--- title: I — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 17 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/17/) [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 17 [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/) … [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/10/) … [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/16/) **17** [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/18/) [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/19/) [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/20/) … [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/39/) **indistinct** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not clear or sharp; hard to see, hear or remember clearly.[↗](../../indistinct/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Blurred or faint: indistinct shapes in the fog.[↗](../../indistinct/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Indistinct voices came from behind the door.[↗](../../indistinct/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An indistinct shape moved in the fog.[↗](../../indistinct/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the knob until the cell is no longer indistinct under the microscope.[↗](../../indistinct/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My memory of being a baby is very indistinct.[↗](../../indistinct/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He spoke so quietly his words were indistinct.[↗](../../indistinct/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old writing on the stone was indistinct.[↗](../../indistinct/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the voice melted again into the indistinct murmur of the rustling leaves, and died gradually away.[↗](../../indistinct/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **indistinguishable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* So alike that you cannot tell them apart.[↗](../../indistinguishable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* So faint or unclear that you cannot pick it out or recognise it, for example a shape in fog.[↗](../../indistinguishable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The twins are indistinguishable until one of them smiles.[↗](../../indistinguishable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This fake note is almost indistinguishable from a real one.[↗](../../indistinguishable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the fog, the hills were indistinguishable from the sky.[↗](../../indistinguishable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The two salts are indistinguishable by sight, so we tested them with water.[↗](../../indistinguishable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some mushrooms that can kill you are nearly indistinguishable from safe ones, so never pick wild mushrooms to eat.[↗](../../indistinguishable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her copy of the painting was indistinguishable from the original.[↗](../../indistinguishable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the problem, the five red balls are indistinguishable, so swapping them does not make a new arrangement.[↗](../../indistinguishable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · His voice on the phone was indistinguishable from his dad's.[↗](../../indistinguishable/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **individual** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (adjective) Single and separate; for one person or thing only.[↗](../../individual/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) One person, thought of separately from a group.[↗](../../individual/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Different from others; special to one person.[↗](../../individual/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The individual price of a cake is 1 dollar.[↗](../../individual/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each individual pupil gets a certificate.[↗](../../individual/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She has a very individual style.[↗](../../individual/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We did individual projects, not group work.[↗](../../individual/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The yoghurts come in individual pots.[↗](../../individual/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Every individual matters.[↗](../../individual/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Individual players can win prizes too.[↗](../../individual/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They had not taken a hundred steps when they saw two rough-looking individuals sitting on a stone begging for alms.[↗](../../individual/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It is the Consummation of the Truth of individual spiritual things.[↗](../../individual/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../individual/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Notwithstanding the decay of the individual, the genus is produced by the antithesis of man and wife.[↗](../../individual/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../individual/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · + Make non-commercial use of the files We designed Google Book Search for use by individuals, and we request that you use these files for personal, non-commercial purposes.[↗](../../individual/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../individual/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **individually** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* One at a time, separately, not as a group.[↗](../../individually/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a way that fits each single person or thing: each cake was individually decorated.[↗](../../individually/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teacher marked each test individually.[↗](../../individually/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · First work individually, then compare answers with your partner.[↗](../../individually/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The chocolates are individually wrapped.[↗](../../individually/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach spoke to each player individually after the match.[↗](../../individually/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pens cost 50p individually or £2 for a pack of five.[↗](../../individually/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Each costume was individually made by hand.[↗](../../individually/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Individually, the ants are tiny, but together they are strong.[↗](../../individually/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The meaning for the SY is: God did not make things by themselves, individually, but rather, He made all things in relationship to all other things.[↗](../../individually/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../individually/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **indivisible** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not able to be divided or separated into parts.[↗](../../indivisible/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (maths) Not able to be divided exactly by a certain number without a remainder: 7 is indivisible by 2.