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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • i know the feelingphraseB2A sympathetic way of saying you have been there.
  • i see what you meanphraseB1Showing that you now follow the argument.
  • i should get goingphraseB1A soft announcement that you are leaving.
  • i take your pointphraseC1Accepting an argument even while disagreeing.
  • i'd better be offphraseB2A gentle way of saying you must leave.
  • ibannounC1The international code identifying a bank account abroad.
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  • ibis/ˈaɪ.bɪs/nounC1A wading bird with a long curved beak.
  • ice/aɪs/nounA1Water frozen hard.
  • ice age/ˈaɪ.seɪd͡ʒ/nounB1A long period when much of the earth was frozen.
  • ice coldphraseA2Chilled almost to freezing.
  • ice cream/ˌaɪsˈkɹiːm/phraseA1A sweet frozen food made from cream or milk.
  • ice hockeynounB1A fast team game played with sticks and a puck on ice.
  • ice rinknounB1The frozen floor people skate circles on.
  • ice-cold/ˈaɪskəʊld/adjectiveA22 meaningsExtremely cold.
  • iceberg/ˈaɪsbɜːɡ/nounB1+A large mass of floating ice.
  • icelandnounA2+An island country in the north Atlantic.
  • ichthyosaur/ˈɪkθiəsɔːɹ/nounC1A sea reptile shaped rather like a dolphin.
  • icicle/ˈʌɪsəkəl/nounB1+A hanging spike of frozen drip.
  • icing/ˈaɪsɪŋ/nounB1The sweet coating spread over a cake.
  • icon/ˈaɪ.kɒn/nounB2A sacred image, or somebody widely admired as a symbol.
  • iconic/aɪˈkɒnɪk/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsSo well known that it symbolises something larger.
  • iconoclasm/aɪˈkɒnəˌklæzəm/nounC2The attacking of beliefs and images others hold dear.
  • iconoclast/aɪˈkɒn.əˌklæst/nounC2Somebody who attacks cherished beliefs.
  • icy/ˈaɪsi/adjectiveB22 meaningsFrozen and dangerously slippery, or extremely cold.
  • idea/aɪ̯ˈdɪə̯/nounA14 meaningsA thought or suggestion that comes into your mind, especially a plan or a solution.
  • ideal/aɪˈdɪəl/adjectiveB22 meaningsThe best possible for a purpose.
  • idealism/ʌɪˈdɪəlɪz(ə)m/nounB2+Living by high principles rather than by what works.
  • idealistnounB2+Somebody guided by how things ought to be.
  • idealistic/ˌaɪ.di.əˈlɪ.stɪk/adjectiveB2+Guided by dreams of how the world should be.
  • identical/ɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/adjectiveB23 meaningsExactly the same in every detail.
  • identification/aɪˌdɛntɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/nounB1Proof of who somebody is, or the recognising of something.
  • identify/aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.faɪ/verbA2+4 meaningsTo recognise someone or something and say exactly who or what they are.
  • identity/aɪˈdɛntɪti/nounB12 meaningsWho somebody is; what makes them themselves.
  • identity cardnounB1An official card proving who you are.
  • identity theftnounB2Using somebody else's details to borrow or buy.
  • ideological/ˌaɪ.diː.əˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/adjectiveC1Driven by a system of political or social beliefs.
  • ideologue/ˈaɪ.di.ə.lɒɡ/nounC2Somebody rigidly devoted to a set of political ideas.
  • ideology/ˌaɪ.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒiː/nounC1A connected set of beliefs about how society should work.
  • idiom/ˈɪdiəm/nounB2+A phrase whose meaning cannot be guessed from its words.
  • idiomatic/ˌɪd.iː.əˈmat.ɪk/adjectiveC2Sounding natural to somebody who grew up with the language.
  • idiosyncrasy/ˌɪdɪəʊˈsɪŋkɹəsi/nounC2A personal quirk that belongs to one person alone.
  • idiosyncratic/ˌɪd.i.əʊ.sɪŋˈkɹæt.ɪk/adjectiveC2Peculiar to one individual and nobody else.
  • idiot/ˈɪdiət/nounA2Somebody who behaves very stupidly.
  • idiotic/ˌɪdiˈɑtɪk/adjectiveC1Extremely foolish or senseless.
  • idle/ˈaɪd(ə)l/adjectiveB24 meaningsNot working, not running, not being used.
  • idleness/ˈaɪdəlnəs/nounB2+The state of doing nothing at all.
  • idly/ˈaɪd(ə)lɪ/adverbB2+Without purpose or effort.
  • idol/ˈaɪ.dl̩/nounB1+2 meaningsAn image worshipped as a god.
  • idyllic/ɪˈdɪlɪk/adjectiveC1Peaceful and perfectly lovely.
  • if i mayphraseC1A courteous way of asking permission to speak.
  • if you ask mephraseB2Introducing an opinion nobody actually asked for.
  • if you insistphraseB2A soft agreement given after being pressed.
  • igneous/ˈɪɡ.ni.əs/adjectiveC1Formed from molten rock that cooled and set.
  • ignite/ɪɡˈnaɪt/verbB22 meaningsTo set on fire.
  • ignition/ɪɡˈnɪʃən/nounB1+2 meaningsThe switch or system in a vehicle that starts the engine.
  • ignoble/ɪɡˈnəʊbəl/adjectiveC1Shameful and unworthy of a decent person.
  • ignominious/ˌɪɡ.nə(ʊ)ˈmɪ.ni.əs/adjectiveC2Bringing public shame and humiliation.
  • ignominy/ˈɪɡnəˌmɪni/nounC2Public disgrace.
  • ignorance/ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹəns/nounC1Not knowing something you might be expected to know.
  • ignorant/ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹənt/adjectiveB2Knowing nothing about something.