İngilizce Kelime

efficient   işinin ehli, yetenekli, becerikli, verimli

- capable, skilful, producing satisfactory results,

• A very efficient secretary
• The new bread knife is much more efficient than the old one.
• Our secretary is very efficient.
• You must find a more efficient way of organizing your time. 

eliminate   elemek, elenmek, atmak, defetmek, kurtulmak

- to put away something because it isn’t wanted, to exclude, to get rid of something,

• He was eliminated from the tennis tournament in the first round.
• We must try and eliminate the problem.
• The school team was eliminated in the first round of the competition. 

embark (on)bir işe başlamak; girişmek, gemiye binmek, bindirmek

- to go on board ship, to start,

• Passengers should embark early.
• Two hours was enough to embark the men in Cherbourg harbor.
• Passenger with cars must embark first.
• I am embarking on a completely new career.  

eminent ünlü;tanınmış

- famous and clever,

• An eminent lawyer.
• She is eminently suitable for the job. 

emphasis  vurgulamak; üzerinde durmak; ısrarla belirtmek

- stress put on certain words in speaking, importance given to something, to put emphasis on something, firm and definite,

• In writing we sometimes underline words to show emphasis.
• At this school the emphasis is on hard work.
• You emphasize the word ‘too’ in the sentence ‘are you going too?’
• There is a lot of emphasis on science at our school.
• You should put a greater emphasis on quality rather than quantity when you write.
• In the world ‘photographer’ the emphasis is on the second syllable.
• I underlined the key phrases of my letter for emphasis.  

employ   kullanmak, iş vermek, çalıştırmakmeşgul etmek, görevli, iş istihdam, adam çalıştırma

- to give work and pay for it, job of someone, to keep someone busy, to occupy someone, to use, being employed,

• He employs three typists.
• She is employed as a teacher.
• She was employed in writing letters.
• You should employ your time better.
• That firm has fifty employees.
• His employer dismissed him.
• They came to the town to search for employment.
• The shopkeeper employs two men and pays ten dollars each every week.
• He is employed 600 workers.
• Three people are employed on the task of designing a new computer system.
• In an emergency, an umbrella can be employed as a weapon.
• The factory has 500 employees.
• This bank can give employment to ten extra staff.
• It is difficult to find employment in the north of the country. 

enable   imkan vermek; kotaylaştırmak, mümkün kılmak

- to make able to do something,

• The money I inherited enable me to go on a world cruise.
• The new law has enable more women to return to work. 

encamp  camp kurmak

- to set up a camp, a place where troops etc have made their camp,

• The soldiers encamped in a field 

encounter  karşı karşıya gelmek, muhabere, karşılaşmak

- to meet some one or something, especially unexpectedly, a meeting with someone that happens by chance, a fight,

• She encountered the headmistress in the street.
• We’ve encountered a problem in our computer program.
• A brief encounter with a friend.
• A fierce encounter between two armies.
• I have had number of close encounters with bad drivers. 

encourage cesaret vermek; yüreklendirmek

- to give confidence, to make someone feel confident and hopeful, to urge someone to do something,

• The general tried to encourage him to try again.
• My father encouraged me in doing my work better.
• When I am hopeless I need someone’s encouragement.
• The teacher encouraged her students to ask questions.
• The government wants to encourage new businesses. 

endanger  tehlikeye atmak

- to put something in danger, types of animal etc that are in danger of becoming extinct,

• Drunk drivers endanger the lives of others.
• The whale is no longer considered an endangered species.
• Smoking endangers your health.
• The giant panda is an endangered species. 

endeavor   çabalamak, gayret göstermek, girişim

- to try to do something, an attempt,

• He endeavored to teach the children some grammar.
• He succeeded in his endeavor to climb Everest.
• She endeavored to finish her work on time.  

enforce  kuvvetlendirmek; yürütmek; uygulamak, sağlamak

- to make sure that a law or command is carried out.

