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

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19,295 words · showing 9,061–9,120

  • inundate/ˈɪn.ənˌdeɪt/verbC12 meaningsTo overwhelm somebody with a very large quantity of something.
  • invade/ɪnˈveɪd/verbB22 meaningsTo enter a country by force with an army.
  • invalid/ɪnˈvæl.ɪd/adjectiveB24 meaningsNot acceptable, because it breaks a rule or fails a legal requirement.
  • invaluable/ɪnˈvælju(ə)bl̩/adjectiveB2+So useful that its worth cannot be priced.
  • invariably/ɪnˈvɛɹ.i.ə.bli/adverbB2+Every single time, without exception.
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invasion
/ɪnˈveɪʒən/
nounB2
The entering of a country by an armed force.
  • invasive/ɪnˈveɪsɪv/adjectiveB2+Spreading harmfully into places it should not be.
  • invasive speciesnounC1A living thing that spreads where it does not belong.
  • invective/ɪnˈvɛktɪv/nounC2Abusive and violently critical language.
  • invent/ɪnˈvɛnt/verbB12 meaningsTo think up and build something that never existed.
  • invention/ɪnˈvɛnʃən/nounB12 meaningsA new thing nobody had ever made before.
  • inventive/ɪnˈvɛntɪv/adjectiveB2Good at thinking up new things.
  • inventivenessnounC1Skill at thinking up new things.
  • 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.
  • invertebrate/ɪnˈvəːtɪbrət/nounB2+An animal with no backbone.
  • invest/ɪnˈvɛst/verbB1+2 meaningsTo put money into something hoping it grows.
  • investigate/ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/verbB1To look carefully into a matter to find the truth.
  • investigation/ɪnˌvɛs.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/nounB1An official effort to find out the facts.
  • investigative/ɪnˈvɛstɪɡətɪv/adjectiveB2+Devoted to finding out the facts.
  • investigator/ɪnˈvɛs.tɪˌɡeɪ̯.təː/nounB2Somebody whose job is finding out what happened.
  • investiture/ɪnˈvɛstɪt͡ʃə/nounC2The ceremony of granting somebody an office or honour.
  • investment/ɪnˈvɛstmənt/nounB24 meaningsMoney put into something in the hope of making more.
  • investor/ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/nounB2+A person who puts money in expecting a return.
  • inveterate/ɪnˈvɛtəɹɪt/adjectiveC2Having a habit so long fixed it will never change.
  • invidious/ɪnˈvɪdi.əs/adjectiveC2Likely to cause resentment however you handle it.
  • invigilator/ɪnˈvɪd͡ʒɪleɪtəɹ/nounC1The person who watches over an examination room.
  • invisible/ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/adjectiveB12 meaningsImpossible to see.
  • invitation/ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/nounA2+3 meaningsA written or spoken request asking somebody to come to an event.
  • invite/ɪnˈvaɪt/verbA23 meaningsTo ask somebody to come to an event or a place.
  • invocation/ˌɪn.voʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/nounC1A calling upon a higher power or an authority.
  • invoice/ˈɪnˌvɔɪs/nounC12 meaningsA document listing goods or services supplied and the money owed for them.
  • invoke/ɪnˈvoʊk/verbC12 meaningsTo call formally upon a law or a right.
  • involuntary/ɪnˈvɒl.ən.tɹi/adjectiveB2+Done without conscious choice or control.
  • involve/ɪnˈvɒlv/verbB23 meaningsTo have something as a necessary part or result.
  • involvement/ɪnˈvɑlv.mənt/nounC12 meaningsTaking part in something.
  • invulnerable/ɪnˈvʌl.nə.ɹə.bəl/adjectiveB2+Unable to be hurt.
  • inward/ˈɪnwəd/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsTowards the inside.
  • ion/ˈaɪən/nounB2+An atom that has gained or lost an electron.
  • ionic/aɪˈɒnɪk/adjectiveC1Bonded by the attraction of opposite charges.
  • iota/aɪˈəʊtə/nounC1The smallest possible amount.
  • irannounB1+The Middle Eastern country once called Persia, famous for carpets and poetry.
  • iraqnounB1+A country in the Middle East.
  • irascible/ɪˈɹæs.ɪ.bəl/adjectiveC2Easily provoked to anger.
  • irate/aɪˈɹeɪt/adjectiveC1Extremely angry.
  • ire/aɪ.ɚ/nounC2Anger, in a formal or literary sense.
  • irelandnounA2+The green island country of Dublin, shamrocks, and folk music.
  • iridescent/ˌɪɹ.ɪˈdɛs.ənt/adjectiveC1Showing shifting rainbow colours as it moves.
  • iris/ˈaɪ.ɹɪs/nounB22 meaningsA tall flower with three upright and three drooping petals.
  • irk/ɜːk/verbC1To annoy somebody persistently.
  • irksome/ˈɜɹksəm/adjectiveC1Annoying in a tiresome and persistent way.
  • 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.
  • iron curtain/ˌaɪən ˈkɜːtn̩/nounC1The closed border that divided Europe for decades.
  • iron outphraseC1To smooth away the last small problems.
  • ironic/aɪˈɹɒn.ɪk/adjectiveC12 meaningsMeaning the opposite of what is said.
  • ironically/aɪˈɹɒnɪkli/adverbC12 meaningsIn the opposite way to what you would expect.
  • ironing boardnounB1The narrow folding table you press clothes on.
  • irony/ˈaɪə.ɹə.ni/nounB23 meaningsSaying the opposite of what you mean, in a way the listener is meant to notice.
  • irrational/ɪˈɹæʃ.(ə.)nəl/adjectiveB22 meaningsNot based on reason or logic.