📖 I — The English dictionary · page 22

inherited — Everyday, meaning 1: Inherited means passed down from parents to children through the body, like eye colour or freckles.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Inherited means received money, land or things from someone after they died.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Inherited can mean got from a person who had it before, like a job, a problem or old clothes.↗ Example: I inherited my blue eyes from my dad.↗ · Freckles can be inherited.↗ · She inherited her grandmother's ring.↗ · A scar is not an inherited feature.↗ · The puppy inherited its mother's floppy ears.↗ · In the story, the boy inherited an old castle.↗ · I inherited my brother's old bike.↗ · His children inherited, for the most part, the distinguished talents of their father.↗ · We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.↗ (Torah NUM.32.18, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying: Abraham was one, and he inherited the land; but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.↗ (Prophets EZK.33.24, JPS 1917)↗

inheriting — Everyday, meaning 1: Inheriting money, a house or things means receiving them from someone after that person has died.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Inheriting a feature, like blue eyes or curly hair, means getting it from your parents or family through your body.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Inheriting a problem or job means taking it over from the person before you.↗ Example: She is inheriting her grandmother's piano.↗ · You might be inheriting your dad's red hair.↗ · Plants grown from seeds are inheriting features from the parent plants.↗ · The new teacher is inheriting a very lively class.↗ · They were inheriting the farm after their uncle died.↗ · Inheriting a fortune did not make him happy.↗

inheritor — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A person who receives property or a gift from someone before them.↗ Example: And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of My mountains; and Mine elect shall inherit it, and My servants shall dwell there.↗ (Prophets ISA.65.9, JPS 1917)↗

inhibit — Everyday, meaning 1: To slow down, block or stop something from happening or growing: salt inhibits bacteria.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To make someone feel shy or unable to act freely: being watched inhibits him.↗ Example: Salt inhibits the growth of bacteria.↗ · Cold weather inhibits plant growth.↗ · Fear of mistakes can inhibit learning.↗ · Some medicines inhibit pain signals.↗ · Being filmed inhibited her dancing.↗ · Shade inhibits weeds from growing.↗

inhospitable — Everyday, meaning 1: Not friendly or welcoming to visitors; a place with no food, shelter or kindness for strangers.↗ Example: The island was cold and inhospitable.↗ · The owner shut the door on the travellers, a rude and inhospitable act.↗ · The strangers feared the inhospitable shore.↗

inhuman — Everyday, meaning 1: Very cruel or unkind, in a way that a kind person would never be.↗ Example: It is inhuman to leave the pups out in the snow.↗ · The giant was an inhuman monster.↗ · Only an inhuman person would steal from a sick child.↗

iniquitous — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Very unjust or wicked.↗ Example: Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, arouse Thyself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to any iniquitous traitors.↗ (Writings PSA.59.6, JPS 1917)↗

iniquitously — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: In a wicked or unjust way.↗ Example: We have sinned with our fathers, we have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly.↗ (Writings PSA.106.6, JPS 1917)↗ · we have sinned, and have dealt iniquitously, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, and have turned aside from Thy commandments and from Thine ordinances; (Writings DAN.9.5, JPS 1917)↗ · yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn, and make supplication unto Thee in the land of their captivity, saying: We have sinned, we have done iniquitously, and have dealt wickedly; (Writings 2CH.6.37, JPS 1917)↗

iniquity — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Great wrong or sin.↗ Example: And the man shall be clear from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.↗ (Torah NUM.5.31, JPS 1917)↗ · But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.↗ (Torah LEV.17.16, JPS 1917)↗ · And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.'↗ (Torah GEN.15.16, JPS 1917)↗ · How many are mine iniquities and sins?↗ (Writings JOB.13.23, JPS 1917)↗ · And are not thine iniquities without end?↗ (Writings JOB.22.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And He will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.↗ (Writings PSA.130.8, JPS 1917)↗

initial — Everyday, meaning 1: (adjective) Happening at the beginning; first.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) The first letter of a name.↗ e.g. J. K. Rowling's initials are J. K. R.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To write your initials on a paper to show you agree or have checked it.↗ Example: My initials are A. B. because my name is Anna Brown.↗ · Write your initials on your PE kit.↗ · The initial plan was to go to the park, but it rained.↗ · The initial temperature of the water was 20 degrees.↗ · My initial thought was that the answer was wrong.↗ · Mum initialled my reading record.↗ · The initial cost was ten pounds.↗ · These letters are the initials of the 12 Zodiacal (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Bible dictionaries generally give the word as Cherubim, but in Hebrew the initial letter is always K and not Ch.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

initially — Everyday, meaning 1: Initially means at the beginning, at first, before anything changed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It can also show that a first plan or idea was later changed.↗ e.g. Initially he said no, but then he said yes.↗ Example: Initially, Sam had 20 marbles.↗ · How many did she have initially?↗ · Initially the tank held 50 litres.↗ · Initially there were 12 birds on the tree.↗ · Initially I was scared of the dog, but now we are friends.↗ · The plant was initially 5 cm tall and grew 2 cm a week.↗ · Initially the team lost, but they won the second half.↗ · Initially the water was cold; after an hour it was warm.↗

initiate — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To initiate something is to start it or make it begin: initiate a conversation.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To initiate someone into a group is to let them join, often with a special ceremony.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To initiate someone into something is to teach them the basics of it.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (noun) An initiate is a person who has just been allowed to join a group or learn its secrets.↗ Example: The head teacher initiated a new reading scheme.↗ · Who initiated the argument?↗ · Pupils can initiate a class project.↗ · The club initiated new members with a funny song.↗ · Grandpa initiated me into the secrets of fishing.↗ · The new initiates were nervous at their first meeting.↗ · Press the button to initiate the countdown.↗ · Uncle Remus initiates the Little Boy II.↗

