📖 I — The English dictionary · page 3

idolater — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use) A person who worships an idol, a statue or image treated as a god.↗ Example: The prince stayed in the town of the idolaters.↗ · Old stories call people who bowed to statues idolaters.↗ · The hero warned the idolaters to stop.↗

idolatrous — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Having to do with idols, or with worshipping idols as gods.↗ Example: And I will stretch out My hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the idolatrous priests with the priests; (Prophets ZEP.1.4, JPS 1917)↗

idolatry — Everyday, meaning 1: (Bible, church) Worshipping idols, meaning statues or objects treated as gods, which the Bible forbids.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Loving or admiring something or someone far too much, as if it were a god.↗ Example: In the Bible, the Israelites fell into idolatry when they worshipped the golden calf.↗ · The Ten Commandments forbid idolatry.↗ · Christians believe loving money more than God is a kind of idolatry.↗ · The prophets warned the people against idolatry.↗ · Some people's love of football is almost idolatry.↗ · For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim.↗ (Prophets 1SA.15.23, JPS 1917)↗

idolise — Everyday, meaning 1: To admire or love someone very much, often too much, as if they were perfect — a star, a sports player or an older brother or sister.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (religion) Literally, to treat something as an idol to worship; Jews, Christians and Muslims teach that worshipping idols is wrong.↗ Example: My little brother idolises his favourite footballer and copies his haircut.↗ · She idolised her big sister and followed her everywhere.↗ · Millions of fans idolise the singer.↗ · It's fine to admire people, but don't idolise them; everyone makes mistakes.↗ · As a boy he idolised the astronauts on the Moon.↗ · The Bible warns against idolising things like money.↗

ie — Everyday, meaning 1: (abbreviation) i.e. is short for the Latin id est, meaning that is or in other words; it explains more exactly what was just said.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (abbreviation, computing) .ie is the internet ending for websites from Ireland.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (spelling) ie is a common pair of letters in English words, as in the rule i before e except after c.↗ Example: Bring something to write with, i.e. a pen or pencil.↗ · We meet on the last day of term, i.e. Friday.↗ · Mammals are warm-blooded, i.e. they keep a steady body heat.↗ · The website ends in .ie, so it's from Ireland.↗ · Believe and field follow the ie rule.↗ · Science and weird break the i before e rule.↗

if — Everyday, meaning 1: If says what would happen when something else happens.↗ e.g. If it rains, we stay in.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: If means whether.↗ e.g. Ask if she can come.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «What if» asks about something imagined.↗ e.g. What if pigs could fly?↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «If only» shows a strong wish.↗ e.g. If only I had a dog!↗ Everyday, meaning 5: «As if» means as though: he acts as if he is the boss.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (casual) «As if!» means no way; «no ifs, no buts» means no excuses; «if you say so» means I don't really believe you.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (rough) «If you touch my bike, you're dead» is a threat or a bluff, said to scare.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: (formal) The exam voice says «provided that», «in the event that», «on condition that», «should …»↗ («Should the price rise …»), «given that», «assuming that».↗ Example: If I put one more apple on the table, how many apples will there be?↗ · If a friend gives you more, you have more: add.↗ · If each bag has 5 pears, how many pears are in 4 bags?↗ · If it rains, we will play inside.↗ · If you heat ice, it melts.↗ · Ask Mum if I can stay for dinner.↗ · What if the dog runs away?↗ · If you feel sick, tell the teacher.↗ · If only it was Saturday!↗ · Touch my bike and you're dead.↗ · «I'll tidy up later.»↗ «Yeah, if you say so.»↗ · In the event that each container holds 5 pears, determine the number of pears contained within 4 such containers.↗ · "But if I can't?" said Jack.↗ · If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.↗ (Torah GEN.4.24, JPS 1917)↗ · But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life, (Torah EXO.21.23, JPS 1917)↗ · But if the scall spread abroad in the skin after his cleansing, (Torah LEV.13.35, JPS 1917)↗ · Declare, if thou hast the understanding.↗ (Writings JOB.38.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Declare, if thou knowest it all.↗ (Writings JOB.38.18, JPS 1917)↗ · If a man die, may he live again?↗ (Writings JOB.14.14, JPS 1917)↗

ig — Everyday, meaning 1: (slang, abbreviation) IG is short for Instagram, a social media app for photos and videos.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (texting) «ig» can be short for «I guess».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (abbreviation) IG can stand for Inspector General, a person who checks that an organisation follows the rules.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (fragment) «ig» is also a word part, as in «igloo» or «pig», and «Ig» is in «Ig Nobel Prize», a joke prize for funny real science.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (biology) Ig is short for immunoglobulin, an antibody.↗ Example: My big sister posted a photo on IG.↗ · «Are you coming to the park?» — «ig» (I guess).↗ · You must be 13 to have an IG account.↗ · The Ig Nobel Prize once went to a study of why woodpeckers don't get headaches.↗ · The IG report checked how the money was spent.↗ · The doctor tested her Ig levels.↗ · Hugo Winckler (Die Babylonische Kullur, Lei[ /.ig 190i (P. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

igloo — Everyday, meaning 1: A dome-shaped shelter built from blocks of hard snow, made by Inuit people in the Arctic for hunting trips.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Anything shaped like a dome, such as an igloo tent or a dome-shaped bin.↗ Example: The Inuit hunters built an igloo for the night.↗ · It is warmer inside an igloo than outside in the wind.↗ · We tried to build an igloo in the snow.↗ · The igloo has a low tunnel for a door.↗ · Our tent is shaped like an igloo.↗ · Snow blocks were cut with a long knife to make the igloo.↗

