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- impudence noun
1) Impudence is rude behaviour that shows no respect, especially cheek towards someone older or in charge. - impudent adjective
1) Impudent means rude and cheeky, not showing proper respect. - impulse noun (impulse, impulses)
A sudden wish to do something without thinking about it first. - impulsively adverb (impulsively)
1) Suddenly and without stopping to think first. 2) Following a strong sudden wish or feeling, often in a way you may regret. - impure adjective (impure, more impure); noun «impurity»
Mixed with other substances, so not pure or clean: impure water, impure gold. - impurity noun (an impurity, impurities; impurity — uncountable)
An impurity is a small amount of an unwanted substance mixed into something that should be pure, like dirt in water. - impute verb (impute, imputes, imputed, imputing; formal)
To say that something, usually bad, is caused by or belongs to someone: to impute blame. - in preposition; adverb (come in); adjective (in fashion)
In shows that something is inside something else: in the box. - inability noun (inability, usually uncountable)
1) Not being able to do something; a lack of skill, power or means. - inaccessible adjective (inaccessible)
Inaccessible means impossible or very hard to reach or get into. - inaccuracy noun (inaccuracy, inaccuracies; also uncountable)
A mistake or wrong fact in something said, written or measured. - inaccurate adjective (inaccurate, more inaccurate)
1) Not correct or not exact; containing mistakes. - inaction noun (inaction, uncountable)
1) Inaction means not doing anything, especially when something should be done. - inactive adjective (inactive, more inactive)
Inactive means not active; not moving, working or doing anything. - inadequate adjective (inadequate, more inadequate)
1) Not enough, or not good enough for what is needed: inadequate food. 2) (feeling) Feeling not good or able enough: feel inadequate. - inadvertently adverb (inadvertently)
1) Inadvertently means by accident, without meaning to. - inadvisable adjective (inadvisable)
1) Not wise or sensible; likely to cause trouble. - inanimate adjective (inanimate)
1) Not alive, like a rock, a chair or a toy. 2) Not moving and showing no sign of life. - inappropriate adjective (inappropriate, more inappropriate); adverb «inappropriately»
Not suitable or not right for a particular time, place or person. - inattentive adjective (inattentive, more inattentive); adverb «inattentively»; noun «inattention»
1) Not paying attention; not listening or watching carefully. 2) Not giving enough care or thought to someone's needs: an inattentive host. - inaudible adjective (inaudible)
1) Too quiet to be heard. - inaugurate verb (inaugurate, inaugurates, inaugurated, inaugurating)
To swear a new leader into office at an official ceremony, such as a US president. - inauguration noun (an inauguration, inaugurations)
An inauguration is a formal ceremony to bring a new leader into office, like a president. - inauspicious adjective (inauspicious)
1) (formal) Inauspicious means showing signs that things will go badly; unlucky or not a good start. - inborn adjective (inborn)
Inborn means present in a person or animal from birth, not learned later, like an inborn talent or an inborn fear. - inca noun (an Inca, the Incas); adjective (Inca, Incan); usually written with a capital I
The Incas were a people of the Andes mountains in South America who built a huge empire with its capital at Cusco, in today's Peru. - incalculable adjective
1) Incalculable means too great or too many to be counted or measured. - incandescence noun (incandescence — uncountable)
The light given off by something because it is very hot, like a glowing metal wire or lava. - incandescent adjective (incandescent)
Giving out bright light because it is very hot, as in an incandescent light bulb. - incantation noun (plural incantations)
1) An incantation is a set of words chanted or spoken as a magic spell. - incapable adjective (incapable)
If you are incapable of doing something, you cannot do it, because you do not have the ability or power. - incapacity noun (incapacity; uncountable)
Not being able to do something, especially because of illness, injury or weakness. - incarnation noun (an incarnation, incarnations; the Incarnation)
The Incarnation is the Christian belief that God the Son became a human being, Jesus, born of Mary. - incautiously adverb
1) Without care; carelessly, without thinking about danger or consequences. - incense noun (incense; uncountable); verb (incense, incenses, incensed, incensing)
A substance, often made from tree gum, that gives off a sweet-smelling smoke when it is burned, used in worship. - incessant adjective
1) Incessant means never stopping, going on and on without a break. - incessantly adverb
1) Without stopping, all the time, often in an annoying way: The dog barked incessantly. - inch noun (inch, inches); verb (inch, inches, inched, inching — to move very slowly)
An inch is a small unit of length, about as wide as your thumb; 12 inches make 1 foot. - incidence noun (incidence, an incidence; incidences — rare)
The incidence of something, like an illness or a crime, is how often it happens. - incident noun (an incident, incidents)
An incident is something that happens, especially something unusual, unpleasant or dangerous. - incinerate verb (incinerate, incinerates, incinerated, incinerating)