initiation — Everyday, meaning 1: The act of starting something, such as a plan or a process.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A ceremony or test that makes someone a new member of a group, club, team or religion.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A first introduction to something new: your initiation into cooking.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (church) In some faiths, the rites by which a person joins the community; Christians often speak of baptism as Christian initiation.↗ Example: The Scouts held a little initiation ceremony for the new members.↗ · Our secret club's initiation was learning the password and the handshake.↗ · The coach banned any initiation pranks on the new players.↗ · My first camping trip was my initiation into cooking over a fire.↗ · The initiation of the project took a whole week of planning.↗ · In the story, the boy had to cross the dark wood as part of his initiation.↗ · Christians believe that baptism is the beginning of a person's life in the Church, and it is sometimes called Christian initiation.↗ · If an initiation ever asks you to do something dangerous or humiliating, say no and tell an adult.↗

inject — Everyday, meaning 1: To put a medicine or liquid into the body with a needle (a syringe).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To force a liquid or gas into something.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To add a new quality to something: «inject some fun into the lesson».↗ Example: The nurse injected the vaccine into my arm.↗ · People with diabetes may inject insulin every day.↗ · The vet injected medicine into the dog.↗ · The cook injected flavour into the turkey.↗ · Our teacher injected some fun into the lesson with a game.↗ · If you find a needle in the park, don't touch it; tell an adult.↗ · The Serpent, irritated at the escape of his prey, injected his poison into the drinking horn of the countryman.↗

injection — Everyday, meaning 1: An injection is when a doctor or nurse uses a needle to put medicine into your body through the skin.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An injection can also mean putting a liquid into something with force, like fuel into an engine.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An injection of money or energy means a large amount added to help something.↗ Example: I had an injection at the doctor's today and it only stung for a second.↗ · The nurse gave the baby her injections.↗ · The dentist gave me an injection so I would not feel the drill.↗ · Injections help protect us from serious diseases.↗ · My little brother cried before the injection but not after.↗ · Some people with diabetes need daily injections of insulin.↗ · The school got an injection of money to fix the roof.↗ · The vet gave our cat an injection.↗

injector — Everyday, meaning 1: A device that pushes a liquid or gas into something, for example fuel into a car engine.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A pen-like device that pushes medicine through the skin, such as an adrenaline auto-injector (EpiPen) used for severe allergies.↗ Example: My friend carries an auto-injector because she is allergic to peanuts.↗ · The teacher knows how to use the injector in an emergency.↗ · Keep the injector in a cool, safe place.↗ · The mechanic cleaned the car's fuel injectors.↗ · After using the injector, call an ambulance.↗ · Each injector has a guard to hide the needle.↗

injunction — Everyday, meaning 1: (law) An injunction is an order from a court telling someone that they must or must not do something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) A firm warning or instruction: his mother's injunction to be home before dark.↗ Example: The court issued an injunction to stop the building work.↗ · The company got an injunction against the protesters.↗ · Breaking an injunction can lead to a fine.↗ · Mum's injunction was clear: no screens after bedtime.↗ · The judge refused to grant an injunction.↗ · An injunction can protect a person from someone who has been threatening them.↗ · But mindful of the injunction of Circe, Odysseus brandished his sword, and suffered none to approach until Tiresias had appeared.↗

injure — Everyday, meaning 1: To injure means to hurt a person or an animal so that part of the body is damaged, for example in an accident or a fall.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To injure someone's feelings or pride means to upset them.↗ Example: He injured his knee playing football.↗ · Be careful not to injure yourself on the trampoline.↗ · Two people were injured in the car crash.↗ · The injured bird could not fly.↗ · Running by the pool can injure you if you slip.↗ · She was injured but not badly.↗ · The rescue team carried the injured climber down the mountain.↗ · His pride was injured when he lost.↗ · But his father answered: ‘Both your brothers have injured themselves.↗

injurious — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Causing harm or damage, as in «injurious to health».↗ Example: Smoking is injurious to your health.↗ · Loud noise can be injurious to hearing.↗ · The chemicals were injurious to the fish.↗ · Lack of sleep is injurious to learning.↗ · The judge said the words were injurious to his good name.↗

injury — Everyday, meaning 1: An injury is harm done to a person's or animal's body, such as a cut, a bruise, a broken bone or a burn.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An injury can also mean harm to someone's feelings or reputation (rare for pupils).↗ Example: He had a knee injury and couldn't play football.↗ · Wearing a helmet helps to prevent head injuries.↗ · The rabbit had an injury on its leg, so we took it to the vet.↗ · Luckily, nobody suffered any injuries in the crash.↗ · Tell a teacher straight away if you see an injury in the playground.↗ · Ice on the path can cause injuries.↗ · The doctor cleaned the injury and put on a bandage.↗ · Minor injuries can be treated with first aid.↗ · When he had fallen down again without injury, the giant said: ‘What is this?↗

injustice — Everyday, meaning 1: Injustice is unfairness: a situation where people are not treated equally or are not given what they deserve.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An injustice is a particular unfair act, such as punishing the wrong person.↗ Example: Martin Luther King fought against the injustice of racism.↗ · It was an injustice to blame Tom for the broken window.↗ · She felt a burning sense of injustice.↗ · Slavery was a terrible injustice.↗ · Many people work to end injustice in the world.↗ · You do him an injustice: he is kinder than you think.↗ · A Man once saw a ship go down with all its crew, and commented severely on the injustice of the gods.↗ · Is there injustice on my tongue?↗ (Writings JOB.6.30, JPS 1917)↗ · Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.↗ (Writings PRO.16.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; yea, return again, my cause is righteous.↗ (Writings JOB.6.29, JPS 1917)↗