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in‧cred‧i‧ble S3 / ɪnkredəb ə l, ɪnkredɪb ə l / adjective
1 extremely good, large, or great SYN unbelievable :
The view is just incredible.
There was blood everywhere and the pain was incredible.
2 too strange to be believed, or very difficult to believe SYN unbelievable :
It’s incredible that he survived the fall.
It’s incredible how much Tom has changed since he met Sally.
I find it almost incredible that no one noticed these errors.
con‧trib‧u‧tor AC / kəntrɪbjətə, kəntrɪbjʊtə $ -ər / noun [ countable ]
1 someone who gives money, help, ideas etc to something that a lot of other people are also involved in :
campaign contributors
contributor to
Dr Win was a major contributor to the research.
2 someone who writes a story, song, speech etc that forms part of a larger work such as a newspaper, book, broadcast, recording etc
contributor to
a regular contributor to ‘Time’ magazine
3 formal someone or something that helps to cause something to happen
contributor to
Cars are still one of the principal contributors to air pollution.
pro‧duc‧tive / prədʌktɪv / adjective
1 producing or achieving a lot OPP unproductive :
Most of us are more productive in the morning.
a highly productive meeting
2 [ only before noun ] relating to the production of goods, crops, or wealth :
the economy’s productive capacity
3 productive of something formal causing or resulting in something :
The meeting was productive of several good ideas.
— productively adverb
in‧ca‧pa‧ble AC / ɪnkeɪpəb ə l / adjective
[ not before noun ] not able to do something OPP capable
incapable of
He seemed incapable of understanding how she felt.
Seventy-five percent of the electorate believe his party is incapable of government.
The stroke rendered her incapable of speech. ► Do not say ‘incapable to do something’. Say incapable of doing something.
— incapability / ɪnkeɪpəbɪləti, ɪnkeɪpəbɪlɪti / noun [ uncountable ]
con‧quer / kɒŋkə $ kɑŋkər / verb
1 [ intransitive and transitive ] to get control of a country by fighting :
The Normans conquered England in 1066.
Egypt was conquered by the Persian King Kambyses.
2 [ intransitive and transitive ] to defeat an enemy :
The Zulus conquered all the neighbouring tribes.
3 [ transitive ] to gain control over something that is difficult, using a lot of effort
conquer your nerves/fear
She was determined to conquer her fear of flying.
efforts to conquer inflation
drugs to conquer the disease
4 [ transitive ] to succeed in climbing to the top of a mountain when no one has ever climbed it before :
an attempt to conquer the peaks of Everest
5 [ transitive ] to become very successful in a place :
In the last few years, the company has succeeded in conquering the European market.
— conqueror noun [ countable ]
— conquering adjective :
conquering heroes
dis‧trac‧tion / dɪstrækʃ ə n / noun
1 [ uncountable and countable ] something that stops you paying attention to what you are doing :
I study in the library as there are too many distractions at home.
distraction from
Demands for equality were seen as a distraction from more serious issues.
2 drive somebody to distraction to continue annoying or upsetting someone very much :
The baby’s constant crying drove me to distraction.
3 [ countable ] old-fashioned a pleasant activity
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