• It is the job of police to enforce the law.
• How will they enforce the new law? 

ensure    güvence vermek, garantilemek

- to make sure,

• Ensure that your television set is switched off at night
• Please ensure that the door is locked before you leave. 

entire  tüm, bütün, büsbütün; tamamiyle

- whole, complete, completeness,

• I spent the entire day on the beach.
• The house is entirely hidden by trees.
• This arrangement is not entirely satisfactory.(bu düzenleme pek tatmin edici değil)
• The twins look entirely different.
• The entire city went to vote during the general elections.
• He answers to the questions were entirely wrong.
• He managed to read the entire book in two days.
• I entirely agree with you.
• We must consider the problem in its entirety. 

entreat   yalvarmak, rica etmek

- ask someone earnestly; to beg or implore,

• He entreated her to help him.
• She refused to listen to his entreaties.( onun yalvarışlarını dinlemek istemedi) 

environment  çevre, ortam, mühit

- surroundings or conditions in which a person or animal lives,

• An unhappy home environment may drive a teenager to crime.
• We should protect the environment.
• Environmentalists are very worried about the dangers of nuclear energy.
• We need stronger laws to protect the environment.
• These products are environmentally friendly. 

envisage  tasarlamak; düşünmek; tasavvur etmek

- to imagine or think that something is likely to happen,

• We don’t envisage being able to borrow more money.
• I don’t envisage any problems with this. 

epidemic  salgın

- spreading among many people at the same time and same place, an outbreak of a disease that affects very many people,

• An epidemic of influenza.
• We must be careful to keep ourselves away from an epidemic disease. 

equal eşit, denk, akran, eşit derecede aynı ölçüde

- same in value, size, number, someone of the same age, to make or become equal, fit or ready for something,

• Four equal slices.
• Coins of equal value.
• Are these pieces equal in size?
• Women want equal wages with men.
• I am not his equal at running.
• I cannot hope to equal him.
• She equaled (eşitledi) his score of twenty points.
• Five and five equals ten.
• Women want equality of opportunity with men.
• Our team was winning by one goal – but the other side soon equalized.
• I didn’t feel equal to telling him the truth.(kendimi ona gerçeği söyleyecek durumda görmedim)
• Jill divided her apple into two equal pieces and gave one of them to Mary.
• Two kilos of apples are equal to two kilos of oranges.
• She shared the apples with her friends equally.
• He ran an excellent race, equaling the world record.
• They both worked equally hard.
• His money was divided equally between his children.
• I don’t think what he did was right. Equally, I can understand why he did it.  

equip   donatmak, techiz etmek, techizat, aygıt

- to give a person everything which is needed for a certain work, the things necessary far a certain work,

• He was fully equipped for the journey.
• The school is equipped with four computers.
• Without the right equipment the mechanic could not repair the car.
• The hotel equipped the cook with all the utensils, so that he could prepare the meals easily.
• We shall equip all schools with new computers over the next year.
• The flat has a fully-equipped kitchen.
• The course equips students with all the skills necessary to become a chef.  

essential   gerekli, zaruri, elzem, önemli

- most necessary,

• It is essential that you arrive punctually. (tam zamanında gelmen gereklidir)
• Is a television set an essential?
• Water and air are essentials of living on earth.
• Math is essential for a career in computers.
• It is essential that all school-leavers should have a qualification.
• The problem is essentially one of money.  

establish    tanıtmak, kabul ettirmek, kurmak, tesis ettirmek, kuruluş iş yeri

- to set up, a firm that is set for a certain duty, settle someone firmly in a job, business etc, to set up a university, a business etc,

• He established himself as a jeweler in the city.
• How long has the firm been established?
• The police have established that he was guilty.
•  I want to speak to the manager of this establishment.
• A father must establish some rules to train his children.
• The school was established in 1875.
• Before we start on the project we should establish some rules.
• The government is trying to establish closer links between the two countries.
• She has been trying to establish herself as a novelist for years.
• The police have not been able to establish the cause of the crash. 

estimate  hesap etmek , tahmin etmek

- to have an idea which is nearly certain about the size, prize or value of something, to judge size, amount, value etc, especially without measuring or calculating exactly, opinion,

• he estimated that the journey would take two hours.
• He gave us an estimate of the cost of repairing the car.( arabanın tamiri için tahmini bir maliyet hesabı çıkardı)
• A rough estimate.( kaba bir tahmin)
• In my estimation  ( kanaatime gore )
• He is the better pupil of the two.
• I estimated that, there were a hundred people at the wedding.
• It is just an estimate, it maybe wrong.
• The police estimated the crowd at 10 000.
• She estimated that the work take three months.
• Who is the blame, in your estimation? 

even  düz bir hizada, dümdüz, sabit, ikiye bölünebilen, başa baş, sakin, halim selim, düzleşmek, bile

- the same in height, amounth etc, smooth, regular, able to be divided, equal in number, calm,

