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

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  • inspection/ɪnˈspɛkʃən/nounB2An official examination to check standards or condition.
  • inspection linenounB2The stage where finished goods are examined.
  • inspector/ɪnˈspɛk.təː/nounB2An official whose job is checking standards.
  • inspiration/ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/nounB22 meaningsSomething that fills you with the urge to create or act.
  • installation/ˌɪn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/nounB22 meaningsThe act of putting equipment in place and setting it up.
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/ɪnˈstɔːl.mənt/
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One of the regular part-payments that add up to the full price.
  • instalment/ɪnˈstɔːl.mənt/nounB2+2 meaningsOne of a series of regular part-payments.
  • instalment plannounC1Paying for something in regular parts over time.
  • instance/ˈɪnstəns/nounB23 meaningsA single example or occurrence of something.
  • instant/ˈɪnstənt/nounB23 meaningsAn extremely short point in time.
  • instep/ˈɪnˌstɛp/nounC1The arched upper part of the foot.
  • instinct/ˈɪn.stɪŋkt/nounB2Inborn knowledge of what to do without being taught.
  • institute/ˈɪnstɪtjuːt/nounB2An organisation set up for study or a special purpose.
  • institution/ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/nounB22 meaningsAn established organisation such as a bank, university or hospital.
  • instruction/ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/nounB1+2 meaningsAn order or direction telling someone what to do.
  • instructor/ɪnˈstɹʌktɚ/nounB1+Somebody who teaches a practical skill.
  • instrument/ˈɪnstɹəmənt/nounA2+5 meaningsAn object made for playing music.
  • insubordination/ˌɪn.səˌbɔːɹ.dɪˈneɪ.ʃən/nounC1Open refusal to obey orders.
  • insulation/ˌɪnsjʊˈleɪʃən/nounB2+Material used to prevent heat, sound or electricity passing through.
  • insulation battnounC2A thick pad of fibre that keeps heat from escaping.
  • insulator/ˈɪn.s(j)ə.leɪ.tə(ɹ)/nounB2+2 meaningsA material that will not let electricity pass.
  • insult/ɪnˈsʌlt/verbB22 meaningsTo say or do something that hurts somebody's pride.
  • insurance/ɪnˈʃɔː.ɹəns/nounB22 meaningsAn arrangement in which a company pays for specified losses in return for regular payments.
  • insurance agentnounB2A person who sells and arranges insurance policies.
  • insurance cardnounB1The card showing who pays for your treatment.
  • insurance valuationnounC1An estimate of worth made for cover against loss.
  • insurgency/ɪnˈsɜːd͡ʒənsi/nounC1An armed rising against the government.
  • insurrection/ˌɪnsəˈɹɛkʃn̩/nounC1A violent rising against those in power.
  • intaglio/ɪnˈtæl.jəʊ/nounC2A design cut down into a stone rather than raised.
  • intake/ˈɪnteɪk/nounC1What is taken in, or the opening it comes through.
  • integer/ˈɪn.tɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/nounB2+A whole number as a program stores it.
  • integration/ˌɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/nounC12 meaningsThe bringing together of separated groups as equals.
  • integrity/ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/nounC12 meaningsDoing the honest right thing even unobserved.
  • intellect/ˈɪntəlɛkt/nounC1The capacity of the mind to reason and understand.
  • intellectual/ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃʊəl/adjectiveB22 meaningsTo do with serious thought and study.
  • intelligence/ɪnˈtɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/nounB12 meaningsThe ability to learn and understand.
  • intelligentsia/ɪntɛlɪˈd͡ʒɛntsɪə/nounC2The educated class who shape a country's ideas.
  • intensity/ɪnˈtɛnsɪti/nounC13 meaningsThe strength or degree of something.
  • intensive carenounB2The ward for patients whose lives are at risk.
  • intention/ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/nounB12 meaningsWhat you mean or plan to do.
  • interaction/ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/nounB2The action two things have on each other.
  • intercept/ɪntəˈsɛpt/verbB24 meaningsTo stop or catch something as it moves from one place to another.
  • interception/ɪntɚˈsɛpʃən/nounB2+The stopping of something on its way to somewhere else.
  • intercession/ˌɪn.təɹˈsɛ.ʃən/nounC1Pleading with somebody on another's behalf.
  • intercourse/ˈɪn.tɚˌkɔɹs/nounB22 meaningsSexual activity between people.
  • interdict/ˈɪntɚdɪkt/nounC22 meaningsAn official order forbidding something.
  • interest/ˈɪn.tɹɛst/nounB16 meaningsThe feeling of wanting to know or learn more about something.
  • interest ratenounB2The price of borrowing, as a percentage.
  • interface/ˈɪntəfeɪs/nounC13 meaningsThe screens and controls through which a person uses a machine.
  • interfacingnounC2A stiffening layer sewn between two pieces of cloth.
  • interference/ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈfɪəɹəns/nounB22 meaningsUnwanted involvement in something.
  • interior/ɪnˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə/adjectiveC12 meaningsOn or belonging to the inside.
  • interjection/ɪn.təˈdʒɛk.ʃən/nounC1A word thrown in to show feeling, such as ouch.
  • interlibrary loannounB2Borrowing an item from another collection.
  • interlockingnounC2The system stopping signals and points from conflicting.
  • interlude/ˈɪntə(ɹ)luːd/nounC2A short break between two longer parts.
  • intermediary/ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmiːdi.əɹi/nounC2Somebody who acts between two sides to help them agree.
  • intermission/ɪntɚˈmɪʃən/nounB2+The break in the middle of a long show.
  • intern/ɪnˈtɝn/nounB1+2 meaningsA student doing a short first job to learn a profession.
  • international/ˌɪn.təˈnæʃ.(ə.)n(ə)l/adjectiveA2+3 meaningsInvolving two or more countries.