--- title: I — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 6 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/6/) [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 6 [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:* Behaving in a silly or childish way that is not right for your age.[↗](../../immaturity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Not being fully grown or developed yet, as with a young animal, plant or fruit.[↗](../../immaturity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Laughing when someone falls over shows immaturity.[↗](../../immaturity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher said his rude joke was a sign of immaturity.[↗](../../immaturity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Because of the bird's immaturity, its feathers were still grey.[↗](../../immaturity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The immaturity of the apples meant they were sour.[↗](../../immaturity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone shows some immaturity sometimes; we learn as we grow.[↗](../../immaturity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach worried about the young team's immaturity under pressure.[↗](../../immaturity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **immeasurable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Too great or large to be measured, counted or known exactly.[↗](../../immeasurable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The giant showed immeasurable strength.[↗](../../immeasurable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sea had an immeasurable depth.[↗](../../immeasurable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sunbeam crossed an immeasurable path.[↗](../../immeasurable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **immediate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Immediate means happening at once, with no delay.[↗](../../immediate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Immediate means nearest in place, time or relationship: your immediate family is your parents, brothers and sisters.[↗](../../immediate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Immediate means needing attention now: an immediate danger.[↗](../../immediate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Immediate can also mean direct, coming straight from the person or thing itself with no go-between.[↗](../../immediate/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fire needs immediate action — call 999\![↗](../../immediate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The medicine had an immediate effect.[↗](../../immediate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Only immediate family came to the small wedding.[↗](../../immediate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There was no immediate danger, so we stayed calm.[↗](../../immediate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Leave the building immediately when the alarm rings.[↗](../../immediate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We live in the immediate area of the school.[↗](../../immediate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her reply was immediate: «Yes!»[↗](../../immediate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The great bulk of them are not the immediate work of Æsop.[↗](../../immediate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 23) The ancient philosophers maintained that if God is the first cause, and He is necessarily, He, the immediate effect of Him, as an absolute unity, (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../immediate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **immediately** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Immediately means at once, right now, without waiting.[↗](../../immediately/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Immediately means directly next to, with nothing in between: «immediately behind the school».[↗](../../immediately/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Leave the building immediately when the fire alarm rings.[↗](../../immediately/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Come here immediately\![↗](../../immediately/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell an adult immediately if someone is hurt.[↗](../../immediately/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash cuts immediately with clean water.[↗](../../immediately/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop is immediately next to the bank.[↗](../../immediately/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He fell asleep immediately.[↗](../../immediately/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Immediately after lunch we went outside.[↗](../../immediately/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Eagle accepted the Kite immediately.[↗](../../immediately/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Immediately Joseph sat down and wrote down the sefer Yetzirah at the dictation of B'"usy."[↗](../../immediately/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../immediately/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Immediately Joseph sat down and wrote down these words at the dictation of ty"Bsy \[Ben Sira\], and he wrote them in five books on the earth : Sefer Yetzirah, etc." (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../immediately/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **immense** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Extremely large or great in size, amount or degree.[↗](../../immense/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The blue whale is an immense animal.[↗](../../immense/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We felt immense relief when the dog came home.[↗](../../immense/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Space is immense.[↗](../../immense/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle had an immense wooden door.[↗](../../immense/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Building the bridge took an immense amount of work.[↗](../../immense/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant's footprint was immense.[↗](../../immense/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It seemed as if something immense had been thrown over him.[↗](../../immense/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He hewed, as it were, immense column or colossal pillars, out of the intangible air, and from the empty space.[↗](../../immense/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../immense/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **immensely** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Extremely; very much, to a great degree.[↗](../../immensely/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I enjoyed the film immensely.[↗](../../immensely/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was immensely proud of her brother.[↗](../../immensely/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The book is immensely popular with children.[↗](../../immensely/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The stars are immensely far away.[↗](../../immensely/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad was immensely rich and immensely boastful.[↗](../../immensely/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The trip helped us immensely.[↗](../../immensely/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Once upon a time there lived a King who was immensely rich.[↗](../../immensely/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **immerse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To put something completely under water or another liquid.[↗](../../immerse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To become fully involved in something, so you think of nothing else, as in «immersed in a book».[↗](../../immerse/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Immerse the egg in the salty water.[↗](../../immerse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not immerse the kettle in water.[↗](../../immerse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was so immersed in his book he missed the bus.[↗](../../immerse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Immerse the cube and read the new water level.[↗](../../immerse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We were immersed in the noise of the city.[↗](../../immerse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pupils immerse themselves in the Viking topic.[↗](../../immerse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **immersion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Immersion is putting something completely under water or another liquid.[↗](../../immersion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (church) Baptism by immersion means dipping a person fully under water, as some churches do.[↗](../../immersion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Being deeply involved in something, such as learning a language by living in it: «language immersion».[↗](../../immersion/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (UK, Ireland) An immersion (heater) is an electric heater in a water tank that heats hot water.[↗](../../immersion/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Immersion in water makes a sponge heavy.[↗](../../immersion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We measured the stone's volume by immersion in a jug of water.[↗](../../immersion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some churches baptise by full immersion in a pool.