sweet

sweet is part of the Basic English 850.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /swiːt/

• Audio (US)

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Homophones

• suite

Adjective

Positive sweet

Comparative sweeter

Superlative sweetest

1. If something is sweet, it tastes like sugar or fruit.

   This cake is very sweet. I think you put much sugar in it.

2. A sweet person or thing pleases or is nice.

   Thank you! It's very sweet of you to give me this.

Related words

• sweeten

Noun

Singular sweet

Plural sweets

1. (UK) (countable) A sweet is a piece of candy.