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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'd better be offphraseB2A gentle way of saying you must leave.
  • icon/ˈaɪ.kɒn/nounB2A sacred image, or somebody widely admired as a symbol.
  • icy/ˈaɪsi/adjectiveB22 meaningsFrozen and dangerously slippery, or extremely cold.
  • ideal/aɪˈdɪəl/adjectiveB22 meaningsThe best possible for a purpose.
  • identical/ɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/
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Exactly the same in every detail.
  • identify/aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.faɪ/verbA2+4 meaningsTo recognise someone or something and say exactly who or what they are.
  • identity theftnounB2Using somebody else's details to borrow or buy.
  • idle/ˈaɪd(ə)l/adjectiveB24 meaningsNot working, not running, not being used.
  • if you ask mephraseB2Introducing an opinion nobody actually asked for.
  • if you insistphraseB2A soft agreement given after being pressed.
  • ignite/ɪɡˈnaɪt/verbB22 meaningsTo set on fire.
  • ignition/ɪɡˈnɪʃən/nounB1+2 meaningsThe switch or system in a vehicle that starts the engine.
  • ignorant/ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹənt/adjectiveB2Knowing nothing about something.
  • ill/ɪl/adjectiveA24 meaningsNot healthy; suffering from a disease.
  • ill-fittingadjectiveB2Not the right size or shape for what it covers.
  • ill-temperedadjectiveB22 meaningsEasily annoyed and often angry.
  • illusion/ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/nounB2Something that seems real but is not.
  • illustrate/ˈɪl.jʊˌstɹeɪt/verbB22 meaningsTo make something clear by giving an example.
  • illustration/ˌɪləsˈtɹeɪ̯ʃən/nounB2A picture in a book, or an example that makes a point clear.
  • imitation/ɪmɪˈteɪ̯ʃən/nounB2A copy of something, usually less good than the original.
  • immeasurable/ɪˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/adjectiveB2Too great to be measured or counted.
  • immediate/ɪˈmiː.dɪət/adjectiveB13 meaningsHappening at once, without any delay.
  • immediately/ɪˈmiː.di.ət.li/adverbA22 meaningsAt once, with no delay.
  • immerse/ɪˈmɜːs/verbB2+2 meaningsTo put something completely under a liquid.
  • immigrant/ˈɪmɪɡɹənt/nounB2A person who has moved into a new country to live.
  • immoral/ɪˈmɒɹəl/adjectiveB2Contrary to accepted principles of right and wrong.
  • immortal/ɪˈmɔɹtəl/adjectiveB22 meaningsNever dying.
  • immune/ɪˈmjuːn/adjectiveB22 meaningsProtected from an illness so it cannot take hold.
  • impact craternounB2The hollow left where something struck the earth.
  • impatience/ɪmˈpeɪʃəns/nounB2Unwillingness to wait or tolerate delay.
  • impatient/ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/adjectiveB22 meaningsAnnoyed by waiting or by someone else's slowness.
  • implement/ˈɪmpləmənt/verbB2+3 meaningsTo put a plan or decision into effect.
  • implication/ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃən/nounB24 meaningsSomething suggested without being said outright.
  • imply/ɪmˈplaɪ/verbB23 meaningsTo let a further meaning be understood without stating it.
  • impose/ɪmˈpəʊz/verbB22 meaningsTo force a rule or burden onto people.
  • impossibility/ɪmˌpɒsɪˈbɪliti/nounB2Something that cannot be done at all.
  • impossible/ɪmˈpɒs.ɪ.bəl/adjectiveA22 meaningsUnable to happen or to be done, whatever anyone tries.
  • impractical/ɪmˈpɹæktɪkəl/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsNot sensible or realistic to carry out.
  • impress/ɪmˈpɹɛs/verbB23 meaningsTo make someone admire you or think well of you.
  • impression/ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/nounB12 meaningsThe idea or feeling somebody leaves you with.
  • improper/ɪmˈpɹɒp.ə/adjectiveB22 meaningsNot right or not suitable for the occasion.
  • improvisation/ɪmpɹəvaɪˈzeɪʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsPerforming without a script, inventing in the moment.
  • improvise/ˈɪm.pɹə.vaɪz/verbB23 meaningsTo make music up as you play it.
  • impulsive/ɪmˈpʌlsɪv/adjectiveB23 meaningsActing on sudden feeling, without thinking about what follows.
  • in a nutshellphraseB2Summed up in the fewest possible words.
  • in hot waterphraseB2In serious trouble.
  • in principlephraseB2True in theory, whatever happens in practice.
  • in somebody's good booksphraseB2In favour with somebody at the moment.
  • in the dark/ɪn ðə dɑːk/phraseB2Kept without the information you need.
  • in the meantimephraseB2During the period until something else happens.
  • in the nick of timephraseB2At the very last possible moment.
  • in the same boatphraseB2Facing the very same difficult situation as the others.
  • in transitphraseB2On the way, and not yet delivered.
  • in your dreamsphraseB2A mocking way of dismissing somebody's hope.
  • in-traynounB2The shallow tray where incoming work lands.
  • inbound/ˈɪnbaʊnd/adjectiveB2+3 meaningsTravelling towards a place rather than away from it.
  • incapable/ɪnˈkeɪpəbl̩/adjectiveB1+3 meaningsNot able to do something, because the ability is not there.
  • inch/ɪnt͡ʃ/nounB12 meaningsA unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot.
  • incidental/ɪnsɪˈdɛntəl/adjectiveB2Happening as a minor side effect of something else.