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

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abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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19,295 words · showing 8,761–8,820

  • infirmary/ɪnˈfɝməɹi/nounB2+A place where the sick are cared for.
  • inflame/ɪnˈfleɪm/verbB2+To make a feeling or a wound worse.
  • inflammation/ɪnfləˈmeɪ̯ʃən/nounB2+Redness, heat and swelling where the body is fighting.
  • inflammatory/ɪnˈflæmət(ə)ɹi/adjectiveB2+Likely to stir up anger, or causing swelling.
  • inflatable/ɪnˈfleɪtəbəl/adjectiveB2Able to be filled with air to take its shape.
  • inflate/ɪnˈfleɪt/
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To fill with air, or to push a price up.
  • inflation/ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/nounB2+A general rise in prices so that money buys less.
  • inflict/ɪnˈflɪkt/verbC1To force pain or damage upon somebody.
  • influence/ˈɪn.flu.əns/nounB12 meaningsThe power to affect what others think or do.
  • influencer/ˈɪnflu.ənsə(ɹ)/nounB2A person paid because millions follow what they post and buy what they show.
  • influencer marketingnounB2Paying somebody with followers to promote a product.
  • influential/ɪnflʊˈɛnʃəl/adjectiveC1Able to shape what others think or do.
  • influx/ˈɪnˌflʌks/nounB2+A large arrival of people or things.
  • infographicnounB2A picture built to explain figures at a glance.
  • inform/ɪnˈfɔɹm/verbB13 meaningsTo tell someone a fact, especially one they need or have a right to know.
  • informal/ɪnˈfɔː.m(ə)l/adjectiveB1+Relaxed, and not following strict rules.
  • informalitynounB2+A relaxed manner with the formal rules set aside.
  • informant/ɪnˈfɔːmənt/nounC2Somebody who quietly passes information on.
  • information/ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃn̩/nounA1Facts told or found out about something.
  • informative/ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/adjectiveB2+Giving useful facts.
  • informer/ɪnˈfɔːɹ.məɹ/nounB2+Somebody who secretly tells the authorities.
  • infraction/ɪnˈfɹakʃən/nounC1A breaking of a rule.
  • infrared/ˌɪnfɹəˈɹɛd/nounB2The band of radiation just beyond red light, felt as heat.
  • infrastructure/ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/nounB2+The roads, pipes, wires and rails a place runs on.
  • infringe/ɪnˈfɹɪnd͡ʒ/verbC1To break a law or to encroach on a right.
  • infringement/ɪnˈfɹɪnd͡ʒmənt/nounC1A breaking of a rule or of somebody's rights.
  • infuriate/ɪnˈfjʊəɹieɪt/verbB2+To make somebody extremely angry.
  • infuse/ɪnˈfjuz/verbB2+2 meaningsTo soak in liquid to draw out flavour.
  • infusedadjectiveB2+Given flavour by soaking something in it.
  • infusion/ɪnˈfjuːʒən/nounC1A liquid made by steeping, or a fresh supply put in.
  • ingenious/ɪnˈd͡ʒiːnjəs/adjectiveC1Brilliantly clever in an inventive way.
  • ingenuity/ˌɪnd͡ʒəˈn(j)uːəti/nounC1Cleverness at inventing and solving.
  • ingenuous/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.əs/adjectiveC2Innocent and open, without any guile.
  • ingest/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛst/verbC12 meaningsTo take food or liquid into the body.
  • ingrainedadjectiveC1Fixed so deeply that it cannot be removed.
  • ingrate/ˈɪnɡɹeɪt/nounC2Somebody who shows no thanks for kindness.
  • ingratiate/ɪnˈɡɹeɪ.ʃi.eɪt/verbC1To make yourself liked in order to gain advantage.
  • ingratitude/ɪnˈɡɹætɪtud/nounC1A failure to show thanks for kindness.
  • ingredient/ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/nounB1+2 meaningsOne of the foods mixed together to make a dish.
  • inhabit/ɪnˈhæbɪt/verbB2+2 meaningsTo live in a place.
  • inhabitant/ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/nounB2+Somebody who lives in a particular place.
  • inhalation/ˌɪnhəˈleɪʃən/nounC1The act of breathing something into the lungs.
  • inhale/ɪnˈheɪl/verbB1+2 meaningsTo draw air, smoke or vapour into the lungs.
  • inherent/ɪnˈhɪəɹənt/adjectiveC1Existing as a permanent part of something's nature.
  • inherit/ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/verbB23 meaningsTo receive money or property from someone who has died.
  • inheritance/ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/nounC13 meaningsMoney or property received from somebody who has died.
  • inheritance taxnounC1Money the state takes from what the dead leave behind.
  • inhibit/ɪnˈhɪbɪt/verbC12 meaningsTo hold back a process.
  • inhibitor/ɪnˈhɪbɪtɚ/nounC1A substance that slows a reaction down.
  • inhospitable/ˌɪnhɒsˈpɪtəbəl/adjectiveB2+Unwelcoming to visitors, or harsh to live in.
  • inhumanitynounB2+Cruel treatment of other people.
  • inimical/ɪˈnɪ.mɪ.kəl/adjectiveC2Hostile, or harmful to something.
  • inimitable/ɪnˈɪmɪtəbl̩/adjectiveC2So distinctive that nobody can copy it.
  • iniquitous/ɪˈnɪkwɪtəs/adjectiveC2Grossly unfair and wicked.
  • initial/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/adjectiveB13 meaningsHappening at the beginning; first.
  • initially/ɪˈnɪʃəli/adverbB2At the very beginning.
  • initiate/ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt/verbC12 meaningsTo set something in motion.
  • initiation/ɪˌnɪʃ.iˈeɪ.ʃən/nounB2+The formal admitting of somebody into a group.
  • initiative/ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.tɪv/nounB24 meaningsThe willingness and ability to act on your own, without waiting to be told.
  • inject/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛkt/verbC12 meaningsTo push liquid in through a needle.