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- intermittent adjective (intermittent)
1) Stopping and starting again and again; not continuous. - intern noun (an intern, interns); verb (intern, interns, interned, interning)
An intern is a student or young person who works somewhere for a short time to learn the job, sometimes without pay. - internal adjective (internal)
Inside something, especially inside the body, a building or a country. - internally adverb (internally)
Internally means inside something, such as inside the body, a building or a machine. - international adjective (international); noun (an international — a match or player)
International means between or involving two or more countries. - internationally adverb (internationally)
1) Internationally means between or among different countries. 2) Internationally means all over the world, in many countries, not just one. - internet noun (the internet — uncountable; also the Internet)
1) The internet is the huge worldwide network that links millions of computers, phones and other devices so they can share information… - internment noun (internment — usually uncountable)
Keeping people locked up or held in a place, often during a war, without a normal trial. - interplanetary adjective (interplanetary)
1) Between planets, or travelling from one planet to another. - interpose verb (interpose, interposes, interposed, interposing — formal)
To interpose something is to place it between two things or people. - interposition noun (interposition, interpositions — formal)
Putting something between two other things, or coming between them. - interpret verb (interpret, interprets, interpreted, interpreting)
To interpret something is to explain or decide what it means: interpret a poem, interpret a graph. - interpretation noun (an interpretation, interpretations)
1) An explanation of what something means. 2) The way an actor, musician or artist performs or shows something. 3) Turning spoken words… - interpreter noun (an interpreter, interpreters)
An interpreter is a person whose job is to change what someone says from one language into another, out loud, as they speak. - interred verb form (past tense and past participle of «inter»: inter, inters, interred, interring)
Interred means buried; a person who is interred has been placed in a grave or tomb after death. - interrogation noun (an interrogation, interrogations; also uncountable)
An interrogation is long, close questioning of someone, especially by police or soldiers, to get information. - interrogative adjective (interrogative); noun (an interrogative, interrogatives)
Interrogative means used to ask a question: an interrogative sentence ends with a question mark. - interrupt verb (interrupt, interrupts, interrupted, interrupting)
To stop someone while they are speaking or doing something by saying or doing something yourself. - interruption noun (an interruption, interruptions; interruption — uncountable)
An interruption is when someone or something stops a person talking or an activity for a short time. - intersection noun (an intersection, intersections)
A place where two or more roads meet or cross; a crossroads or junction. - intersperse verb (intersperses, interspersed, interspersing)
To scatter or place things here and there among other things. - interstice noun (an interstice, interstices — formal)
1) (formal) A very small gap or space between things that are close together. 2) (formal) A small gap in time or in a set of ideas. - intertidal adjective (intertidal)
Intertidal describes the strip of seashore that is under water at high tide and out in the air at low tide. - intertwine verb (intertwines, intertwined, intertwining)
To twist or wind together so that the parts become mixed up and linked. - interval noun (an interval, intervals)
An interval is a period of time between two events. - intervene verb (intervene, intervenes, intervened, intervening)
To get involved in a situation to stop it or change it, especially to help. - intervening adjective (intervening); also a form of the verb intervene (intervene, intervenes, intervened, intervening)
Coming or lying between two things, places or times (the intervening weeks, the intervening hills). - intervention noun (an intervention, interventions; intervention, uncountable)
An intervention is when someone steps in to change what is happening, especially to stop a problem or help. - intervertebral adjective (intervertebral)
1) (biology) Between the bones of the spine (vertebrae). Intervertebral discs are soft cushions between the vertebrae. - interview noun (an interview, interviews); verb (interview, interviews, interviewed, interviewing)
An interview is a meeting where someone asks a person questions, for a job, a school place or a news story. - interviewee noun (an interviewee, interviewees)
The person who is asked questions in an interview, for example for a job, a school place, a newspaper or a TV programme. - interviewer noun (an interviewer, interviewers)
