| appointment |
When you have an appointment with someone, you have a plan and a time for meeting them. If you make an appointment with the doctor, it means that you set up a time to come in to see the doctor. |
| camp1 |
an outdoor area where tents or rough shelters are set up to live in or sleep in for a time. [2/5 definitions] |
| civilization |
When we talk about the civilization of a group of people, we are talking about the way this group lived after they began to make art, set up laws, or use written language. Civilization includes the major things that a group did or created during its time. [1/3 definitions] |
| company |
A company is something that is set up by people to do business. A company tries to make money by making and selling things or by selling its services. [1/3 definitions] |
| economy |
An economy is the system of how money is made and used within a particular country or region. A region's economy is connected with things like how many goods and services are produced, how many new businesses are being set up, and how much money people are spending. |
| fix |
(informal) to set up through cheating so as to get what one wants. [1/7 definitions] |
| found2 |
to set up or create; establish. |
| institute |
an organization set up to provide a service or support a cause. [1/4 definitions] |
| institution |
an organization set up for a specific purpose, usually serving the public. Hospitals, churches, prisons, and schools can be institutions. [1/2 definitions] |
| mail1 |
the system set up to send and deliver letters, packages and other items; postal system. [1/4 definitions] |
| mission |
a group of people sent to a foreign land to set up relations and to start trade or religious work. [1/5 definitions] |
| missionary |
A missionary is someone who goes to another country in order to teach the people there about their religion. A missionary is often sent to a particular country by a church. Missionaries sometimes set up schools and small hospitals in addition to teaching about religion. |
| order |
the way something is set up or arranged in space or time. [1/12 definitions] |
| pitch1 |
to set up or anchor. [1/11 definitions] |
| reset |
to start or set up (something) so that it is working again or so that it is working in a changed way. |
| revolution |
When a country has a revolution, it means that a group of people take over the government by force, and they set up a new government in its place. [1/4 definitions] |
| revolutionary |
When something is revolutionary, it has to do with a revolution. A revolution in a country is when a group of people take over the government by force, and they set up a new government in its place. [1/3 definitions] |
| set up |
When you set up something, you get it ready to start or be used. [2 definitions] |
| vane |
a device set up to turn in the wind. Vanes show the direction of the wind. [1/2 definitions] |
| Viking |
The Vikings were warriors from northern Europe, from lands that are now Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. They had power and were important in history from around the year 700 to the year 1100. The Vikings sailed to many places in Europe. They were strong and scary. They attacked and conquered many towns and villages, especially in England, France, and Russia. Some Vikings settled in the new places, set up laws, and often married local people. Vikings were also traders who brought goods from faraway places and traded them for gold, silver, and other goods in the areas that they conquered. |