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

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833 words · showing 61–120

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  • ignore/ɪɡˈnɔː/verbB12 meaningsTo take no notice of someone or something on purpose.
  • iguana/ɪ.ɡjuˈɑːnə/nounB2+A large tree-dwelling lizard of tropical America.
  • ilk/ɪlk/nounC2A type or class of person, usually mentioned with disapproval.
  • ill/ɪl/adjectiveA24 meaningsNot healthy; suffering from a disease.
  • ill-advisedadjectiveC1Unwise, and likely to end badly.
  • ill-bredadjective
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Badly brought up and lacking manners.
  • ill-fittingadjectiveB2Not the right size or shape for what it covers.
  • ill-naturedadjectiveC1Unkind and sour in temper.
  • ill-temperedadjectiveB22 meaningsEasily annoyed and often angry.
  • ill-timedadjectiveC1Happening at exactly the wrong moment.
  • illegal/ɪˈliːɡəl/adjectiveB12 meaningsForbidden by law.
  • illegible/ɪˈlɛd͡ʒəbəl/adjectiveB2+Impossible to read because of poor handwriting or damage.
  • illicit/ɪˈlɪsɪt/adjectiveC1Forbidden by law or by custom.
  • illiterate/ɪˈlɪtəɹət/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsUnable to read or write.
  • illness/ˈɪl.nəs/nounA2+The state of being unwell, or a particular disease.
  • illuminate/ɪˈl(j)umɪneɪt/verbB1+2 meaningsTo light something up.
  • illuminated/ɪˈlumɪneɪtɪd/adjectiveC1Decorated with gold and coloured painting.
  • illumination/ɪˌlumɪˈneɪʃən/nounB2+The lighting of a place, or a sudden understanding.
  • 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.
  • illustrator/ˈɪləˌstɹeɪtəɹ/nounB2+An artist who draws pictures for books and articles.
  • illustrious/ɪˈlʌs.tɹɪ.əs/adjectiveC1Distinguished by outstanding achievement.
  • image/ˈɪm.ɪd͡ʒ/nounA2+A picture, or how somebody is seen by others.
  • imagery/ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɹi/nounC1Pictures, or the word-pictures a writer uses.
  • imaginable/ɪˈmadʒɪnəbəl/adjectiveB2+Able to be pictured or conceived of.
  • imaginary/ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnəɹi/adjectiveB1Existing only in the mind.
  • imagination/ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/nounB1The mind's power to see things that are not there.
  • imaginative/ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnətɪv/adjectiveB1+Rich in fresh original ideas, thanks to a mind that pictures freely what is not really there.
  • imagine/ɪˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪn/verbA13 meaningsTo form a picture or idea of something in your mind.
  • imam/ˈiːmɑːm/nounB2+The person who leads prayer in a mosque.
  • imbalancenounB2+A state where two sides are unequal.
  • imbecile/ɪmbəˈsiːl/nounC1A person behaving very stupidly, used as an insult.
  • imbibe/ɪmˈbaɪb/verbC22 meaningsTo drink.
  • imbue/ɪmˈbjuː/verbC2To fill something through and through with a quality.
  • imitation/ɪmɪˈteɪ̯ʃən/nounB2A copy of something, usually less good than the original.
  • immaculate/ɪˈmækjʊlət/adjectiveB2+Perfectly clean and without a single flaw.
  • immature/ɪməˈtjʊə(ɹ)/adjectiveB1+2 meaningsNot fully grown.
  • immeasurable/ɪˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/adjectiveB2Too great to be measured or counted.
  • immeasurably/ɪˈmɛ.ʒə.ɹəb.li/adverbC1To a degree too great to be measured.
  • immediate/ɪˈmiː.dɪət/adjectiveB13 meaningsHappening at once, without any delay.
  • immediately/ɪˈmiː.di.ət.li/adverbA22 meaningsAt once, with no delay.
  • immense/ɪˈmɛns/adjectiveC1Extremely large, beyond easy measure.
  • immensity/ɪˈmɛn.sɪ.ti/nounC1Vastness beyond ordinary scale.
  • immerse/ɪˈmɜːs/verbB2+2 meaningsTo put something completely under a liquid.
  • immersion/ɪˈmɜːʃən/nounB2+Complete covering by liquid, or total absorption in a subject.
  • immigrant/ˈɪmɪɡɹənt/nounB2A person who has moved into a new country to live.
  • immigrate/ˈɪmɪɡɹeɪt/verbB2+To come into a country in order to settle there.
  • immigration/ɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃn/nounB2+The official process of being allowed into a country.
  • imminent/ˈɪmɪnənt/adjectiveC1About to happen at any moment.
  • immoral/ɪˈmɒɹəl/adjectiveB2Contrary to accepted principles of right and wrong.
  • immorality/ɪməˈɹælɪti/nounB2+Behaviour that breaks moral rules.
  • immortal/ɪˈmɔɹtəl/adjectiveB22 meaningsNever dying.
  • immortality/ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/nounB2+Never dying, or being remembered for ever.
  • immortalize/ɪˈmɔː(ɹ).təˌlaɪz/verbC1To make somebody remembered for ever.
  • immovable/ɪˈmuːvəb(ə)l/adjectiveC22 meaningsImpossible to move from a position.
  • immune/ɪˈmjuːn/adjectiveB22 meaningsProtected from an illness so it cannot take hold.
  • immunisationnounC1The programme of injections that protects a child.
  • immunity/ɪˈmjuːnəti/nounB2+2 meaningsThe body's ability to resist a disease.
  • immunity dealnounC1An agreement not to prosecute in return for evidence.