[↗](../../immersion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin goes to a French immersion school in Canada.[↗](../../immersion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn on the immersion if you want a hot bath.[↗](../../immersion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (UK, Ireland)[↗](../../immersion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The book's immersion in the world of dragons kept me reading.[↗](../../immersion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Total immersion is a fast way to learn a language.[↗](../../immersion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **immigrant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An immigrant is a person who has come to live in a new country from another country.[↗](../../immigrant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, immigrant describes people or families who have moved to a new country.[↗](../../immigrant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My grandparents were immigrants from Italy.[↗](../../immigrant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many immigrants arrived in New York by ship.[↗](../../immigrant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The immigrant family opened a bakery in our town.[↗](../../immigrant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Immigrants bring their food, music and languages.[↗](../../immigrant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She is a first-generation immigrant; her children were born here.[↗](../../immigrant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of 30 pupils, 9 were born in another country.[↗](../../immigrant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Australia has welcomed immigrants from all over the world.[↗](../../immigrant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **immigration** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Coming to live in a new country from another country.[↗](../../immigration/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The place at an airport or border where officials check passports and visas: «go through immigration».[↗](../../immigration/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The rules and the government department that control who may come to live in a country.[↗](../../immigration/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Many families in our class came here through immigration.[↗](../../immigration/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We waited a long time at immigration at the airport.[↗](../../immigration/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The immigration officer checked our passports.[↗](../../immigration/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Immigration helped build cities like Toronto and Sydney.[↗](../../immigration/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ellis Island was where immigration to New York was checked.[↗](../../immigration/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma remembers her immigration to Australia by ship.[↗](../../immigration/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **imminence** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The state of being about to happen, or of being very near.[↗](../../imminence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") (The text uses it where "immanence", God's presence within the world, is meant.).[↗](../../imminence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wind is of course the herald of the storm, the Biblical symbol par excellence of the divine theophany, making wind a potent symbol of divine imminence.[↗](../../imminence/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../imminence/#x1 "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.[↗](../../imminence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../imminence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **imminent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* About to happen very soon, often something bad or dangerous.[↗](../../imminent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dark clouds showed that rain was imminent.[↗](../../imminent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The firefighters said the house was in imminent danger.[↗](../../imminent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby's arrival is imminent.[↗](../../imminent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An announcement about the new playground is imminent.[↗](../../imminent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship's captain warned of an imminent storm.[↗](../../imminent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · With the bell imminent, everyone packed their bags.[↗](../../imminent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mountains and forests were in flames, rivers and streams were dried up, and a general conflagration was imminent.[↗](../../imminent/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Wise men lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is an imminent ruin.[↗](../../imminent/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.10.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../imminent/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **imminently** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very soon; about to happen at any moment.[↗](../../imminently/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Used in news and official speech for something expected almost immediately: «the report is due imminently».[↗](../../imminently/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baby is expected imminently, so Dad keeps his phone on.[↗](../../imminently/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm is due to hit the coast imminently.[↗](../../imminently/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The train is arriving imminently at platform two.[↗](../../imminently/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The results will be announced imminently.[↗](../../imminently/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The volcano was not imminently going to erupt, the scientists said.[↗](../../imminently/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our new puppy is arriving imminently\![↗](../../imminently/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **immobile** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not moving at all; perfectly still.[↗](../../immobile/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Not able to move or be moved, for example because of an injury, illness or because something is fixed in place.[↗](../../immobile/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat sat immobile, watching the mouse hole.[↗](../../immobile/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After the accident he was immobile for a month.[↗](../../immobile/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants are immobile, so they can't run from danger.[↗](../../immobile/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The statue-like guard stood immobile at the palace gate.[↗](../../immobile/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The heavy wardrobe was immobile; we couldn't shift it.[↗](../../immobile/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In musical statues you must stay immobile when the music stops.[↗](../../immobile/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The eagle-eyed man lifted a face, thin and sharp as though it had been carven on the wind, and he stared forward with an immobile intentness.[↗](../../immobile/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **immobilise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To stop someone or something from moving or working.[↗](../../immobilise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (first aid) To keep an injured body part still, for example with a splint or sling, so it does not get worse.[↗](../../immobilise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To stop a vehicle from being started, as with a car alarm or wheel clamp.[↗](../../immobilise/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The first-aider used a sling to immobilise my broken arm.[↗](../../immobilise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The spider's bite immobilises the fly.[↗](../../immobilise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Snow and ice immobilised the whole town.[↗](../../immobilise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The car has a device that immobilises the engine if it's stolen.[↗](../../immobilise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't move someone who might have hurt their neck; paramedics will immobilise it.[↗](../../immobilise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cold immobilised the lizard until the sun warmed it.[↗](../../immobilise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **immobility** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Immobility is the state of not moving or not being able to move.[↗](../../immobility/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Immobility can mean keeping very still on purpose.[↗](../../immobility/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The broken leg caused weeks of immobility.[↗](../../immobility/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The rabbit froze in total immobility when the fox passed.[↗](../../immobility/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Long immobility on a plane can be bad for your legs.