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- immobile adjective (immobile)
1) Not moving at all; perfectly still. 2) Not able to move or be moved, for example because of an injury, illness or because something is… - immobilise verb (immobilise, immobilises, immobilised, immobilising; US spelling immobilize)
To stop someone or something from moving or working. - immobility noun (immobility — uncountable)
1) Immobility is the state of not moving or not being able to move. 2) Immobility can mean keeping very still on purpose. - immortal adjective (immortal); noun (an immortal, immortals)
1) Never dying; living for ever. 2) Remembered or famous for ever, like a great writer or song. 3) (noun) A being, such as a god in a… - immortality noun (no plural)
Immortality is living forever and never dying. - immune adjective (immune)
Immune means protected from an illness, so you cannot easily catch it, usually because your body has fought it before or you had a vaccine. - immunity noun (immunity, immunities)
The body's ability to fight off a disease so that you do not catch it. - immure verb (immure, immures, immured, immuring)
1) (formal, old) To shut someone up in a prison or a closed place, as if behind walls. 2) To shut yourself away from other people. - imp noun (imps)
1) An imp is a small, mischievous devil or sprite in old stories. 2) An imp is a naughty little child, said playfully. - impact noun (an impact, impacts); verb (impact, impacts, impacted, impacting)
An impact is a strong hit of one thing against another: «the impact of the crash». - impair verb (impair, impairs, impaired, impairing)
To damage something or make it weaker or worse, as in «Loud noise can impair your hearing». - impaired adjective (impaired); verb form (past of impair: impair, impairs, impaired, impairing)
Impaired means weakened, damaged or not working as well as normal. - impairment noun (an impairment, impairments; impairment — uncountable)
An impairment is a problem with part of the body or mind that makes it work less well, as in «hearing impairment» or «visual impairment». - impart verb (impart, imparts, imparted, imparting) — formal
To give or pass on information, knowledge or wisdom to someone: impart knowledge. - impartial adjective (impartial); noun impartiality; adverb impartially
Impartial means fair to everyone and not taking sides, so you do not favour one person or team. - impartiality noun (impartiality — uncountable)
Being fair and not taking sides; treating everyone in the same way. - impartially adverb (impartially)
1) In a fair way, without favouring anyone or taking sides. 2) (formal) Judging only on facts and rules, not on who people are. - impassable adjective (impassable)
1) Impossible to go through or travel along, because it is blocked, flooded or too rough. - impassive adjective
Impassive means showing no feeling at all, with a calm face that does not change. - impasto noun (impasto — uncountable)
1) (art) A way of painting with very thick paint, so that the brush or knife marks stand up from the surface. - impatience noun (uncountable)
A feeling of being annoyed because you have to wait or because something is slow. - impatient adjective (impatient, more impatient, most impatient)
Not able to wait calmly; easily annoyed when things take time. - impatiently adverb
In an impatient way: eagerly, or annoyed at having to wait. - impede verb (impede, impedes, impeded, impeding) — formal
1) (formal) To impede someone or something is to get in the way and slow it down or make it harder to happen or move. - impediment noun (an impediment, impediments)
An impediment is something that gets in the way or makes progress hard. - impeding verb form (impede, impedes, impeded, impeding); adjective (impeding)
Impeding means getting in the way of something and slowing it down or making it harder. - impel verb (impels, impelled, impelling)
To impel someone is to push or drive them to do something, as if they cannot stop themselves. - impelled verb form (impel, impels, impelled, impelling) — past tense and past participle; adjective
1) Made to feel that you must do something; driven by a strong feeling or need. 2) Pushed or driven forward by a force. - impending adjective (impending)
1) About to happen soon, often something unpleasant or important. - impenetrable adjective (impenetrable)
Impenetrable means impossible to get through, into or see through, like a thick forest or a strong wall. - imperative adjective (imperative); noun (the imperative, imperatives)
The imperative is the form of a verb used to give orders, instructions or advice, like «Sit down!» or «Mix the flour». - imperceptible adjective
1) So small, slight or slow that it cannot be seen, heard or felt. - imperceptibly adverb (imperceptibly)
