Word of the Day

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for September 12. Chocolate Milkshake Day Today’s word is ride, spelled r-i-d-e. ride /raɪd/ ●●● verb ride on (something or someone) phrasal verb : to depend on (something or someone) The future of the company rides on the success of this deal. Our hopes are riding on you. He knew he had to win – his reputation was riding on it. There’s a lot rid...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for September 11. Patriot Day Today’s word is heroic, spelled h-e-r-o-i-c. heroic /hɪˈrəʊɪk $ -ˈroʊ-/ ●○○ adjective very brave or great : exhibiting or marked by courage and daring : supremely noble or self-sacrificing It was a heroic decision. It was heroic of those women to fight for the right to vote. The soldiers received medals for their her...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for September 9. Teddy Bear Day Today’s word is artifact, spelled a-r-t-i-f-a-c-t. artifact /ˈɑːtəfækt $ ˈɑːr-/ noun [countable] an object such as a tool, weapon etc that was made in the past and is historically important ancient Egyptian artefacts The museum's collection includes artifacts dating back to prehistoric times. The caves contained ma...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for September 8. Literacy Day Today’s word is police, spelled p-o-l-i-c-e. police /pəˈliːs/ ●○○ verb [transitive] to keep control over a particular area in order to make sure that laws are obeyed and that people and property are protected, using a police or military force The army was brought in to police the city center. The officers police the...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for September 7. Beer Lover’s Day Salami Day Buy a Book Day Today’s word is exhibition, spelled e-x-h-i-b-i-t-i-o-n. exhibition /ˌeksəˈbɪʃən/ noun [countable] especially British English a show of paintings, photographs, or other objects that people can go to see The museum is staging an exhibition of Picasso’s work. Hayward Gallery is mounting an...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for September 6. Mouthguard Day Today’s word is sound, spelled s-o-u-n-d. sound /saʊnd/ verb [transitive] to publicly give a warning or tell people to be careful Several earlier studies had sounded similar warnings. I would, however, sound a note of caution. Now it is an American economist who is sounding the alarm. Several health officials began...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for September 5. Cheese Pizza Day Today’s word is collection, spelled c-o-l-l-e-c-t-i-o-n. collection /kəˈlekʃən/ noun : the act or process of collecting a system of tax collection The technology makes data collection easier. There will be a trash collection this week. : something collected especially: an accumulation of objects gathered for stud...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for September 4. World Samosa Day Today’s word is shelf, spelled shelf. shelf /ʃelf/ noun ˌoff-the-ˈshelf adjective already made and available in shops rather than being designed especially for a customer Merriam-Webster: available as a stock item: not specially designed or custom-made off-the-shelf software off-the-shelf database software It's o...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for September 2. Blueberry Popsicle Day Today’s word is get, spelled g-e-t. get /ɡet/ verb get across phrasal verb to succeed in communicating an idea or piece of information to someone, or to be communicated successfully Merriam-Webster: to make clear or convincing It took him ages to get his point across. We must get across the simple fact that...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for September 1. Letter Writing Day Today’s word is dish, spelled d-i-s-h. dish /dɪʃ/ verb informal to give a lot of information about something or someone, especially something that would usually be secret or private She’s ready to dish on boys, beauty, and break-ups in her new column. She agreed to dish the dirt on her ex-husband for a large fe...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for August 31. Love Litigating Lawyers Day Today’s word is chatter, spelled c-h-a-t-t-e-r. chatter /ˈtʃætə $ -ər/ ●●○ verb [intransitive] to talk for a long time about things that are not important She spent the morning chattering away to her friends. He chattered happily about nothing in particular. Fashion fans frequently congregate on forums a...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for August 30. Frankenstein Day Today’s word is screen, spelled s-c-r-e-e-n. screen /skriːn/ ●●○ verb [transitive] TEST FOR ILLNESS to do tests on a lot of people to find out whether they have a particular illness All women over 50 will be regularly screened. Because breast cancer is common in older women, we screen all women over 50. Doctors rec...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for August 29. Lemon Juice Day Today’s word is line, spelled l-i-n-e. line /laɪn/ ●●○ verb [transitive] to form rows along the sides of something The street was lined with small shops. a tree-lined avenue country lanes lined with trees line up phrasal verb if people line up, or if you line them up, they stand in a row or line, or you make them do...