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- influencer noun (an influencer, influencers)
An influencer is a person who is paid by companies or popular on social media to make people want to buy or do things. - influential adjective (influential, more influential, most influential)
1) Having a lot of influence: able to change what other people think or do, or how things happen. - influenza noun (influenza, uncountable); short form flu
1) An illness caused by a virus, with a high temperature, aches, a sore throat, a cough and great tiredness; it spreads easily. - info noun (info — uncountable; informal short form of information)
Information: facts or details about something. - inform verb (inform, informs, informed, informing)
To tell someone facts or news, especially officially. - informal adjective
Informal means relaxed and friendly, not following strict rules: «an informal party». - informally adverb (informally)
In a relaxed, friendly, everyday way, not following strict rules or formal manners. - informant noun (an informant, informants)
A person who gives information to someone else, for example to a researcher or reporter. - information noun (information — uncountable)
Information is facts or details about something. - informative adjective (informative)
1) Informative means giving useful facts and knowledge. - informed verb (past of «inform»: inform, informs, informed, informing); adjective (informed, well-informed)
Told someone facts or news, often in a formal way. - informing verb form (-ing form of inform: inform, informs, informed, informing); adjective (informing — rare)
Informing is the -ing form of «inform», which means to tell someone facts or news, especially officially. - infrared adjective (infrared); noun (infrared, uncountable)
Infrared is a kind of light that our eyes cannot see, just beyond red light; we feel it as heat. - infrequent adjective (infrequent, more infrequent); adverb «infrequently»
1) Not happening often; rare. 2) Happening with long gaps in between: infrequent buses. - infuriated adjective
Infuriated means made very angry, so angry that you cannot keep calm. - infusion noun (an infusion, infusions; also uncountable)
A drink made by soaking leaves, flowers or fruit in hot water, like herbal tea. - ingenious adjective (ingenious, more ingenious, most ingenious); adverb (ingeniously); noun (ingenuity)
1) Very clever and inventive, especially at finding new ways to solve problems. 2) (of an idea or machine) Cleverly planned and made. - ingenuity noun (ingenuity, uncountable); adjective ingenious
Ingenuity is being clever and inventive, so you find new and smart ways to solve problems. - ingest verb (ingest, ingests, ingested, ingesting); noun (ingestion)
To ingest is to take food, drink, medicine or another substance into your body by swallowing it. - ingestion noun (ingestion, uncountable)
1) (formal, science) Taking food, drink or another substance into the body through the mouth. - ingratitude noun (no plural)
Not being thankful for what someone has done for you. - ingredient noun (an ingredient, ingredients)
An ingredient is one of the foods or things that are mixed together to make a dish, like flour and eggs in a cake. - ingress noun (ingress — uncountable; an ingress) — formal
The act of going in, or the right to go in: a way in. - ingrown adjective (ingrown; also ingrowing, UK)
1) (of a toenail or hair) Grown into the skin instead of out of it, which can hurt and become infected. - inhabit verb (inhabit, inhabits, inhabited, inhabiting)
To inhabit a place means to live in it: «polar bears inhabit the Arctic». - inhabitant noun (an inhabitant, inhabitants)
An inhabitant is a person who lives in a place, such as a town, island or country. - inhabited adjective (inhabited); verb (inhabit, inhabits, inhabited, inhabiting)
1) Having people or animals living in it. 2) (verb, past) Lived in a place, as in «Dinosaurs inhabited the land». - inhalation noun (inhalation, an inhalation)
1) Breathing air, smoke or medicine into your lungs. 2) A medicine or steam you breathe in. - inhale verb (inhale, inhales, inhaled, inhaling)
To breathe air or another gas into your lungs. - inhaler noun (an inhaler, inhalers)
1) A small device you put in your mouth and press to breathe a medicine into your lungs, used mostly for asthma. - inherent adjective (inherent; inherently adv.)
