--- title: I — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 32 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/32/) [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 32 [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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*Everyday, meaning 1:* To get involved in a situation to stop it or change it, especially to help.[↗](../../intervene/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To come between two times or events, as in «in the intervening years».[↗](../../intervene/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teacher intervened before the fight started.[↗](../../intervene/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · If you see bullying, tell an adult so they can intervene.[↗](../../intervene/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The referee had to intervene.[↗](../../intervene/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rain intervened and the match was stopped.[↗](../../intervene/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the intervening weeks she practised hard.[↗](../../intervene/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The government intervened to help farmers.[↗](../../intervene/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Bernini was summoned by the King from Rome, and entrusted with the task; but the brothers Perrault intervened.[↗](../../intervene/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · To intervene in any thing, to mediate the peace, accomodate a quarrel.[↗](../../intervene/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../intervene/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **intervening** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Coming or lying between two things, places or times (the intervening weeks, the intervening hills).[↗](../../intervening/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb form) Stepping in to stop or change something (the teacher is intervening).[↗](../../intervening/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We met in spring and again in autumn; in the intervening months we wrote letters.[↗](../../intervening/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The intervening hills hid the sea from view.[↗](../../intervening/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The intervening pages explain how the machine works.[↗](../../intervening/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A teacher is intervening to stop the argument.[↗](../../intervening/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the intervening time, finish your reading.[↗](../../intervening/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing important happened in the intervening days.[↗](../../intervening/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **intervention** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An intervention is when someone steps in to change what is happening, especially to stop a problem or help.[↗](../../intervention/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (school) An intervention is extra help given to pupils who need it, such as a reading group.[↗](../../intervention/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (medicine) A medical intervention is a treatment or operation.[↗](../../intervention/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (politics) Intervention is when a country gets involved in another country's affairs, sometimes with soldiers.[↗](../../intervention/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Thanks to the teacher's quick intervention, nobody got hurt.[↗](../../intervention/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I go to a reading intervention group on Tuesdays.[↗](../../intervention/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Early intervention can stop small problems getting big.[↗](../../intervention/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctors said no intervention was needed.[↗](../../intervention/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The goal was saved by the goalkeeper's last-second intervention.[↗](../../intervention/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people argued about the military intervention.[↗](../../intervention/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **intervertebral** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (biology) Between the bones of the spine (vertebrae).[↗](../../intervertebral/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Intervertebral discs are soft cushions between the vertebrae.[↗](../../intervertebral/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Intervertebral discs cushion the bones in your back.[↗](../../intervertebral/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The intervertebral discs act like shock absorbers.[↗](../../intervertebral/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A slipped disc is a damaged intervertebral disc.[↗](../../intervertebral/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Lift heavy bags with bent knees to protect your intervertebral discs.[↗](../../intervertebral/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · You are slightly taller in the morning because your intervertebral discs have rested.[↗](../../intervertebral/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Each intervertebral disc has a soft middle.[↗](../../intervertebral/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **interview** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An interview is a meeting where someone asks a person questions, for a job, a school place or a news story.[↗](../../interview/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To interview someone is to ask them questions to find out about them.[↗](../../interview/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A conversation recorded for TV, radio or a newspaper.[↗](../../interview/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad has a job interview tomorrow.[↗](../../interview/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We interviewed our grandparents about their childhood.[↗](../../interview/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The footballer gave an interview after the match.[↗](../../interview/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The police interviewed three witnesses.[↗](../../interview/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Prepare questions before your interview.[↗](../../interview/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The TV show interviewed a famous scientist.[↗](../../interview/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the Dragon King interviewed the doctor and blamed him for not curing the Queen.[↗](../../interview/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **interviewee** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The person who is asked questions in an interview, for example for a job, a school place, a newspaper or a TV programme.[↗](../../interviewee/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who answers the questions in a survey or research study.[↗](../../interviewee/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The interviewee sat down and smiled nervously.