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internet — Everyday, meaning 1: The internet is the huge worldwide network that links millions of computers, phones and other devices so they can share information, send messages and show websites and videos.↗ Example: I looked up facts about sharks on the internet.↗ · Never give your address to anyone on the internet.↗ · Not everything on the internet is true.↗ · Our internet connection is slow today.↗ · Grandma talks to us on the internet every week.↗ · We learned about internet safety at school.↗ · Ask a parent before you download anything from the internet.↗ · The internet links computers all over the world.↗ · Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, https://archive.sacred-texts.com/jud/yetzirah.htm .↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · Contains Kalisch's pointed Hebrew text (his base text), English translation, preface, notes, glossary.↗ (sacred-texts site errata page not included; Hare's attribution notice kept as in etext.)↗ Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, https://archive.sacred-texts.com/jud/sy/index.htm (etext by J. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

internment — Everyday, meaning 1: Keeping people locked up or held in a place, often during a war, without a normal trial.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The place or time when people are held in this way (an internment camp).↗ Example: During the war, many families were sent to internment camps.↗ · Internment means being held without a fair trial.↗ · The museum tells the story of the internment of local fishermen.↗ · Her grandfather wrote a diary about his internment.↗ · Many people now say the internment was unfair.↗ · Internment is different from prison after a court case.↗

interplanetary — Everyday, meaning 1: Between planets, or travelling from one planet to another.↗ Example: The probe began its long interplanetary journey.↗ · Interplanetary space is almost empty.↗ · In the film, an interplanetary war broke out.↗ · One day people may make interplanetary trips to Mars.↗ · Interplanetary distances are huge.↗ · The comic is about an interplanetary postman.↗

interpolate — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: To put extra words, lines or a new piece into a story or text, often between parts that were already there.↗ Example: He interpolated this division in the Sefer Yetzirah without knowing that by ns:s the original Sefer Y'etzirah meant vowels.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · The teller interpolated a joke into the old story.↗ · She interpolated her own verse between the lines.↗ · Later writers often interpolated new episodes.↗

interpolation — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Something extra added into a text or story that was not there at first.↗ Example: 44) This whole paragraph is an interpolation of an unknown hand, as it can be easily proved.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · But this arrangement is undoubtedly an interpolation of a later time, as the author of the book "Yezirah" lived many years before Ptolemy.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · As such a view is entirely re- pugnant to the modern critical raind, some writers regard this closing Mishnah as a later interpolation.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · The line about the dragon is an interpolation.↗ · Scholars spotted an interpolation in the old song.↗ · This added scene is a later interpolation.↗

interpose — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To interpose something is to place it between two things or people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) To interpose yourself is to step in between people, for example to stop a fight.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) To interpose a remark is to interrupt by saying something.↗ Example: The teacher interposed herself between the two angry boys.↗ · «Wait a moment,» he interposed.↗ · A thick wall was interposed between the street and the garden.↗ · The guard interposed his shield between the knight and the arrow.↗ · She interposed a question in the middle of his speech.↗ · The moon interposes itself between the Earth and the Sun in a solar eclipse.↗ · A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if thou interpose, thou wilt add thereto.↗ (Writings PRO.19.19, JPS 1917)↗

interposition — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Putting something between two other things, or coming between them.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Stepping in between people to stop or change what is happening.↗ Example: The interposition of a cloud hid the sun (formal).↗ · In the painting, the tree in front shows depth by interposition.↗ · The interposition of the teacher stopped the fight.↗ · A wall's interposition blocked the noise.↗ · The judge's interposition changed the decision.↗ · Interposition is one way our eyes judge how far things are.↗