[↗](../../indivisible/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) So closely joined that they act as one: «one nation… indivisible» in the US Pledge of Allegiance.[↗](../../indivisible/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Seven is indivisible by two; there is always one left over.[↗](../../indivisible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A prime number is indivisible except by one and itself.[↗](../../indivisible/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The friends were indivisible; you never saw one without the other.[↗](../../indivisible/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · People once thought atoms were indivisible, but they have smaller parts.[↗](../../indivisible/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «One nation, indivisible» is a line from the US Pledge of Allegiance.[↗](../../indivisible/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Is 15 indivisible by 4?[↗](../../indivisible/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") Yes, because 15 ÷ 4 leaves a remainder of 3.[↗](../../indivisible/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · 13) See above Note 1, God, idea and word are indivisible.[↗](../../indivisible/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../indivisible/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **indoctrination** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Indoctrination is teaching someone to accept ideas or beliefs without questioning them or thinking for themselves.[↗](../../indoctrination/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Training people to believe one side only, often by a group or government.[↗](../../indoctrination/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The book describes the indoctrination of children in a strict regime.[↗](../../indoctrination/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Good teaching encourages questions, not indoctrination.[↗](../../indoctrination/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some groups use indoctrination to control their members.[↗](../../indoctrination/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She escaped long indoctrination and learned to think freely.[↗](../../indoctrination/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Propaganda is a tool of indoctrination.[↗](../../indoctrination/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The film warns about online indoctrination.[↗](../../indoctrination/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **indolence** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Laziness; not wanting to work or make an effort.[↗](../../indolence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A relaxed, slow, lazy state, as on a hot day.[↗](../../indolence/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king lived a life of indolence while his people worked.[↗](../../indolence/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His indolence meant the garden was full of weeds.[↗](../../indolence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · On the hot afternoon the cats lay in happy indolence.[↗](../../indolence/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher blamed his poor marks on indolence.[↗](../../indolence/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The story warned against indolence and greed.[↗](../../indolence/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After a busy term, we enjoyed a week of indolence on the beach.[↗](../../indolence/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **indonesian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* From or about Indonesia, a large country in Southeast Asia made of thousands of islands.[↗](../../indonesian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person from Indonesia.[↗](../../indonesian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), the national language of Indonesia.[↗](../../indonesian/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Indonesian food often has rice, peanut sauce and spices.[↗](../../indonesian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend's mum is Indonesian and comes from Bali.[↗](../../indonesian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Indonesian islands include Java, Sumatra and Borneo's southern part.[↗](../../indonesian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Komodo dragons live on a few Indonesian islands.[↗](../../indonesian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She is learning to say hello in Indonesian: selamat pagi means good morning.[↗](../../indonesian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Indonesian volcanoes are still active.[↗](../../indonesian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **indoor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Indoor means happening, used or found inside a building, not outside.[↗](../../indoor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had indoor play because it was raining.[↗](../../indoor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The school has an indoor swimming pool.[↗](../../indoor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum keeps indoor plants on the windowsill.[↗](../../indoor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Indoor football is played on a smaller pitch.[↗](../../indoor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bring your indoor shoes for the gym.[↗](../../indoor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cats that live indoors are called indoor cats.[↗](../../indoor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He had once been an indoor dog, and lay by the fire, and he had been hoarse ever since.[↗](../../indoor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **indoors** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Indoors means inside a building, not outside.[↗](../../indoors/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It's raining, so let's play indoors.[↗](../../indoors/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Go indoors if you hear thunder.[↗](../../indoors/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep the cat indoors on Bonfire Night.[↗](../../indoors/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We had PE indoors because the field was wet.[↗](../../indoors/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never light a barbecue indoors.[↗](../../indoors/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandma's tomatoes grow indoors in winter.[↗](../../indoors/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We spent too long indoors; let's go to the park.[↗](../../indoors/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The swimming pool is indoors, so we can swim all year.[↗](../../indoors/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Whereupon he went off indoors, whistling cheerfully.[↗](../../indoors/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **indri** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An indri is the largest kind of lemur, a black-and-white tree-living animal found only in the rainforests of Madagascar, famous for its loud singing calls.[↗](../../indri/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The indri lives only in Madagascar.[↗](../../indri/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Indris sing loud songs that echo through the forest.