[↗](../../interviewee/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our interviewee for the school magazine was the head teacher.[↗](../../interviewee/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each interviewee answered the same five questions.[↗](../../interviewee/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The reporter thanked the interviewee at the end.[↗](../../interviewee/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the role play, Sam was the interviewer and I was the interviewee.[↗](../../interviewee/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The interviewee told us what school was like in 1960.[↗](../../interviewee/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A good interviewer lets the interviewee finish speaking.[↗](../../interviewee/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **interviewer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The person who asks the questions in an interview, for example on TV, radio, in a newspaper or for a job.[↗](../../interviewer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who asks people questions for a survey or a study.[↗](../../interviewer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The interviewer asked me why I wanted to join the club.[↗](../../interviewer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A famous interviewer spoke to the prime minister on the radio.[↗](../../interviewer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · As the interviewer, you should ask open questions.[↗](../../interviewer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The interviewer wrote down every answer.[↗](../../interviewer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class interviewer asked the firefighter about his job.[↗](../../interviewer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The interviewer was kind, so I stopped feeling nervous.[↗](../../interviewer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A survey interviewer knocked on our door and asked about recycling.[↗](../../interviewer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **intestine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The intestines are the long tubes in your belly that food passes through after the stomach.[↗](../../intestine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The small intestine takes the useful parts of food into the blood.[↗](../../intestine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The large intestine takes in water and pushes out waste as poo.[↗](../../intestine/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Food goes from your stomach into your small intestine.[↗](../../intestine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The small intestine is longer than the large intestine.[↗](../../intestine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The large intestine soaks up water from waste.[↗](../../intestine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Your intestines are coiled up inside your belly.[↗](../../intestine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew the digestive system with the intestines in it.[↗](../../intestine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fibre in fruit and vegetables helps your intestines work well.[↗](../../intestine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A cow has very long intestines to digest grass.[↗](../../intestine/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor said the pain was in his intestine.[↗](../../intestine/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Postellus then gives, " intestina, vesica, arterise ", the intestines, bladder and arteries; Rittangelius gives the same.[↗](../../intestine/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../intestine/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Nun, predominant in smell, crowned, combined, and formed Scorpio in the world, Marchesvan in the year, and the intestines in man.[↗](../../intestine/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../intestine/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The twelve organs of the human body are: two hands, two feet, two kidneys, gall, small intestines, liver, gullet \[39\] or esophagus, stomach and milt.[↗](../../intestine/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../intestine/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **intimate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very close and friendly, sharing secrets.[↗](../../intimate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Deep and detailed, known very well.[↗](../../intimate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The two friends were intimate and told each other everything.[↗](../../intimate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We shall travel as intimate friends.[↗](../../intimate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She had an intimate knowledge of the forest.[↗](../../intimate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Instead, the SY may be intimating a twofold pronunciation of Resh known among certain mediveal Jewish communities in Babylonia and elsewhere, which does indeed preserve a distinguish between ‘single’ Resh and ‘double’ Resh.[↗](../../intimate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../intimate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · All my intimate friends abhor me; and they whom I loved are turned against me.[↗](../../intimate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.19.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../intimate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **intimately** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a very close, detailed way; very well, from long experience.[↗](../../intimately/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a very close and personal way, as between close family, best friends or partners.[↗](../../intimately/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Very closely connected, so that one thing affects the other.[↗](../../intimately/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old fisherman knew the river intimately.[↗](../../intimately/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Weather and farming are intimately linked.[↗](../../intimately/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She knew every corner of the castle intimately.[↗](../../intimately/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The two friends talked intimately by the fire.[↗](../../intimately/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants and bees are intimately connected.[↗](../../intimately/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The guide knew the mountain paths intimately after forty years.[↗](../../intimately/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our health is intimately tied to what we eat and how we sleep.[↗](../../intimately/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Bernhard Schmidt's excellent work is full of examples which prove how intimately they are connected.[↗](../../intimately/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The text is intimately concerned with the role of language in the Work of Creation.