--- title: I — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 16 description: The 831 words of the English dictionary under I, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / I # I — The English dictionary · page 16 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) … [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/15/) **16** [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/17/) … [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/39/) **indian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* From or to do with India, a large country in South Asia.[↗](../../indian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Indian food, Indian languages.[↗](../../indian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An Indian is a person from India.[↗](../../indian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The Indian Ocean lies south of India, between Africa and Australia.[↗](../../indian/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Older word for the native peoples of the Americas; today "Native American", "First Nations" or the name of the people is preferred.[↗](../../indian/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My friend's family is Indian.[↗](../../indian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We had Indian food for dinner.[↗](../../indian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Indian Ocean is warm.[↗](../../indian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hindi is one of the Indian languages.[↗](../../indian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Columbus thought he had reached India.[↗](../../indian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In Canada we say First Nations for the original peoples.[↗](../../indian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Various sources such as Egyptian, Indian, Greek, Phoenician, Hebrew, etc., have been advanced as the origin of the Pythagorean philosophy.[↗](../../indian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../indian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Astle, The Origin and Progress of Writing, London 1784, p. 41: rhu\![↗](../../indian/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") ', IX, 354, 439).[↗](../../indian/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") \<)r he could have meant Jewish astronomers like JIashallah, who was called by Abraham ibn Eira an Indian sage (mr; Din) (see M. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../indian/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **indicate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To show or point to something.[↗](../../indicate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To be a sign that something is true or likely.[↗](../../indicate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) To show which way you will turn in a car by using the lights.[↗](../../indicate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (formal) To state briefly.[↗](../../indicate/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The arrow indicates which way to go.[↗](../../indicate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dark clouds indicate that rain is coming.[↗](../../indicate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The thermometer indicates 25 degrees.[↗](../../indicate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The driver indicated left and turned.[↗](../../indicate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please indicate your answer with a tick.[↗](../../indicate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The graph indicates that sales went up.[↗](../../indicate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A red light indicates that the oven is hot.[↗](../../indicate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · His Roman name, Vulcan, would seem to indicate a connection with the first great metal-working artificer of Biblical history, Tubal-Cain.[↗](../../indicate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Hence, the vowel-letters vyx were originally indicated by tlie four (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../indicate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Two, three, or four strokes are so combined as to indicate the (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../indicate/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · This passage also indicates that Joseph ben Uziel wrote the Sefer Yetzirah.[↗](../../indicate/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../indicate/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **indication** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sign that shows something is true or will happen.[↗](../../indication/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Dark clouds are an indication of rain.[↗](../../indication/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A suggestion or hint.[↗](../../indication/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* She gave no indication that she was upset.[↗](../../indication/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A reading shown on a measuring instrument.[↗](../../indication/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dark clouds are an indication of rain.[↗](../../indication/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave no indication that he was angry.[↗](../../indication/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A fever is an indication of infection.[↗](../../indication/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you give us an indication of the cost?[↗](../../indication/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Smoke is an indication of fire.[↗](../../indication/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The colour change is an indication that the reaction has happened.[↗](../../indication/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A fine coat is not always an indication of an attractive mind.[↗](../../indication/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **indicative** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) If something is indicative of something else, it shows or suggests it: «A high temperature is indicative of an infection».[↗](../../indicative/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (grammar) The indicative is the ordinary form of a verb used for facts and questions, like «She runs» or «Did it rain?», as opposed to commands or wishes.[↗](../../indicative/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dark clouds are often indicative of rain.[↗](../../indicative/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) His smile was indicative of his good mood.[↗](../../indicative/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Yellow leaves can be indicative of a thirsty plant.[↗](../../indicative/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The results are indicative of a pattern.[↗](../../indicative/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In French we learned the present indicative.[↗](../../indicative/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «I walk» is in the indicative mood.[↗](../../indicative/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The indicative is used to state facts.[↗](../../indicative/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Missing homework is indicative of a busy week, the teacher joked.[↗](../../indicative/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In later times she appears blindfolded, and stands on a ball or wheel, indicative of the fickleness and ever-revolving {148} changes of fortune.[↗](../../indicative/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **indicator** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An indicator is something that shows or points to what is happening or what is true, like a sign or measurement.[↗](../../indicator/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* On a car or bike, an indicator is a flashing light that shows which way the vehicle will turn (a «blinker» or «turn signal» in the US).[↗](../../indicator/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In science, an indicator is a substance that changes colour to show whether something is an acid or an alkali.[↗](../../indicator/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Litmus paper is an indicator that turns red in acid.[↗](../../indicator/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Red cabbage juice is an indicator: it changes colour in vinegar.[↗](../../indicator/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The car's left indicator was flashing.[↗](../../indicator/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad put his indicator on before turning right.[↗](../../indicator/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dark clouds are an indicator of rain.[↗](../../indicator/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fuel indicator showed the tank was nearly empty.[↗](../../indicator/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **indictment** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A formal written charge accusing someone of a wrong.[↗](../../indictment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Oh that I had one to hear me! — Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me — and that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written\![↗](../../indictment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.31.