English Words Starting With E

• exhilaration

  nounC1
  /ɪɡˌzɪl.əˈreɪ.ʃən/A feeling of great happiness, excitement, and vitality.
• exhort

  verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveC1
  /ɪɡˈzɔːt/To strongly urge or encourage someone to do something.
• exhortation

  nounC1
  /ˌɛɡzɔːˈteɪʃ(ə)n/A speech or statement that urges someone strongly to do something.
• exhume

  verbverb-transitiveC2
  /ɛksˈhjuːm/To dig up something buried, especially a dead body, from the ground.
• exigency

  nounC1/C2
  /ˈek.sɪ.dʒən.si/A situation of urgent need or demand that requires immediate action.
• exilarch

  nounC2+
  /ˈɛksɪlɑːk/A leader or head of the Jewish community in exile, particularly the civil leader of the Jewish community in Babylonia during and after the Talmudic period.
• exile

  nounverbverb-transitiveB2
  /ˈɛksaɪl/The state of being forced to live away from one's own country, typically for political reasons, or as a punishment; also the person who is in this state.
• exine

  nounVery low
  /ˈɛksaɪn/The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore wall.
• exist

  verbverb-intransitiveB1
  /ɪɡˈzɪst/to be real, present, or alive; to have objective reality.
• existence

  nounB2
  /ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/The state of being alive or present in the real world.
• existence theorem

  nounLow
  /ɪɡˈzɪstəns ˈθɪərəm/In mathematics, a statement that proves a mathematical object with certain properties must exist, without necessarily providing a method for constructing it.
• existent

  adjectivenounC1
  /ɪɡˈzɪst(ə)nt/Having reality or actuality; currently existing.
• existential

  adjectivenounC1/C2 (Low Frequency)
  /ˌɛɡ.zɪˈsten.ʃəl/Relating to existence, especially to human existence and the individual's experience of finding meaning or facing fundamental questions about being, freedom, and choice.
• existential psychology

  nounC1-C2
  /ˌeɡ.zɪˈsten.ʃəl saɪˈkɒl.ə.dʒi/A branch of psychology that emphasizes the human condition as a whole, focusing on concepts like meaning, freedom, responsibility, anxiety, and authenticity.
• existential quantifier

  nounC2
  /ˌɛɡ.zɪˌsten.ʃəl ˈkwɒn.tɪ.faɪ.ər/A logical symbol (∃) that asserts the existence of at least one element in a domain for which a given property holds.
• existentialism

  nounC2 (Proficient)
  /ˌeɡ.zɪˈsten.ʃəl.ɪ.zəm/A philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will, and the view that human beings define their own meaning in an indifferent universe.
• exit

  nounverbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveA2
  /ˈek.sɪt/A way out of a building, room, or vehicle; the act of leaving or going out.
• exit poll

  nounLow (Common during election periods, rare otherwise)
  /ˈek.sɪt ˌpəʊl/A survey of voters leaving a polling station, asking how they voted, used to predict the election result before official counts are complete.
• exit pupil

  nounLow
  /ˈɛksɪt ˌpjuːpəl/The image of the aperture stop (usually the objective lens) as seen through the eyepiece of an optical instrument like a telescope or binoculars; it appears as a small bright disk of light where the eye should be placed.
• exit strategy

  nounC1
  /ˈeksɪt ˌstræt.ə.dʒi/A pre-planned means of withdrawing from a current situation or commitment, typically one that is failing, costly, or no longer desirable.

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