| additional |
If you have an additional thing, you have one more thing than what you had before. If you had two chairs before and somebody gives you an additional chair, it means you have three chairs now. Let's say your dad got only one small pizza for your birthday party but twenty kids came. You would probably need a lot of additional pizza! |
| anyway |
Sometimes we use "anyway" to say that something doesn't matter. Let's say your dad tells your brother not to run, but he runs anyway. This means that it doesn't matter that your dad tell him not to run. He runs even though he is told not to. |
| around |
If your dad will be home around dinner time, it means that he will be home near dinner time. He might be a little bit late or a little bit early. If you have around fifty cents in your pocket, you might have a little more or less than that, but the amount is near fifty cents. [1/11 definitions] |
| assign |
If your dad assigns you to do a job, he gives you that job to do. He has chosen you to do this job and not someone else. [1/3 definitions] |
| better |
If your dad dances OK, but your mom dances very well, then we would say your mom dances better than your dad. In grammar, we say that "better" is the comparative form of the word "well." [1/6 definitions] |
| between |
If you are sitting between your mom and your dad, you are sitting in the middle. Your mom is on one side, and your dad is on the other. When something is between two things, it is in the area that separates those things. [1/3 definitions] |
| by |
We sometimes use "by" to tell who or what did some action. If the cookies were baked by you and your dad, then you and your dad did the action of the baking. [1/9 definitions] |
| commute |
If your dad commutes to work, he travels a fairly long distance there and back every day. |
| convey |
"Convey" means to carry or transport people or things from one place to another. If your dad conveys you to school, your dad transports you to school, probably in his car. If you convey a package to your neighbors' house, you carry it over to them. If a taxi conveys passengers to their destination, the taxi takes them there. [1/2 definitions] |
| dad |
"Dad" is another word for "father." |
| daddy |
"Daddy" is another word for "dad" or "father." It is often used by young children, but adults sometimes use it too. |
| favorable |
If someone gets a favorable response to a request, the answer to their request is "yes." If you ask your dad if you can go to a movie, and he says "yes," then you received a favorable response from your dad. [1/4 definitions] |
| for |
We often use "for" when we talk about the purpose, reason, or goal of something. When a tool is for digging, it means that the purpose of the tool is digging. If your dad buys a toy for your sister's birthday, it is because of her birthday that he buys the toy. [2/10 definitions] |
| grandpa |
Grandpa is what some people call their grandfather, just like many people call their father "dad." |
| maybe |
We often use "maybe" when we are talking about something that is possible but not certain. If you ask your dad if he will take you to the movies and he says "maybe," then it is possible he will take you, but it is not certain. |
| occasion |
An occasion is a time of something happening or of someone doing something. If you had an occasion of helping your dad wash the car, it means that you had a time when you did that. If you went to a concert on three occasions, you went to a concert three times. [1/3 definitions] |
| once |
If your dad was once a teacher, it means that he was a teacher at one time in the past. If your cat was once a stray, it means that it had been lost and without a home at one time in the past. [1/4 definitions] |
| out |
When someone is out of something, they usually have it, but they don't have it now. If you are out of milk, you don't have any now. Maybe your mom or dad will go to the store to get some. [1/14 definitions] |
| papa |
(informal) father; dad. |
| pick up |
If your dad picks you up after school, he comes to the school in his car and lets you get in. [1/5 definitions] |
| pile1 |
If you pile your desk with books, it means that you cover your desk with a pile or piles of books. If your dad piles the back seat of the car with boxes, it means that he covers the back seat with a lot of boxes on top of each other. [1/6 definitions] |