📖 I — The English dictionary · page 38

islamic — Everyday, meaning 1: Islamic means belonging to or connected with Islam, the religion of Muslims, who believe in one God (Allah) and follow the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad and the Qur'an.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Islamic describes art, buildings, law, history and culture shaped by Islam, such as Islamic patterns or Islamic architecture.↗ Example: Islamic art often uses beautiful geometric patterns.↗ · Eid is an important Islamic festival.↗ · We visited a museum of Islamic history.↗ · Islamic scholars in Baghdad made great discoveries in maths and astronomy.↗ · The mosque has fine Islamic tiles and a dome.↗ · In maths, we drew Islamic star patterns with a compass.↗

islamophobia — Everyday, meaning 1: Islamophobia is hatred, fear or unfair treatment of Muslims or of Islam.↗ Example: Islamophobia is a kind of prejudice.↗ · The school spoke out against Islamophobia.↗ · Calling a girl names because of her headscarf is Islamophobia.↗ · People of many faiths work together against Islamophobia.↗ · The news reported a rise in Islamophobia.↗ · Respect for all faiths helps stop Islamophobia.↗

island — Everyday, meaning 1: An island is a piece of land with water all around it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An island is anything that stands alone, surrounded by something different, like a traffic island in a road or a kitchen island.↗ Example: Ireland is an island in the Atlantic Ocean.↗ · We took a ferry to the island.↗ · New Zealand is made up of two main islands and many smaller ones.↗ · Hawaii's islands were made by volcanoes.↗ · The castaway lived alone on a desert island.↗ · Wait on the traffic island before crossing the second lane.↗ · Robinson Crusoe was stranded on an island.↗ · We ate breakfast at the kitchen island.↗ · Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare His praise in the islands.↗ (Prophets ISA.42.12, JPS 1917)↗ · According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay, fury to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies; to the islands He will repay recompense.↗ (Prophets ISA.59.18, JPS 1917)↗ · I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.↗ (Prophets ISA.42.15, JPS 1917)↗

islander — Everyday, meaning 1: An islander is a person who lives on an island, or was born on one.↗ Example: The islanders take the ferry to the mainland.↗ · Torres Strait Islanders are one of Australia's First Peoples.↗ · The islanders welcomed the visitors.↗ · She is a proud islander from Orkney.↗ · The islanders fish and grow vegetables.↗ · Pacific Islanders sailed great distances in canoes.↗ · All this Sentaro soon found out by talking to the islanders.↗

islay — Everyday, meaning 1: (a name) Islay is an island off the west coast of Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides, famous for whisky distilleries, peat, birds and wild geese.↗ It is said EYE-luh, not iss-lay.↗ Example: Islay is an island in Scotland.↗ · We took the ferry to Islay.↗ · Thousands of geese spend the winter on Islay.↗ · Islay is said EYE-luh.↗ · Farmers on Islay cut peat for fires.↗ · Islay has beautiful sandy beaches.↗

isle — Everyday, meaning 1: An island, especially a small one or one in a name, mainly used in poems and place names.↗ Example: The Isle of Wight is off the south coast of England.↗ · We went on holiday to the Isle of Man.↗ · Ireland is called the Emerald Isle.↗ · The pirate's map showed a small isle.↗ · The British Isles include Great Britain, Ireland and many smaller islands.↗ · The poem was about a peaceful green isle.↗ · Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.↗ (Torah GEN.10.5, JPS 1917)↗ · The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad.↗ (Writings PSA.97.1, JPS 1917)↗ · The isles saw, and feared; the ends of the earth trembled; they drew near, and came.↗ (Prophets ISA.41.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.↗ (Writings EST.10.1, JPS 1917)↗

islet — Everyday, meaning 1: A very small island with water all around it.↗ Example: The seals rested on a rocky islet.↗ · We rowed to the islet in a little boat.↗ · The fisherman lived alone on the islet.↗

