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- indefinitely adverb (indefinitely)
Indefinitely means for a time that has no fixed end; we do not know when it will stop. - indent verb (indent, indents, indented, indenting); noun (an indent, indents)
To indent means to start a line of writing a little way in from the margin, as at the start of a new paragraph. - independence noun (independence — uncountable)
Independence is being free to do things for yourself without needing help or being controlled by others. - independent adjective (independent; more independent, most independent); noun (an independent — in politics)
Able to do things for yourself without needing help from others. - independently adverb (independently)
1) On your own, without help from others. 2) Separately; without being connected to or affected by something else. 3) Of a country: ruling… - indestructible adjective (indestructible); noun indestructibility
Indestructible means impossible to break or destroy. - indeterminable adjective (indeterminable)
1) (formal) Indeterminable means impossible to find out, measure or decide exactly. - indeterminate adjective (indeterminate)
Indeterminate means not exactly known, fixed or clear; vague. - index noun (an index, indexes or indices); verb (index, indexes, indexed, indexing)
An index is an alphabetical list at the back of a book that shows on which pages each topic can be found. - indian adjective / noun (Indian, Indians — written with a capital I)
From or to do with India, a large country in South Asia: Indian food, Indian languages. - indicate verb (indicate, indicates, indicated, indicating)
1) To show or point to something. 2) To be a sign that something is true or likely. 3) (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) To show which way you… - indication noun (an indication, indications)
A sign that shows something is true or will happen: Dark clouds are an indication of rain. - indicative adjective (indicative); noun (the indicative, in grammar)
If something is indicative of something else, it shows or suggests it: «A high temperature is indicative of an infection». - indicator noun (an indicator, indicators)
An indicator is something that shows or points to what is happening or what is true, like a sign or measurement. - indifference noun (indifference, uncountable)
Indifference is not caring or not being interested in something or someone. - indifferent adjective (indifferent; indifferently adv.)
If you are indifferent to something, you do not care about it or are not interested in it. - indigenous adjective (indigenous)
1) Indigenous people are the first people known to live in a place, and their descendants, such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander… - indigestible adjective (indigestible)
1) Food that is hard or impossible for the stomach to break down. 2) Hard to understand or accept: an indigestible textbook. - indigestion noun (indigestion)
1) A pain or uneasy feeling in the stomach after eating, especially too much or too fast. - indignant adjective (indignant)
1) Angry because something is unfair or rude: an indignant reply. - indignantly adverb
1) In an angry, offended way, because you think something is unfair or insulting. - indignation noun (indignation)
1) Strong anger at something that is unfair, rude or wrong. - indignity noun (indignity, indignities)
1) Treatment that makes a person feel shamed or lowered in front of others. - indigo noun (indigo — uncountable); adjective (indigo)
A deep blue-purple colour, one of the seven colours named in the rainbow (between blue and violet). - indirect adjective (indirect)
1) Not going straight: an indirect route. 2) Not said openly or plainly: an indirect answer. 3) Happening as a side result rather than… - indirectly adverb (indirectly)
1) Not straight from the source; by way of someone or something else: I heard the news indirectly. - indiscriminately adverb (indiscriminately)
Without choosing carefully; at random or in a careless way. - indispensable adjective (indispensable)
Indispensable means so important or useful that you cannot manage without it. - indisposed adjective
1) (formal, euphemism) Slightly ill, so not able to come or work. 2) (formal) Not willing to do something, as in «indisposed to help». - indisposition noun (an indisposition, indispositions; formal)
1) (formal) A slight illness, like a cold or upset stomach, that stops you doing something. 2) (formal) Unwillingness to do something. - indistinct adjective (indistinct, more indistinct); adverb «indistinctly»