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../indictment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **indifference** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Indifference is not caring or not being interested in something or someone.[↗](../../indifference/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) A matter of indifference is something that makes no difference to you either way.[↗](../../indifference/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat looked at the new toy with complete indifference.[↗](../../indifference/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His indifference to his homework worried his teacher.[↗](../../indifference/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She hid her hurt behind a mask of indifference.[↗](../../indifference/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We should not show indifference when someone is being bullied.[↗](../../indifference/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Which seat I sit in is a matter of indifference to me.[↗](../../indifference/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd's indifference made the singer sad.[↗](../../indifference/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The princess took the note and opened it with languid indifference.[↗](../../indifference/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **indifferent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* If you are indifferent to something, you do not care about it or are not interested in it.[↗](../../indifferent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Not very good; only ordinary or rather poor: an indifferent meal.[↗](../../indifferent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat was indifferent to the dog barking outside.[↗](../../indifferent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom seemed indifferent to winning or losing.[↗](../../indifferent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How can you be indifferent when your friend is sad?[↗](../../indifferent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The hotel was lovely, but the food was indifferent.[↗](../../indifferent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He is an indifferent swimmer but a great runner.[↗](../../indifferent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She answered in an indifferent voice.[↗](../../indifferent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Most people were indifferent to the new rule.[↗](../../indifferent/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘If he did hear me,’ she said, ‘could he remain so cruelly indifferent?[↗](../../indifferent/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **indigenous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Indigenous people are the first people known to live in a place, and their descendants, such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia, Māori in New Zealand, First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada, and Native Americans in the USA.[↗](../../indigenous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) An indigenous plant or animal is one that grows or lives naturally in a place, rather than being brought there by people: «the kangaroo is indigenous to Australia».[↗](../../indigenous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An indigenous idea, custom or story is one that began in a particular place rather than being brought there from somewhere else.[↗](../../indigenous/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Māori are the indigenous people of New Zealand.[↗](../../indigenous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school begins assemblies by thanking the indigenous people of the land.[↗](../../indigenous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Kangaroos are indigenous to Australia.[↗](../../indigenous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many indigenous languages are being taught again to children.[↗](../../indigenous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · First Nations, Inuit and Métis are indigenous peoples of Canada.[↗](../../indigenous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rabbits are not indigenous to Australia; they were brought by settlers.[↗](../../indigenous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We read indigenous stories about how the land was made.[↗](../../indigenous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The existence of the tale in India renders it likely enough that it is not indigenous to the British Isles, but an Oriental importation.[↗](../../indigenous/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **indigestible** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Food that is hard or impossible for the stomach to break down.[↗](../../indigestible/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hard to understand or accept: an indigestible textbook.[↗](../../indigestible/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Plastic is indigestible, so animals that eat it get ill.[↗](../../indigestible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Fibre is indigestible but helps food move through your gut.[↗](../../indigestible/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The stew was heavy and indigestible.[↗](../../indigestible/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That long report was indigestible.[↗](../../indigestible/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cows can digest grass that is indigestible to humans.[↗](../../indigestible/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cherry stones are indigestible.[↗](../../indigestible/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was very heavy and indigestible, but I managed to nibble it up at last.[↗](../../indigestible/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **indigestion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pain or uneasy feeling in the stomach after eating, especially too much or too fast.[↗](../../indigestion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Eating too fast gave him indigestion.[↗](../../indigestion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Crows never have indigestion, said the Pigeon.[↗](../../indigestion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Too many sweets can cause indigestion.[↗](../../indigestion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **indignant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Angry because something is unfair or rude: an indignant reply.[↗](../../indignant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She was indignant when they blamed her.[↗](../../indignant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog looked indignant at being bathed.[↗](../../indignant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone was indignant at the cheat.[↗](../../indignant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **indignantly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In an angry, offended way, because you think something is unfair or insulting.[↗](../../indignantly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «I'm not a serpent!» said Alice indignantly.[↗](../../indignantly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «I didn't do it!»[↗](../../indignantly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") Tom replied indignantly.[↗](../../indignantly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad indignantly denied that he had stolen the car.[↗](../../indignantly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat looked indignantly at the dog in its basket.[↗](../../indignantly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She indignantly pointed out that it was her turn.[↗](../../indignantly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Who are you calling silly?» asked the Mock Turtle indignantly.[↗](../../indignantly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "The Wolf!" exclaimed the Sheep indignantly.[↗](../../indignantly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **indignation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Strong anger at something that is unfair, rude or wrong.[↗](../../indignation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He shouted in indignation.[↗](../../indignation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · To her indignation, the teacher gave the prize to someone else.[↗](../../indignation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Their indignation grew when the bus left without them.[↗](../../indignation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · and the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day'. — (Torah DEU.29.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../indignation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They are called Double, because each letter presents a contrast or permutation; thus Life and Death; Peace and War (Evil); Wisdom and Folly; Riches and Poverty; Grace and Indignation; Fertility and Solitude (Desolation); Power and Servitude.[↗](../../indignation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../indignation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Who can stand before His indignation?