenance major

    majority make

    male male

    mall man

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    manage management

    manager manner

    manufacturer manufacturing

    many map

    march march

    margin mark

    mark market

    marketing marriage

    married marry

    marvellous mass

    mass massive

    master match

    match mate

    material material

    math maths

    matter matter

    maximum may

    maybe me

    meal mean

    meaning means

    meanwhile measure

    measure measurement

    meat mechanism

    media medical

    medicine medieval

    medium meet

    meeting member

    membership memory

    mental mention

    menu mere

    merely mess

    mess message

    messy metal

    method metre

    middle middle

    midnight might

    mile military

    milk millimetre

    mind mind

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    mine mine

    mineral minimum

    minister ministry

    minor minority

    minute mirror

    misery miss

    miss mission

    mistake mix

    mixed mixture

    mobile mobile

    mode model

    modern mom

    moment mommy

    money monitor

    month mood

    moon moral

    more more

    moreover morning

    mortgage most

    most mostly

    mother motion

    motor motorway

    mountain mouse

    mouth move

    move movement

    movie much

    much mud

    mum mummy

    murder muscle

    museum mushroom

    music musical

    must my

    myself mystery

    nail naked

    name name

    narrow nasty

    nation national

    native natural

    naturally nature

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    naughty near

    near nearby

    nearly neat

    necessarily necessary

    neck need

    need negative

    negotiate negotiation

    neighbour neighbourhood

    neither neither

    nerve nervous

    net net

    network never

    nevertheless new

    newly news

    newspaper next

    next nice

    nicely night

    nil no

    no no

    no nobody

    nod noise

    noisy none

    nonsense nope

    nor normal

    normally north

    northern nose

    not notably

    note note

    nothing notice

    notice notion

    novel now

    now nowadays

    nowhere nuclear

    nuisance number

    numerous nurse

    nut object

    object objection

    objective obligation

    observation observe

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    obtain obvious

    obviously occasion

    occasional occasionally

    occupation occupy

    occur ocean

    oclock odd

    of off

    offence offer

    offer office

    officer official

    official often

    oil OK

    OK old

    on on

    once once

    one one

    one one

    onion only

    only onto

    open open

    opening operate

    operation operator

    opinion opponent

    opportunity oppose

    opposite opposition

    option or

    orange order

    order ordinary

    organ organic

    organization organize

    organized origin

    original originally

    other otherwise

    ought ounce

    our ours

    ourselves out

    out outcome

    output outside

    outside outside

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    outstanding oven

    over over

    overall overcome

    overseas overtime

    owe own

    own owner

    ownership pace

    pack pack

    package packet

    pad page

    pain paint

    paint painting

    pair palace

    pale pan

    panel panic

    pants paper

    parcel pardon

    parent park

    park parking

    parliament part

    participate particular

    particularly partly

    partner partnership

    party pass

    pass passage

    passenger passion

    past past

    past path

    patience patient

    patient pattern

    pause pay

    pay payment

    peace peaceful

    peak pen

    penalty pencil

    penny pension

    people pepper

    per perceive

    percent percentage

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    perception perfect

    perfectly perform

    performance perhaps

    period permanent

    permission permit

    person personal

    personality personally

    personnel perspective

    persuade petrol

    phase philosophy

    phone phone

    photo photocopy

    photocopy photograph

    phrase physical

    physically physics

    piano pick

    picture pie

    piece pig

    pile pill

    pilot pin

    pink pint

    pipe pitch

    pity pizza

    place place

    plain plan

    plan plane

    planet plant

    plastic plate

    platform play

    play player

    pleasant please

    please pleased

    pleasure plenty

    plot plug

    plus pocket

    poem poet

    poetry point

    point pole

    police policeman

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    policy polite

    political politician

    politics poll

    pollution pond

    pool poor

    pop pop

    popular population

    port pose

    position positive

    possess possession

    possibility possible

    possibly post

    post post

    poster pot

    potato potential

    potential pound