[↗](../../intimately/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../intimately/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **intimidate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To frighten or threaten someone, especially to make them do what you want.[↗](../../intimidate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To make someone feel nervous, shy or less confident, even without meaning to.[↗](../../intimidate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The older boys tried to intimidate him into giving them his lunch money.[↗](../../intimidate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't let anyone intimidate you – tell a teacher.[↗](../../intimidate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The big dog's growl intimidated the postman.[↗](../../intimidate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I felt intimidated on my first day at the new school.[↗](../../intimidate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The team's haka can intimidate their opponents.[↗](../../intimidate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The long maths test looked intimidating, but it was fine.[↗](../../intimidate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Intimidating someone online is still bullying.[↗](../../intimidate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **intimidation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Intimidation is frightening someone, often with threats, so that they do what you want or are too scared to act.[↗](../../intimidation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Intimidation is a kind of bullying and is never okay.[↗](../../intimidation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The big boys used intimidation to take the younger children's ball.[↗](../../intimidation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell a teacher if you face intimidation online.[↗](../../intimidation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The witness refused to speak because of intimidation.[↗](../../intimidation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There was no intimidation; she agreed freely.[↗](../../intimidation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Police are investigating claims of intimidation.[↗](../../intimidation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **into** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Into means to the inside of something: jump into the pool.[↗](../../into/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Into shows a change of form or state: water turns into ice.[↗](../../into/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Into shows parts or groups something is made into: cut into 8 pieces.[↗](../../into/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Into can mean hitting something: bump into a door.[↗](../../into/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* In maths, «2 into 10» means 10 divided by 2 («2 into 10 goes 5 times»).[↗](../../into/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (casual) To be into something is to like it a lot: she's really into football; «not into it» means not keen.[↗](../../into/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (rough) «Lay into someone» or «tear into someone» means attack them, often with angry words.[↗](../../into/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (formal) The exam voice says «partitioned into», «subdivided into», «converted into», «deposited into», «allocated into».[↗](../../into/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 9:* Break into can mean suddenly starting to do something, such as singing or laughing.[↗](../../into/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ben splits 6 cards equally into 3 boxes.[↗](../../into/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 4 books are put into 2 equal groups.[↗](../../into/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut the cake into 8 pieces.[↗](../../into/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The frog jumped into the pond.[↗](../../into/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A caterpillar turns into a butterfly.[↗](../../into/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the toys into the box.[↗](../../into/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I bumped into my teacher at the shop.[↗](../../into/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Mia is really into dinosaurs.[↗](../../into/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · How many times does 4 go into 20?[↗](../../into/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · nah not into footy, i'll come watch tho[↗](../../into/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Coach really laid into us after we lost 5–0.[↗](../../into/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · A collection of 24 stamps is partitioned into 4 subsets of equal cardinality; state the cardinality of each subset.[↗](../../into/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And they brought Joseph into Egypt.[↗](../../into/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.37.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../into/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And he put them all together into ward three days.[↗](../../into/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../into/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.[↗](../../into/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.31.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../into/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Who will bring me into the fortified city?[↗](../../into/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.60.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../into/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended?[↗](../../into/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.30.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../into/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · And they rushed into the Jordan before the king.[↗](../../into/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.19.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../into/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") **intolerable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Intolerable means too bad, painful or annoying to put up with.[↗](../../intolerable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Intolerable behaviour is behaviour that will not be accepted at all.[↗](../../intolerable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The heat in the tent was intolerable.[↗](../../intolerable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The noise from the building site became intolerable.[↗](../../intolerable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bullying is intolerable at our school.[↗](../../intolerable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pain in his tooth was almost intolerable.[↗](../../intolerable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The waiting felt intolerable.[↗](../../intolerable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The king's taxes were intolerable to the poor.