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Having studied languages, linguistics and computing, Dom Glennon now works as a systems manager for Cambridge Dictionaries. Each month, he calculates and comments on the top 20 most clicked-on entries on Cambridge Dictionaries Online.

Some vital signs in this month's Top 20, with no less than six new entries, including a Top 20 debut for caveat at no. 15. Coming from the Latin verb cavere - to beware, the word entered English in the phrase caveat emptor - literally, 'let the buyer beware'; it is now more commonly used on its own as a noun.

1 advice (1) 11 endeavour (6)
2 liaise (2) 12 provide (19)
3 regard (3) 13 inquiry (-)
4 effect (5) 14 paradigm (14)
5 appreciate (11) 15 caveat (-)
6 commit (9) 16 analyse (16)
7 comply (4) 17 intend (13)
8 information (12) 18 request (-)
9 affect (-) 19 discreet (-)
10 assess (10) 20 use (-)

This list shows the 20 entries that were clicked on most frequently in July 2004. The figures in brackets show the word's position in last month's top 20.



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