To wish or hope for something to happen or be true.

Knowledge gained by living life, doing new things. encounter event or occurrence.

To perform music on an instrument.

To become or cause to become less in size, value.

Sense of direction or where you are. To support the weight of something, e.g. a bridge.

Person who is not known or named.

initial. Action of starting something, e.g. a new business. To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road.

ceremony or service held shortly after person's death, usually including person's burial or cremation.

the elected head of a republic.

practice or science of collecting and analysing numerical data in large quantities. Mathematics used to interpret numerical data.

thing predicted. Statements of what will happen next.

(of mother) breastfeeding baby. profession or practice of providing care for sick and infirm. To care for and look after someone who is sick.

fact of continuing in opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.

In an equal, even, or identical manner.

offering best value for money. Total of all goods, services and wages in an area.