1) Not clear or sharp; hard to see, hear or remember clearly. 2) Blurred or faint: indistinct shapes in the fog. - indistinguishable adjective (indistinguishable; not used with «more» in the strict sense, but people say «almost indistinguishable», «nearly indistinguishable»)
1) So alike that you cannot tell them apart. 2) So faint or unclear that you cannot pick it out or recognise it, for example a shape in fog. - individual adjective; noun (an individual, individuals)
Single and separate; for one person or thing only. - individually adverb (individually)
1) One at a time, separately, not as a group. 2) In a way that fits each single person or thing: each cake was individually decorated. - indivisible adjective (indivisible)
Not able to be divided or separated into parts. - indoctrination noun (indoctrination; no plural)
Indoctrination is teaching someone to accept ideas or beliefs without questioning them or thinking for themselves. - indolence noun (indolence — uncountable; formal)
1) (formal) Laziness; not wanting to work or make an effort. 2) A relaxed, slow, lazy state, as on a hot day. - indonesian adjective (Indonesian); noun (an Indonesian, Indonesians; Indonesian, the language — uncountable)
From or about Indonesia, a large country in Southeast Asia made of thousands of islands. - indoor adjective (indoor)
1) Indoor means happening, used or found inside a building, not outside. - indoors adverb (indoors); adjective indoor (an indoor pool)
1) Indoors means inside a building, not outside. - indri noun (an indri, indris)
1) An indri is the largest kind of lemur, a black-and-white tree-living animal found only in the rainforests of Madagascar, famous for its… - induce verb (induce, induces, induced, inducing)
To cause something to happen, as in «Some medicines induce sleep». - inducement noun (an inducement, inducements) — formal
1) (formal) Something that persuades or encourages someone to do something, such as a reward or a bribe. - induction noun (an induction, inductions; induction — uncountable)
An induction is a meeting or short course that introduces new people to a job, school or club. - indulge verb (indulge, indulges, indulged, indulging); noun «indulgence»
To let yourself do or have something you enjoy, especially as a treat: indulge in chocolate. - indulgence noun (plural indulgences)
Indulgence is letting someone have what they want, being kind and not strict with them. - indulgent adjective (indulgent, more indulgent, most indulgent)
Letting someone have or do what they want, even when it might not be good for them; too kind and not strict: indulgent parents. - industrial adjective (industrial)
Industrial means to do with factories, making goods, and industry. - industrialisation noun (industrialisation — uncountable; US spelling industrialization)
The change of a country or area from farming and handwork to factories, machines and big industry. - industrious adjective (industrious, more industrious, most industrious)
1) Hard-working; always busy and putting in steady effort. - industriously adverb (comparative: more industriously)
Industriously means working hard, steadily and with great effort, without stopping to rest. - industry noun (industry — uncountable; an industry, industries)
The work of making goods in factories: heavy industry. - inedible adjective (inedible)
Not fit or safe to eat, because it is poisonous, rotten or not food at all. - ineffective adjective
1) Not working well or not giving the result you want: an ineffective medicine. 2) Not able to do a job well: an ineffective leader. - inert adjective (inert)
1) Not moving and without strength or life. 2) (science) Not reacting with other chemicals, as in inert gases like helium or neon. 3) Slow… - inertia noun (inertia — uncountable)
The way an object stays still or keeps moving at the same speed in a straight line until a force changes it. - inestimable adjective (inestimable; formal)
1) Too great to be measured or counted. 2) (formal) Extremely valuable or important: of inestimable value. - inevitability noun (inevitability, inevitabilities)
Inevitability is the fact that something is certain to happen and cannot be avoided. - inevitable adjective (inevitable); adverb «inevitably»; noun «the inevitable»
Certain to happen; impossible to avoid or stop. - inevitably adverb (inevitably)
1) In a way that cannot be avoided or stopped; as you would expect. - inexactitude noun (an inexactitude, inexactitudes; inexactitude — uncountable) — formal
Being not exact or not correct; a small mistake: inexactitude in the measurements. - inexhaustible adjective
Inexhaustible means so large that it never runs out; there is always more. - inexorable adjective
Inexorable means impossible to stop, change or move by begging. - inexpensive adjective (inexpensive; inexpensively adv.)