• Are the table legs even?
• An even temperature (sabit sıcaklık)
• Make the path more even.
• He has a strong, even pulse.
• 2,4,6,8,10 etc are even numbers.
• The teams have scored one goal each and so they are even now.
• She has a very even temper.
• To even the score.
• He tricked me, but I’ll get even with him.( intikamını almak)
• The road rose steeply and then evened out.
• He raked the soil to even it out.
• Have you finished yet? No, I haven’t even started.( daha bitirmedin mi? hayır başlamadım bile)
• Even the winner got no prize. ( galip gelen bile ödül almadı )
• My boots were dirty, but his were even dirtier ( benim çizmelerim pisti ama onunki benimkinden de pisti )
• The game must be played on an even surface.
• He is very even-tempered- in fact I have never seen him angry.
• The contest was very even until the last few minutes of the game.
• It isn’t very warm here even in summer.
• You know even less about it than I do. 

even if   …..se de / ….sa da

- no matter whether,

• Even if I leave now, I’ll be too late (şimdi çıksam da çok geç kalırım)
• I wouldn’t ride a horse, even if you paid me. 

even so    yine de      …..e/a rağmen

- in spite of that,

• It rained, but even so we enjoyed the day.(yağmur yağdı yağmasına ama biz yinede günümüzü hoş geçirdik)
• There are a lot of spelling mistakes; even so it is quite a good essay. 

even though     olsa bile……. e rağmen

- in spite of the fact that,

• I like the job even though it’s badly paid.( parası az olsa bile işi seviyorum )
• I like her very much even though she can be very annoying. 

exaggerate  abartmak; büyütmek

- to make something seem larger, greater etc than it really is,

• You are exaggerating his fault.
• That dress exaggerates her thinness.
• You can’t trust her – she always exaggerates.
• Don’t exaggerate. I was only two minutes late, not twenty.
• The problems have been greatly exaggerated.
• It’s rather an exaggeration to say that all the students are lazy. 

exalted  büyük, yüksek, coşku dolu

- high in rank, position etc, very important, very happy and triumphant,

• He hoped one day to reach the exalted position of prime minister.
• She felt exalted when she reached the summit of the mountain. 

exceed  geçmek; aşmak; daha büyük olmak

- to be greater than something, to go beyond something,

• His expenditure exceeds his income. ( giderleri gelirlerini aştı )
• He exceeded the speed limit on the motorway.
• The weight should not exceed 20 kilos.
• He was stopped by the police for exceeding the speed limit. 

exclude  hariç tutmak, dahil etmemek, içine almamak, hesaba katmamak, hariç

- to prevent something from mixing with the others or to prevent from going in somewhere, to shut out, to keep out, to leave out of consideration, not counting,

• They excluded her from the meeting.
• Fill the bottle to the top so as to exclude all air.
• We cannot exclude the possibility that he was lying.
• The bill came to 20 pound, excluding the wine.
• The price excludes all extras such as drinks or excursions.
• Women are excluded from the game for cheating.
• The police had excluded the possibility that the child had run away.
• Lunch cost 10$ per person excluding drinks. 

exist     var olmak, bulunmak, hayatta kalmak, yaşamak

- to be alive, to have reality, the state of being,

• Do ghosts really exist?
• It is possible to exist on bread and water.
• Our father and mothers cause our existence.
• Dreams only exist in our imagination.
• Fish can’t exist out of water.
• I don’t know how she exist on the wage she earns.
• This is the oldest human skeleton in existence.
• They lead a miserable existence in a tiny flat in London.
• Under the existing law you are not allowed to work in this country. 

expand  genişletmek; büyütmek, açmak

- to make or become larger, to spread out, give more information about something,

• Metals expand when heated.
• They expanded their business.
• The expansion of metals.
• You can improve the essay by expanding on your first point.
• We must expand our budget by working overtime.
• We hope to expand our business this year. 

expend  harcamak, sarfetmek, harcanabilir, masraf, gider, harcamalar

- the money that is spent, money spent in carrying out a job,

• No-one likes to think that they are expendable.
• His expenditure amounted to 500 pound.
• I’ve gone to a lot of expense to educate you well.
• What an expense clothes are.( giyim de ne masraf kapısı)!
• His firm paid his traveling expenses.
• She was expensively dressed.
• Our expenditure is very high this month so I can’t buy a new coat.
• Those shoes are very expensive; I haven’t got that much money.
• I have expended a lot of time and energy on that project.
• In a war human life is expendable. 

