📖 I — The English dictionary · page 32

intervene — Everyday, meaning 1: To get involved in a situation to stop it or change it, especially to help.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To come between two times or events, as in «in the intervening years».↗ Example: The teacher intervened before the fight started.↗ · If you see bullying, tell an adult so they can intervene.↗ · The referee had to intervene.↗ · Rain intervened and the match was stopped.↗ · In the intervening weeks she practised hard.↗ · The government intervened to help farmers.↗ · Bernini was summoned by the King from Rome, and entrusted with the task; but the brothers Perrault intervened.↗ · To intervene in any thing, to mediate the peace, accomodate a quarrel.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

intervening — Everyday, meaning 1: Coming or lying between two things, places or times (the intervening weeks, the intervening hills).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb form) Stepping in to stop or change something (the teacher is intervening).↗ Example: We met in spring and again in autumn; in the intervening months we wrote letters.↗ · The intervening hills hid the sea from view.↗ · The intervening pages explain how the machine works.↗ · A teacher is intervening to stop the argument.↗ · In the intervening time, finish your reading.↗ · Nothing important happened in the intervening days.↗

intervention — Everyday, meaning 1: An intervention is when someone steps in to change what is happening, especially to stop a problem or help.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (school) An intervention is extra help given to pupils who need it, such as a reading group.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (medicine) A medical intervention is a treatment or operation.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (politics) Intervention is when a country gets involved in another country's affairs, sometimes with soldiers.↗ Example: Thanks to the teacher's quick intervention, nobody got hurt.↗ · I go to a reading intervention group on Tuesdays.↗ · Early intervention can stop small problems getting big.↗ · The doctors said no intervention was needed.↗ · The goal was saved by the goalkeeper's last-second intervention.↗ · Many people argued about the military intervention.↗

intervertebral — Everyday, meaning 1: (biology) Between the bones of the spine (vertebrae).↗ Intervertebral discs are soft cushions between the vertebrae.↗ Example: Intervertebral discs cushion the bones in your back.↗ · The intervertebral discs act like shock absorbers.↗ · A slipped disc is a damaged intervertebral disc.↗ · Lift heavy bags with bent knees to protect your intervertebral discs.↗ · You are slightly taller in the morning because your intervertebral discs have rested.↗ · Each intervertebral disc has a soft middle.↗

interview — Everyday, meaning 1: An interview is a meeting where someone asks a person questions, for a job, a school place or a news story.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To interview someone is to ask them questions to find out about them.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A conversation recorded for TV, radio or a newspaper.↗ Example: Dad has a job interview tomorrow.↗ · We interviewed our grandparents about their childhood.↗ · The footballer gave an interview after the match.↗ · The police interviewed three witnesses.↗ · Prepare questions before your interview.↗ · The TV show interviewed a famous scientist.↗ · Then the Dragon King interviewed the doctor and blamed him for not curing the Queen.↗

interviewee — Everyday, meaning 1: The person who is asked questions in an interview, for example for a job, a school place, a newspaper or a TV programme.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person who answers the questions in a survey or research study.↗ Example: The interviewee sat down and smiled nervously.↗ · Our interviewee for the school magazine was the head teacher.↗ · Each interviewee answered the same five questions.↗ · The reporter thanked the interviewee at the end.↗ · In the role play, Sam was the interviewer and I was the interviewee.↗ · The interviewee told us what school was like in 1960.↗ · A good interviewer lets the interviewee finish speaking.↗

interviewer — Everyday, meaning 1: The person who asks the questions in an interview, for example on TV, radio, in a newspaper or for a job.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person who asks people questions for a survey or a study.↗ Example: The interviewer asked me why I wanted to join the club.↗ · A famous interviewer spoke to the prime minister on the radio.↗ · As the interviewer, you should ask open questions.↗ · The interviewer wrote down every answer.↗ · Our class interviewer asked the firefighter about his job.↗ · The interviewer was kind, so I stopped feeling nervous.↗ · A survey interviewer knocked on our door and asked about recycling.↗