isn — Everyday, meaning 1: Not a full word: «isn» is the first part of the short form «isn't», which means «is not».↗ Written alone it appears only when the apostrophe and «t» are cut off.↗ Example: It isn't raining any more.↗ · This isn't my coat.↗ · Isn't that your teacher over there?↗ · The answer isn't 12; it's 13.↗ · She's in your class, isn't she?↗ · The shop isn't open on Sundays.↗ · Nana, it isn’t six o’clock yet.↗ · nB3 mynp nna ni2isn hpa graved by the voice, hewn out :mDipD nti-ens in the air, and fixed in the moutli in five places.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

isogram — Everyday, meaning 1: An isogram is a word in which no letter appears more than once, such as «dog», «planet» or «uncopyrightable».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (geography) An isogram is also a line on a map joining places that have the same value, such as the same temperature or height; isotherms and contour lines are kinds of isograms.↗ Example: «Lamp» is an isogram because no letter repeats.↗ · «Letter» is not an isogram, because it has two t's and two e's.↗ · Can you find a ten-letter isogram?↗ · «Background» is an isogram.↗ · We played a game to write the longest isogram.↗ · On the weather map, an isogram joined places with the same temperature.↗ · Contour lines are a kind of isogram.↗ · «Isogram» itself is an isogram!↗

isolate — Everyday, meaning 1: To keep a person or thing apart from others, especially to stop a disease spreading.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To separate one thing from a mixture or group so you can study it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To make someone feel alone and left out.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (maths) To get one letter or number on its own on one side of an equation.↗ Example: The doctor told him to isolate at home until his fever went away.↗ · Scientists isolated the germ that caused the illness.↗ · To find x, isolate it on one side of the equation.↗ · In a fair test we isolate one variable and keep the others the same.↗ · Leaving a classmate out of every game can isolate them.↗ · The snowstorm isolated the village for three days.↗ · The farm is isolated, ten miles from the nearest shop.↗

isolated — Everyday, meaning 1: An isolated place is far away from other places, towns or people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An isolated person feels alone or has little contact with others.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An isolated event happens only once or rarely, not as part of a pattern.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Isolated means kept apart from others, for example to stop an illness spreading.↗ Example: The farm is very isolated, an hour from the nearest shop.↗ · After moving to a new town she felt isolated.↗ · Patients with the illness were isolated in a special ward.↗ · It was an isolated shower; the rest of the day was sunny.↗ · The island was isolated by the storm, with no boats for a week.↗ · Scientists isolated the chemical from the plant.↗ · If a friend seems isolated, ask them to join in.↗ · My rays could only light up isolated notes, so the greater part of what was written there will ever remain dark to me.↗

isolation — Everyday, meaning 1: Being alone or far away from other people or places.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Keeping a sick person or thing apart from others so that an illness does not spread.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science) Separating one thing from others so you can study it alone (in isolation).↗ Example: The lighthouse keeper lived in isolation on the rock.↗ · The sick puppy was kept in isolation so others would not catch it.↗ · Isolation can make people feel lonely and sad.↗ · In our experiment we tested the amount of water in isolation.↗ · The island's isolation means boats come only once a week.↗ · The doctor said to stay in isolation for a few days.↗ · Do not look at one fact in isolation; look at the whole picture.↗

israeli — Everyday, meaning 1: adjective From or belonging to the modern country of Israel.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: noun A person from Israel.↗ Example: Hummus and falafel are popular in Israeli food.↗ · An Israeli scientist won the prize.↗ · Israelis speak Hebrew and many also speak Arabic or English.↗ · The Israeli and Palestinian children both want peace.↗ · The Israeli flag is blue and white with a star.↗

israelite — Everyday, meaning 1: (Bible) An Israelite was a member of the ancient people of Israel, the descendants of Jacob, whose stories are told in the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Israelite describes things belonging to that ancient people.↗ Example: Moses led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt.↗ · The Israelites wandered in the desert for forty years.↗ · God gave the Israelites manna to eat.↗ · The Israelites crossed the Red Sea on dry land.↗ · Pharaoh would not let the Israelites go.↗ · The Israelites were made up of twelve tribes.↗

