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awhile |
If you want to sit awhile, you want to sit for a short time. If you wait awhile before you answer the door, you don't answer it right away. You wait for a little bit. |
carbohydrate |
A carbohydrate is one kind of substance that makes up food. Protein and fat are the two other kinds of substances that are in food. Carbohydrates are found mainly in plants. There are a lot of carbohydrates in fruit, sugar, potatoes, bread, and other foods made from grain. The body uses carbohydrates to make energy. If the body doesn't need the energy right away, the carbohydrates are stored in the body. [1/2 definitions] |
charming |
If something is charming, it has something that attracts people and makes them happy. A charming story makes children pay attention right away, and it delights them. They might want to hear it or read it many times. If a person is charming, they make people like them right away. They are pleasant and make people smile. |
crispy |
When a food is crispy, it is usually fried or baked, and it breaks easily with a little crunching sound in your mouth. French fries are often crispy when you eat them right away. If you wait a long time to eat them, they are not crispy anymore. |
delay |
When you delay doing something, it means that you don't do it right away. You do it, or plan to do it, at a later time. [1/6 definitions] |
emergency |
An emergency is something very serious and important that people need to do something about right away. If a house is on fire, it is an emergency. If someone has a bad car accident, it is an emergency. |
fund |
When people talk about "funds," they mean money that they can use right away. [1/2 definitions] |
haste |
If you do something with haste or in haste, you do it quickly because you have to get somewhere or do something important right away. [1/2 definitions] |
hesitation |
If you feel hesitation about doing something, you are not sure if you should do it or not. You stop yourself before doing it, at least for a moment. If you do something without hesitation, you do it right away without thinking whether you should do it or not. |
immediate |
happening right away; instant. [1/3 definitions] |
immediately |
right away; at once. |
instant |
happening right away; without delay; immediate. [1/4 definitions] |
instantly |
When you do something instantly, you do it right away, without any waiting or letting any time pass. |
jump |
If you jump at the chance to do something, you get really excited at the idea of it and show right away that you want to do it. [1/10 definitions] |
on the double |
(informal) right away; immediately. |
ready |
able to be used right away. [1/6 definitions] |
right away |
When you do something right away, you do it now, without any waiting. When you are very hungry, you want to eat right away. You don't want to wait. If something is hurting you, you want it to stop right away. |
serious |
dangerous; requiring attention right away. [1/4 definitions] |
seriously |
If you hurt yourself seriously, you hurt yourself very badly. You probably have to see a doctor or go to a hospital right away. [1/3 definitions] |
soon |
right away; quickly. [1/3 definitions] |
urgent |
If there is an urgent situation, it is a kind of emergency. When something is urgent, it needs action or attention right away. Something has to be done, or something bad might happen. [1/2 definitions] |
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