intestine — Everyday, meaning 1: The intestines are the long tubes in your belly that food passes through after the stomach.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The small intestine takes the useful parts of food into the blood.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The large intestine takes in water and pushes out waste as poo.↗ Example: Food goes from your stomach into your small intestine.↗ · The small intestine is longer than the large intestine.↗ · The large intestine soaks up water from waste.↗ · Your intestines are coiled up inside your belly.↗ · We drew the digestive system with the intestines in it.↗ · Fibre in fruit and vegetables helps your intestines work well.↗ · A cow has very long intestines to digest grass.↗ · The doctor said the pain was in his intestine.↗ · Postellus then gives, " intestina, vesica, arterise ", the intestines, bladder and arteries; Rittangelius gives the same.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · He produced Nun, predominant in smell, crowned, combined, and formed Scorpio in the world, Marchesvan in the year, and the intestines in man.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · The twelve organs of the human body are: two hands, two feet, two kidneys, gall, small intestines, liver, gullet [39] or esophagus, stomach and milt.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

intimate — Everyday, meaning 1: Very close and friendly, sharing secrets.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Deep and detailed, known very well.↗ Example: The two friends were intimate and told each other everything.↗ · We shall travel as intimate friends.↗ · She had an intimate knowledge of the forest.↗ · Instead, the SY may be intimating a twofold pronunciation of Resh known among certain mediveal Jewish communities in Babylonia and elsewhere, which does indeed preserve a distinguish between ‘single’ Resh and ‘double’ Resh.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · All my intimate friends abhor me; and they whom I loved are turned against me.↗ (Writings JOB.19.19, JPS 1917)↗

intimately — Everyday, meaning 1: In a very close, detailed way; very well, from long experience.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In a very close and personal way, as between close family, best friends or partners.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Very closely connected, so that one thing affects the other.↗ Example: The old fisherman knew the river intimately.↗ · Weather and farming are intimately linked.↗ · She knew every corner of the castle intimately.↗ · The two friends talked intimately by the fire.↗ · Plants and bees are intimately connected.↗ · The guide knew the mountain paths intimately after forty years.↗ · Our health is intimately tied to what we eat and how we sleep.↗ · Bernhard Schmidt's excellent work is full of examples which prove how intimately they are connected.↗ · The text is intimately concerned with the role of language in the Work of Creation.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

intimidate — Everyday, meaning 1: To frighten or threaten someone, especially to make them do what you want.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To make someone feel nervous, shy or less confident, even without meaning to.↗ Example: The older boys tried to intimidate him into giving them his lunch money.↗ · Don't let anyone intimidate you – tell a teacher.↗ · The big dog's growl intimidated the postman.↗ · I felt intimidated on my first day at the new school.↗ · The team's haka can intimidate their opponents.↗ · The long maths test looked intimidating, but it was fine.↗ · Intimidating someone online is still bullying.↗

intimidation — Everyday, meaning 1: Intimidation is frightening someone, often with threats, so that they do what you want or are too scared to act.↗ Example: Intimidation is a kind of bullying and is never okay.↗ · The big boys used intimidation to take the younger children's ball.↗ · Tell a teacher if you face intimidation online.↗ · The witness refused to speak because of intimidation.↗ · There was no intimidation; she agreed freely.↗ · Police are investigating claims of intimidation.↗

into — Everyday, meaning 1: Into means to the inside of something: jump into the pool.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Into shows a change of form or state: water turns into ice.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Into shows parts or groups something is made into: cut into 8 pieces.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Into can mean hitting something: bump into a door.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In maths, «2 into 10» means 10 divided by 2 («2 into 10 goes 5 times»).↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (casual) To be into something is to like it a lot: she's really into football; «not into it» means not keen.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (rough) «Lay into someone» or «tear into someone» means attack them, often with angry words.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: (formal) The exam voice says «partitioned into», «subdivided into», «converted into», «deposited into», «allocated into».↗ Everyday, meaning 9: Break into can mean suddenly starting to do something, such as singing or laughing.↗ Example: Ben splits 6 cards equally into 3 boxes.↗ · 4 books are put into 2 equal groups.↗ · Cut the cake into 8 pieces.↗ · The frog jumped into the pond.↗ · A caterpillar turns into a butterfly.↗ · Put the toys into the box.↗ · I bumped into my teacher at the shop.↗ · Mia is really into dinosaurs.↗ · How many times does 4 go into 20?↗ · nah not into footy, i'll come watch tho↗ · Coach really laid into us after we lost 5–0.↗ · A collection of 24 stamps is partitioned into 4 subsets of equal cardinality; state the cardinality of each subset.↗ · And they brought Joseph into Egypt.↗ (Torah GEN.37.28, JPS 1917)↗ · And he put them all together into ward three days.↗ (Torah GEN.42.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.↗ (Torah GEN.31.33, JPS 1917)↗ · Who will bring me into the fortified city?↗ (Writings PSA.60.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended?↗ (Writings PRO.30.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And they rushed into the Jordan before the king.↗ (Prophets 2SA.19.18, JPS 1917)↗

