Categorise /ˈkæt.ə. g ə r aɪz/ verb [ t ] to put people or things into groups with the same features The books are categorized into



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It seems incredible that no one foresaw the crisis.

adjective EXTREME

2. informal extremely good



Yeah, it was an incredible performance.

What an incredible motorbike!

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unthinkable

/ʌnˈθɪŋ.kə.bl ̩/ adjective

too shocking or unlikely to be imagined as possible



You can't imagine what it would be like to have your child die - it's quite unthinkable.

noun [ S ]

the unthinkable

an unthinkable event or situation



The unthinkable had happened - his secret activities had been discovered by the press.

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halve /

double /

treble / quadruple


/hɑːv/ verb

1. [ T ] to reduce something by half or divide something into two equal pieces



In the past eight years, the elephant population in Africa has been halved. /ˈdʌb.l ̩/ adjective

1. twice the size, amount, price, etc., or consisting of two similar things together



I ordered a double espresso (= two standard amounts in one cup) .

/ˈtreb.l ̩/ predeterminer

three times greater in amount, number or size

He earns almost treble the amount that I do.

/kwɒdˈruː.pl ̩/ verb [ I or T ]

to become four times as big, or to multiply a number or amount by four

The number of students at the college has quadrupled in the last ten years.


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fortify

/ˈfɔː.tɪ.faɪ/ verb [ T ]

to strengthen something, especially in order to protect it



a fortified town

They hurriedly fortified the village with barricades of carts.

The argument had fortified her resolve to prove she was right.

He fortified himself with a drink and a sandwich before driving on.

a fruit drink fortified with vitamin C (= with vitamin C added)

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precious

/ˈpreʃ.əs/ adjective VALUABLE

1. of great value because of being rare, expensive or important



a precious moment/memory/gift

Clean water is a precious commodity in many parts of the world.

adjective NOT NATURAL

2. mainly UK disapproving behaving in a very formal and unnatural way by giving too much attention to details that are not important and trying too hard to be perfect



He's so precious about his work that he never gets anything done.

adjective DISLIKE

3. [ before noun ] informal used to express dislike and/or anger



You and your precious car - it's all you're interested in!

adverb informal

very


A lot of people will start, but precious few will finish.

Be careful - you'll be precious little help if you come back injured.

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beyond

/biˈjɒnd/ preposition , adverb FURTHER AWAY

1. further away in the distance (than something)



In the distance, beyond the river, was a small town.

preposition , adverb OUTSIDE A LIMIT

2. outside or after (a stated limit)



Few people live beyond the age of a hundred.

We cannot allow the work to continue beyond the end of the year.

preposition , adverb NOT UNDERSTAND

3. informal If something is beyond you, you are unable to understand it



I'm afraid physics is completely beyond me.

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Trivial

/ˈtrɪv.i.əl/ adjective

  1. having little value or importance

I don't know why he gets so upset about something that is utterly trivial.

2. describes a problem that is easy to solve



Getting computers to understand human language is not a trivial problem.

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discernible

US also discernable /dɪˈsɜː.nɪ.bl ̩/ adjective formal

able to be seen or understood



The influence of Rodin is discernible in the younger artist.

There is no discernible reason why this should be the case.


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