/ˈwɔːtə/
Translation
The clear liquid that falls as rain and that people and animals drink to live.
Word origin
From Old English wæter, the word for the liquid, shared across the old Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- wæter
Examples
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"Water" is the clear liquid we drink.
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"Water" here means the sea.
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"Water" is uncountable, so it has no plural here.
Used in
Stories
(16)A Day Together
2 min read · Core 1000
A Day at the Farm
3 min read · Core 1000
A Rainy Afternoon
3 min read · Core 1000
At the Doctor
3 min read · Core 1000
Cooking Together
3 min read · Core 1000
Lost in Town
3 min read · Core 1000
Market Morning
3 min read · Core 1000
The Journey
3 min read · Core 1000
The Phone Call
3 min read · Core 1000
The Rescue
3 min read · Core 1000
Two Gardens
4 min read · Core 5000
The Box in the Wood
5 min read · Core 5000
The Swimming Lesson
5 min read · Core 5000
The Whale on the Beach
5 min read · Core 5000
Two Tickets to Paris
5 min read · Core 5000
The Last Light
8 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(11)Advanced articles in English: the zero article, the with names and places, and go to school vs go to the school
Articles in English: a, an, the and the zero article
Compound nouns in English: car park, coffee cup, and why GREENhouse is not green HOUSE
Conditional sentences in English: the four types explained
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: advice, information, news and the ones you simply have to learn
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results
Present continuous tense: form, spelling and uses
Present simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many and more
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