[↗](../../intolerable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Living next to the motorway was intolerable for them.[↗](../../intolerable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Have you any milk in the house?" he asked; "if so, give me some to drink; my thirst is intolerable."[↗](../../intolerable/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **intolerance** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not being willing to accept people whose ideas, beliefs, habits or ways of life are different from yours.[↗](../../intolerance/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (health) When your body cannot deal well with a certain food or medicine and it makes you feel unwell.[↗](../../intolerance/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Not being able to bear something, such as heat, cold or pain.[↗](../../intolerance/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Intolerance can lead to bullying and unfairness.[↗](../../intolerance/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The school stands against racism and intolerance.[↗](../../intolerance/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother has lactose intolerance, so he drinks oat milk.[↗](../../intolerance/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A food intolerance is not the same as an allergy.[↗](../../intolerance/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · History shows how religious intolerance drove many families from their homes.[↗](../../intolerance/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad has an intolerance to heat and stays inside at midday.[↗](../../intolerance/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned that kindness is the answer to intolerance.[↗](../../intolerance/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **intolerant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Intolerant means not willing to accept people whose ideas, beliefs or ways are different from yours.[↗](../../intolerant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* If you are intolerant of a food, your body cannot digest it well and it makes you feel ill.[↗](../../intolerant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Intolerant of something means unable to put up with it, like noise or cold.[↗](../../intolerant/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My brother is lactose intolerant, so he drinks oat milk.[↗](../../intolerant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It is wrong to be intolerant of people from other religions.[↗](../../intolerant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some plants are intolerant of frost.[↗](../../intolerant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old man was intolerant of noise.[↗](../../intolerant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · An intolerant person may refuse to listen to other views.[↗](../../intolerant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She found out she was gluten intolerant.[↗](../../intolerant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class talked about how to stand up to intolerant comments.[↗](../../intolerant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **intonation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The rise and fall of your voice when you speak, which can change the meaning: a question often goes up at the end.[↗](../../intonation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (music) Singing or playing exactly in tune.[↗](../../intonation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Use rising intonation when you ask a yes-no question.[↗](../../intonation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her intonation showed she was joking.[↗](../../intonation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Reading aloud with good intonation makes a story come alive.[↗](../../intonation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The violinist worked on her intonation.[↗](../../intonation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In some Australian and New Zealand speech, statements end with a rising intonation.[↗](../../intonation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Intonation can turn Really. into Really?[↗](../../intonation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · No explanation could convey an adequate idea of the intonation and pronunciation which Uncle Remus brought to bear upon this wonderful word.[↗](../../intonation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **intone** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To say something slowly in a steady, flat voice, almost like singing on one note.[↗](../../intone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (church) To sing or chant words of a prayer or service on one note, as a priest or choir does.[↗](../../intone/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The priest intoned the opening prayer.[↗](../../intone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Silence in the library,» the librarian intoned.[↗](../../intone/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The wizard raised his staff and intoned a spell.[↗](../../intone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The monks intoned the psalm in a low voice.[↗](../../intone/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The robot intoned, «Please enter the password.»[↗](../../intone/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mr Shaw intoned the list of names without looking up.[↗](../../intone/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The choir intoned the same note again and again.[↗](../../intone/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **intoxicated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal, law) Drunk, or affected by drugs, so that you cannot think or act normally.[↗](../../intoxicated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very excited and happy, as if drunk: intoxicated by success.[↗](../../intoxicated/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It is illegal to drive while intoxicated.[↗](../../intoxicated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The police said the man was intoxicated.[↗](../../intoxicated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team was intoxicated by their win.[↗](../../intoxicated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Alcohol is not safe for children's growing bodies.[↗](../../intoxicated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt intoxicated by the smell of roses.[↗](../../intoxicated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Intoxicated people may fall and hurt themselves.[↗](../../intoxicated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Of the latter he drank so freely that he presently became intoxicated.[↗](../../intoxicated/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) … [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/31/) **32** [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/33/) … [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/39/) - ← previous: [page 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/31/) - next →: [page 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/33/) - ↑ back to [The 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