To burn something completely until only ashes are left, especially rubbish or waste. - incinerator noun (an incinerator, incinerators)
1) An incinerator is a furnace or machine for burning rubbish at very high temperatures until it turns to ash. - incipient adjective (incipient; formal)
Just beginning to happen or to show: an incipient cold, incipient baldness. - incise verb (incise, incises, incised, incising)
1) (formal) To cut carefully into a surface, such as stone, wood or skin. 2) To carve a pattern or letters into something. - incision noun (an incision, incisions)
An incision is a careful cut made into something, especially a cut a surgeon makes into the body during an operation. - incisor noun (an incisor, incisors)
1) One of the sharp, flat front teeth used for biting and cutting food. - incite verb (incite, incites, incited, inciting)
To stir up or encourage people to do something bad or violent, or to feel angry. - incitement noun (incitement — uncountable; an incitement, incitements)
The act of encouraging or stirring people up to do something bad, violent or against the law. - inclement adjective (formal)
1) (formal) Of weather: cold, wet, stormy or unpleasant: inclement weather. 2) (old, rare) Harsh; without mercy. - inclination noun (an inclination, inclinations)
A feeling of wanting to do something; a liking, as in «I had no inclination to go». - incline verb (incline, inclines, inclined, inclining); noun (an incline, inclines)
1) (noun) A slope: a hill or ramp that goes up or down. 2) (verb) To lean, tilt or bend something, for example to incline your head to… - inclined adjective; verb, past form of incline (incline, inclines, inclined, inclining)
Inclined to do something means likely to do it or wanting to do it: «I'm inclined to agree». - inclose verb (inclose, inclose, inclosed, inclosing); old spelling of «enclose»
To inclose something is to shut it in or put it inside a container, a wall or a wrapping. - include verb (include, includes, included, including)
To include means to have something as one of the parts of a whole. - included verb (include, includes, included, including); adjective (included)
Included means put in as part of a whole or a group. - inclusion noun (inclusion, inclusions)
Being included or making someone part of a group. - inclusive adjective (inclusive, more inclusive)
Inclusive means including the first and last item named: "pages 5 to 10 inclusive" means 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. - income noun (an income, incomes; also uncountable)
Income is the money a person, family or business gets, from work, selling things or other places, usually counted per week, month or year. - incommode verb (incommodes, incommoded, incommoding); old use
1) (old use) To incommode someone is to cause them trouble, bother or inconvenience. - incomparable adjective (incomparable)
1) So good or great that nothing else can be compared with it: an incomparable view from the hilltop. - incomparably adverb (incomparably)
1) By so much that there is no real comparison: this book is incomparably better than the last one. - incompatible adjective (incompatible)
Incompatible means not able to work together or exist together, like a game that does not work on your console. - incompetence noun (incompetence)
1) Lack of the skill or ability needed to do a job properly; doing something badly because you do not know how. - incomplete adjective (incomplete)
1) Incomplete means not finished or with some parts missing. - incompletely adverb (incompletely)
1) Incompletely means not fully or not totally; with some parts missing or not finished. - incomprehensible adjective (incomprehensible)
1) So hard to understand that it does not make sense to you: an incomprehensible language. - incompressible adjective (incompressible)
1) Not able to be squashed into a smaller space. 2) (science) Describing a substance whose volume stays nearly the same when you press on… - inconsequential adjective (inconsequential)
1) Not important; too small to matter. - inconsistent adjective (inconsistent, more inconsistent); noun «inconsistency»
Not staying the same; changing in quality or behaviour: an inconsistent player. - inconsolable adjective (inconsolable)
1) So sad or upset that nothing can cheer you up: an inconsolable child after losing a toy. - inconstant adjective (inconstant; literary or formal)
Changing often; not loyal or faithful: an inconstant friend. - incontinence noun (incontinence, uncountable)
1) Not being able to control when you pass urine or poo; it is a medical condition. 2) (formal, old) A lack of self-control. - incontrovertibly adverb (incontrovertibly; from the adjective incontrovertible)
In a way that nobody can argue against or prove wrong, because the facts are completely clear. - inconvenience noun (inconvenience — uncountable; an inconvenience, inconveniences); verb (inconvenience, inconveniences, inconvenienced, inconveniencing)
Trouble or difficulty that stops things going smoothly or easily: Sorry for the inconvenience. - inconvenient adjective (inconvenient)
1) Causing trouble or getting in the way of what you want to do: an inconvenient time for a visit. - inconveniently adverb
1) In a way that causes trouble or difficulty, or at a bad time: «The bus broke down inconveniently in the rain.» - incorporate verb (incorporate, incorporates, incorporated, incorporating); adjective «incorporated» (Inc.)
