--- title: I — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 9 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/9/) [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 9 [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:* Bringing goods into a country from another country to sell or use.[↗](../../importation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something that has been brought in from somewhere else, such as a plant, animal or custom.[↗](../../importation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The importation of tea from China made it popular in Britain.[↗](../../importation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Australia has strict rules on the importation of fruit and plants.[↗](../../importation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rabbit was an importation that spread across Australia.[↗](../../importation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The government banned the importation of ivory.[↗](../../importation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Halloween costumes became popular partly as an importation from America.[↗](../../importation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Importation costs make foreign goods more expensive.[↗](../../importation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The existence of the tale in India renders it likely enough that it is not indigenous to the British Isles, but an Oriental importation.[↗](../../importation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **importunate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Importunate means asking again and again, pushing for something so hard that other people grow tired of it.[↗](../../importunate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) An importunate person will not take «no» for an answer.[↗](../../importunate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The importunate suitor would not leave the palace.[↗](../../importunate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The princess was tired of one more importunate suitor.[↗](../../importunate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The little dog was importunate, begging at every table.[↗](../../importunate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are importunate.[↗](../../importunate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.27.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../importunate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **importunity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Importunity is the habit of asking again and again, pestering someone until they give in.[↗](../../importunity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An importunity is one such pestering request.[↗](../../importunity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I could not bear the importunity of these flies.[↗](../../importunity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The father gave in to their importunities to get some peace.[↗](../../importunity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her importunity wore down the old man at last.[↗](../../importunity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **impose** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make a rule, tax or punishment that people must accept.[↗](../../impose/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To force your ideas or wishes on other people.[↗](../../impose/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (impose on) To ask too much of someone, causing them trouble, as in «I don't want to impose».[↗](../../impose/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The council imposed a speed limit near the school.[↗](../../impose/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The referee imposed a penalty.[↗](../../impose/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't impose your choice on everyone.[↗](../../impose/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I don't want to impose, but could I stay for tea?[↗](../../impose/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The government imposed a new tax on sugar.[↗](../../impose/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle was an imposing sight.[↗](../../impose/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Princes come from all quarters to ask her hand, and on one and all she imposes a condition.[↗](../../impose/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Also we announce to you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, impost, or toll, upon them.[↗](../../impose/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.7.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../impose/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **imposition** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An unfair or unwelcome demand on someone's time, help or kindness.[↗](../../imposition/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The act of making a rule, tax or punishment apply to people.[↗](../../imposition/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, old-fashioned school) An extra piece of written work given as a punishment.[↗](../../imposition/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I hope it's not an imposition to ask you to feed the cat.[↗](../../imposition/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Staying for a whole week would be an imposition on our hosts.[↗](../../imposition/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The imposition of a new tax made people angry.[↗](../../imposition/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher gave him an imposition of a hundred lines.[↗](../../imposition/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Helping you is no imposition at all.[↗](../../imposition/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The imposition of a curfew kept everyone indoors.[↗](../../imposition/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **impossibility** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Impossibility is the state of being impossible: something that cannot happen or cannot be done.[↗](../../impossibility/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An impossibility is a thing that cannot happen.[↗](../../impossibility/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Rolling a 7 on one normal dice is an impossibility.[↗](../../impossibility/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Winning without practice is close to an impossibility.[↗](../../impossibility/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A square circle is a logical impossibility.[↗](../../impossibility/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Being in two places at once is a physical impossibility.[↗](../../impossibility/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Getting a ticket was almost an impossibility.[↗](../../impossibility/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The impossibility of the task made them want to try harder.[↗](../../impossibility/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They declared that the problem would never be solved, that the thing was an impossibility.[↗](../../impossibility/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **impossible** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not able to happen or be done: «It's impossible to be in two places at once».[↗](../../impossible/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very difficult to deal with: «You're impossible today!».[↗](../../impossible/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (the impossible) Something that cannot be done: «They tried to do the impossible».[↗](../../impossible/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It is impossible to roll a 7 with one normal dice.[↗](../../impossible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing is impossible if you keep trying\![↗](../../impossible/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It's impossible to see in this fog.[↗](../../impossible/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother is impossible when he's tired.[↗](../../impossible/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Flying like a bird is impossible for people without a machine.[↗](../../impossible/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The puzzle seemed impossible, but we solved it.[↗](../../impossible/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mark the event "the sun rises in the west" as impossible.[↗](../../impossible/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “It is impossible!” cried the King.[↗](../../impossible/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Although the Sefer Tetzirah is exceedingly hard to understand, the solution of its many diflicalties is not impossible.[↗](../../impossible/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../impossible/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · If it has the sound oi ? it is impossible that it should also have the sound of £..[↗](../../impossible/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../impossible/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · It is, therefore, not at all impossible that the prophet Jeremiah and his grandson Ben Sira studied its philosophy.[↗](../../impossible/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../impossible/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **impossibly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Impossibly means in a way that cannot happen or be done.[↗](../../impossibly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Impossibly also means extremely or unbelievably, so much that it seems impossible: «impossibly tall».[↗](../../impossibly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The giraffe's neck looked impossibly long.[↗](../../impossibly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The puzzle was impossibly hard, so we asked for a hint.[↗](../../impossibly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The skyscraper rose impossibly high into the clouds.[↗](../../impossibly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her handwriting was impossibly small.