1) So slowly or slightly that you cannot notice it happening. 2) In a way too small to see, hear or feel. - imperfect adjective (imperfect); noun (the imperfect — grammar)
1) Having faults or mistakes; not perfect. 2) (grammar) The imperfect tense describes past actions that were going on or happened often… - imperial adjective (imperial)
Imperial means to do with an empire or an emperor, as in «the imperial palace». - imperious adjective
Imperious means bossy and commanding, used to being obeyed, though it can also be a proud kind of charm. - imperiously adverb
1) In a proud, bossy way, like someone who expects to be obeyed at once. - impermeable adjective (impermeable, more impermeable)
Impermeable means not letting water, air or other liquids and gases pass through. - impermissible adjective (impermissible) — formal
1) (formal) Not allowed; not permitted by the rules or the law. - impersonate verb (impersonate, impersonates, impersonated, impersonating)
To copy the voice, look or way of moving of someone, usually to make people laugh. - impersonation noun (an impersonation, impersonations; also uncountable)
1) A funny copy of someone's voice, way of speaking or actions. 2) Pretending to be someone else to trick people, which can be a crime. - impertinence noun (impertinence – mostly uncountable; an impertinence)
Rude behaviour or words that show no respect, especially to an older person or someone in charge; cheek. - impertinent adjective (impertinent, more impertinent, most impertinent)
Rude and not showing proper respect, especially to an older person or someone in charge; cheeky. - impervious adjective (impervious)
Not letting water, air or anything else pass through: an impervious material. - impetigo noun (impetigo — uncountable)
1) Impetigo is a common skin infection caused by bacteria, which gives red sores that burst and form golden-yellow crusts, often on the… - impetuosity noun (no plural)
Impetuosity is the habit of rushing into things suddenly, without thinking first. - impetuous adjective
Impetuous means acting quickly and rashly, without stopping to think. - impiety noun (no plural)
Impiety is a lack of respect for the gods, or for holy and sacred things. - impious adjective
Impious means showing no respect for the gods or for holy things. - implacable adjective
Implacable means impossible to calm down, soothe or make forgiving; never giving up anger or a fight. - implanted verb, past form of implant (implant, implants, implanted, implanting); adjective (implanted)
Put into the body by surgery: an implanted pacemaker, implanted teeth. - implausible adjective (implausible, more implausible); adverb «implausibly»
1) Hard to believe; not likely to be true. 2) Not reasonable or realistic: an implausible plan. - implement noun (an implement, implements); verb (implement, implements, implemented, implementing)
An implement is a tool or instrument for doing a particular job, like a garden implement or a writing implement. - implicate verb (implicate, implicates, implicated, implicating)
To show or suggest that someone is involved in something wrong, such as a crime. - implication noun (an implication, implications)
A possible result or effect that something will have later. - implicitly adverb
Implicitly means completely, with no doubt at all, trusting fully. - implore verb (implore, implores, implored, imploring)
1) To beg someone very strongly and emotionally to do something. - imploringly adverb
Imploringly means begging in a very urgent, pleading way. - imply verb (imply, implies, implied, implying)
To suggest something without saying it directly: Are you implying I'm lazy? - impolite adjective (impolite, more impolite, most impolite)
1) Impolite means not polite: rude, not showing good manners or respect to others. - import verb (import, imports, imported, importing); noun (an import, imports; import, uncountable)
To bring goods into a country from another country to sell. - importance noun (importance; no plural)
1) Importance is how much something matters or how valuable it is. 2) How powerful or respected a person is: «a person of importance». - important adjective (important, more important, most important)
Important means mattering a lot; having a big effect or value. - importation noun (importation — uncountable; an importation, importations)
Bringing goods into a country from another country to sell or use. - importunate adjective (more importunate, most importunate)
Importunate means asking again and again, pushing for something so hard that other people grow tired of it. - importunity noun (plural importunities)
Importunity is the habit of asking again and again, pestering someone until they give in. - impose verb (impose, imposes, imposed, imposing)
To make a rule, tax or punishment that people must accept. - imposition noun (imposition, impositions)
