--- title: I — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 5 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/5/) [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 5 [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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meaning 1:* A person who draws or paints the pictures for books, magazines, posters or websites.[↗](../../illustrator/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Quentin Blake was the illustrator of many Roald Dahl books.[↗](../../illustrator/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The illustrator drew a funny dragon on every page.[↗](../../illustrator/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is the illustrator of this picture book?[↗](../../illustrator/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She wants to be an illustrator when she grows up.[↗](../../illustrator/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some authors are also their own illustrators.[↗](../../illustrator/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The illustrator used watercolours for the pictures.[↗](../../illustrator/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is seldom, indeed, that an illustrator enters so thoroughly into the spirit of his text.[↗](../../illustrator/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **illustrious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Famous and greatly respected, for great deeds or a noble family.[↗](../../illustrious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The illustrious city of Athens was famed for wise men.[↗](../../illustrious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The princess was of illustrious birth.[↗](../../illustrious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · You are a citizen of illustrious Athens.[↗](../../illustrious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **ilo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* ILO stands for the International Labour Organization, a part of the United Nations that sets fair rules for work, such as fighting child labour.[↗](../../ilo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* On its own ilo is not an English word; it may be part of a name or a cut piece of a word (kilo, silo).[↗](../../ilo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ILO is part of the United Nations.[↗](../../ilo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ILO works to end child labour.[↗](../../ilo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ILO has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.[↗](../../ilo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · ILO rules say workers should be safe at work.[↗](../../ilo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ILO was set up in 1919, after the First World War.[↗](../../ilo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ilo on its own isn't an English word.[↗](../../ilo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **image** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A picture, photo or drawing of something, on paper or a screen.[↗](../../image/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A picture of something in your mind.[↗](../../image/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The picture of something seen in a mirror, lens or water; a reflection.[↗](../../image/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The way other people see someone or something.[↗](../../image/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* An image can also be a statue or carved figure of a person or god.[↗](../../image/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Draw the image of the shape after reflecting it in the mirror line.[↗](../../image/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The image in the mirror is back to front.[↗](../../image/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She searched for images of tigers for her project.[↗](../../image/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't post images of yourself online without asking a parent.[↗](../../image/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The poem made a clear image in my mind.[↗](../../image/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A magnifying glass makes a bigger image.[↗](../../image/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He's the image of his father.[↗](../../image/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Some images online have been changed to trick people.[↗](../../image/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Image of Mercury and the Carpenter[↗](../../image/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man.[↗](../../image/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.9.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../image/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.[↗](../../image/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.1.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../image/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · lest ye deal corruptly, and make you a graven image, even the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, (Torah DEU.4.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../image/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Is this man Coniah a despised, broken image?[↗](../../image/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.22.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../image/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image.[↗](../../image/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.2.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../image/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image.[↗](../../image/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.106.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../image/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **imagery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Imagery is the use of words to create pictures in the reader's mind, using descriptions of sights, sounds, smells, tastes and feelings, often through similes and metaphors.[↗](../../imagery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Imagery is also pictures or images, such as satellite imagery or the images in a film or painting.[↗](../../imagery/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The poem uses imagery of the sea and storms.[↗](../../imagery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Find two examples of imagery in the first paragraph.[↗](../../imagery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The writer's vivid imagery made me feel I was in the forest.[↗](../../imagery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Satellite imagery showed the size of the bushfire.[↗](../../imagery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Church windows are full of religious imagery.[↗](../../imagery/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Similes and metaphors are kinds of imagery.[↗](../../imagery/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The film's imagery was dark and frightening.[↗](../../imagery/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all delightful imagery.[↗](../../imagery/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.2.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../imagery/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **imaginable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* That can be thought of or pictured in the mind.[↗](../../imaginable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Used with «all» or «every», it means as much or as many as you can think of.[↗](../../imaginable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She had all the beauty imaginable.[↗](../../imaginable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse took every pain imaginable with her daughter.[↗](../../imaginable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bellissima saw the loveliest being imaginable.[↗](../../imaginable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **imaginary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Imaginary means existing only in the mind, not real.[↗](../../imaginary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In maths an imaginary line, like a line of symmetry or the equator, is one we think of but cannot see.[↗](../../imaginary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She has an imaginary friend called Polly.[↗](../../imaginary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The equator is an imaginary line around the Earth.[↗](../../imaginary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dragons are imaginary creatures.[↗](../../imaginary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We built an imaginary castle in the playground.[↗](../../imaginary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw the imaginary line of symmetry.[↗](../../imaginary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The monster under the bed was only imaginary.