NGSL 1000 — Most Common English Words

The name of the Latin script letter A/a; To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto; He, she, they: the third-person singular or plural nominative

To change the course of (a ship) to the other tack; to bring (a ship) about; Moving around or in motion; astir; On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around

Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page; Of heaven; heavenly; Directly overhead; vertically on top of

To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust; Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action

To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance

To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to...; The addition of a song to a station's playlist

To prepare oneself

To (cause to) be or become an adult; A fully grown human or animal; Fully grown

To promote or advantage; A forward move; improvement or progression; Completed before necessary or a milestone event

To provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to; Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end

Of before-and-after images: the one that shows the difference after a specified treatment; Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent; Behind; later in time; following

The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm; (more often in the plural) In the afternoon

Another time; once more; (obsolete or dialectal) Against

In a contrary direction to; By the time that (something happened); before

The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power

Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away