3 N‑COUNT If you describe someone as an angel , you mean that they seem to be very kind and good. [APPROVAL ]
an|gel|ic /ændʒe l I k/
1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] You can describe someone as angelic if they are, or seem to be, very good, kind, and gentle. [APPROVAL ] □ …an angelic face.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] Angelic means like angels or relating to angels. □ …angelic choirs.
an|gel|ica /ændʒe l I kə/ N‑UNCOUNT Angelica is the candied stems of the angelica plant which can be used in making cakes or sweets.
an|ger ◆◇◇ /æ ŋgə r / (angers , angering , angered )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way. □ He cried with anger and frustration. □ [+ at ] Ellen felt both despair and anger at her mother.
2 VERB If something angers you, it makes you feel angry. □ [V n] The decision to allow more offshore oil drilling angered some Californians. COLLOCATIONS anger NOUN 1
adjective + anger : growing, mounting, widespread; pent-up, righteous
anger + be + adjective : palpable, understandable
verb + anger : express, vent, voice; arouse, provoke, spark; control, suppress VERB 2
anger + noun : fans, residents, voters
anger + adverb : deeply
a nger ma n|age|ment N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] Anger management is a set of guidelines that are designed to help people control their anger. □ …anger management courses
an|gi|na /ændʒa I nə/ N‑UNCOUNT Angina is severe pain in the chest and left arm, caused by heart disease.
an|gle ◆◇◇ /æ ŋg ə l/ (angles , angling , angled )
1 N‑COUNT An angle is the difference in direction between two lines or surfaces. Angles are measured in degrees. □ The boat is now leaning at a 30 degree angle.
2 → see also right angle
3 N‑COUNT An angle is the shape that is created where two lines or surfaces join together. □ …the angle of the blade.
4 N‑COUNT An angle is the direction from which you look at something. □ Thanks to the angle at which he stood, he could just see the sunset.
5 N‑COUNT You can refer to a way of presenting something or thinking about it as a particular angle . □ He was considering the idea from all angles.
6 VERB [usu cont] If someone is angling for something, they are trying to get it without asking for it directly. □ [V + for ] It sounds as if he's just angling for sympathy.
7 PHRASE If something is at an angle , it is leaning in a particular direction so that it is not straight, horizontal, or vertical. □ An iron bar stuck out at an angle.
an|gler /æ ŋglə r / (anglers ) N‑COUNT An angler is someone who fishes with a fishing rod as a hobby.
An|gli|can /æ ŋgl I kən/ (Anglicans )
1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Anglican means belonging or relating to the Church of England, or to the churches related to it. □ …the Anglican Church. □ …an Anglican priest.
2 N‑COUNT An Anglican is a Christian who is a member of the Church of England, or of one of the churches related to it.
An|gli|can|ism /æ ŋgl I kən I zəm/ N‑UNCOUNT Anglicanism is the beliefs and practices of the Church of England, and of the churches related to it.
an|gli|cize /æ ŋgl I sa I z/ (anglicizes , anglicizing , anglicized ) in BRIT, also use anglicise VERB If you anglicize something, you change it so that it resembles or becomes part of the English language or English culture. □ [V n] He had anglicized his surname. ● an|gli|cized ADJ □ …an Anglicised version of the Welsh name 'Llywelyn'.
an|gling /æ ŋgl I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT Angling is the activity or sport of fishing with a fishing rod.
Anglo- /æ ŋgloʊ-/
1 COMB [ADJ n] Anglo- combines with adjectives indicating nationality to form adjectives which describe something connected with relations between Britain and another country. □ …the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
2 COMB [ADJ n] Anglo- combines with adjectives indicating nationality to form adjectives which describe a person who has one British parent and one non-British parent. □ He was born of Anglo-American parentage.
A nglo-A sian (Anglo-Asians ) ADJ [usu ADJ n] An Anglo-Asian person is someone of Indian, Pakistani, or Bangladeshi origin who has grown up in Britain. □ …the Anglo-Asian community. ● N‑COUNT An Anglo-Asian is someone who is Anglo-Asian.
A nglo-Ca tholic (Anglo-Catholics )
1 ADJ [ADJ n] The Anglo-Catholic part of the Church of England, or of the churches related to it, is the part whose beliefs and practices are similar to those of the Catholic Church. □ …a parish in the Anglo-Catholic tradition.
2 N‑COUNT An Anglo-Catholic is a Christian who belongs to the Anglo-Catholic section of the Church of England, or to the churches related to it.
A nglo-I ndian (Anglo-Indians ) ADJ [usu ADJ n] An Anglo-Indian person is someone whose family is partly British and partly Indian. □ …Anglo-Indian writer Amitav Ghosh. ● N‑COUNT An Anglo-Indian is someone who is Anglo-Indian.
An|glo|phile /æ ŋgloʊfa I l/ (Anglophiles ) ADJ If you describe a non-British person as Anglophile , you mean that they admire Britain and British culture. □ …a Shakespeare sonnet taught to him by his Anglophile uncle. ● N‑COUNT Anglophile is also a noun. □ He became a fanatical Anglophile.