intolerable — Everyday, meaning 1: Intolerable means too bad, painful or annoying to put up with.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Intolerable behaviour is behaviour that will not be accepted at all.↗ Example: The heat in the tent was intolerable.↗ · The noise from the building site became intolerable.↗ · Bullying is intolerable at our school.↗ · The pain in his tooth was almost intolerable.↗ · The waiting felt intolerable.↗ · The king's taxes were intolerable to the poor.↗ · Living next to the motorway was intolerable for them.↗ · "Have you any milk in the house?" he asked; "if so, give me some to drink; my thirst is intolerable."↗

intolerance — Everyday, meaning 1: Not being willing to accept people whose ideas, beliefs, habits or ways of life are different from yours.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (health) When your body cannot deal well with a certain food or medicine and it makes you feel unwell.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Not being able to bear something, such as heat, cold or pain.↗ Example: Intolerance can lead to bullying and unfairness.↗ · The school stands against racism and intolerance.↗ · My brother has lactose intolerance, so he drinks oat milk.↗ · A food intolerance is not the same as an allergy.↗ · History shows how religious intolerance drove many families from their homes.↗ · Grandad has an intolerance to heat and stays inside at midday.↗ · We learned that kindness is the answer to intolerance.↗

intolerant — Everyday, meaning 1: Intolerant means not willing to accept people whose ideas, beliefs or ways are different from yours.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: If you are intolerant of a food, your body cannot digest it well and it makes you feel ill.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Intolerant of something means unable to put up with it, like noise or cold.↗ Example: My brother is lactose intolerant, so he drinks oat milk.↗ · It is wrong to be intolerant of people from other religions.↗ · Some plants are intolerant of frost.↗ · The old man was intolerant of noise.↗ · An intolerant person may refuse to listen to other views.↗ · She found out she was gluten intolerant.↗ · Our class talked about how to stand up to intolerant comments.↗

intonation — Everyday, meaning 1: The rise and fall of your voice when you speak, which can change the meaning: a question often goes up at the end.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (music) Singing or playing exactly in tune.↗ Example: Use rising intonation when you ask a yes-no question.↗ · Her intonation showed she was joking.↗ · Reading aloud with good intonation makes a story come alive.↗ · The violinist worked on her intonation.↗ · In some Australian and New Zealand speech, statements end with a rising intonation.↗ · Intonation can turn Really. into Really?↗ · No explanation could convey an adequate idea of the intonation and pronunciation which Uncle Remus brought to bear upon this wonderful word.↗

intone — Everyday, meaning 1: To say something slowly in a steady, flat voice, almost like singing on one note.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church) To sing or chant words of a prayer or service on one note, as a priest or choir does.↗ Example: The priest intoned the opening prayer.↗ · «Silence in the library,» the librarian intoned.↗ · The wizard raised his staff and intoned a spell.↗ · The monks intoned the psalm in a low voice.↗ · The robot intoned, «Please enter the password.»↗ · Mr Shaw intoned the list of names without looking up.↗ · The choir intoned the same note again and again.↗

intoxicated — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal, law) Drunk, or affected by drugs, so that you cannot think or act normally.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Very excited and happy, as if drunk: intoxicated by success.↗ Example: It is illegal to drive while intoxicated.↗ · The police said the man was intoxicated.↗ · The team was intoxicated by their win.↗ · Alcohol is not safe for children's growing bodies.↗ · She felt intoxicated by the smell of roses.↗ · Intoxicated people may fall and hurt themselves.↗ · Of the latter he drank so freely that he presently became intoxicated.↗