English to English Dictionary

Allocate

To distribute resources or duties for a particular purpose.

Allot

To give or apportion something to someone as a share or task.

Almshouse

A house built by a charitable foundation or a local benefactor to provide free or low-cost housing for poor elderly people.

Aloofness

The state of remaining cool and distant; a tendency to withdraw from people and social interactions.

Altered Reality

A state of consciousness or perception in which an individual experiences the world differently from normal objective reality, often induced by substances, psychological conditions, or technology.

Altruism

The selfless concern for the well-being of others.

Ambiguity

The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.

Ambivalence

The state of having simultaneous contradictory reactions, beliefs, or feelings towards some object.

Ambivalent

Having simultaneous conflicting feelings, attitudes, or intentions toward something or someone; undecided or mixed in feeling.

Amelioration

The act or process of making something bad or unsatisfactory better.

Amenity

A desirable or useful feature or facility of a building or place.

Amnesty

An official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses.