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

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  • insinuate/ɪnˈsɪnjueɪt/verbC2To suggest something unpleasant indirectly.
  • insist/ɪnˈsɪst/verbB22 meaningsTo say firmly that something must happen or be done.
  • inspect/ɪnˈspɛkt/verbB2To examine something carefully to check its condition or correctness.
  • inspire/ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/verbB22 meaningsTo make somebody want to act or create.
  • install/ɪnˈstɔːl/verbB23 meaningsTo put equipment or software in place and make it ready to use.
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/ˈɪnstəɡeɪt/
verbC1
To be the one who starts something happening.
  • instill/ɪnˈstɪl/verbC1To gradually plant values or confidence in someone's mind.
  • instruct/ɪnˈstɹʌkt/verbB22 meaningsTo tell someone officially to do something.
  • insult/ɪnˈsʌlt/verbB22 meaningsTo say or do something that hurts somebody's pride.
  • insure/ɪnˈʃɔː(ɹ)/verbB1+To arrange financial protection against loss or damage.
  • integrate/ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪt/verbB2+3 meaningsTo combine separate things so they work as one.
  • intend/ɪnˈtɛnd/verbB12 meaningsTo have something as your plan or purpose.
  • intensify/ɪnˈtɛnsɪfaɪ/verbC1To make something stronger or more extreme.
  • inter/ɪnˈtɚ/verbC1To bury a body in the ground.
  • interact/ɪn.təˈɹækt/verbB2To act on each other.
  • intercede/ɪntə(ɹ)ˈsiːd/verbC1To speak up on somebody's behalf.
  • intercept/ɪntəˈsɛpt/verbB24 meaningsTo stop or catch something as it moves from one place to another.
  • interdict/ˈɪntɚdɪkt/nounC22 meaningsAn official order forbidding something.
  • interest/ˈɪn.tɹɛst/nounB16 meaningsThe feeling of wanting to know or learn more about something.
  • interfere/ˌɪn.tɚˈfɪɚ/verbB22 meaningsTo involve yourself in something that is not your concern and get in its way.
  • interject/ɪn.təˈdʒɛkt/verbC1To say something briefly while another person is speaking.
  • interlock/ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈlɒk/verbC1To fit together so that neither part can come free.
  • intern/ɪnˈtɝn/nounB1+2 meaningsA student doing a short first job to learn a profession.
  • interpolate/ɪnˈtɜː.pəˌleɪt/verbC2To work out a value that falls between two known ones.
  • interpose/ˌɪn.təˈpəʊz/verbC1To put something between, or to intervene.
  • interpret/ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪt/verbB23 meaningsTo decide what something means and explain it.
  • interrogate/ɪnˈtɛɹəɡeɪt/verbC22 meaningsTo question somebody hard and at length.
  • interrupt/ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/verbB13 meaningsTo stop someone in the middle of speaking by speaking yourself.
  • intersect/ɪntəˈsɛkt/verbB2+To cross at a point.
  • intersperse/ˌɪntəˈspɜːs/verbC2To scatter things at intervals among others.
  • intervene/ˌɪntəˈviːn/verbC12 meaningsTo step into a situation in order to change what happens.
  • interview/ˈɪn.tə.vjuː/nounB14 meaningsA formal meeting where someone is asked questions to decide whether to give them a job or a place.
  • interweave/ˌɪntəˈwiːv/verbC2To weave two things together so they cannot be pulled apart.
  • intimate/ˈɪn.tɪ.mət/adjectiveB2+3 meaningsDeeply close and private.
  • intimidate/ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/verbB2+To frighten someone into doing what you want.
  • intone/ɪnˈtoʊn/verbC1To speak or chant on a level note.
  • intrigue/ˈɪntɹiːɡ/nounB2+2 meaningsSecret plotting to gain an advantage.
  • introduce/ˌɪntɹəˈdʒuːs/verbA2+3 meaningsTo tell two people each other's names so that they can meet.
  • introspect/ˌɪntɹəˈspɛkt/verbC1To examine your own thoughts and feelings.
  • intrude/ɪnˈtɹuːd/verbB2To come in where you are not wanted.
  • 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.
  • invent/ɪnˈvɛnt/verbB12 meaningsTo think up and build something that never existed.
  • inventory/ˈɪn.vən.tɹi/nounB23 meaningsA complete written list of everything held in a place, and the counting that produces it.
  • 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.
  • invite/ɪnˈvaɪt/verbA23 meaningsTo ask somebody to come to an event or a place.
  • 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.
  • involve/ɪnˈvɒlv/verbB23 meaningsTo have something as a necessary part or result.
  • irk/ɜːk/verbC1To annoy somebody persistently.
  • iron/ˈaɪ.ən/nounA2+4 meaningsThe common grey metal that rusts, used for tools, gates and machines.
  • irrigate/ˈɪɹəˌɡeɪt/verbB2+2 meaningsTo bring water to dry land so crops can grow.
  • irritate/ˈɪɹ.ɪˌteɪt/verbB1+2 meaningsTo annoy someone persistently.
  • isolate/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪt/verbB24 meaningsTo separate someone or something from everything else and keep it apart.
  • issue/ˈɪʃuː/nounB16 meaningsA subject that people disagree about and keep arguing over.
  • itch/ɪt͡ʃ/verbB12 meaningsTo feel a tickle on the skin that begs to be scratched.
  • jab/d͡ʒæb/verbB22 meaningsTo strike or poke with a short quick movement.
  • jabber/ˈd͡ʒæbə(ɹ)/verbC1To talk rapidly and in a way that cannot be understood.
  • jack/ˈd͡ʒæk/nounB24 meaningsA device for lifting something heavy a short distance off the ground.