To include something as part of a bigger thing: incorporate ideas into a story. - incorporated verb form (incorporate, incorporates, incorporated, incorporating); adjective (incorporated); abbreviation (Inc.)
Incorporated means included as part of something bigger. - incorporation noun (incorporation — uncountable; an incorporation)
Including something or someone as part of a bigger whole: the incorporation of new ideas. - incorrect adjective (incorrect)
1) Not right or not true; wrong. 2) Not suitable or not polite for the situation, as in «incorrect behaviour». - incorrectly adverb (incorrectly)
1) In a wrong way; not correctly. - incorrigible adjective (incorrigible; more incorrigible, most incorrigible)
Having bad habits or faults that cannot be changed or corrected: «an incorrigible liar». - increase verb (increase, increases, increased, increasing); noun (an increase, increases)
1) To become bigger in number, amount or size; to grow. 2) To make something bigger or more. 3) (noun) A rise in number, amount or size. - increased verb (increase, increases, increased, increasing); adjective (increased)
1) Increased means made bigger or became more. 2) An increased amount is a bigger one than before. - incredible adjective (incredible)
1) So amazing that it is hard to believe: an incredible trick. 2) (informal) Very good: that cake was incredible! - incredibly adverb (incredibly)
Incredibly means extremely or very, very: «It was incredibly cold». - incredulity noun (incredulity — uncountable)
1) Not being able to believe something; great surprise and disbelief. 2) The look or feeling of someone who thinks «that can't be true!» - incredulous adjective (incredulous, more incredulous, most incredulous)
1) Not able or not willing to believe something; showing that you do not believe it: an incredulous look. - incubate verb (incubate, incubates, incubated, incubating)
To keep eggs warm so they will hatch, as a bird does by sitting on them or as a machine does. - incubation noun (incubation — uncountable; an incubation period)
Incubation is keeping eggs warm so they can develop and hatch. - incubator noun (an incubator, incubators)
An incubator is a machine that keeps eggs warm so they can hatch. - incumbent noun (an incumbent, incumbents); adjective (incumbent; incumbent on/upon someone)
The incumbent is the person who holds an official job right now, such as a president, mayor or member of parliament. - incur verb (incur, incurs, incurred, incurring)
To have something bad happen to you because of what you did, such as a cost, a fine, a loss or someone's anger. - incurable adjective (incurable; incurably adv.)
An incurable illness cannot be cured: doctors cannot make it go away, though they may help the person feel better. - incurably adverb (incurably)
In a way that cannot be cured or made better by medicine. - incursion noun (an incursion, incursions; formal)
A sudden attack on or invasion of a place, often short. - indaba noun (an indaba, indabas)
An important meeting or conference to discuss something, originally a gathering of Zulu or Xhosa people. - indebted adjective (indebted, be indebted to)
1) Owing thanks to someone for help or kindness: I am indebted to you for my life. 2) Owing money to someone. - indeed adverb (indeed)
Indeed is used to make something stronger, meaning «really» or «truly», as in «very good indeed». - indefinite adjective
1) Not clear or exact: an indefinite answer. 2) Without a fixed end or limit: an indefinite stay. 3) (grammar) «indefinite article» = «a»…
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