igneous — Everyday, meaning 1: Igneous rock is rock formed when hot melted rock (magma or lava) cools and becomes hard.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Igneous can describe anything to do with fire or volcanoes (rare).↗ Example: Granite is an igneous rock.↗ · Igneous rocks form from cooled lava or magma.↗ · Basalt is a dark igneous rock from volcanoes.↗ · Pumice is an igneous rock so light it can float.↗ · We sorted our rocks into igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic.↗ · Igneous rock that cools slowly underground has large crystals.↗ · The volcano left a layer of igneous rock.↗ · Is obsidian igneous?↗ Yes, it is volcanic glass.↗

ignite — Everyday, meaning 1: To ignite is to start burning or to make something start burning.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To ignite a feeling or interest is to make it suddenly strong.↗ Example: The match ignited with a small flash.↗ · Petrol can ignite very easily, so keep it away from flames.↗ · The rocket's engines ignited and it lifted off.↗ · Dry leaves ignited when a spark landed on them.↗ · The science show ignited her interest in space.↗ · Never try to ignite fireworks without an adult.↗ · During this festival it was customary for shepherds to ignite a mass of straw, through which they rushed with their flocks, believing that this ordeal would purify them from sin.↗

igniter — Everyday, meaning 1: A device or part that starts a fire or makes a fuel catch light, such as the clicker on a gas cooker or barbecue.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A small substance or charge that sets off a bigger burning, as in rockets and fireworks.↗ Example: The igniter on the barbecue clicks and makes a spark.↗ · Our gas cooker has an igniter, so we don't need matches.↗ · The rocket's igniter lit the fuel and it whooshed into the sky.↗ · The boiler would not start because the igniter was broken.↗ · Never play with lighters or igniters.↗ · The model rocket kit came with a small electric igniter.↗

ignition — Everyday, meaning 1: Ignition is the moment something catches fire or starts burning.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The ignition in a car is the switch, often turned with a key or a button, that starts the engine.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science) Ignition is the start of burning in an engine or rocket when fuel is lit.↗ Example: Mum turned the key in the ignition and the car started.↗ · «Three, two, one, ignition, lift-off!»↗ · Never leave the keys in the ignition.↗ · A spark caused the ignition of the gas.↗ · Ignition needs heat, fuel and oxygen.↗ · The firefighters found the point of ignition in the kitchen.↗ · The rocket's engines roared at ignition.↗

ignoble — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Not noble; low, shameful, or of no honour.↗ Example: They are children of churls, yea, children of ignoble men; they were scourged out of the land.↗ (Writings JOB.30.8, JPS 1917)↗

ignominiously — Everyday, meaning 1: In a way that causes great shame or embarrassment in front of others; humiliatingly.↗ Example: The barge-woman threw Toad ignominiously into the canal.↗ · The proud champion was ignominiously beaten in the first round.↗ · The thief was ignominiously caught with his hand in the cake tin.↗ · The villain fled ignominiously.↗ · Our big plan ended ignominiously when the tent fell down.↗ · The bully slipped ignominiously in the mud.↗ · But when he saw that his bride and Prince Ivan were being escorted home together, he turned back again ignominiously.↗

ignominy — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Public shame and disgrace.↗ Example: When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.↗ (Writings PRO.18.3, JPS 1917)↗ · If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head — being filled with ignominy and looking upon mine affliction.↗ (Writings JOB.10.15, JPS 1917)↗

ignorance — Everyday, meaning 1: Not knowing about something; lack of knowledge or information.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Rude or unfriendly behaviour that comes from not knowing or not caring how others feel (in UK English «ignorant» can also mean rude).↗ Example: Ignorance about germs made illnesses spread in the past.↗ · He said the wrong thing out of ignorance, not to be mean.↗ · «Ignorance is bliss,» said Mum when I asked how much the dentist costs.↗ · Learning about other cultures helps fight ignorance.↗ · Ignorance of the rules is no excuse for cheating.↗ · I admit my ignorance — I didn't know spiders aren't insects.↗ · “And who is this Pinocchio?” asked the Marionette, feigning ignorance.↗ · These are double, because their opposites take part in life, opposed to Life is Death; to Peace, War; to Riches, Poverty; to Beauty or Reputation, Deformity or Disrepute; to Wisdom, Ignorance; to Fruitfulness, Sterility; to Power, Slavery.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

ignorant — Everyday, meaning 1: Not knowing about something; without information: «ignorant of the rules».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Without much education or knowledge in general.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, UK and Ireland) Rude or bad-mannered, for example not saying hello: «Don't be so ignorant!».↗ Example: I was ignorant of the rule, so I didn't know I couldn't run in the hall.↗ · The settlers were ignorant of the dangers of the desert.↗ · It is not a crime to be ignorant; it just means you have more to learn.↗ · That was an ignorant comment about other countries.↗ · Don't be ignorant — say thank you to the driver!↗ (UK)↗ · People long ago were ignorant of germs.↗ · The vizier's son pretended to be utterly ignorant of the place and people.↗ · Now, he knew that his version of the Sefer Yetzirah contained many mistakes, that ignorant people had blended the original and an early commen- tary"), and consequently the original text did not exist.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.↗ (Writings PSA.73.22, JPS 1917)↗

ignore — Everyday, meaning 1: To pay no attention to someone or something on purpose.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To not do anything about something you should notice: ignore a warning.↗ Example: She ignored me when I said hello.↗ · Try to ignore people who are mean, and tell an adult.↗ · Never ignore a fire alarm.↗ · He ignored the warning sign and got stung.↗ · Ignore messages from people you don't know.↗ · Don't ignore pain — tell someone.↗ · The dog ignored the ball and went to sleep.↗ · It's unkind to ignore a new classmate.↗ · They affected to ignore her as of an inferior social status to themselves, and she despised their light talk.↗