[↗](../../indignation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets NAM.1.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../indignation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · God is a righteous judge, yea, a God that hath indignation every day: (Writings PSA.7.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../indignation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou marchest through the earth in indignation, Thou threshest the nations in anger.[↗](../../indignation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HAB.3.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../indignation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **indignity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Treatment that makes a person feel shamed or lowered in front of others.[↗](../../indignity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was an indignity to be laughed at in front of everyone.[↗](../../indignity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The prince wanted to save himself from that indignity.[↗](../../indignity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Being carried off like a sack was a terrible indignity.[↗](../../indignity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **indigo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A deep blue-purple colour, one of the seven colours named in the rainbow (between blue and violet).[↗](../../indigo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A dark blue dye, first made from a plant, used for colouring cloth such as jeans.[↗](../../indigo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Indigo comes between blue and violet in the rainbow.[↗](../../indigo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her jeans were dyed indigo.[↗](../../indigo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The night sky turned deep indigo.[↗](../../indigo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · People once grew the indigo plant to make blue dye.[↗](../../indigo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I painted the sea indigo.[↗](../../indigo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · How many colours are in the rainbow?[↗](../../indigo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") Seven, including indigo.[↗](../../indigo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **indirect** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not going straight: an indirect route.[↗](../../indirect/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Not said openly or plainly: an indirect answer.[↗](../../indirect/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Happening as a side result rather than directly: an indirect cause.[↗](../../indirect/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (grammar) Indirect speech reports what someone said without their exact words; an indirect object receives the thing given (She gave me a book: me).[↗](../../indirect/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We took an indirect route through the park.[↗](../../indirect/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave an indirect answer and didn't say yes or no.[↗](../../indirect/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Direct speech: Tom said, I am hungry.[↗](../../indirect/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") Indirect speech: Tom said he was hungry.[↗](../../indirect/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In She gave me a pen, me is the indirect object.[↗](../../indirect/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some plants like indirect sunlight.[↗](../../indirect/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Smoking is an indirect cause of many illnesses.[↗](../../indirect/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **indirectly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not straight from the source; by way of someone or something else.[↗](../../indirectly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I heard the news indirectly.[↗](../../indirectly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I heard the news indirectly, from my cousin.[↗](../../indirectly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The advice came indirectly through a friend.[↗](../../indirectly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun warms us indirectly through the air.[↗](../../indirectly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **indiscriminately** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Without choosing carefully; at random or in a careless way.[↗](../../indiscriminately/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Without caring who gets hurt or affected: bombs that kill indiscriminately.[↗](../../indiscriminately/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The storm knocked down trees indiscriminately.[↗](../../indiscriminately/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Using antibiotics indiscriminately helps germs become resistant.[↗](../../indiscriminately/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The goat ate everything indiscriminately, even my socks.[↗](../../indiscriminately/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · International law forbids attacks that harm civilians indiscriminately.[↗](../../indiscriminately/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He copied answers indiscriminately and got them all wrong.[↗](../../indiscriminately/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't click on links indiscriminately; some are scams.[↗](../../indiscriminately/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **indispensable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Indispensable means so important or useful that you cannot manage without it.[↗](../../indispensable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An indispensable person is someone a team or group really needs.[↗](../../indispensable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Water is indispensable to life.[↗](../../indispensable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A map is indispensable on a long walk.[↗](../../indispensable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our goalkeeper is indispensable to the team.[↗](../../indispensable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Glasses are indispensable for reading if you need them.[↗](../../indispensable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A good dictionary is indispensable for learning a language.[↗](../../indispensable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse was indispensable during the emergency.[↗](../../indispensable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Sunscreen is indispensable on a sunny beach.[↗](../../indispensable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Teamwork is indispensable for winning.[↗](../../indispensable/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Hephaestus appears to have been an indispensable member of the Olympic Assembly, where he plays the part of smith, armourer, chariot-builder, &c.[↗](../../indispensable/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **indisposed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal, euphemism) Slightly ill, so not able to come or work.[↗](../../indisposed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Not willing to do something, as in «indisposed to help».[↗](../../indisposed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The head teacher is indisposed today, so the deputy will take assembly.[↗](../../indisposed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The opera singer was indisposed, and her understudy sang instead.[↗](../../indisposed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Mr Toad is indisposed and cannot see visitors,» said the butler.[↗](../../indisposed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma felt indisposed after the long journey.[↗](../../indisposed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He was indisposed to lend us his bike.[↗](../../indisposed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain was indisposed with a cold.[↗](../../indisposed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **indisposition** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) A slight illness, like a cold or upset stomach, that stops you doing something.[↗](../../indisposition/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Unwillingness to do something.[↗](../../indisposition/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Due to a slight indisposition, the actor could not perform tonight.[↗](../../indisposition/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher's absence was explained as a brief indisposition.[↗](../../indisposition/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old novel, the duchess suffered an indisposition and stayed in bed.[↗](../../indisposition/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His indisposition to help was obvious.[↗](../../indisposition/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The head teacher's indisposition meant the assembly was cancelled.[↗](../../indisposition/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Owing to 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