I — The school dictionary · page 71 2 3 4 5 6 7 8intermittentStopping and starting again and again; not continuous.7 sentencesinternAn intern is a student or young person who works somewhere for a short time to learn the job, sometimes without pay.10 sentencesinternalInside something, especially inside the body, a building or a country.8 sentencesinternallyInternally means inside something, such as inside the body, a building or a machine.11 sentencesinternationalInternational means between or involving two or more countries.8 sentencesinternationallyInternationally means between or among different countries.9 sentencesinternetThe internet is the huge worldwide network that links millions of computers, phones and other devices so they can share information, send…9 sentencesinternmentKeeping people locked up or held in a place, often during a war, without a normal trial.8 sentencesinterplanetaryBetween planets, or travelling from one planet to another.7 sentencesinterposeTo interpose something is to place it between two things or people.9 sentencesinterpositionPutting something between two other things, or coming between them.8 sentencesinterpretTo interpret something is to explain or decide what it means: interpret a poem, interpret a graph.11 sentencesinterpretationAn explanation of what something means.10 sentencesinterpreterAn interpreter is a person whose job is to change what someone says from one language into another, out loud, as they speak.9 sentencesinterredInterred means buried; a person who is interred has been placed in a grave or tomb after death.9 sentencesinterrogationAn interrogation is long, close questioning of someone, especially by police or soldiers, to get information.8 sentencesinterrogativeInterrogative means used to ask a question: an interrogative sentence ends with a question mark.9 sentencesinterruptTo stop someone while they are speaking or doing something by saying or doing something yourself.11 sentencesinterruptionAn interruption is when someone or something stops a person talking or an activity for a short time.9 sentencesintersectionA place where two or more roads meet or cross; a crossroads or junction.10 sentencesintersperseTo scatter or place things here and there among other things.4 sentencesintersticeA very small gap or space between things that are close together.8 sentencesintertidalIntertidal describes the strip of seashore that is under water at high tide and out in the air at low tide.9 sentencesintertwineTo twist or wind together so that the parts become mixed up and linked.4 sentencesintervalAn interval is a period of time between two events.12 sentencesinterveneTo get involved in a situation to stop it or change it, especially to help.9 sentencesinterveningComing or lying between two things, places or times (the intervening weeks, the intervening hills).8 sentencesinterventionAn intervention is when someone steps in to change what is happening, especially to stop a problem or help.10 sentencesintervertebralBetween the bones of the spine (vertebrae). Intervertebral discs are soft cushions between the vertebrae.8 sentencesinterviewAn interview is a meeting where someone asks a person questions, for a job, a school place or a news story.10 sentencesintervieweeThe person who is asked questions in an interview, for example for a job, a school place, a newspaper or a TV programme.9 sentencesinterviewerThe person who asks the questions in an interview, for example on TV, radio, in a newspaper or for a job.9 sentencesintestineThe intestines are the long tubes in your belly that food passes through after the stomach.11 sentencesintimateVery close and friendly, sharing secrets.5 sentencesintimatelyIn a very close, detailed way; very well, from long experience.11 sentencesintimidateTo frighten or threaten someone, especially to make them do what you want.9 sentencesintimidationIntimidation is frightening someone, often with threats, so that they do what you want or are too scared to act.7 sentencesintoInto means to the inside of something: jump into the pool.21 sentencesintolerableIntolerable means too bad, painful or annoying to put up with.10 sentencesintoleranceNot being willing to accept people whose ideas, beliefs, habits or ways of life are different from yours.10 sentencesintolerantIntolerant means not willing to accept people whose ideas, beliefs or ways are different from yours.10 sentencesintonationThe rise and fall of your voice when you speak, which can change the meaning: a question often goes up at the end.9 sentencesintoneTo say something slowly in a steady, flat voice, almost like singing on one note.9 sentencesintoxicatedDrunk, or affected by drugs, so that you cannot think or act normally.9 sentencesintoxicatingSo exciting or delightful that it makes you feel dizzy with joy.5 sentencesintoxicationIntoxication is being drunk, or affected by alcohol or drugs so that you cannot think or move properly.11 sentencesintravenousIntravenous means going into a vein, the tube that carries blood back to the heart.9 sentencesintravenouslyIntravenously means by putting something straight into a vein, usually with a needle or drip.7 sentencesintrepidityFearless bravery; the quality of not being afraid of danger.4 sentencesintrinsicBelonging to the real nature of something itself, not coming from outside: intrinsic value.8 sentencesintrinsicallyIntrinsically means by its own nature, in itself, not because of