The Oxford 3000 a, an indefinite article abandon v. abandoned adj. ability n. able adj. unable adj. about adv., prep. above prep., adv. abroad adv. absence n. absent adj. absolute adj. absolutely adv. absorb v. abuse n., v. academic adj. accent n. accept v. acceptable adj. unacceptable adj. access n. accident n. by accident accidental adj. accidentally adv. accommodation n. accompany v. according to prep. account n., v. accurate adj. accurately adv. accuse v. Pages 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 2 3 The Oxford 3000 achieve v. achievement n. acid n. acknowledge v. acquire v. across adv., prep. act n., v. action n. take action active adj. actively adv. activity n. actor, actress n. actual adj. actually adv. ad advertisement adapt v. add v. addition n. in addition (to) additional adj. address n., v. adequate adj. adequately adv. adjust v. admiration n. admire v. admit v. adopt v. adult n., adj. advance n., v. advanced adj. Pages 2 4 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 5 6 The Oxford 3000 in advance advantage n. take advantage of adventure n. advertise v. advertising n. advertisement (also ad, advert) n. advice n. advise v. affair n. affect v. affection n. afford v. afraid adj. after prep., conj., adv. afternoon n. afterwards (especially BrE; NAmE usually afterward) adv. again adv. against prep. age n. aged adj. agency n. agent n. aggressive adj. ago adv. agree v. agreement n. ahead adv. aid n., v. aim n., v. air n. aircraft n. Pages 3 7 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 8 9 The Oxford 3000 airport n. alarm n., v. alarming adj. alarmed adj. alcohol n. alcoholic adj., n. alive adj. all det., pron., adv. allow v. all right adj., adv., exclamation ally n., v. allied adj. almost adv. alone adj., adv. along prep., adv. alongside prep., adv. aloud adv. alphabet n. alphabetical adj. alphabetically adv. already adv. also adv. alter v. alternative n., adj. alternatively adv. although conj. altogether adv. always adv. a.m. (NAmE also A.M.) abbr. amaze v. amazing adj. amazed adj. Pages 4 10 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 11 12 The Oxford 3000 ambition n. ambulance n. among (also amongst) prep. amount n., v. amuse v. amusing adj. amused adj. an a, an analyse (BrE) (NAmE analyze) v. analysis n. ancient adj. and conj. anger n. angle n. angry adj. angrily adv. animal n. ankle n. anniversary n. announce v. annoy v. annoying adj. annoyed adj. annual adj. annually adv. another det., pron. answer n., v. anti- prefix anticipate v. anxiety n. anxious adj. anxiously adv. Pages 5 13 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 14 15 The Oxford 3000 any det., pron., adv. anyone (also anybody) pron. anything pron. anyway adv. anywhere adv. apart adv. apart from (also aside from especially in NAmE) prep. apartment n. (especially NAmE) apologize (BrE also -ise) v. apparent adj. apparently adv. appeal n., v. appear v. appearance n. apple n. application n. apply v. appoint v. appointment n. appreciate v. approach v., n. appropriate adj. approval n. approve (of) v. approving adj. approximate adj. approximately adv. April n. (abbr. Apr.) area n. argue v. argument n. arise v. Pages 6 16 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 17 18 The Oxford 3000 arm n., v. arms n. armed adj. army n. around adv., prep. arrange v. arrangement n. arrest v., n. arrival n. arrive v. arrow n. art n. article n. artificial adj. artificially adv. artist n. artistic adj. as prep., adv., conj. ashamed adj. aside adv. aside from apart from ask v. asleep adj. fall asleep aspect n. assist v. assistance n. assistant n., adj. associate v. associated with association n. assume v. Pages 7 19 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 20 21 The Oxford 3000 assure v. at prep. atmosphere n. atom n. attach v. attached adj. attack n., v. attempt n., v. attempted adj. attend v. attention n. pay attention attitude n. attorney n. (especially NAmE) attract v. attraction n. attractive adj. audience n. August n. (abbr. Aug.) aunt n. author n. authority n. automatic adj. automatically adv. autumn n. (especially BrE) available adj. average adj., n. avoid v. awake adj. award n., v. aware adj. away adv. Pages 8 22 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 23 24 The Oxford 3000 awful adj. awfully adv. awkward adj. awkwardly adv. baby n. back n., adj., adv., v. background n. backwards (also backward especially in NAmE) adv. backward adj. bacteria n. bad adj. go bad badly adv. bad-tempered adj. bag n. baggage n. (especially NAmE) bake v. balance n., v. ball n. ban v., n. band n. bandage n., v. bank n. bar n. bargain n. barrier n. base n., v. based on basic adj. basically adv. basis n. bath n. Pages 9 25 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 26 27 The Oxford 3000 bathroom n. battery n. battle n. bay n. be v., auxiliary v. beach n. beak n. bear v. beard n. beat n., v. beautiful adj. beautifully adv. beauty n. because conj. because of prep. become v. bed n. bedroom n. beef n. beer n. before prep., conj., adv. begin v. beginning n. behalf n.: on behalf of sb, on sb’s behalf (BrE) (NAmE in behalf of sb, in sb’s behalf) behave v. behaviour (BrE) (NAmE behavior) n. behind prep., adv. belief n. believe v. bell n. belong v. below prep., adv. Pages 10 28 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 29 30 [...]