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

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  • input/ˈɪnpʊt/nounB23 meaningsWhat is put into a system.
  • inquiry/ɪnˈkwaɪəɹi/nounB22 meaningsAn official investigation.
  • insect repellentnounB2The lotion that keeps biting flies away.
  • insecuritynounB22 meaningsLack of confidence in yourself.
  • insert/ɪnˈsɜːt/verbB22 meaningsTo put something into something else.
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A sudden clear understanding of how something really works.
  • 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.
  • instalment/ɪnˈstɔːl.mənt/nounB2+2 meaningsOne of a series of regular part-payments.
  • instance/ˈɪnstəns/nounB23 meaningsA single example or occurrence of something.
  • instant/ˈɪnstənt/nounB23 meaningsAn extremely short point in time.
  • 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.
  • instrument/ˈɪnstɹəmənt/nounA2+5 meaningsAn object made for playing music.
  • 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.
  • intellectual/ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃʊəl/adjectiveB22 meaningsTo do with serious thought and study.
  • intelligence/ɪnˈtɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/nounB12 meaningsThe ability to learn and understand.
  • 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.
  • intercourse/ˈɪn.tɚˌkɔɹs/nounB22 meaningsSexual activity between people.
  • interest/ˈɪn.tɹɛst/nounB16 meaningsThe feeling of wanting to know or learn more about something.
  • interest ratenounB2The price of borrowing, as a percentage.
  • interference/ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈfɪəɹəns/nounB22 meaningsUnwanted involvement in something.
  • interlibrary loannounB2Borrowing an item from another collection.
  • international/ˌɪn.təˈnæʃ.(ə.)n(ə)l/adjectiveA2+3 meaningsInvolving two or more countries.
  • internship/ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/nounB2A short first job where a student learns a profession.
  • interpretation/ɪnˌtɜːpɹəˈteɪʃən/nounB2One way of understanding what something means.
  • interrogation/ɪnˌteɹ.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/nounB2The long hard questioning of a suspect.
  • interruption/ˌɪntəˈɹʌpʃən/nounB2A break that stops something in its course.
  • intersection/ˈɪntəɹˌsɛkʃən/nounB22 meaningsA place where two or more roads cross.
  • interstate/ˈɪntɚˌsteɪt/nounB2A major road running between states.
  • interval/ˈɪntəvəʊ/nounB2+4 meaningsA period of time between two events or two points in time.
  • interview/ˈɪn.tə.vjuː/nounB14 meaningsA formal meeting where someone is asked questions to decide whether to give them a job or a place.
  • interview panelnounB2The group of people who question a candidate together.
  • intrigue/ˈɪntɹiːɡ/nounB2+2 meaningsSecret plotting to gain an advantage.
  • introduction/ˌɪntɹəˈdʌkʃn̩/nounB1+3 meaningsThe act of presenting one person to another by name.
  • intruder/ənˈtɹudɚ/nounB2Somebody who enters where they have no right to be.
  • intrusion/ɪnˈtɹuːʒən/nounB2An unwelcome entry into a place or a private matter.
  • invalid/ɪnˈvæl.ɪd/adjectiveB24 meaningsNot acceptable, because it breaks a rule or fails a legal requirement.
  • invasion/ɪnˈveɪʒən/nounB2The entering of a country by an armed force.
  • invention/ɪnˈvɛnʃən/nounB12 meaningsA new thing nobody had ever made before.
  • inventor/ɪnˈvɛntɚ/nounB2Somebody who thinks up something new.
  • inventory/ˈɪn.vən.tɹi/nounB23 meaningsA complete written list of everything held in a place, and the counting that produces it.
  • investigator/ɪnˈvɛs.tɪˌɡeɪ̯.təː/nounB2Somebody whose job is finding out what happened.
  • investment/ɪnˈvɛstmənt/nounB24 meaningsMoney put into something in the hope of making more.
  • iris/ˈaɪ.ɹɪs/nounB22 meaningsA tall flower with three upright and three drooping petals.
  • iron/ˈaɪ.ən/nounA2+4 meaningsThe common grey metal that rusts, used for tools, gates and machines.
  • iron agenounB2The age when iron replaced softer metals for tools.
  • irony/ˈaɪə.ɹə.ni/nounB23 meaningsSaying the opposite of what you mean, in a way the listener is meant to notice.
  • irritation/ˌɪɹ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsA feeling of mild annoyance.
  • island/ˈaɪlənd/nounA12 meaningsA piece of land with water all the way around it.
  • isolate/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪt/verbB24 meaningsTo separate someone or something from everything else and keep it apart.