Word meaning commonly used

Fortunately, you don’t have to learn them all to become fluent in English. Americans use around 2500 – 3000 of the most common words in their daily lives. If you know these 3000 most common words, you can understand at least 95% of all conversations, e-mails, newspapers, and books.

Sounds great! But what is the most effective way to learn these words?

Focus on example sentences when learning vocabulary. Here’s why?

When it comes to learning English vocabulary, the most important thing
you need to focus on are
example sentences because they help you to improve all your English skills — including vocabulary, listening, speaking, and writing.

If you want to speak English fluently, learn with your ears, not with your eyes

Learning English can be broken down into two parts: input and output.  Input consists of reading and listening while output consists of writing and speaking. The more input you get, the more output you can produce. It’s that simple.

Here’s the little secret you probably don’t know yet:

Repetition is the secret to English fluency

If you want to quickly achieve fluency level — to speak English easily, fluently and automatically, you’ll need to do one more thing:

Learn deeply through lots of repetition. 

It means that you will need to listen to every example sentence many, many times, until you MASTER it. Don’t listen just one time or a few times. It’s not enough. You will forget it very soon.

You may know how to use a word to make a correct sentence, but here’s the thing: Can you use it quickly, easily, and automatically? 

If the answer is no, you need to repeat more. You must listen to that example sentence again and again. 

Don’t ignore this simple secret. This is how you will achieve automatically fast speaking.

FREE English Lessons — 3000 Most Frequently Used Words in English

In the following section, you will find around 3000 free lessons for the 3000 most commonly used words in English. Each lesson consists of the definition (meaning) of the word, the audio pronunciation, and many example sentences with high-quality audio.

Listen to (and repeat) each lesson many times — and watch how fast your English speaking improves!

Enjoy the lessons!

P/S: Check out the Resources page for our recommended courses and lessons.

Daily use English words | Some interesting facts

The English language is arguably the most widely spoken language in the world, with approximately 1.5 billion people speaking it regularly. An interesting fact to note is that over 1 billion of this population speak English as a secondary language. The Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (which has a whopping volume of 20) has registered around 171,476 common words in English that are currently in use. This, however, does not account for the wide range of jargon and slang worldwide. 

How many words does an average person know? Robert Charles Lee writes that around 3000 words comprehensively cover everyday writing and reading. This includes speech, texts, movies, books, newspapers, and blogs.  

Understanding the meaning of some of the most commonly used English words might help you improve your daily language and comprehension. Here are 50 common English words with definitions to help you with everything from discussing current events to writing an experience letter to simply communicating better at your workplace!

1. Absence – The lack or unavailability of something or someone.

2. Approval – Having a positive opinion of something or someone.

3. Answer – The response or receipt to a phone call, question, or letter.

4. Attention – Noticing or recognizing something of interest.

5. Amount – A mass or a collection of something  

6. Borrow – To take something with the intention of returning it after a period of time. 

7. Baffle – An event or thing that is a mystery and confuses.

8. Ban – An act prohibited by social pressure or law. 

9. Banish – Expel from the situation, often done officially. 

10. Banter – Conversation that is teasing and playful. 

11. Characteristic – referring to features that are typical to the person, place, or thing. 

12. Cars – Four-wheeled vehicles used for traveling. 

13. Care – extra responsibility and attention.

14. Chip – a small and thin piece of a larger item.

15. Cease – to eventually stop existing. 

16. Dialogue – A conversation between two or more people. 

17. Decisive – a person who can make decisions promptly. 

18. Delusion – false impression or belief.

19. Deplete – steady reduction in the quantity or number of something. 

20. Derogatory – disrespectful person or statement. 

21. Edible – something suitable to be eaten.

22. Effervescent – an event marked by excitement and high spirits. 

23. Eloquent – an individual who expresses themselves effectively and clearly. 

24. Elusive – a person skilled at evading capture; a daily use of English words used to describe evasive criminals. 

25. Embody – represented in a physical form. 

Just a few more…

26. Fabricate – an invention of untrue facts to a story or situation. 

27. Feasible – an activity that is possible. 

28. Feat – an activity that requires great strength, skill, and courage. 

29. Feeble – a person or statement that is unconvincing and weak. 

30. Fixation – An obsession over something or someone. 

31. Generic – a group or class that does not have a brand name. 

32. Gimmick – a device or trick delivered to attract attention.

33. Graffiti – Drawings or writings on a surface in public. 

34. Grandiose – a person, plan, or situation that is ambitious, showy, and impressive. 

35. Grievous – an event or person causing severe grief.

You’re almost there!

