--- title: I — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 18 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/18/) [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 18 [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/) · 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[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/) **inedible** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not fit or safe to eat, because it is poisonous, rotten or not food at all.[↗](../../inedible/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Tasting so bad that you cannot eat it: the burnt toast was inedible.[↗](../../inedible/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Some wild mushrooms are inedible and even deadly.[↗](../../inedible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The burnt pizza was inedible.[↗](../../inedible/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The peel of a banana is inedible for people, but goats eat it.[↗](../../inedible/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Plastic fruit is inedible — it's just for show.[↗](../../inedible/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cake was so salty it was inedible.[↗](../../inedible/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Never eat berries in the woods; many are inedible.[↗](../../inedible/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ineffable** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Too great to be put into words or spoken.[↗](../../ineffable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ineffable Sephiroth give forth the Ten numbers.[↗](../../ineffable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../ineffable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ineffable Sephiroth give forth the Ten num- bers.[↗](../../ineffable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../ineffable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ten are the numbers of the ineffable Sephiroth, ten and not nine, ten and not eleven.[↗](../../ineffable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../ineffable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **ineffective** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not working well or not giving the result you want: an ineffective medicine.[↗](../../ineffective/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Not able to do a job well: an ineffective leader.[↗](../../ineffective/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cream was ineffective against the bites.[↗](../../ineffective/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Shouting is an ineffective way to make friends.[↗](../../ineffective/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old lock was ineffective, so someone got in.[↗](../../ineffective/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The test showed the plant food was ineffective.[↗](../../ineffective/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The team had an ineffective defence.[↗](../../ineffective/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Antibiotics are ineffective against colds.[↗](../../ineffective/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **inelegant** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Not graceful or smooth; clumsy.[↗](../../inelegant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **inert** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not moving and without strength or life.[↗](../../inert/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) Not reacting with other chemicals, as in inert gases like helium or neon.[↗](../../inert/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Slow and not wanting to act.[↗](../../inert/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Helium is an inert gas.[↗](../../inert/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Neon is inert, so it is safe in signs.[↗](../../inert/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat lay inert in the sun.[↗](../../inert/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The robot stood inert until it was switched on.[↗](../../inert/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Gold is quite inert, so it doesn't rust.[↗](../../inert/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd stayed inert and silent.[↗](../../inert/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **inertia** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) The way an object stays still or keeps moving at the same speed in a straight line until a force changes it.[↗](../../inertia/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Lack of energy or wish to move or change: laziness.[↗](../../inertia/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* When the bus stops suddenly, inertia keeps you moving forward.[↗](../../inertia/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Seatbelts protect you against inertia in a crash.[↗](../../inertia/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A heavy trolley has more inertia than a light one.[↗](../../inertia/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pull the tablecloth fast and inertia keeps the plates in place.[↗](../../inertia/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After the holiday, inertia kept me on the sofa.[↗](../../inertia/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Newton's first law is called the law of inertia.[↗](../../inertia/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **inestimable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Too great to be measured or counted.[↗](../../inestimable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Extremely valuable or important: of inestimable value.[↗](../../inestimable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ancient library was of inestimable value.[↗](../../inestimable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her help has been of inestimable value to our school.[↗](../../inestimable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The invention of printing was of inestimable importance.[↗](../../inestimable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The crown jewels are of inestimable worth.[↗](../../inestimable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The damage from the fire was inestimable.[↗](../../inestimable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma's stories are of inestimable value to our family.[↗](../../inestimable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl, inestimable stones, unvalued jewels-- all scattered in the bottom of the sea\![↗](../../inestimable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **inevitability** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Inevitability is the fact that something is certain to happen and cannot be avoided.[↗](../../inevitability/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An inevitability is something that will surely happen.[↗](../../inevitability/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was an inevitability about the result after the first goal.[↗](../../inevitability/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Growing older is an inevitability.[↗](../../inevitability/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The inevitability of winter means we must store food.[↗](../../inevitability/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The story built a sense of inevitability towards the shipwreck.[↗](../../inevitability/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Change is an inevitability in every school.[↗](../../inevitability/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people accept the inevitability of mistakes and learn from them.[↗](../../inevitability/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **inevitable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Certain to happen; impossible to avoid or stop.[↗](../../inevitable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) So usual or expected that everyone knows it will come: the inevitable rain on sports day.[↗](../../inevitable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was inevitable that the ice cream would melt in the sun.[↗](../../inevitable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Getting older is inevitable.[↗](../../inevitable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · With no revision, failing the test was almost inevitable.[↗](../../inevitable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · On the long car trip came the inevitable question: «Are we there yet?»[↗](../../inevitable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Change is inevitable, so learn to adapt.[↗](../../inevitable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They delayed the inevitable by hiding the broken vase.[↗](../../inevitable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Cronus was so enraged at being circumvented that war between the father and son became inevitable.[↗](../../inevitable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **inevitably** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that cannot be avoided or stopped; as you would expect.[↗](../../inevitably/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Inevitably, it rained on sports day.