lady
US /ˈleɪdi/
Definition
a polite name for any woman
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The lady at the front desk gave me a map of the city.
Synonyms
- womanan adult female person (as opposed to a man)
- gentlewomana woman of refinement
Collocations
- Easy old ladydescribing old lady (past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old'))
- Medium first lady attending galadescribing first lady attending gala (the first or highest in an ordering or series)
- Hard leading lady of commercial estateto leading lady of commercial estate, meaning to take somebody somewhere
- Very Hard until the fat lady sings it is not overa collocation phrase: until the fat lady sings it is not over
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