36. Hiatus – A noun among daily use English words describing a gap or a pause in a sequence. 

37. Hogwash – Insincere or useless statements. 

38. Hostile – an unfriendly person or situation.

39. Huddle – to gather together in a close mass or group.

40. Hindsight – the understanding of an event after it has already happened. 

41. Idealistic – a person who is motivated by moral and noble beliefs as opposed to practicality. 

42. Imminent – an event or a situation that is about to occur or close in time.

43. Impartial – a person who is free from preconceived notions or undue bias. 

44. Imperative – an action that is necessary or crucial. 

45. Impromptu – describing a situation that occurs without advance preparations. 

46. Jeopardize – the endangerment to a person or situation.

47. Jovial – a cheerful, merry and good-natured person. 

48. Jug – a utensil or container used to hold liquids. 

49. Jostle – moving through a crowd by means of shoving and pushing. 

50. Jubilant – a person or crowd that is full of delight and high spirits. 

Key takeaways 

• The English language is extensive, with a large number of diverse terms used in daily conversations.
• Regularly updating yourself with some common English vocabulary and learning how to use them will improve your communication in the language.
• You’ll be able to convey yourself and your views much more clearly with the correct words and phrases, making you quite the orator!

Feel free to check out our blog for more such tips! In case of any assistance, reach out to us or drop a comment below!

Happy Learning!

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FAQs

Q1. What are common sentences in English?

Answer- Some basic sentences that you should know are- 

• How are you?
• Thank you so much.
• My name is___
• Nice to meet you.
• Where are you from?
• What do you do for a living
• Excuse me?
• I am sorry.

Q2. How do I improve my English speaking?

Answer- To improve your English you could listen to podcasts, watch movies, listen to music, and of course, read more. You can even make a list of new words you learn and try to incorporate them into your day-to-day activities. 

Listen to the iSchoolConnect podcast to learn more about studying abroad and improve your English along the way!

Q3. Can I learn English by myself?

Answer- This might be challenging as you won’t know which areas need improvement, but you can do this on your own. Practice on your own through the tips mentioned above and ask your friends to help you when needed. You can also use different apps like Duolingo to learn English.

Словосочетания

Автоматический перевод

широко использовать, часто используемый, обычно используемый, широко используемый, распространенный, обыкновенно используемый, наиболее часто используемый, широко применяемый, часто применяемый, обычно применяемый, повсеместно используемый

Перевод по словам

commonly  — обычно, обыкновенно, дешево, плохо
use  — использование, применение, пользование, использовать, пользоваться, применять

Примеры, ожидающие перевода

Meaning
– the reflection of an object, phenomenon, relations in a l-ge.
Types of meaning: 1) lexical (the reflection of a concept in a word
form – goes, went); 2) grammatical ( the reflection of the
relations of obj. in

the
forms of the word – asked, walked); 3) functional (classifies
words, parts of speech – export (n) & export (v). Lexical
meaning: 1) denotational (objective) – the ability of a word to
refer to an individual object; 2) significative (notional, identical)
– the ability of a word to generalize significant properties of
objects & to present them as abstract ideas); 3) connotational
(pragmatic) – the ability of a word to evoke & directly express
emotions; 4) conceptional – scientific meaning. Motivation – a
direct connection between the structure of the word & its
meaning. Types: 1) morphological (re-think – think again); 2) sound
symbolism (sounds associated with words: buzz – жужжать,
cuckoo – куковать); 3) semantic (based on metaphoric
transfer – heart-breaking, eye-wash – надувательство).