1) Not costing a lot of money; cheap, but in a polite or positive way. - inexperienced adjective (inexperienced)
1) Inexperienced means not having much knowledge or skill in something because you have not done it much. - infallible adjective (infallible; infallibly adv.; infallibility noun)
1) Never wrong; never making a mistake. 2) Always working or always succeeding: an infallible method. 3) (church) Catholics believe the… - infancy noun (infancy, uncountable)
Infancy is the time when someone is a baby or very young child. - infant noun (an infant, infants); adjective (infant)
An infant is a baby or a very young child, especially one who cannot yet walk or talk well. - infantry noun (infantry — uncountable; usually «the infantry»; with a singular or plural verb in UK English)
Soldiers who fight on foot, as opposed to soldiers on horses, in tanks, ships or planes. - infect verb (infect, infects, infected, infecting)
To give someone a disease by passing germs to them. - infected adjective; verb (infect, infects, infected, infecting — "infected" is the past form)
Having harmful germs (bacteria, viruses or fungi) growing in it, like an infected cut that is red, swollen and sore. - infection noun (an infection, infections; infection, uncountable)
An infection is an illness caused by germs (bacteria, viruses or fungi) getting into your body. - infectious adjective (infectious, more infectious, most infectious)
An infectious disease can be passed from one person or animal to another, through germs in the air, water, food or touch. - infer verb (infer, infers, inferred, inferring); noun: inference
To work out something that is not said directly, using clues and what you already know. - inference noun (an inference, inferences)
An idea or answer you work out from clues or facts, not from being told directly. - inferior adjective (inferior); noun (an inferior, inferiors)
Inferior means not as good as something else, or of poor quality. - inferiority noun
The inferiority of something is the state of being lower in rank, quality or skill than others, or feeling less good than them. - infest verb (infests, infested, infesting)
To infest a place is to fill it with many pests or harmful creatures, so that they are a problem. - infestation noun (an infestation, infestations)
1) A large number of insects, animals or pests living in a place where they are not wanted and causing harm. - infinite adjective (infinite); noun (the infinite — formal)
Infinite means without any end or limit; so big it can never be measured or counted. - infinitely adverb
Infinitely means without any limit or end, or by a very great amount. - infinitive noun (an infinitive, infinitives); adjective (infinitive)
1) (grammar) The basic form of a verb, often with to in front: to run, to be, to eat; the bare infinitive has no to: run, be, eat. - infinity noun (infinity, infinities)
Infinity is the idea of something that has no end and goes on for ever, bigger than any number. - infirm adjective
Infirm means weak in body, often because of old age or illness. - infirmity noun (an infirmity, infirmities; infirmity — uncountable)
An infirmity is a physical or mental weakness or illness, especially one that comes with old age. - inflame verb (inflame, inflames, inflamed, inflaming)
To inflame feelings means to make people angrier or more excited. - inflamed adjective (inflamed, more inflamed); verb, past form of «inflame» (inflame, inflames, inflamed, inflaming)
Red, swollen, hot and sore, usually because of an injury or infection. - inflammation noun (inflammation; inflammations)
Inflammation is when part of the body becomes red, swollen, hot and painful, usually because it is hurt or fighting an infection. - inflatable adjective (inflatable); noun (an inflatable, inflatables)
Able to be filled with air or gas to make it bigger: «an inflatable boat». - inflated verb, past form of inflate (inflate, inflates, inflated, inflating); adjective (inflated)
Filled with air or gas, so that it gets bigger: an inflated balloon. - inflation noun (inflation — uncountable)
A rise in prices over time, so the same money buys less. - inflected adjective (inflected); verb, past form of «inflect» (inflect, inflects, inflected, inflecting)
Changed in form to show grammar, such as tense, number or person: «walked» is an inflected form of «walk». - inflection noun (an inflection, inflections; UK also inflexion)
A change in the form of a word, usually its ending, to show tense, number, person and so on: «-s», «-ed», «-ing», «-er», «-est». - inflectional adjective (inflectional)
To do with inflection: changing the form of words to show grammar. - inflexible adjective
1) Inexible things cannot bend: an inflexible rod is stiff. 2) Inflexible people will not change their mind or give way. - inflict verb (inflict, inflicts, inflicted, inflicting)
To inflict something bad, like pain, harm, damage or punishment, is to make someone or something suffer it. - infliction noun (infliction, an infliction)
1) (formal) The act of causing pain, harm or a punishment to someone. 2) Something unpleasant that someone has to suffer. - inflow noun (an inflow, inflows; also uncountable)
The movement of water, air or other things flowing into a place: the inflow of a river into a lake. - inflowing adjective (inflowing); also the -ing form of the rare verb «inflow»
Flowing in; coming into a place: inflowing water, inflowing air. - influence noun (influence, influences; an influence); verb (influence, influences, influenced, influencing)
Influence is the power to change how someone thinks or acts, or how something happens.
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