    pour poverty

    power powerful

    practical practically

    practice practise

    praise pray

    prayer precise

    precisely predict

    prefer preference

    pregnant premise

    preparation prepare

    prepared presence

    present present

    present presentation

    preserve president

    press press

    pressure presumably

    presume pretend

    pretty pretty

    prevent previous

    previously price

    pride priest

    primarily primary

    prince princess

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    principal principle

    print print

    printer prior

    priority prison

    prisoner private

    privilege prize

    probably problem

    procedure proceed

    proceeding process

    produce producer

    product production

    profession professional

    professional professor

    profile profit

    program programme

    progress project

    promise promise

    promote promotion

    prompt proof

    proper properly

    property proportion

    proposal propose

    proposed prosecution

    prospect protect

    protection protest

    proud prove

    provide provided

    providing provision

    psychological psychology

    pub public

    public publication

    publicity publish

    publisher pudding

    pull punch

    punishment pupil

    purchase purchase

    pure purely

    purple purpose

    purse pursue

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    push put

    qualification qualify

    quality quantity

    quarter queen

    question question

    queue quick

    quick quickly

    quid quiet

    quietly quit

    quite quote

    quote race

    racing radical

    radio rail

    railway rain

    rain raise

    range range

    rank rapid

    rapidly rare

    rarely rate

    rather ratio

    raw reach

    react reaction

    read reader

    readily reading

    ready real

    realistic reality

    realize really

    reason reasonable

    reasonably recall

    receipt receive

    recent recently

    reception recipe

    reckon recognition

    recognize recommend

    recommendation record

    record recording

    recover recovery

    red reduce

    reduction refer

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    reference reflect

    reflection reform

    refrigerator refuse

    regard regard

    regime region

    regional register

    registration regret

    regular regularly

    regulation reinforce

    reject relate

    related relation

    relationship relative

    relative relatively

    relax release

    release relevant

    relief relieve

    religion religious

    rely remain

    remaining remains

    remark remarkable

    remember remind

    remote remove

    rent rent

    repair repair

    repeat replace

    replacement reply

    reply report

    report reporter

    represent representation

    representative republic

    reputation request

    require requirement

    rescue research

    reserve reserve

    resident residential

    resign resignation

    resist resistance

    resolution resolve

    resort resource

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    respect respectively

    respond response

    responsibility responsible

    rest rest

    restaurant restore

    restrict restriction

    result result

    retain retire

    retirement return

    return reveal

    revenue reverse

    review review

    revolution reward

    rhythm rice

    rich rid

    ride ride

    ridiculous right

    right right

    right ring

    ring rip

    rise rise

    risk rival

    river road

    rob rock

    role roll

    roof room

    root rope

    rough roughly

    round round

    round route

    routine row

    royal rub

    rubber rubbish

    rude ruin

    rule rule

    run rural

    rush sack

    sad safe

    safety sail

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    sake salad

    salary sale

    salt same

    same same

    sample sand

    sandwich satellite

    satisfaction satisfied

    satisfy sauce

    sausage save

    saving say

    scale scared

    scene schedule

    schedule scheme

    school science

    scientific scientist

    scope score

    score scratch

    scream screen

    screw script

    sea seal

    search search

    season seat

    second second

    secondary secondly

    secret secret

    secretary section

    sector secure

    secure security

    see seed

    seek seem

    seize select

    selection self

    sell send

    senior sense

    sensible sensitive

    sentence separate

    separate sequence

    series serious

    seriously servant

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    serve service

    session set

    set setting

    settle settlement

    several severe

    sew sewage

    sewer shadow

    shake shall

    shame shape

    share share

    sharp sharply

    shave she

    shed sheep

    sheet shelf

    shell shelter

    shift shine

    ship shirt

    shock shocked

    shocking shoe

    shoot shop

    shopping short