The person who asks the questions in an interview, for example on TV, radio, in a newspaper or for a job. - intestine noun (an intestine, intestines; the intestines)
The intestines are the long tubes in your belly that food passes through after the stomach. - intimate adjective (more intimate, most intimate)
1) Very close and friendly, sharing secrets. 2) Deep and detailed, known very well. - intimately adverb (intimately)
In a very close, detailed way; very well, from long experience. - intimidate verb (intimidate, intimidates, intimidated, intimidating); adjectives «intimidating», «intimidated»; noun «intimidation»
To frighten or threaten someone, especially to make them do what you want. - intimidation noun (intimidation, uncountable)
1) Intimidation is frightening someone, often with threats, so that they do what you want or are too scared to act. - into preposition
Into means to the inside of something: jump into the pool. - intolerable adjective (intolerable); adverb intolerably
Intolerable means too bad, painful or annoying to put up with. - intolerance noun (intolerance; an intolerance, intolerances)
Not being willing to accept people whose ideas, beliefs, habits or ways of life are different from yours. - intolerant adjective (intolerant); noun intolerance
Intolerant means not willing to accept people whose ideas, beliefs or ways are different from yours. - intonation noun (intonation, intonations)
The rise and fall of your voice when you speak, which can change the meaning: a question often goes up at the end. - intone verb (intone, intones, intoned, intoning)
To say something slowly in a steady, flat voice, almost like singing on one note. - intoxicated adjective (intoxicated); verb, past form of intoxicate (intoxicate, intoxicates, intoxicated, intoxicating)
Drunk, or affected by drugs, so that you cannot think or act normally. - intoxicating adjective
1) So exciting or delightful that it makes you feel dizzy with joy. 2) Of drink, strong enough to make people drunk. - intoxication noun (intoxication); uncountable
Intoxication is being drunk, or affected by alcohol or drugs so that you cannot think or move properly. - intravenous adjective (intravenous); short form IV
Intravenous means going into a vein, the tube that carries blood back to the heart. - intravenously adverb (intravenously)
1) Intravenously means by putting something straight into a vein, usually with a needle or drip. - intrepidity noun (formal, rare)
Fearless bravery; the quality of not being afraid of danger. - intrinsic adjective (intrinsic) — formal
1) (formal) Belonging to the real nature of something itself, not coming from outside: intrinsic value. - intrinsically adverb (intrinsically)
Intrinsically means by its own nature, in itself, not because of anything added from outside. - intro noun (an intro, intros); informal
An intro is an introduction, the start of a song, book, talk or video. - introduce verb (introduce, introduces, introduced, introducing)
To introduce people is to tell them each other's names when they meet for the first time. - introduction noun (an introduction, introductions; introduction — uncountable)
An introduction is the first part of a book, story, essay or talk, which tells what it will be about. - intrude verb (intrude, intrudes, intruded, intruding)
To intrude is to go into a place or join a situation where you are not wanted or not invited. - intruder noun (an intruder, intruders)
An intruder is a person who goes into a place where they are not allowed, especially a building, to steal or cause harm. - intrusion noun (an intrusion, intrusions; uncountable)
An intrusion is when someone comes into a place or situation where they are not wanted or allowed. - inuit noun (Inuit — plural, the people; an Inuk — one person); adjective (Inuit)
The Inuit are Indigenous peoples who live in the Arctic regions of Canada, Greenland, Alaska and nearby. - inundated adjective (inundated); past form of the verb inundate (inundate, inundates, inundated, inundating)
Getting so many things, like letters, calls or jobs, that it is hard to deal with them all. - inundation noun (an inundation, inundations) — formal
A flood; when water covers land that is usually dry. - invade verb (invade, invades, invaded, invading); noun (invasion, invader)
To invade a country or place is to enter it with an army in order to take control of it. - invader noun (an invader, invaders)
An invader is a person, army or country that enters another place by force to take it over. - invading verb form (present participle of invade: invade, invades, invaded, invading); adjective (invading)
Entering a country or place by force, with an army, to take control of it. - invalid adjective (invalid — said in-VAL-id); noun (an invalid, invalids — said IN-va-lid)
Not legally or officially acceptable, as in an invalid ticket. - invariable adjective (invariable); noun (an invariable — maths, rare)
Invariable means never changing; always the same. - invariably adverb (formal)