israelites — Everyday, meaning 1: (Bible) The Israelites were the people of ancient Israel, the descendants of Jacob (also called Israel) and his twelve sons, whose story is told in the Hebrew Bible.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An Israelite is one person of that people.↗ Example: Pharaoh made the Israelites build cities.↗ · Moses led the Israelites across the Red Sea.↗ · The Israelites ate manna in the desert.↗ · God gave the Israelites the Ten Commandments.↗ · The walls of Jericho fell when the Israelites shouted.↗ · The twelve tribes of the Israelites came from Jacob's sons.↗ · And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the cattle of the Israelites dead.↗ (Torah EXO.9.7, JPS 1917)↗ · So they did unto all the Israelites that came thither in Shiloh.↗ (Prophets 1SA.2.14, JPS 1917)↗ · Now the Philistines gathered together all their hosts to Aphek; and the Israelites pitched by the fountain which is in Jezreel.↗ (Prophets 1SA.29.1, JPS 1917)↗ · And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were affrighted.↗ (Prophets 2SA.4.1, JPS 1917)↗

issue — Everyday, meaning 1: An issue is an important subject or problem people talk about: environmental issues.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) An issue is a problem or worry.↗ e.g. "I have an issue with my phone."↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An issue of a magazine or comic is one copy of it printed at a time.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To issue something is to give it out officially, like tickets, books or a warning.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (formal) The issue of something is the act of giving it out.↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: In these texts it means a flow or discharge from the body, or something that comes out or proceeds from a source.↗ Example: Pollution is a big issue for our planet.↗ · The library issued me three books.↗ · What's the issue?↗ You look upset.↗ · The weather office issued a storm warning.↗ · I bought the latest issue of my comic.↗ · My brother has issues with getting up early.↗ · Each pupil was issued a new pencil, 30 pencils in all.↗ · I take issue with that idea.↗ · The rat raja issued an order at once to that effect to his army.↗ · And what saddle soever he that hath the issue rideth upon shall be unclean.↗ (Torah LEV.15.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.↗ (Torah LEV.15.4, JPS 1917)↗ · But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.↗ (Torah LEV.15.28, JPS 1917)↗ · Above all that thou guardest keep thy heart; for out of it are the issues of life.↗ (Writings PRO.4.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, and issued out of the womb; (Writings JOB.38.8, JPS 1917)↗ · God is unto us a God of deliverances; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues of death.↗ (Writings PSA.68.21, JPS 1917)↗ · And what saddle soever he that hath the issue rideth upon shall be unclean.↗ (Torah LEV.15.9, JPS 1917) · From this day we shall issue orders to our armies to oppress all the subjects of this kingdom.↗ (Indian Fairy Tales) · Three Mothers and Three Fathers; and thence issue Fire, Air, and Water.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

issuer — Everyday, meaning 1: An issuer is a person, company or government that gives out something official, like cards, tickets, passports, money or shares.↗ Example: The bank is the issuer of my mum's debit card.↗ · Contact the card issuer if your card is lost.↗ · The government is the issuer of passports.↗ · The Royal Mint is the issuer of British coins.↗ · The issuer of the gift card can tell you the balance.↗ · The ticket issuer printed the date on each ticket.↗

issuing — Everyday, meaning 1: Giving out or officially supplying something (issuing tickets, issuing books).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Officially making something public (issuing a warning, issuing a statement).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal, old) Coming or flowing out (smoke issuing from the chimney).↗ Example: The librarian is issuing new library cards today.↗ · The weather office is issuing a flood warning.↗ · The teacher was issuing worksheets to every table.↗ · Smoke was issuing from the chimney (formal).↗ · The bank is issuing new coins.↗ · The office is issuing passports more slowly this month.↗ · They are issuing a statement about the school closure.↗ · Never were their hearts gladdened by the song and dance of the children issuing forth from amongst the ancient oaks of the forest.↗