1) (formal) Being a natural, basic part of something, so it cannot be taken away: an inherent danger, an inherent quality. - inherently adverb (inherently)
As a basic, natural part of something that cannot be removed; by its very nature. - inherit verb (inherit, inherits, inherited, inheriting)
To inherit money, a house or things is to receive them from someone after they die. - inheritance noun (inheritance, uncountable; an inheritance, inheritances)
An inheritance is money, property or things you receive from someone who has died. - inherited verb form (past of inherit: inherit, inherits, inherited, inheriting); adjective (inherited)
Inherited means passed down from parents to children through the body, like eye colour or freckles. - inheriting verb form (inherit, inherits, inherited, inheriting)
Inheriting money, a house or things means receiving them from someone after that person has died. - inhibit verb (inhibit, inhibits, inhibited, inhibiting)
To slow down, block or stop something from happening or growing: salt inhibits bacteria. - inhospitable adjective (inhospitable, more inhospitable)
Not friendly or welcoming to visitors; a place with no food, shelter or kindness for strangers. - inhuman adjective (inhuman, more inhuman)
Very cruel or unkind, in a way that a kind person would never be. - initial adjective (initial); noun (an initial, initials); verb (initial, initials, initialled/initialed, initialling/initialing)
1) (adjective) Happening at the beginning; first. 2) (noun) The first letter of a name: J. K. Rowling's initials are J. K. R. 3) (verb) To… - initially adverb (initially)
Initially means at the beginning, at first, before anything changed. - initiate verb (initiate, initiates, initiated, initiating); noun (an initiate, initiates)
To initiate something is to start it or make it begin: initiate a conversation. - initiation noun (initiation, initiations); from the verb initiate
The act of starting something, such as a plan or a process. - inject verb (inject, injects, injected, injecting)
To put a medicine or liquid into the body with a needle (a syringe). - injection noun (an injection, injections)
An injection is when a doctor or nurse uses a needle to put medicine into your body through the skin. - injector noun (an injector, injectors)
A device that pushes a liquid or gas into something, for example fuel into a car engine. - injunction noun (an injunction, injunctions)
An injunction is an order from a court telling someone that they must or must not do something. - injure verb (injure, injures, injured, injuring)
To injure means to hurt a person or an animal so that part of the body is damaged, for example in an accident or a fall. - injurious adjective (injurious)
1) (formal) Causing harm or damage, as in «injurious to health». - injury noun (an injury, injuries); verb injure; adjective injured
An injury is harm done to a person's or animal's body, such as a cut, a bruise, a broken bone or a burn. - injustice noun (injustice, injustices)
Injustice is unfairness: a situation where people are not treated equally or are not given what they deserve. - ink noun (ink, inks); verb (ink, inks, inked, inking)
Ink is the coloured liquid used for writing, drawing and printing, found in pens and printers. - inkstand noun (an inkstand, inkstands)
1) A stand or tray on a desk that holds pots of ink, pens and sometimes sand or a pen-wiper, used in the days of dip pens. - inky adjective (inky, inkier, inkiest)
1) Inky means stained or covered with ink. 2) Inky means very dark, especially black or dark blue, like ink. - inlaid adjective (inlaid); past form of the verb inlay (inlay, inlays, inlaid, inlaying)
Decorated by setting pieces of another material into the surface, so that they show, such as gold or pearl set into wood or ivory. - inland adjective (inland); adverb (inland)
In or towards the middle of a country, away from the coast or the sea: an inland town, travel inland. - inlet noun (an inlet, inlets)
An inlet is a narrow area of sea or lake water that goes into the land, like a small bay. - inmate noun (an inmate, inmates)
1) A person who is kept in a prison. 2) (old use) A person living in a hospital or other institution. 3) An inmate can also be any… - inmost adjective (inmost, no comparative)
The deepest or most private; at the very centre of a place or of your feelings. - inn noun (an inn, inns)
An inn is a small hotel or pub, often in the countryside or an old building, where travellers can eat, drink and stay the night. - innate adjective (innate)
Innate means something you are born with, not something you learned, like an innate talent or instinct. - inner adjective
Inner means inside, or nearer the middle of something. - innermost adjective (innermost, no comparative)
The same as inmost: the deepest, or nearest to the centre of a place or of your feelings. - innings noun (an innings, innings; inning, innings in baseball)
In cricket, an innings is a team's turn to bat, or one player's turn at batting. - innkeeper noun (an innkeeper, innkeepers)
