With all her faults , she's still a really good friend. I've read the instructions twice and I'm still none the wiser. Linguistics: connecting words which express a contrast. You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Also, extra, and in addition. B2 to an even greater degree or in an even greater amount :. The number of people killed in the explosion is likely to rise still higher. The company is hoping to extend its market still further. Still more snow fell overnight.
I'll meet you at the theatre. No, better still, let's meet for a drink first. I'm worried that his car has broken down, or worse still, that he's had an accident. Costs are likely to rise still higher. The death toll is set to rise still further.
I could call in and see you or, better still, you could come round here. He stands to lose a lot of money and, worse still, his job. Still more people are queueing up to sign the book. Also, extra, and in addition. Grammar Still.
Still as an adverb. Still as an adjective. Still: typical errors. B2 staying in the same position ; not moving :. She sat perfectly still while I took her photograph. See more results ». Would you like still or sparkling water? She can't sit still for two minutes. She was so still that I thought she was asleep. There wasn't a breath of wind and the leaves were all still. He wouldn't stand still long enough for me to take his picture.
Children can't sit still for long without fidgeting. View the pronunciation for yet. Open Dictionary. Other entries for this word. Yet can be used in the following ways:. Have you had your lunch yet? His latest crime was the worst yet. I have yet to spend summer in the mountains. Synonyms and related words. General words referring to time. Ways of comparing things. Expect , hope or wait? Experience or experiment? Fall or fall down? Far or a long way? Farther , farthest or further , furthest?
Fast , quick or quickly? Fell or felt? Female or feminine ; male or masculine? Finally , at last , lastly or in the end?
First , firstly or at first? Fit or suit? Following or the following? For or since? Forget or leave? Full or filled?
Fun or funny? Get or go? Grateful or thankful? Hear or listen to? High or tall? Historic or historical? House or home? How is …? If or when? If or whether? Ill or sick? Imply or infer? In the way or on the way? Late or lately? Lay or lie? Lend or borrow? Less or fewer? Look at , see or watch? Low or short? Man , mankind or people? Maybe or may be? Maybe or perhaps? Nearest or next? Never or not … ever? Nice or sympathetic? No doubt or without doubt? No or not? Nowadays , these days or today?
Open or opened? Opportunity or possibility? Opposite or in front of? Other , others , the other or another? Out or out of? Permit or permission? Person , persons or people? And since I already had a lot of the infrastructure in place from the other two sites, I figured it wouldn't be too much more work to get this up and running. The dictionary is based on the amazing Wiktionary project by wikimedia. This caused me to investigate the edition of Websters Dictionary - which is now in the public domain.
However, after a day's work wrangling it into a database I realised that there were far too many errors especially with the part-of-speech tagging for it to be viable for Word Type.
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