[↗](../../inevitably/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ice cream inevitably melted in the sun.[↗](../../inevitably/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaving homework till late inevitably leads to stress.[↗](../../inevitably/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We all grow older, inevitably.[↗](../../inevitably/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Inevitably, my little brother wanted the same toy.[↗](../../inevitably/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · War inevitably brings suffering.[↗](../../inevitably/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Erinyes or Furies were female divinities who personified the torturing pangs of an evil conscience, and the remorse which inevitably follows wrong-doing.[↗](../../inevitably/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **inexactitude** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Being not exact or not correct; a small mistake: inexactitude in the measurements.[↗](../../inexactitude/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal, euphemism, joking) «terminological inexactitude» = a lie; a polite, funny way of saying someone has not told the truth.[↗](../../inexactitude/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The scientist pointed out an inexactitude in the results.[↗](../../inexactitude/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Small inexactitudes in measuring made the shelves crooked.[↗](../../inexactitude/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The politician was accused of a terminological inexactitude — in other words, a lie.[↗](../../inexactitude/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rounding causes some inexactitude.[↗](../../inexactitude/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There was inexactitude in the old map.[↗](../../inexactitude/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His story contained a few inexactitudes.[↗](../../inexactitude/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **inexhaustible** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Inexhaustible means so large that it never runs out; there is always more.[↗](../../inexhaustible/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The magic bag held an inexhaustible supply of gold.[↗](../../inexhaustible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Young children seem to have inexhaustible energy.[↗](../../inexhaustible/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fairy's purse was inexhaustible.[↗](../../inexhaustible/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She had an inexhaustible store of jokes.[↗](../../inexhaustible/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **inexorable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Inexorable means impossible to stop, change or move by begging.[↗](../../inexorable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) Inexorable describes a stern person who will not be persuaded to forgive.[↗](../../inexorable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Time is inexorable and never goes back.[↗](../../inexorable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The queen was inexorable and would not forgive the thief.[↗](../../inexorable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tide came in with inexorable force.[↗](../../inexorable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her teacher was inexorable about homework.[↗](../../inexorable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **inexpensive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not costing a lot of money; cheap, but in a polite or positive way.[↗](../../inexpensive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We found an inexpensive present for Grandma.[↗](../../inexpensive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A picnic in the park is an inexpensive day out.[↗](../../inexpensive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · These pencils are inexpensive but good.[↗](../../inexpensive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The café serves tasty, inexpensive food.[↗](../../inexpensive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Walking to school is free, and the bus is inexpensive.[↗](../../inexpensive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It is inexpensive to grow herbs on a windowsill.[↗](../../inexpensive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **inexperienced** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Inexperienced means not having much knowledge or skill in something because you have not done it much.[↗](../../inexperienced/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The team was young and inexperienced.[↗](../../inexperienced/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An inexperienced sailor should not go out in a storm.[↗](../../inexperienced/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She was inexperienced at cooking but keen to learn.[↗](../../inexperienced/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Inexperienced swimmers should stay in the shallow end.[↗](../../inexperienced/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The inexperienced goalkeeper let in three goals.[↗](../../inexperienced/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone is inexperienced at first.[↗](../../inexperienced/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He imagined that she was too young and inexperienced to care for him; but that was a mistake, for the truth was that another image already filled her heart.[↗](../../inexperienced/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **inextricable** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* So tightly tangled together that it cannot be separated.[↗](../../inextricable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Attention must be called to the essential peculiarity of Hebrew doctrines, the inextricable and necessary associa- (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../inextricable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **infallible** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Never wrong; never making a mistake.[↗](../../infallible/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Always working or always succeeding: an infallible method.[↗](../../infallible/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (church) Catholics believe the Pope is infallible when he solemnly teaches on faith and morals; this is called papal infallibility.[↗](../../infallible/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Nobody is infallible; everyone makes mistakes sometimes.[↗](../../infallible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma has an infallible recipe for pancakes.[↗](../../infallible/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective's memory was almost infallible.[↗](../../infallible/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Even computers are not infallible.[↗](../../infallible/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Catholics believe the Pope is infallible only in special solemn teachings, not in everything he says.[↗](../../infallible/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There is no infallible way to win at games of chance.[↗](../../infallible/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Laughing is an infallible sign of the highest degree of mental development.[↗](../../infallible/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **infamy** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Very bad reputation, lasting shame.[↗](../../infamy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lest he that heareth it revile thee, and thine infamy turn not away.[↗](../../infamy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.25.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../infamy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **infancy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Infancy is the time when someone is a baby or very young child.[↗](../../infancy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Infancy also means the very early stage of something new, like an idea or invention.[↗](../../infancy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Many children died in infancy in the 1800s.[↗](../../infancy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · During infancy, babies learn to smile, sit and crawl.[↗](../../infancy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The internet was in its infancy when Mum was a child.[↗](../../infancy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His love of drawing started in infancy.[↗](../../infancy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The project is still in its infancy.[↗](../../infancy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Vaccines protect babies during infancy.[↗](../../infancy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Ever since my infancy, I have dwelt in the cave of Chiron the Centaur.[↗](../../infancy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **infant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An infant is a baby or a very young child, especially one who cannot yet walk or talk well.[↗](../../infant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK) Infants are the youngest children in primary school, about ages four to seven; an infant school is for them.