An unfair or unwelcome demand on someone's time, help or kindness. - impossibility noun (impossibility, impossibilities)
Impossibility is the state of being impossible: something that cannot happen or cannot be done. - impossible adjective (impossible); noun (the impossible)
Not able to happen or be done: «It's impossible to be in two places at once». - impossibly adverb (impossibly)
Impossibly means in a way that cannot happen or be done. - impostor noun (plural impostors)
1) An impostor is a person who pretends to be someone else in order to cheat people. - impotent adjective
1) Impotent means without power or strength, unable to do anything to stop or help. - impound verb (impound, impounds, impounded, impounding)
To impound means for the police or officials to take something away and keep it until rules are followed, such as a car, a dog or goods. - impracticability noun (impracticability — uncountable; formal)
The quality of being impossible or almost impossible to do in practice. - impracticable adjective (impracticable; formal)
Impossible to do or carry out in practice, even if it sounds good. - impractical adjective (impractical, more impractical); noun «impracticality»
Not sensible or useful in real life; hard to use or do. - imprecation noun (plural imprecations)
1) An imprecation is a curse, an angry wish that bad things will happen to someone. - imprecise adjective (imprecise, more imprecise); noun «imprecision»
1) Not exact or accurate; rough or vague. 2) Not clearly expressed: imprecise instructions. - impregnate verb (impregnate, impregnates, impregnated, impregnating)
To soak or fill something completely with a substance: wood impregnated with oil. - impress verb (impress, impresses, impressed, impressing); noun (an impress — rare)
To impress someone is to make them admire you or feel strongly that something is very good. - impression noun (an impression, impressions)
An impression is the feeling or idea you get about someone or something, especially at first. - impressionist noun (an impressionist, impressionists); adjective (Impressionist)
A performer who copies the voices and ways of famous people for entertainment. - impressive adjective (impressive; more impressive, most impressive)
1) So good, big, skilful or beautiful that people admire it. - imprint noun (an imprint, imprints); verb (imprint, imprints, imprinted, imprinting)
An imprint is a mark or shape pressed into a surface, like a footprint in mud. - imprinting noun (imprinting — uncountable); verb form (imprinting — present participle of imprint)
1) (biology) Imprinting is the way some baby animals, like ducklings and goslings, learn to follow and trust the first moving thing they… - imprison verb (imprison, imprisons, imprisoned, imprisoning)
To put someone in prison or keep them locked up. - imprisoned past tense and past participle of imprison (imprison, imprisons, imprisoned, imprisoning); adjective (imprisoned)
Put in prison as a punishment, or kept in prison. - imprisonment noun (imprisonment — usually uncountable)
1) (law) Being kept in prison as a punishment. 2) Being shut in or not free to leave a place. - improbable adjective (improbable, more improbable); adverb «improbably»; noun «improbability»
1) Not likely to happen or to be true. 2) Strange and surprising: an improbable friendship between a cat and a duck. - impromptu adjective (impromptu); adverb (impromptu); noun (an impromptu, impromptus)
Done or made without planning or practice, on the spur of the moment: «an impromptu speech». - improper adjective (improper)
1) Not suitable or not polite for the situation. 2) Not correct or not following the rules. 3) In maths: «improper fraction» — a fraction… - improperly adverb (improperly)
Improperly means in a wrong or incorrect way, not as it should be done. - impropriety noun (impropriety, improprieties; formal)
Behaviour that is not right, honest or acceptable, especially for someone in an important job. - improve verb (improve, improves, improved, improving); noun: improvement
1) To make something better (improve your handwriting). 2) To get better (her reading improved). 3) Improve on: to do better than before. - improvement noun (an improvement, improvements)
The act of getting better or making something better. - improvisation noun (improvisation — uncountable; an improvisation, improvisations)
Making something up on the spot, without a script or plan — in music, drama or speech. - improvise verb (improvise, improvises, improvised, improvising)
To make or do something without planning, using whatever is available. - imprudence noun (imprudence, imprudences)
1) Not being careful or sensible; doing things without thinking about the risks. 2) An unwise act. - imprudent adjective
1) Imprudent means not wise or careful, so that trouble is likely to follow.
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