A person who owns or runs an inn, a small hotel or pub where travellers can eat, drink and sleep. - innocence noun (innocence, uncountable)
Innocence is the state of not being guilty of a crime or wrongdoing. - innocent adjective (innocent; more innocent, most innocent); noun (an innocent — rare)
Not guilty: having not done the wrong thing you are blamed for. - innocently adverb (from innocent)
Without doing wrong, or without knowing that you are doing wrong. - innovation noun (innovation, innovations)
Innovation is making new ideas, methods or inventions, or making changes to how things are done. - innumerable adjective (innumerable, no comparative)
Too many to count. - inoffensive adjective (inoffensive, more inoffensive)
1) Not likely to upset, annoy or offend anyone; harmless. 2) Pleasant but rather dull or ordinary: an inoffensive colour. - inoperative adjective (inoperative)
Inoperative means not working or not in use: The lift is inoperative. - inordinate adjective (inordinate; formal); adverb «inordinately»
1) (formal) Much more than is usual, reasonable or expected; too much. 2) Unreasonably large: an inordinate amount of time. - inquest noun (an inquest, inquests)
An official inquiry by a court, led by a coroner, to find out why and how a person died, when the death was sudden or unexplained. - inquire verb (inquire, inquires, inquired, inquiring; UK also enquire)
To ask for information about something: inquire about the times of trains. - inquiry noun (an inquiry, inquiries)
An inquiry is a question you ask to get information. - inquisitive adjective (inquisitive, more inquisitive)
Wanting to know about things; asking many questions and looking into what is not your business. - insane adjective (insane, more insane)
Seriously mentally ill; today doctors use «mental illness» instead. - insatiable adjective (insatiable)
1) Always wanting more and never satisfied: an insatiable appetite; an insatiable curiosity. - inscribe verb (inscribe, inscribes, inscribed, inscribing)
To inscribe words or a design is to write, carve or engrave them on something, like stone, metal or a ring. - inscribed verb past form of inscribe (inscribe, inscribes, inscribed, inscribing); adjective (inscribed)
Inscribed means written, carved or printed on something, especially stone, metal or the inside of a book. - inscription noun (an inscription, inscriptions)
Words cut, carved or written on something hard, like stone, metal or a coin. - insect noun (an insect, insects)
An insect is a small animal with six legs and a body in three parts (head, thorax, abdomen); most insects have wings and antennae. - insectivore noun (an insectivore, insectivores)
1) An animal or plant that eats mainly insects. 2) (science, older) A word once used for a group of small mammals like shrews, moles and… - insectivorous adjective (insectivorous)
1) Insectivorous means eating insects as the main food. - insecure adjective (insecure, more insecure); noun insecurity
An insecure person does not feel confident and worries that they are not good enough or not liked. - insensible adjective (insensible) — formal or old-fashioned
Unconscious; not awake or aware: knocked insensible. - insensitive adjective (insensitive, more insensitive); noun «insensitivity»
Not noticing or caring about other people's feelings; saying or doing hurtful things. - inseparable adjective (inseparable); adverb «inseparably»
1) Always together; such close friends that you can't keep them apart. 2) Impossible to separate: two ideas that are inseparable. - insert verb (insert, inserts, inserted, inserting); noun (an insert, inserts)
To insert means to put something into something else: «Insert the key.». - insertion noun (insertion, insertions)
Insertion is the act of putting something into something else. - inset noun (an inset, insets); verb (inset, insets, inset, insetting); adjective (inset)
A small map, picture or box placed inside a bigger one, often in a corner. - inside preposition (inside the box); adverb (go inside); noun (the inside, insides); adjective (an inside pocket)
Inside means in something, within its walls or edges: inside the box. - insider noun (an insider, insiders)
An insider is a person who belongs to a group, club, company or organisation and so knows how it works and what is happening inside it. - insidious adjective
Insidious means harmful in a sneaky way that works slowly and is hard to spot. - insignia noun (insignia — plural or singular; also «insignias»; old singular «insigne»)
A badge, sign or symbol that shows someone's rank, job, group or authority, like stripes on a uniform. - insignificant adjective
Insignificant means too small or unimportant to matter. - insincerity noun (insincerity, uncountable)
1) Insincerity is saying or showing feelings you do not really have; not being honest about what you feel. - insist verb (insist, insists, insisted, insisting)
To say firmly that something must happen, and not accept «no». - insistence noun (insistence — uncountable; an insistence)
1) Demanding something firmly and not giving up. 2) Saying firmly again and again that something is true.
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