[↗](../../indri/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The indri is the biggest living lemur.[↗](../../indri/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Indris leap from tree to tree.[↗](../../indri/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Indris are critically endangered.[↗](../../indri/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An indri has a very short tail, unlike other lemurs.[↗](../../indri/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **induce** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To cause something to happen, as in «Some medicines induce sleep».[↗](../../induce/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To persuade or tempt someone to do something.[↗](../../induce/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (medicine) To start the birth of a baby with medicine.[↗](../../induce/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (science) To produce electricity or magnetism without touching, as in an induced current.[↗](../../induce/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Warm milk may induce sleep.[↗](../../induce/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing would induce me to jump off that wall.[↗](../../induce/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor decided to induce the baby.[↗](../../induce/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Moving a magnet through a coil induces a current.[↗](../../induce/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bright lights induced a headache.[↗](../../induce/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They offered prizes to induce people to recycle.[↗](../../induce/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Perhaps you will be able to induce her to be reasonable.’[↗](../../induce/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **inducement** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Something that persuades or encourages someone to do something, such as a reward or a bribe.[↗](../../inducement/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Free pizza was an inducement to come to the meeting.[↗](../../inducement/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop offered a discount as an inducement to buy.[↗](../../inducement/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Offering an inducement to a referee is against the rules.[↗](../../inducement/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There was little inducement to stay in the rain.[↗](../../inducement/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Prizes are an inducement to read more books.[↗](../../inducement/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He refused all inducements to change his vote.[↗](../../inducement/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **induction** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An induction is a meeting or short course that introduces new people to a job, school or club.[↗](../../induction/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In science, induction is the making of electricity or magnetism in an object by moving a magnet or another current near it.[↗](../../induction/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In logic and maths, induction is reaching a general rule from many examples.[↗](../../induction/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In medicine, induction means starting something, like the birth of a baby, with help.[↗](../../induction/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* New pupils have an induction day before they start school.[↗](../../induction/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An induction hob heats the pan using magnetism.[↗](../../induction/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A generator makes electricity by induction.[↗](../../induction/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My mum had a week of induction at her new job.[↗](../../induction/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Moving a magnet through a coil of wire makes a current by induction.[↗](../../induction/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The new members got an induction to the swimming club.[↗](../../induction/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **indulge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To let yourself do or have something you enjoy, especially as a treat: indulge in chocolate.[↗](../../indulge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To let someone have whatever they want, even when it's not good for them: to indulge a child.[↗](../../indulge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To allow and go along with someone's interest or wish: indulge his curiosity.[↗](../../indulge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (church, history) An «indulgence» in the medieval Catholic Church was a release from punishment for sin; selling them was one cause of the Reformation.[↗](../../indulge/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* On my birthday I indulged in a huge slice of cake.[↗](../../indulge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma indulges us with sweets when we visit.[↗](../../indulge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Go on, indulge yourself — you've earned it.[↗](../../indulge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum indulged my curiosity and let me take the clock apart.[↗](../../indulge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't indulge the puppy every time it begs.[↗](../../indulge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Martin Luther protested against the selling of indulgences.[↗](../../indulge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Rudy, as usual, had plenty of courage, and indulged in pleasant thoughts of the favorable answer he should receive that evening.[↗](../../indulge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that indulge it shall eat the fruit thereof.[↗](../../indulge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.18.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../indulge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **indulgence** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Indulgence is letting someone have what they want, being kind and not strict with them.[↗](../../indulgence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An indulgence is a treat or something nice you allow yourself.[↗](../../indulgence/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old king showed his son great indulgence.[↗](../../indulgence/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sweets are a rare indulgence in our house.[↗](../../indulgence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The animal was kept and treated with every indulgence.[↗](../../indulgence/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A long bath is my favourite indulgence.[↗](../../indulgence/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I therefore hope that the candid reader will consider the great difficulties I had to overcome in this still unbeaten way of the ancient Jewish spiritual region, and will receive with indulgence this new contribution to archaeological knowledge.