[↗](../../infant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Infant can describe something new that has just begun: an infant company.[↗](../../infant/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The infant slept in her cot.[↗](../../infant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Infants need milk many times a day.[↗](../../infant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother is in the infants.[↗](../../infant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Always strap an infant into a car seat.[↗](../../infant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Infant school comes before junior school.[↗](../../infant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The infant smiled for the first time.[↗](../../infant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The infant was away with a nurse.[↗](../../infant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that never saw light.[↗](../../infant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.3.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../infant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.'[↗](../../infant/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.15.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../infant/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Samaria shall bear her guilt, for she hath rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.[↗](../../infant/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.14.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../infant/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **infantry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Soldiers who fight on foot, as opposed to soldiers on horses, in tanks, ships or planes.[↗](../../infantry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The part of an army made up of these soldiers.[↗](../../infantry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Roman infantry fought in tight rows with shields.[↗](../../infantry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The infantry marched for days to reach the battle.[↗](../../infantry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My great-grandad served in the infantry in the Second World War.[↗](../../infantry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the past, cavalry rode horses while the infantry walked.[↗](../../infantry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · An infantry soldier carries a heavy pack.[↗](../../infantry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Archers and infantry stood together at the Battle of Hastings.[↗](../../infantry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I am only a baggage camel of the 39th Native Infantry, and I am not as brave as you are, my lords.”[↗](../../infantry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **infect** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To give someone a disease by passing germs to them.[↗](../../infect/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* For germs to get into a cut or part of the body and make it sore and ill.[↗](../../infect/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* For a computer virus to get into a computer.[↗](../../infect/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To spread a feeling to others, as in «Her laughter infected everyone».[↗](../../infect/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wash your hands so you don't infect others.[↗](../../infect/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Clean the cut so it doesn't get infected.[↗](../../infect/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The virus infected half the class.[↗](../../infect/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A computer virus infected Dad's laptop.[↗](../../infect/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her giggles infected the whole room.[↗](../../infect/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mosquitoes can infect people with malaria.[↗](../../infect/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **infected** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Having harmful germs (bacteria, viruses or fungi) growing in it, like an infected cut that is red, swollen and sore.[↗](../../infected/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Caught an illness from germs: she was infected with flu.[↗](../../infected/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Of a computer, having a harmful program (a virus) in it.[↗](../../infected/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Filled with a feeling that spreads: infected by her laughter.[↗](../../infected/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Keep the cut clean so it doesn't get infected.[↗](../../infected/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His knee was red and swollen because it was infected.[↗](../../infected/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor said my ear was infected.[↗](../../infected/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mosquitoes can carry germs that infect people.[↗](../../infected/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cover your cough so others are not infected.[↗](../../infected/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The computer was infected by a virus.[↗](../../infected/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The whole class was infected by her giggles.[↗](../../infected/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · An infected tooth can be very painful.[↗](../../infected/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **infection** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An infection is an illness caused by germs (bacteria, viruses or fungi) getting into your body.[↗](../../infection/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Infection is the spreading of germs from one person or thing to another.[↗](../../infection/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An infected cut or wound has germs in it, making it red, swollen, hot or full of pus.[↗](../../infection/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Clean the cut to stop infection.[↗](../../infection/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She had an ear infection and a high temperature.[↗](../../infection/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Antibiotics can treat some infections.[↗](../../infection/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Germs spread infection from hand to mouth.[↗](../../infection/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor said the wound was infected.[↗](../../infection/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Washing hands lowers the risk of infection.[↗](../../infection/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **infectious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An infectious disease can be passed from one person or animal to another, through germs in the air, water, food or touch.[↗](../../infectious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An infectious person has an illness that others can catch.[↗](../../infectious/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Infectious can describe a feeling or laugh that spreads quickly to other people.[↗](../../infectious/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Chickenpox is very infectious, so Lily stayed home.[↗](../../infectious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands to stop infectious diseases spreading.[↗](../../infectious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He is still infectious, so he can't come to the party.[↗](../../infectious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her laugh was so infectious that the whole class giggled.[↗](../../infectious/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Allergies are not infectious; you can't catch them.[↗](../../infectious/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet checked the dog for infectious illnesses.[↗](../../infectious/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The little boy laughed, and Uncle Remus supplemented this indorsement of his descriptive powers with a most infectious chuckle.[↗](../../infectious/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **infer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To work out something that is not said directly, using clues and what you already know.[↗](../../infer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To reach a conclusion from facts or reasoning.[↗](../../infer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* From her red eyes, we can infer that she had been crying.[↗](../../infer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · What can you infer about the weather from the picture?[↗](../../infer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Detectives infer who did it from clues.[↗](../../infer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I inferred that Mum was cross because she slammed the door.[↗](../../infer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists infer what dinosaurs ate from their teeth.[↗](../../infer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) … 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