[↗](../../imaginary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Not quite empty, mummy,” Slightly said, after looking into an imaginary mug.[↗](../../imaginary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **imagination** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The ability to make pictures, ideas and stories in your mind about things that are not real or not present.[↗](../../imagination/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The ability to think of new and clever ideas.[↗](../../imagination/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Something that is only in your mind: «It's just your imagination».[↗](../../imagination/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Use your imagination to write a story about a dragon.[↗](../../imagination/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She has a wonderful imagination.[↗](../../imagination/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The noise in the dark was just my imagination.[↗](../../imagination/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The book captured the children's imagination.[↗](../../imagination/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · With a bit of imagination, a box becomes a spaceship.[↗](../../imagination/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Einstein said imagination is important for scientists.[↗](../../imagination/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Children's imaginations are full of monsters and fairies.[↗](../../imagination/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And this was enough to excite Jurgen's imagination.[↗](../../imagination/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.[↗](../../imagination/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.6.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../imagination/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.[↗](../../imagination/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.73.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../imagination/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · O LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever, even the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Thy people, and direct their heart unto Thee; (Writings 1CH.29.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../imagination/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **imaginative** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Good at thinking of new, clever or creative ideas.[↗](../../imaginative/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Showing creativity and new ideas: «an imaginative story».[↗](../../imaginative/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mia wrote an imaginative story about a talking teapot.[↗](../../imaginative/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Imaginative play helps young children learn.[↗](../../imaginative/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He found an imaginative way to fix the broken kite.[↗](../../imaginative/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The artist's paintings are bright and imaginative.[↗](../../imaginative/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Be imaginative and invent your own monster.[↗](../../imaginative/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The class came up with imaginative ideas for the school fair.[↗](../../imaginative/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · For all these reasons, then, Celtic folk-tales are of high scientific interest to the folk-lorist, while they yield to none in imaginative and literary qualities.[↗](../../imaginative/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Twenty-fourth Path is the Imaginative Intelligence, and it is so called because it gives a likeness to all the similitudes, which are created in like manner similar to its harmonious elegancies.[↗](../../imaginative/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../imaginative/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Twenty-fourth Path is the Imaginative Intelli- gence, and it is so called because it gives a likeness to all the similitudes which are created in like manner similar to its harmonious elegancies.[↗](../../imaginative/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../imaginative/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **imagine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To imagine is to picture something in your mind: imagine a purple cow.[↗](../../imagine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To imagine is to think or guess that something is true.[↗](../../imagine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I imagine you are tired.[↗](../../imagine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To imagine something can mean to think you see or hear it when it is not real.[↗](../../imagine/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Watch, count, and imagine.[↗](../../imagine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Imagine 3 bags with 4 apples in each.[↗](../../imagine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Imagine Tom gave away 2 of his 6 cars.[↗](../../imagine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Imagine you are an astronaut on the Moon.[↗](../../imagine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Close your eyes and imagine a quiet beach.[↗](../../imagine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I imagine the shop is closed by now.[↗](../../imagine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Did you hear a noise, or did I imagine it?[↗](../../imagine/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you imagine a world without cars?[↗](../../imagine/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 7:1 Thus for instance, they imagined that the name of Jehovah, יהוי, is by reversing the alphabet; מצפץ (mzpz); mem signifies the letter jod, zaddi, the letter he, and pe, the letter wav.[↗](../../imagine/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../imagine/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · This passage was apparently misunderstood by some later writers, who imagined that Rabbi Akiba was the author of the Sefer Yetzirah attributed to Abraham.[↗](../../imagine/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../imagine/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.[↗](../../imagine/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.21.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../imagine/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For they intended evil against thee, they imagined a device, wherewith they shall not prevail.[↗](../../imagine/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.21.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../imagine/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Through the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued, they are taken in the devices that they have imagined.[↗](../../imagine/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.10.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../imagine/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **imam** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Islam) An imam is the person who leads prayers in a mosque and often teaches and gives advice to Muslims.[↗](../../imam/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Islam, especially Shia) A title for an important religious leader descended from the Prophet Muhammad's family.[↗](../../imam/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The imam led the prayers at the mosque on Friday.[↗](../../imam/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The imam visited our school to talk about Islam.[↗](../../imam/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Muslims stand in rows behind the imam when they pray.[↗](../../imam/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The imam gave a talk about kindness to neighbours.[↗](../../imam/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The family asked the imam to help with the wedding.[↗](../../imam/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An imam studies the Qur'an for many years.[↗](../../imam/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our RE class asked the imam questions about Ramadan.[↗](../../imam/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **imbibe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal or old use) To drink, especially a liquid.[↗](../../imbibe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To take in and absorb ideas, feelings or knowledge.[↗](../../imbibe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old man imbibed the cool water.[↗](../../imbibe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We imbibe knowledge from good books.[↗](../../imbibe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Crimthann imbibed all the justice of that remark.