[↗](../../indulgence/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../indulgence/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **indulgent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Letting someone have or do what they want, even when it might not be good for them; too kind and not strict: indulgent parents.[↗](../../indulgent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Treating yourself to something pleasant: an indulgent chocolate cake.[↗](../../indulgent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her indulgent grandparents let her stay up late.[↗](../../indulgent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Rat smiled in an indulgent way at Mole's excitement.[↗](../../indulgent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · An indulgent teacher might let the class skip homework.[↗](../../indulgent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We had an indulgent breakfast of pancakes and cream.[↗](../../indulgent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad's friends had been too indulgent with him.[↗](../../indulgent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The king was indulgent to his spoiled son.[↗](../../indulgent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **industrial** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Industrial means to do with factories, making goods, and industry.[↗](../../industrial/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An industrial place has lots of factories.[↗](../../industrial/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Industrial also describes things that are strong and large enough for factory use, like industrial machines.[↗](../../industrial/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Industrial Revolution started in Britain.[↗](../../industrial/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Smoke rose from the industrial chimneys.[↗](../../industrial/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad works on an industrial estate.[↗](../../industrial/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Industrial waste polluted the river.[↗](../../industrial/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They used an industrial vacuum to clean the hall.[↗](../../industrial/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Manchester was a great industrial city.[↗](../../industrial/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **industrialisation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The change of a country or area from farming and handwork to factories, machines and big industry.[↗](../../industrialisation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (history) In particular the Industrial Revolution in Britain from about 1760, which then spread to Europe, North America and the world.[↗](../../industrialisation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Industrialisation changed Britain from farms to factories.[↗](../../industrialisation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · During industrialisation, many children worked long hours in mills.[↗](../../industrialisation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Industrialisation made cities grow very fast.[↗](../../industrialisation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Smoke from industrialisation polluted the air.[↗](../../industrialisation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Railways spread across the country during industrialisation.[↗](../../industrialisation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · China went through rapid industrialisation in recent decades.[↗](../../industrialisation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **industrious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hard-working; always busy and putting in steady effort.[↗](../../industrious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ants are industrious little creatures.[↗](../../industrious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher wrote that I am an industrious pupil.[↗](../../industrious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The industrious beavers built a dam across the stream.[↗](../../industrious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mole was industrious, spring-cleaning his little home.[↗](../../industrious/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The industrious baker was up at four every morning.[↗](../../industrious/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fable of the ant and the grasshopper praises the industrious ant.[↗](../../industrious/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And she was industrious and thoughtful.[↗](../../industrious/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labour of the house of Joseph.[↗](../../industrious/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.11.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../industrious/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **industriously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Industriously means working hard, steadily and with great effort, without stopping to rest.[↗](../../industriously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dog dug industriously with his paws.[↗](../../industriously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She spun industriously all evening.[↗](../../industriously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ben worked industriously on his sums.[↗](../../industriously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The ants carried food industriously to the nest.[↗](../../industriously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **industry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The work of making goods in factories: heavy industry.[↗](../../industry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An industry is all the businesses that make or do one kind of thing: the car industry, the tourist industry.[↗](../../industry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) Hard work: a person of great industry.[↗](../../industry/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The car industry employs thousands of people.[↗](../../industry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tourism is a big industry in Ireland.[↗](../../industry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Industrial Revolution started in Britain in the 1700s.[↗](../../industry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many towns grew up around coal and steel industry.[↗](../../industry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bees work with great industry.[↗](../../industry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt works in the music industry.[↗](../../industry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So he praised the prince for his industry and cleverness, and made him his steward at once.[↗](../../industry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) … [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/10/) … [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/16/) **17** [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/18/) [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/19/) [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/20/) … [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/39/) - ← previous: [page 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/16/) - next →: [page 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/18/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)