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for August 28. Race Your Mouse Around The Icons Day Today’s word is lecture, spelled l-e-c-t-u-r-e. lecture /ˈlektʃə $ -ər/ ●●○ verb [transitive] to talk angrily or seriously to someone in order to criticize or warn them, in a way that they think is unfair or unnecessary I wish you’d stop lecturing me! He began to lecture us about making too much...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for August 26. Burger Day Today’s word is marketing, spelled m-a-r-k-e-t-i-n-g. marketing /ˈmɑːkətɪŋ $ ˈmɑːr-/ noun [uncountable] the process or technique of promoting, selling, and distributing a product or service The company will increase its budget for marketing. She has a job in marketing. She runs the company's marketing department. Our mar...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for August 25. Banana Split Day Today’s word is file, spelled f-i-l-e. file /faɪl/ verb if people file somewhere, they walk there in a line We began to file out into the car park. The mourners filed past the coffin. The visitors filed through the entrance to the ticket offices. to use a file in order to make an object smooth or to change its shap...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for August 24. Peach Pie Day Today’s word is brand, spelled b-r-a-n-d. brand /brænd/ ●●○ noun [countable] brand awareness noun [ U ] knowledge of the name of a company and the products it sells Outside of the UK, the company has low brand awareness. Manufacturers see the Internet as a way to promote brand awareness. The advertising campaign is de...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for August 23. Ride the Wind Day Today’s word is inch, spelled i-n-c-h. inch /ɪntʃ/ verb to move very slowly in a particular direction, or to make something do this We are inching towards an agreement. Share prices inched up/higher during the day. Residents watched the flames inch closer and closer. Mike inched the bookcase into position. We inch...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for August 22. Eat A Peach Day Today’s word is audience, spelled a-u-d-i-e-n-c-e. audience /ˈɔːdiəns $ ˈɒː-, ˈɑː-/ ●●● noun [countable] the group of people together in one place to watch or listen to a play, film, someone speaking, etc. She lectures to audiences all over the world. The secret to public speaking is to get the audience on your side...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for August 21. Poet’s Day Today’s word is hairy, spelled h-a-i-r-y. hairy /ˈheəri $ ˈheri/ adjective 1 having a lot of hair, especially on parts of the body other than the head 2 informal dangerous or frightening, often in a way that is exciting It was pretty hairy climbing down the cliff. I like going on the back of Pedro's motorbike, though it...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for August 19. International Orangutan Day Today’s word is milk, spelled m-i-l-k. milk /mɪlk/ verb [transitive] to get as much money or information out of someone or something as possible, often in an unfair or dishonest way Merriam-Webster: to draw or coerce profit or advantage from illicitly or to an extreme degree : EXPLOIT greedy landlords mi...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for August 18. Bad Poetry Day Today’s word is game, spelled g-a-m-e. game /ɡeɪm/ ●●○ adjective willing to try something dangerous, new, or difficult It was a difficult challenge, but Roberta was game. She's game for anything. Okay. I’m game if you are. He’s always game for a laugh. Are you game to go rock climbing with us? I'm game to try a new r...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for August 17. Vanilla Custard Day Today’s word is color, spelled c-o-l-o-r. color /ˈkʌlə $ -ər/ ●●○ verb [transitive] to change the colour of something, especially by using dye If I didn’t color my hair, I’d be totally grey. Sunset came and colored the sky a brilliant red. She colors her hair. fig. If something or someone colors your thoughts or...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for August 16. Rollercoaster Day Today’s word is tower, spelled tower. tower /ˈtaʊə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive] to be much taller than the people or things around you He towered over his mother. Although he's only twelve, David towers over his mother. The new hotel towers over the Shanghai skyline. We turned the corner and there was the cathedral,...

You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for August 15. Relaxation Day Today’s word is egg, spelled e-g-g. egg /eɡ/ verb egg somebody ↔ on phrasal verb to strongly encourage someone to do something that might not be a very good idea Bob didn’t want to jump, but his friends kept egging him on. Don't egg him on! He gets himself into enough trouble without your encouragement. He continued...