    shortly shot

    should shoulder

    shout shove

    show show

    shower shrug

    shut sick

    side sight

    sign sign

    signal signature

    significance significant

    significantly silence

    silent silly

    silver similar

    similarly simple

    simply sin

    since sing

    singer single

    sink sink

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    sir sister

    sit site

    situation size

    skill skin

    skirt sky

    sleep sleep

    slice slide

    slide slight

    slightly slim

    slip slip

    slope slow

    slow slowly

    small smart

    smell smell

    smile smile

    smoke smoke

    smoking smooth

    snap snow so

    soap so-called

    social society

    sock socks

    soft software

    soil soldier

    sole solicitor

    solid solution

    solve some

    some some

    somebody somehow

    someone something

    sometimes somewhat

    somewhere son

    song soon

    sore sorry

    sort sort

    soul sound

    sound sound

    soup source

    south southern

    space spare

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    spare speak

    speaker special

    specialist species

    specific specifically

    specify speech

    speed spell

    spelling spend

    spill spin

    spirit spiritual

    spite split

    spoil spokesman

    spoon sport

    spot spot

    spray spread

    spring squad

    square square

    squeeze stable

    staff stage

    stair stake

    stall stamp

    stamp stand

    standard standard

    star stare

    start start

    starve state

    state statement

    station statistic

    status stay

    stay steady

    steak steal

    steam steel

    steep step

    step stick

    stick stiff

    still still

    stir stock

    stomach stone

    stop stop

    storage store

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    store storm

    story straight

    straight straightforward

    strain strange

    stranger strategic

    strategy straw

    strawberry stream

    street strength

    strengthen stress

    stress stretch

    strict strike

    strike string

    strip stroke

    strong strongly

    structure struggle

    struggle student

    studio study

    study stuff

    stupid style

    subject submit

    subsequent subsequently

    substance substantial

    succeed success

    successful successfully

    such suck

    sudden suddenly

    suffer sufficient

    sugar suggest

    suggestion suit

    suit suitable

    sum summer

    sun super

    supermarket supper

    supply supply

    support support

    supporter suppose

    sure sure

    surely surface

    surgery surprise

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    surprised surprising

    surprisingly surround

    survey survival

    survive suspect

    suspicion suspicious

    sustain swap

    swear sweep

    sweet sweet

    swim swimming

    swing switch

    switch symbol

    sympathy system

    table tablet

    tackle tail

    take tale

    talent talk

    talk tall

    tank tap

    tape target

    task taste

    taste tax

    taxi tea

    teach teacher

    teaching team

    tear tear

    technical technique

    technology telephone

    television tell

    telly temperature

    temporary tend

    tendency tennis

    tension tent

    term terrible

    terribly territory

    terror terrorist

    test test

    text text

    than thank

    thanks thanks

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    that that

    that the

    determiner theatre

    their theirs

    them theme

    themselves then

    theoretical theory

    there there

    therefore they

    thick thin

    thing think

    this though

    though thought

    threat threaten

    three throat

    through throughout

    throw thus

    ticket tidy

    tie tie

    tight tile

    till time

    tin tiny

    tip tip

    tired title

    wander want

    war ward

    wardrobe warm

    warn warning

    wash washing

    waste waste

    waste watch

    watch water

    wave wave

    way way

    we weak

    weakness wealth

    weapon wear

    weather web

    website wedding

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    week weekend

    weekly weigh

    weight weird

    welcome welcome

    welfare well

    well well

    west western

    wet what

    predeterminer whatever

    whatsoever wheel

    when whenever

    where whereas

    wherever whether

    which while

    while whisky

    whisper white

    white who

    whoever whole

    whole whom

    whose why

    wicked wide

    wide widely

    widespread wife

    wild will

    will willing

    win win

    wind wind

    window windy

    wine wing

    winner winter

    wipe wire

    wise wish

    wish with

    withdraw within

    without witness

    woman wonder

    wonderful wood

    wooden wool

    word work

  • Word Meaning Word Meaning

    work worker

    working workshop

    world worried

    worry worry

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