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

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19,295 words · showing 8,521–8,580

  • impressive/ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/adjectiveB1So good or grand that people admire it at once.
  • imprint/ˈɪm.pɹɪnt/nounC14 meaningsThe name of a publishing house as it appears on a book, or a branded list within a larger publisher.
  • imprison/ɪmˈpɹɪzən/verbC1To shut somebody up in a prison.
  • imprisonment/ɪmˈpɹɪzn̩.mənt/nounC1Being shut up in prison.
  • improbable/ɪmˈpɹɑbəbl̩/adjectiveB2+Very unlikely to be true or to happen.
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/ɪmˈpɹɒmp.t(j)u/
adjectiveB2+
Done on the spot without preparation.
  • improper/ɪmˈpɹɒp.ə/adjectiveB22 meaningsNot right or not suitable for the occasion.
  • impropriety/ˌɪm.pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/nounC1Behaviour that breaks the accepted standards.
  • improv/ˈɪmpɹɑv/nounC1Unscripted performance created on the spot.
  • improve/ɪmˈpɹuːv/verbB1To make something better than it was.
  • improvement/ɪmˈpɹuːvmənt/nounB1+A change that makes something better.
  • improvisation/ɪmpɹəvaɪˈzeɪʃən/nounB2+2 meaningsPerforming without a script, inventing in the moment.
  • improvisational/ɪmpɹəvaɪˈzeɪʃənəl/adjectiveC2Belonging to a style of performing in which the players invent the material as they go.
  • improvise/ˈɪm.pɹə.vaɪz/verbB23 meaningsTo make music up as you play it.
  • impudence/ˈɪmpjədəns/nounC2Cheeky disrespect towards somebody.
  • impudent/ˈɪmpjʊdənt/adjectiveC1Boldly disrespectful.
  • impugn/ɪmˈpjuːn/verbC2To cast doubt on somebody's honesty or motives.
  • impulse buynounC1Something bought on the spur of the moment.
  • impulsive/ɪmˈpʌlsɪv/adjectiveB23 meaningsActing on sudden feeling, without thinking about what follows.
  • impunity/ɪmˈpjuːnɪti/nounC1Freedom from any punishment for what you have done.
  • impure/ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsMixed with something that should not be there.
  • in a circlephraseA2Arranged around in a ring.
  • in a minutephraseA2Very soon, but not right now.
  • in a nutshellphraseB2Summed up in the fewest possible words.
  • in a rowphraseA2Arranged in one straight line.
  • in advancephraseB1Before the event or time concerned.
  • in donkey's yearsphraseC1In a very long time indeed.
  • in front ofphraseA12 meaningsPositioned ahead of or facing something.
  • in hindsightphraseC1Looking back with the knowledge you have now.
  • 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 blackphraseC1Having money left over rather than owing.
  • in the dark/ɪn ðə dɑːk/phraseB2Kept without the information you need.
  • in the endphraseB1Finally, after everything that has happened.
  • in the meantimephraseB2During the period until something else happens.
  • in the middle of nowherephraseB1Far from any town or anything at all.
  • in the nick of timephraseB2At the very last possible moment.
  • in the redphraseC1Owing money; overdrawn.
  • in the same boatphraseB2Facing the very same difficult situation as the others.
  • in the sticksphraseC1Out in the remote countryside, far from the city.
  • in transitphraseB2On the way, and not yet delivered.
  • in your dreamsphraseB2A mocking way of dismissing somebody's hope.
  • in-lawsnounB1The family you gain through your husband or wife.
  • in-traynounB2The shallow tray where incoming work lands.
  • inability/ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪti/nounC1The lack of ability or power to do something.
  • inaccurate/ɪnˈæ.kjʊ.ɹət/adjectiveB2+Not exactly right.
  • inaction/ɪnˈækʃən/nounB2+A failure to do anything at all.
  • inadequacy/ɪˈnædɪkwəsi/nounB2+The state of not being good enough.
  • inadequate/ɪnˈædəkwɪt/adjectiveC1Not enough, or not good enough, for the purpose.
  • inadvertent/ˌɪnədˈvɜːtn̩t/adjectiveC1Done without meaning to.
  • inadvertentlyadverbC1Without meaning to.
  • inane/ɪˈneɪn/adjectiveC1Silly and completely lacking in sense.
  • inanimate/ɪnˈænɪmət/adjectiveB2+Not alive.
  • inappropriate/ˌɪnəˈpɹəʊpɹi.ət/adjectiveC1Not suitable for the occasion.
  • inarticulate/ɪn.ɑɹˈtɪk.jə.lət/adjectiveC12 meaningsUnable to express yourself clearly in speech.
  • inattentive/ˌɪn.əˈtɛn.tɪv/adjectiveB2+Not paying proper attention.
  • inaudibleadjectiveB2+Too quiet to be heard at all.
  • inaudiblyadverbC1Too quietly to be heard.
  • inaugurate/ɪˈnɔːɡjʊ.ɹeɪt/verbC1To install somebody formally into high office.