anything added from outside.9 sentencesintroAn intro is an introduction, the start of a song, book, talk or video.8 sentencesintroduceTo introduce people is to tell them each other's names when they meet for the first time.11 sentencesintroductionAn introduction is the first part of a book, story, essay or talk, which tells what it will be about.13 sentencesintrudeTo intrude is to go into a place or join a situation where you are not wanted or not invited.9 sentencesintruderAn intruder is a person who goes into a place where they are not allowed, especially a building, to steal or cause harm.10 sentencesintrusionAn intrusion is when someone comes into a place or situation where they are not wanted or allowed.9 sentencesinuitThe Inuit are Indigenous peoples who live in the Arctic regions of Canada, Greenland, Alaska and nearby.8 sentencesinundatedGetting so many things, like letters, calls or jobs, that it is hard to deal with them all.10 sentencesinundationA flood; when water covers land that is usually dry.9 sentencesinvadeTo invade a country or place is to enter it with an army in order to take control of it.11 sentencesinvaderAn invader is a person, army or country that enters another place by force to take it over.11 sentencesinvadingEntering a country or place by force, with an army, to take control of it.13 sentencesinvalidNot legally or officially acceptable, as in an invalid ticket.10 sentencesinvariableInvariable means never changing; always the same.10 sentencesinvariablyAlways, every time, without any change.8 sentencesinvasionWhen an army enters another country by force to attack or take it.12 sentencesinvasiveAn invasive plant or animal spreads into a place where it does not belong and harms the plants and animals already living there.11 sentencesinventTo make or design something new that did not exist before.9 sentencesinventionAn invention is a new thing or idea that someone has made or thought of for the first time.11 sentencesinventorAn inventor is a person who thinks of and makes something new that did not exist before, such as a machine, tool or way of doing something.8 sentencesinventoryA complete list of all the things in a place, such as goods in a shop or items in a house.11 sentencesinversionTurning something upside down or the other way round.12 sentencesinvertTo invert something is to turn it upside down.10 sentencesinvertebrateAn invertebrate is an animal without a backbone, such as an insect, spider, worm, snail, jellyfish or crab.8 sentencesinvertedInverted means turned upside down or the other way round.9 sentencesinvestTo invest is to put money into something, like a business, shares or a bank account, hoping to get more money back later.12 sentencesinvestigateTo try to find out the facts about something, especially a crime or problem.9 sentencesinvestigationA careful search for facts to find out the truth about something, such as a crime or an accident.12 sentencesinvestigatorAn investigator is a person whose job is to find out the facts about something, such as a crime or an accident, by asking questions and lo…10 sentencesinvestingInvesting is putting money into something, like a business, shares or property, hoping it will grow and bring back more money later.10 sentencesinvestmentAn investment is money you put into something, like a business, shares or property, hoping to get more money back later.10 sentencesinvestorAn investor is a person or company that puts money into a business, shares or property, hoping to make a profit.7 sentencesinvincibleToo strong to be beaten or defeated by anyone.10 sentencesinvisibleInvisible means not able to be seen.11 sentencesinvisiblyInvisibly means in a way that cannot be seen.8 sentencesinvitationAn invitation is a request, spoken or written, asking someone to come to an event like a party, wedding or meal.12 sentencesinviteTo invite someone is to ask them to come to a party, a meal, your home or an event.13 sentencesinvocationAn invocation is a prayer asking God, or in some religions a saint or spirit, for help or blessing, often at the start of a service.9 sentencesinvokeTo invoke a law, rule or right is to use it or point to it to support what you do.12 sentencesinvoluntarilyInvoluntarily means without meaning to, without choosing to, as when your body does something by itself.9 sentencesinvoluntaryInvoluntary means done without meaning to or without control, like a sneeze or a shiver.8 sentencesinvolveTo include something as a necessary part: «The job involves lifting boxes».11 sentencesinvolvementInvolvement is taking part in something: your involvement in the school play.9 sentencesinwardInward means going towards the inside or the centre («the door opens inward»).12 sentencesiodineA chemical element (symbol I, number 53) that forms dark purple-black crystals and a violet gas when heated.10 sentencesionAn atom or a small group of atoms that has an electric charge because it has gained or lost one or more electrons.11 sentencesiouA short written note that says you owe someone money; it stands for «I owe you» because the letters sound like those words.9 sentencesiowaA state in the middle of the United States of America, in the Midwest, known for farms, maize (corn) and pigs. Its capital is Des Moines.8 sentencesipadAn iPad is a tablet computer made by the company Apple, with a touch screen and no keyboard.7 sentences1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/page/7/