1) Always, every time, without any change. - invasion noun (an invasion, invasions)
When an army enters another country by force to attack or take it. - invasive adjective (invasive)
An invasive plant or animal spreads into a place where it does not belong and harms the plants and animals already living there. - invent verb (invent, invents, invented, inventing)
1) To make or design something new that did not exist before. 2) To make up a story or excuse that is not true. - invention noun (an invention, inventions; invention — uncountable)
An invention is a new thing or idea that someone has made or thought of for the first time. - inventor noun (an inventor, inventors)
An 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. - inventory noun (an inventory, inventories); verb (inventory, inventories, inventoried, inventorying — mostly US)
A complete list of all the things in a place, such as goods in a shop or items in a house. - inversion noun (inversion, inversions)
Turning something upside down or the other way round. - invert verb (invert, inverts, inverted, inverting); noun (an invert — rare)
To invert something is to turn it upside down. - invertebrate noun (an invertebrate, invertebrates); adjective (invertebrate)
An invertebrate is an animal without a backbone, such as an insect, spider, worm, snail, jellyfish or crab. - inverted adjective (inverted); verb past (invert → inverted)
Inverted means turned upside down or the other way round. - invest verb (invest, invests, invested, investing)
To invest is to put money into something, like a business, shares or a bank account, hoping to get more money back later. - investigate verb (investigate, investigates, investigated, investigating)
To try to find out the facts about something, especially a crime or problem. - investigation noun (investigation, investigations); from the verb investigate
A careful search for facts to find out the truth about something, such as a crime or an accident. - investigator noun (investigator, investigators)
1) An 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… - investing verb form (-ing form of invest); noun (investing, uncountable)
Investing is putting money into something, like a business, shares or property, hoping it will grow and bring back more money later. - investment noun (an investment, investments; investment — uncountable)
An investment is money you put into something, like a business, shares or property, hoping to get more money back later. - investor noun (an investor, investors)
1) (money) An investor is a person or company that puts money into a business, shares or property, hoping to make a profit. - invincible adjective (invincible; more invincible is rare)
1) Too strong to be beaten or defeated by anyone. 2) So firm that nothing can shake it, as in «invincible hope» or «invincible courage». - invisible adjective (invisible)
1) Invisible means not able to be seen. 2) Invisible can mean hidden or not noticed by others. - invisibly adverb (invisibly)
1) Invisibly means in a way that cannot be seen. 2) Invisibly can mean without people noticing, quietly in the background. - invitation noun (an invitation, invitations)
An invitation is a request, spoken or written, asking someone to come to an event like a party, wedding or meal. - invite verb (invite, invites, invited, inviting); noun (an invite — informal)
To invite someone is to ask them to come to a party, a meal, your home or an event. - invocation noun (an invocation, invocations)
An 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. - invoke verb (invoke, invokes, invoked, invoking)
To invoke a law, rule or right is to use it or point to it to support what you do. - involuntarily adverb (involuntarily)
Involuntarily means without meaning to, without choosing to, as when your body does something by itself. - involuntary adjective
Involuntary means done without meaning to or without control, like a sneeze or a shiver. - involve verb (involve, involves, involved, involving)
To include something as a necessary part: «The job involves lifting boxes». - involvement noun (involvement, involvements)
Involvement is taking part in something: your involvement in the school play. - inward adjective (inward); adverb (inward, also inwards)
Inward means going towards the inside or the centre («the door opens inward»). - iodine noun (iodine, uncountable)
A chemical element (symbol I, number 53) that forms dark purple-black crystals and a violet gas when heated. - ion noun (an ion, ions)
An atom or a small group of atoms that has an electric charge because it has gained or lost one or more electrons. - iou noun (an IOU, IOUs) — an abbreviation
A short written note that says you owe someone money; it stands for «I owe you» because the letters sound like those words. - iowa proper noun (Iowa)
1) A 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. - ipad noun (an iPad, iPads) — a brand name
1) An iPad is a tablet computer made by the company Apple, with a touch screen and no keyboard.
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