interpret — Everyday, meaning 1: To interpret something is to explain or decide what it means: interpret a poem, interpret a graph.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To interpret is to translate aloud what someone says from one language into another as they speak.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To interpret music, a role or a dance is to perform it in your own way.↗ Example: Can you interpret what this bar chart shows?↗ · I interpreted her smile as a yes.↗ · A teacher interpreted for the new pupil from Poland.↗ · People interpret this poem in many different ways.↗ · The scientist interpreted the results carefully.↗ · Each pianist interprets the music a little differently.↗ · He interpreted the silence as anger.↗ · The Flower understood this, in her way, as we interpret everything in our way.↗ · But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.↗ (Torah GEN.40.22, JPS 1917)↗ · And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was: I was restored unto mine office, and he was hanged.'↗ (Torah GEN.41.13, JPS 1917)↗ · And they said unto him: 'We have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it.'↗ And Joseph said unto them: 'Do not interpretations belong to God? tell it me, I pray you.'↗ (Torah GEN.40.8, JPS 1917)↗ · forasmuch as a surpassing spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and declaring of riddles, and loosing of knots, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar.↗ (Writings DAN.5.12, JPS 1917)↗

interpretation — Everyday, meaning 1: An explanation of what something means.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The way an actor, musician or artist performs or shows something.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Turning spoken words from one language into another.↗ Example: What is your interpretation of the poem?↗ · Write an interpretation of the bar chart.↗ · Each actor gave a different interpretation of the king.↗ · The rule is open to interpretation.↗ · The interpretation of the dream was strange.↗ · Sign language interpretation was given at the concert.↗ · It seems to me to be to a certain extent allegorical, albeit such an interpretation may be unreasonable.↗ · And Joseph answered and said: 'This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days; (Torah GEN.40.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And Joseph said unto him: 'This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days; (Torah GEN.40.12, JPS 1917)↗ · And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.↗ (Torah GEN.41.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Now let Daniel be called, and he will declare the interpretation.'↗ (Writings DAN.5.12, JPS 1917)↗ · So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things: (Writings DAN.7.16, JPS 1917)↗ · Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing?↗ (Writings ECC.8.1, JPS 1917)↗

interpreter — Everyday, meaning 1: An interpreter is a person whose job is to change what someone says from one language into another, out loud, as they speak.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (computing) An interpreter is a computer program that reads and runs code line by line.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An interpreter is someone who explains the meaning of something, like a performer of music or a person who explains a dream or a text.↗ Example: The doctor spoke to the family through an interpreter.↗ · A sign language interpreter stood next to the speaker.↗ · Interpreters at the UN listen and speak at the same time.↗ · My aunt works as a Ukrainian interpreter.↗ · Joseph was the interpreter of Pharaoh's dreams.↗ · Python code runs in an interpreter.↗ · And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for the interpreter was between them.↗ (Torah GEN.42.23, JPS 1917)↗

interred — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Interred means buried; a person who is interred has been placed in a grave or tomb after death.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Interred can also mean placed in a tomb, vault or urn (burial place).↗ Example: The king was interred in Westminster Abbey.↗ · Grandpa's ashes were interred in the churchyard.↗ · The soldiers are interred in a war cemetery in France.↗ · The poet was interred beside his wife.↗ · The plaque says that a famous scientist is interred here.↗ · The ancient Egyptians interred their pharaohs in great tombs.↗ · In the beautiful cathedral the greater number of the kings and queens of Denmark are interred.↗

interrogation — Everyday, meaning 1: An interrogation is long, close questioning of someone, especially by police or soldiers, to get information.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, humorous) An interrogation can be any long string of questions, like from a parent.↗ Example: The police kept the suspect in the interrogation room.↗ · Under interrogation, the thief told the truth.↗ · Mum's interrogation about my muddy shoes lasted ten minutes.↗ · The spy refused to talk during the interrogation.↗ · The detective began the interrogation calmly.↗ · I faced an interrogation from my little sister about Father Christmas.↗

interrogative — Everyday, meaning 1: (grammar) Interrogative means used to ask a question: an interrogative sentence ends with a question mark.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (grammar, noun) An interrogative is a question word, such as who, what, where, when, why, which or how.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) An interrogative look or tone seems to be asking a question.↗ Example: «Where is my bag?» is an interrogative sentence.↗ · Who, what and why are interrogatives.↗ · Turn the statement into the interrogative form.↗ · An interrogative sentence ends with a question mark.↗ · She gave me an interrogative look.↗ · Write three interrogative sentences about the story.↗