5. Change of meaning in English.

Word-meaning
is liable to change in the course of the historical development of
language. Causes
of Semantic Change

1. extra-linguistic
   — various
   changes in the life of the speech community, changes in economic and
   social structure, changes in ideas, scientific concepts, way of life
   and other spheres of human activities as reflected in word meanings

2. linguistic
   —.
   factors acting within the language system

• ellipsis
  (In
  a phrase made up of two words one of these is omitted and its
  meaning is transferred to its partner. The verb to
  starve, e.g.,
  in Old English had the meaning ‘to die’ and was habitually used
  in collocation with the word hunger.
  Already
  in the 16th century the verb itself acquired the meaning ‘to die
  )

• differentiation
  of synonyms
  (The
  word land,
  e.g.,
  in Old English (OE. land)
  meant
  both ’solid part of earth’s surface’ and ‘the territory of
  a nation’. When in the Middle English period the word country
  (OFr.
  contree)
  was
  borrowed as its synonym, the meaning of the word land
  was
  somewhat altered and ‘the territory of a
  nation’
  came to be denoted mainly by the borrowed word country)

• linguistic
  analogy
  — if one of the members of a synonymic set acquires a new meaning
  other members of this set change their meanings too. (e.g.,
  all English adverbs which acquired the meaning ‘rapidly’ always
  develop the meaning ‘immediately’, similarly verbs synonymous
  with catch,
  e.g. grasp, get, etc.,
  by semantic extension acquired another meaning —
  ‘to
  understand’)Nature
  of Semantic Change

Generally
speaking, a necessary condition of any semantic change, no matter
what its cause, is some connection, some association between the old
meaning and the new. There are two kinds of association involved as a
rule in various semantic changes namely:

1. Similarity
   of meanings or metaphor — a semantic process of associating two
   referents, one of which in some way resembles the other.
   The word hand,
   e.g.,
   acquired in the 16th century the meaning of ‘a pointer of a clock
   of a watch’ because of the similarity of one of the functions
   performed by the hand (to point at something) and the function of
   the clockpointer.

2. Contiguity
   of meanings or metonymy — the semantic process of associating two
   referents one of which makes part of the other or is closely
   connected with it. (the
   word tongue
   — ‘the
   organ of speech’ in the meaning of ‘language’ (as in mother
   tongue; cf.
   also L. lingua,
   Russ.
   язык).
   The
   word bench
   acquired
   the meaning ‘judges, magistrates’ because it was on the bench
   that
   the judges used to sit in law courts, similarly the
   House acquired
   the meaning of ‘members of the House’ (Parliament)).

Results
of semantic change
can be generally observed in the changes of the denotational meaning
of the word (restriction and extension of meaning) or in the
alteration of its connotational component (amelioration and
deterioration of meaning).Changes
in the denotational meaning

1. restriction
   of
   the types or range of referents denoted by the word (the
   word hound
   (OE. hund) which
   used to denote ‘a dog of any breed’ but now denotes only ‘a
   dog used in the chase’)

• specialisation
  of meaning — if the word with the new meaning comes to be used in
  the specialised vocabulary of some limited group within the speech
  community it is usual to speak of
  (the verb to
  glide (OE. glidan) which
  had the meaning ‘to move gently and smoothly’ and has now
  acquired a restricted and specialised meaning ‘to fly with no
  engine’ (cf. a
  glider))

1. extension
   of meaning—application of the word to a wider variety of
   referents.
   (the word target
   which
   originally meant ‘a small round shield’ (a diminutive of targe,
   сf.
   ON. targa) but
   now means ‘anything that is fired at’ and also figuratively ‘any
   result aimed at’)

• generalisation
  of
  
  meaning —
  the word with the extended meaning passes from the specialised
  vocabulary into common use
  (The
  word camp, which originally was used only as a military term and
  meant ‘the place where troops are lodged in tents’ extended and
  generalised its meaning and now denotes ‘temporary quarters’ (of
  travellers, nomads, etc.)

Changes
in the connotational meaning:

1. pejorativedevelopment
   — acquisition by the word of some derogatory emotive charge (the
   word boor
   was
   originally used to denote ‘a villager, a peasant’ and then
   acquired a derogatory, contemptuous connotational meaning and came
   to denote ‘a clumsy or ill-bred fellow’)

2. ameliorative
   development — improvement of the connotational component of
   meaning.. (the
   word minister
   which
   in one of its meanings originally denoted ‘a servant, an
   attendant’, but now —
   ‘a
   civil servant of higher rank, a person administering a department of
   state or accredited by one state to another’)

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