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

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19,295 words · showing 8,401–8,460

  • 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.
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/ˈɪm.ɪd͡ʒ/
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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.
  • immutableadjectiveC1Never changing, and unable to be changed.
  • imp/ɪmp/nounC12 meaningsA small mischievous demon.
  • impact/ˈɪmpækt/nounB12 meaningsThe force of one thing striking another.
  • impact craternounB2The hollow left where something struck the earth.
  • impair/ɪmˈpɛə/verbC1To weaken or damage a faculty or ability.
  • impairment/ɪmˈpɛəmənt/nounC12 meaningsA loss or reduction of a bodily or mental function.
  • impale/ɪmˈpeɪl/verbC1To pierce right through with something sharp.
  • impart/ɪmˈpɑːt/verbC1To give knowledge or a quality to somebody.
  • impartial/ɪmˈpɑɹ.ʃəl/adjectiveB2+Favouring no side, and perfectly fair.
  • impassive/ɪmˈpæsɪv/adjectiveC1Showing no feeling at all in the face.
  • impatience/ɪmˈpeɪʃəns/nounB2Unwillingness to wait or tolerate delay.
  • impatient/ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/adjectiveB22 meaningsAnnoyed by waiting or by someone else's slowness.
  • impeach/ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ/verbB2+To charge a holder of high office with serious wrongdoing.
  • impeachment/ɪmˈpiːt͡ʃ.mənt/nounB2+A formal charge of misconduct against a high official.
  • impeccable/ɪmˈpɛkəbəl/adjectiveC2Faultless in every detail.
  • impeccably/ɪmˈpɛk.ə.bli/adverbC2Without a single flaw.
  • impede/ɪmˈpiːd/verbC1To slow or obstruct something's progress.
  • impediment/ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt/nounC1Something that stands in the way.