[↗](../../imbibe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **imbue** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To fill something with a quality or feeling.[↗](../../imbue/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This way of thinking about language imbues the Hebrew root itself with a certain metaphysical reality, an entity from which more concrete instantions of individual words may ontologically descend and ultimately crystallize into concrete speech or material reality.[↗](../../imbue/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../imbue/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **imbued** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To soak or fill something with a liquid, colour or quality, such as poison or magic.[↗](../../imbued/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To fill a person with a feeling or quality, as in «imbued with courage».[↗](../../imbued/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She imbued the robe with poison.[↗](../../imbued/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The walls were imbued with the smell of smoke.[↗](../../imbued/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The queen was imbued with kindness.[↗](../../imbued/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It should probably be understood on one level as a reference to the ten digits of the decimal numeral system, though as we shall see, these Sefirot Belimah are imbued with metaphysical significance beyond mere numerals.[↗](../../imbued/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../imbued/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **imitate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To copy the way someone speaks, moves or behaves.[↗](../../imitate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To make something look or sound like something else.[↗](../../imitate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To follow someone as an example: «imitate your heroes».[↗](../../imitate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Parrots can imitate human voices.[↗](../../imitate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother imitates the teacher's voice to make us laugh.[↗](../../imitate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Young children imitate what they see adults do.[↗](../../imitate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some harmless flies imitate wasps to scare off birds.[↗](../../imitate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The clarinet imitates the cuckoo in this piece of music.[↗](../../imitate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians try to imitate Jesus in kindness.[↗](../../imitate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "How should I?"[↗](../../imitate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") I replied, resolved to imitate the princess in her fidelity.[↗](../../imitate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **imitation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A copy of something, often a fake that looks like the real thing.[↗](../../imitation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Copying someone's voice or actions, often to be funny.[↗](../../imitation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Not real but made to look real: «imitation leather».[↗](../../imitation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ring is only an imitation; it isn't real gold.[↗](../../imitation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He does a great imitation of a chicken.[↗](../../imitation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies learn to talk by imitation.[↗](../../imitation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The chair is covered in imitation leather.[↗](../../imitation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a poor imitation of the famous painting.[↗](../../imitation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,» said Gran.[↗](../../imitation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But they all with one voice shouted out that the Clown's imitation was much more true to life.[↗](../../imitation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **immaculate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Perfectly clean and tidy, with no dirt or mess at all.[↗](../../immaculate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Without any mistake; perfect: an immaculate performance.[↗](../../immaculate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (church) Without sin.[↗](../../immaculate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Catholic Christians believe in the «Immaculate Conception», that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was free of original sin from the start of her life.[↗](../../immaculate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma's kitchen is always immaculate.[↗](../../immaculate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His uniform was immaculate on the first day of school.[↗](../../immaculate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The second-hand bike was in immaculate condition.[↗](../../immaculate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The gymnast gave an immaculate performance and scored ten.[↗](../../immaculate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her handwriting is immaculate.[↗](../../immaculate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Catholics celebrate the Immaculate Conception on 8 December.[↗](../../immaculate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · After an hour of tidying, my room looked immaculate — for one day.[↗](../../immaculate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **immaterial** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Immaterial means not important or not relevant to what is being talked about.[↗](../../immaterial/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Immaterial also means not made of matter, with no physical body, like a spirit.[↗](../../immaterial/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Whether the car is red or blue is immaterial; it needs fixing.[↗](../../immaterial/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cost is immaterial if it saves a life.[↗](../../immaterial/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In this problem, the colour of the bags is immaterial.[↗](../../immaterial/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians believe the soul is immaterial.[↗](../../immaterial/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Whether he meant to break it is immaterial; it is broken.[↗](../../immaterial/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ghosts in stories are often immaterial and walk through walls.[↗](../../immaterial/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "If you really can cure, it is immaterial when you do it.[↗](../../immaterial/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Nonetheless, English translators have usually shied away from the this-worldly symbolism of the ‘Holy Wind’, much preferring immaterial ‘Spirit’ either out of theological embarrassment or deference to tradition.[↗](../../immaterial/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../immaterial/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Perhaps capturing an intermediary concept between the immaterial divine imminence and the material wind is ‘wisp’, meaning both a small breeze and a phantom presence, but ‘Holy Wisp’ is a rather underwhelming expression.[↗](../../immaterial/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../immaterial/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **immature** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Immature means behaving in a silly, childish way, not as sensible as you should be for your age.[↗](../../immature/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) Immature means not fully grown or developed yet, like an immature bird or fruit.[↗](../../immature/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It's immature to laugh when someone falls over.[↗](../../immature/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop being so immature and say sorry.[↗](../../immature/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Immature gulls have brown feathers.[↗](../../immature/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Immature fruit is hard and sour.[↗](../../immature/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tadpoles are immature frogs.[↗](../../immature/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He was too immature to look after a puppy.[↗](../../immature/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) … [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/4/) **5** [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/6/) … [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/39/) - ← previous: [page 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/4/) - next →: [page 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/6/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)