interrupt — Everyday, meaning 1: To stop someone while they are speaking or doing something by saying or doing something yourself.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To stop something for a short time.↗ e.g. "Rain interrupted the match."↗ Example: Please don't interrupt when someone is talking.↗ · Sorry to interrupt, but the bell has rung.↗ · The game was interrupted by thunder.↗ · He kept interrupting the teacher.↗ · If someone is hurt, it's OK to interrupt.↗ · A fire alarm interrupted our lesson.↗ · “Now he is dead?”↗ Pinocchio interrupted sorrowfully.↗

interruption — Everyday, meaning 1: An interruption is when someone or something stops a person talking or an activity for a short time.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An interruption is a break in something that should be continuous, like electricity or a TV show.↗ Example: Sorry for the interruption, but the bell has rung.↗ · She talked for an hour without interruption.↗ · There was a power interruption during the storm.↗ · Constant interruptions make it hard to work.↗ · The football match had an interruption for rain.↗ · Put your hand up instead of an interruption.↗ · Demeter, incensed at this untimely interruption, instantly withdrew the child, and throwing him on the ground, revealed herself in her true character.↗

intersection — Everyday, meaning 1: A place where two or more roads meet or cross; a crossroads or junction.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (maths) The point or line where two lines or shapes cross.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (maths) In sets and Venn diagrams, the part where two sets overlap: the things that belong to both.↗ Example: Wait for the green man at the busy intersection.↗ · Turn left at the next intersection.↗ · The two lines meet at the point of intersection.↗ · In the Venn diagram, children who like cats and dogs go in the intersection.↗ · The intersection of the sets {1, 2, 3} and {2, 3, 4} is {2, 3}.↗ · There is a traffic light at every intersection on our street.↗ · Two straight lines that cross have exactly one intersection.↗

intersperse — Everyday, meaning 1: To scatter or place things here and there among other things.↗ Example: Flowers were interspersed among the green bushes.↗ · The story is interspersed with songs.↗ · Trees were interspersed with the tall grass.↗

interstice — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) A very small gap or space between things that are close together.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) A small gap in time or in a set of ideas.↗ Example: Water fills the interstices between the grains of sand.↗ · Tiny plants grew in the interstices of the old wall.↗ · Air moves through the interstices in the soil.↗ · Light came through the interstices of the fence.↗ · Small insects hide in the interstices of tree bark.↗ · In the interstices of her busy day, she read a few pages.↗

intertidal — Everyday, meaning 1: Intertidal describes the strip of seashore that is under water at high tide and out in the air at low tide.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Intertidal plants and animals live in that strip and can survive both wet and dry times.↗ Example: We studied the intertidal zone on our school trip to the beach.↗ · Limpets cling to rocks in the intertidal area.↗ · The intertidal zone is covered twice a day by the sea.↗ · Barnacles are intertidal animals.↗ · Rock pools form in the intertidal zone at low tide.↗ · Intertidal creatures must survive heat, cold and waves.↗ · Always check the tide before exploring intertidal rocks.↗

intertwine — Everyday, meaning 1: To twist or wind together so that the parts become mixed up and linked.↗ Example: The two vines intertwined around the tree.↗ · Their fingers intertwined as they held hands.↗ · Snakes intertwined in her hair.↗

interval — Everyday, meaning 1: An interval is a period of time between two events.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An interval is a space or gap between two things or points.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In the UK, an interval is a short break in the middle of a play, concert or show (an intermission in the US).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In maths, an interval is the range of numbers between two values, or the step between marks on a scale.↗ Example: Buses leave at intervals of fifteen minutes.↗ · Mark the number line at intervals of ten.↗ · We had ice cream in the interval of the play.↗ · Plant the seeds at intervals of 20 centimetres.↗ · The weather forecast says rain with sunny intervals.↗ · Take the medicine at regular intervals.↗ · There was a short interval between the thunder and the lightning.↗ · These races, like the Olympic Games, were celebrated at intervals of four years, and were called Herae.↗