[↗](../../immobility/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His immobility made the guard think he was a statue.[↗](../../immobility/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The statue's immobility amazed the toddler.[↗](../../immobility/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors try to keep patients moving to avoid immobility.[↗](../../immobility/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **immortal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Never dying; living for ever.[↗](../../immortal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Remembered or famous for ever, like a great writer or song.[↗](../../immortal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A being, such as a god in a myth, who never dies.[↗](../../immortal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Greek gods were believed to be immortal.[↗](../../immortal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the vampire was immortal and never grew older.[↗](../../immortal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody is immortal, so we should take care of our health.[↗](../../immortal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The poet's words became immortal.[↗](../../immortal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Achilles was nearly immortal except for his heel.[↗](../../immortal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians believe that every person has an immortal soul.[↗](../../immortal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The immortals lived on top of Mount Olympus.[↗](../../immortal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Muses were honoured alike by mortals and immortals.[↗](../../immortal/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **immortality** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Immortality is living forever and never dying.[↗](../../immortality/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In stories, it is the magic gift of gods and some special people who never grow old or die.[↗](../../immortality/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The prince wanted immortality more than anything.[↗](../../immortality/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Only the gods were believed to have immortality.[↗](../../immortality/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many tales tell of a search for immortality.[↗](../../immortality/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **immune** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Immune means protected from an illness, so you cannot easily catch it, usually because your body has fought it before or you had a vaccine.[↗](../../immune/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Immune to something means not affected by it (immune to criticism).[↗](../../immune/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Immune from something means officially free from it (immune from punishment).[↗](../../immune/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After having chickenpox, most people are immune to it.[↗](../../immune/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Your immune system fights germs that get into your body.[↗](../../immune/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Vaccines help people become immune to some diseases.[↗](../../immune/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Eating well and sleeping well help keep your immune system strong.[↗](../../immune/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher seemed immune to our excuses.[↗](../../immune/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some bacteria have become immune to certain medicines.[↗](../../immune/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **immunity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) The body's ability to fight off a disease so that you do not catch it.[↗](../../immunity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (law) Protection from being punished or from a law: «diplomatic immunity».[↗](../../immunity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Freedom from something unpleasant.[↗](../../immunity/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Vaccines help your body build immunity to diseases.[↗](../../immunity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After chickenpox, most people have immunity for life.[↗](../../immunity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ambassadors have diplomatic immunity.[↗](../../immunity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Washing hands and sleeping well support your immunity.[↗](../../immunity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the game, the person holding the ball has immunity.[↗](../../immunity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Herd immunity happens when enough people are protected from a disease.[↗](../../immunity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **immure** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal, old) To shut someone up in a prison or a closed place, as if behind walls.[↗](../../immure/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To shut yourself away from other people.[↗](../../immure/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Toad was immured in the darkest dungeon of the castle.[↗](../../immure/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The prisoner was immured in a tiny cell.[↗](../../immure/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The writer immured herself in her room to finish her book.[↗](../../immure/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the legend, the princess was immured in a tower.[↗](../../immure/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He felt immured in the dull office all day.[↗](../../immure/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the deep stony cellars of the castle, the young Christian priest was immured, and his hands and feet tied together with strips of bark.[↗](../../immure/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **immutably** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* In a way that can never change.[↗](../../immutably/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **imp** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An imp is a small, mischievous devil or sprite in old stories.[↗](../../imp/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An imp is a naughty little child, said playfully.[↗](../../imp/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This is the imp's fault\![↗](../../imp/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The imp understood his business.[↗](../../imp/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Poor Iktomi cannot help being a little imp.[↗](../../imp/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **impact** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An impact is a strong hit of one thing against another: «the impact of the crash».[↗](../../impact/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An impact is a strong effect or influence: «Exercise has a good impact on health.».[↗](../../impact/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To impact means to have an effect on something.[↗](../../impact/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The meteorite left a crater on impact.[↗](../../impact/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Litter has a bad impact on wildlife.[↗](../../impact/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her speech made a big impact.[↗](../../impact/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The glass broke on impact.[↗](../../impact/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · How does rain impact the crops?[↗](../../impact/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Seat belts reduce the impact of a crash.[↗](../../impact/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **impair** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To damage something or make it weaker or worse, as in «Loud noise can impair your hearing».[↗](../../impair/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «impaired» (adjective) — weakened, as in «hearing impaired» or «visually impaired».[↗](../../impair/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Very loud music can impair your hearing.[↗](../../impair/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Being tired can impair your concentration.[↗](../../impair/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Smoke impairs your lungs.[↗](../../impair/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our neighbour is visually impaired and has a guide dog.[↗](../../impair/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The fog impaired the driver's view.[↗](../../impair/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Drugs can impair your judgement.[↗](../../impair/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Yea, thou doest away with fear, and impairest devotion before God.[↗](../../impair/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.15.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../impair/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) … [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/5/) **6** [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/7/) … [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/39/) - ← previous: [page 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/5/) - next →: [page 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/7/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)