experimental  deneysel, tecrübe etmek

- a test done in order to find out something,

• He performs chemical experiments.
• We shall find out by experiment.
• The doctor experimented with various medicines.
• Some people think it’s wrong to experiment on animals.
• We are still at the experimental stage with the new product. 

explore  keşif; araştırma; inceleme

- to travel in a different place or country for discovery, to search or travel through a place for the purpose of discovery, to investigate carefully,

• The oceans have not yet been fully explored.
• Let’s go exploring in the caves.
• I’ll explore the possibilities of getting a job here.
• Explorers in space.
• They went on an expedition to explore the River Amazon.
• I have never been to Paris before – I am going out to explore.
• We need to explore all the possibilities before we decide.  

explosion  artış; birden artma; patlama

- the blowing up of something; the noise caused by this, a gas exposing, a sudden great increase,

• The explosion could be heard a long way off.
• The explosion of the atom bomb.
• An explosion in food prices.
• A dangerously explosive gas.
• Two people were killed in the explosion. 

expose  karşı karşıya getirmek; maruz bırakmak

- to uncover; to leave unprotected from the sun, wind, cold, danger etc, to discover and make known a hidden evil, crime etc, to allow light to fall on a photographic film as you take a photograph,

• Paintings should not be exposed to direct sunlight.
• Don’t expose children to danger.
• His secret life was last exposed.
• She didn’t want to expose her true feelings to her family.
• The politician was exposed as a liar on TV.
• I like jazz because I was exposed to it as a child. 

extend  uza(t)mak genişletmek; büyütmek, sunmak, vermek, ek bina, dahili hat

- to make longer, to stretch out, to offer, an added part, amount,

• He extended his vegetable garden.
• The school grounds extend as far as this fence.
• He extended his hand to her.
• May I extend a welcome to you all?
• He built an extension to his house.
• Could I have extension 281, please?
• The flowers extend till the end of the garden.
• Could you extend your visit for a few days?
• We are planning to extend the black of the house to give us more space.
• Since my injury I can’t extend this leg fully.
• The desert extends over a huge area of the country.
• The company is planning to extend its operations into Asia.
• I have applied for an extension to my work permit.
• They are building an extension on the hospital.
• What is your extension number? 

extensive  büyük; geniş; büyük çaplı

- reaching to far, large in area or amount,

• He suffered extensive injuries in the accident.
• The buildings were extensively damaged in the fire.( bina yangında büyük ölçüde hasara uğradı)
• The house has buildings suffered extensive damage. 

extent  uzanım; genişlik; oylum; ölçü

- to make longer, something which is added to the one before, to hold out or strech out a limb etc, to offer,

• The garden is nearly a kilometer in extent.
• What is the extent of the damage?
• To what extent can we trust him.( ona ne dereceye kadar güvenebiliriz)?
• The flowers extend till the end of the garden.
• I was amazed at the extent of his knowledge.
• The full extent of the damage is not yet known.
• I agree with you to a certain extent but there are still a lot of points I disagree with.
• I am not sure to what extent I believe her. 

exterminate  yok etmek; tümünü öldürmek

- to destroy completely, to kill a large group of people or animals,

• Rats must be exterminated from a building or they will cause disease.
• Once cockroaches infest a building, they are very hard to exterminate. 

external  dış; dıştan; dış ülke ile ilgili

- out side or on the outside, on your skin,

• The liquid in that medicine bottle is for external use only.
• The cream is for external use only.
• You will be tested by an external examiner. 

extinct  yok olma; ortadan kalkma, neslin tükenmesi

- no longer in existence, no longer active,

• Dinosaurs became extinct in prehistoric times.
• That volcano was thought to be extinct until it suddenly erupted ten years ago.
• Tigers are nearly extinct in the wild.
• The giant panda is in danger of extinction. 

extreme    en büyük; son derece; aşırı, en uç

- far toward the end, at the highest degree, very great; much more than usual, very far from the center, very strong not ordinary, something as possible from something else,

• He is in extreme pain.
• He holds extreme views on education( eğitim konusunda aşırı görüşlere sahiptir)
• The extremes of sadness and joy.
• She was studying extremely hard to pass the examination.
• You must take extreme care when driving at night.
• He extreme views on immigration are shocking to most people.
• There could be snow in the extreme north of the country.
• Politicians on the extreme left of the party.
• Alex used to be very shy but now she’s gone to the opposite extreme.
• Listen carefully because this is extremely important.
• The first day of the extreme sports championships featured white-water rafting.