... 35 36 Pages 12 The Oxford 3000 37 385 branch n 386 brand n 387 brave adj 388 bread n 389 break v., n 390 broken adj 391 breakfast n 392 breast n 393 breath n 394 breathe v 395 breathing n 396 breed v., n 397 brick n 398 bridge n 399 brief adj 400 briefly adv 401 bright adj 402 brightly adv 403 brilliant adj 404 bring v 405 broad adj 406 broadly adv 407 broadcast v., n 408 broken 409 brother n 410 brown... 90 doctor Pages 30 The Oxford 3000 91 961 dream n., v 962 dress n., v 963 dressed adj 964 drink n., v 965 drive v., n 966 driving n 967 driver n 968 drop v., n 969 drug n 970 drugstore n (NAmE) 971 drum n 972 drunk adj 973 dry adj., v 974 due adj 975 due to 976 dull adj 977 dump v., n 978 during prep 979 dust n., v 980 duty n 981 DVD n 982 each det., pron 983 each other (also one another) pron 984 ear... clock n 566 close /kləʊs, NAmE kloʊs/ adj 567 closely adv 568 close /kləʊz, NAmE kləʊz/ v 569 closed adj 570 closet n (especially NAmE) 571 cloth n 572 clothes n 573 clothing n 574 cloud n 575 club n 576 cm abbr 53 54 centimetre Pages 18 The Oxford 3000 55 577 coach n 578 coal n 579 coast n 580 coat n 581 code n 582 coffee n 583 coin n 584 cold adj., n 585 coldly adv 586 collapse v., n 587 colleague... good, well Pages 11 The Oxford 3000 34 353 blind adj 354 block n., v 355 blonde adj., n., blond adj 356 blood n 357 blow v., n 358 blue adj., n 359 board n., v 360 on board 361 boat n 362 body n 363 boil v 364 bomb n., v 365 bone n 366 book n., v 367 boot n 368 border n 369 bore v 370 boring adj 371 bored adj 372 born: be born v 373 borrow v 374 boss n 375 both det., pron 376 bother v 377 bottle n... 990 eastern adj 991 easy adj 992 easily adv 92 93 Pages 31 The Oxford 3000 94 993 eat v 994 economic adj 995 economy n 996 edge n 997 edition n 998 editor n 999 educate v 1000 educated adj 1001 education n 1002 effect n 1003 effective adj 1004 effectively adv 1005 efficient adj 1006 efficiently adv 1007 effort n 1008 e.g abbr 1009 egg n 1010 either det., pron., adv 1011 elbow n 1012 elderly adj 1013... 1042 unemployment n 1043 empty adj., v 1044 enable v 1045 encounter v., n 1046 encourage v 1047 encouragement n 1048 end n., v 1049 in the end 1050 ending n 1051 enemy n 1052 energy n 1053 engage v 1054 engaged adj 1055 engine n 1056 engineer n 98 99 Pages 33 The Oxford 3000 100 1057 engineering n 1058 enjoy v 1059 enjoyable adj 1060 enjoyment n 1061 enormous adj 1062 enough det., pron., adv 1063 enquiry... n 503 chairman, chairwoman n 504 challenge n., v 505 chamber n 506 chance n 507 change v., n 508 channel n 509 chapter n 510 character n 511 characteristic adj., n 512 charge n., v 47 48 Pages 16 The Oxford 3000 49 513 in charge of 514 charity n 515 chart n., v 516 chase v., n 517 chat v., n 518 cheap adj 519 cheaply adv 520 cheat v., n 521 check v., n 522 cheek n 523 cheerful adj 524 cheerfully adv... v 533 chicken n 534 chief adj., n 535 child n 536 chin n 537 chip n 538 chocolate n 539 choice n 540 choose v 541 chop v 542 church n 543 cigarette n 544 cinema n (especially BrE) 50 51 Pages 17 The Oxford 3000 52 545 circle n 546 circumstance n 547 citizen n 548 city n 549 civil adj 550 claim v., n 551 clap v., n 552 class n 553 classic adj., n 554 classroom n 555 clean adj., v 556 clear adj., v 557.. .The Oxford 3000 31 321 belt n 322 bend v., n 323 bent adj 324 beneath prep., adv 325 benefit n., v 326 beside prep 327 bet v., n 328 betting n 329 better, best 330 between prep., adv 331 beyond prep., adv 332... comfortable adj 600 comfortably adv 601 uncomfortable adj 602 command v., n 603 comment n., v 604 commercial adj 605 commission n., v 606 commit v 607 commitment n 608 committee n 56 57 Pages 19 The Oxford 3000 58 609 common adj 610 in common 611 commonly adv 612 communicate v 613 communication n 614 community n 615 company n 616 compare v 617 comparison n 618 compete v 619 competition n 620 competitive . 382 383 384 35 36 The Oxford 3000 branch n. brand n. brave adj. bread n. break v., n. broken adj. breakfast n. breast n. breath n. breathe v. breathing. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 2 3 The Oxford 3000 achieve v. achievement n. acid n. acknowledge v. acquire v. across