[↗](../../impossibly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The magician seemed to float impossibly above the stage.[↗](../../impossibly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The queue for the ride was impossibly long.[↗](../../impossibly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cake was impossibly delicious.[↗](../../impossibly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **impost** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A tax or duty charged on goods or by a ruler.[↗](../../impost/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, impost, and toll, was paid unto them.[↗](../../impost/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.4.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../impost/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, impost, or toll, and so thou wilt endamage the revenue of the kings.[↗](../../impost/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.4.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../impost/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Also we announce to you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, impost, or toll, upon them.[↗](../../impost/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.7.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../impost/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **imposter** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person who pretends to be someone else, or a fraud.[↗](../../imposter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* That frustrateth the tokens of the imposters, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; (Prophets ISA.44.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../imposter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **impostor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An impostor is a person who pretends to be someone else in order to cheat people.[↗](../../impostor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The impostor said he was a prince.[↗](../../impostor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The king was fooled by two impostors.[↗](../../impostor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not trust the impostor; he is a liar.[↗](../../impostor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **impotent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Impotent means without power or strength, unable to do anything to stop or help.[↗](../../impotent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Once the sword was raised, the giant was impotent.[↗](../../impotent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Without his magic the wizard was impotent.[↗](../../impotent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I felt impotent when I could not reach the rope.[↗](../../impotent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **impound** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (law) To impound means for the police or officials to take something away and keep it until rules are followed, such as a car, a dog or goods.[↗](../../impound/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To impound water means to hold it back behind a dam or wall, making a reservoir.[↗](../../impound/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The police impounded the car because it had no insurance.[↗](../../impound/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The stray dog was impounded until its owner came.[↗](../../impound/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Customs officers impounded the fake trainers.[↗](../../impound/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dam impounds the river to make a reservoir.[↗](../../impound/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad had to pay a fine to get the car back from the impound.[↗](../../impound/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship was impounded at the port.[↗](../../impound/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **impoverish** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To make someone poor, or to take away what they own.[↗](../../impoverish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Behold, the Lord will impoverish her, and He will smite her power into the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.[↗](../../impoverish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.9.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../impoverish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **impracticability** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The quality of being impossible or almost impossible to do in practice.[↗](../../impracticability/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Something that cannot be done because of real-world limits like cost, time or difficulty.[↗](../../impracticability/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The council dropped the bridge plan because of its impracticability.[↗](../../impracticability/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The impracticability of moving the whole school in one day was obvious.[↗](../../impracticability/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Owing to the impracticability of the trip, it was cancelled.[↗](../../impracticability/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The report explained the impracticability of building on the marsh.[↗](../../impracticability/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My teacher pointed out the impracticability of feeding a hundred pets.[↗](../../impracticability/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone could see the impracticability of a swimming pool on the roof.[↗](../../impracticability/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **impracticable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Impossible to do or carry out in practice, even if it sounds good.[↗](../../impracticable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a road or path) Impossible to use or travel on: the road was impracticable after the flood.[↗](../../impracticable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The plan to build a tunnel to the island proved impracticable.[↗](../../impracticable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Walking across the desert in a day is impracticable.[↗](../../impracticable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The flooded road was impracticable for cars.[↗](../../impracticable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The idea was clever but impracticable.[↗](../../impracticable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It was impracticable to count every grain of sand.[↗](../../impracticable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Carrying all the books home at once was impracticable, so we took two trips.[↗](../../impracticable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **impractical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not sensible or useful in real life; hard to use or do.[↗](../../impractical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Describing a person who is not good at everyday practical tasks or who has unrealistic ideas.[↗](../../impractical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* White trainers are impractical for a muddy field trip.[↗](../../impractical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A glass lunchbox is impractical for a school bag.[↗](../../impractical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His idea was fun but impractical.[↗](../../impractical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Long dresses are impractical for climbing trees.[↗](../../impractical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad says I'm impractical because I can't fix my bike.[↗](../../impractical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It would be impractical to walk to school in the snow, so we took the bus.[↗](../../impractical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **imprecation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An imprecation is a curse, an angry wish that bad things will happen to someone.[↗](../../imprecation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The witch shouted an imprecation at the thief.[↗](../../imprecation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The king called down solemn imprecations on the murderer.[↗](../../imprecation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her imprecations could be heard across the valley.[↗](../../imprecation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **imprecise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not exact or accurate; rough or vague.[↗](../../imprecise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Not clearly expressed: imprecise instructions.[↗](../../imprecise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Measuring with your hand span is imprecise.[↗](../../imprecise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «About a hundred» is an imprecise answer; the exact answer is 97.[↗](../../imprecise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The instructions were imprecise, so we built the model wrong.[↗](../../imprecise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Old maps were imprecise about the size of countries.[↗](../../imprecise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a ruler; guessing is too imprecise.[↗](../../imprecise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His description of the thief was imprecise.[↗](../../imprecise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **impregnate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To soak or fill something completely with a substance: wood impregnated with oil.[↗](../../impregnate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (biology) To make a female animal pregnant, so that a baby starts to grow inside her.[↗](../../impregnate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fence posts were impregnated with a chemical to stop them rotting.[↗](../../impregnate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cloth was impregnated with wax to make it waterproof.[↗](../../impregnate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bandage is impregnated with antiseptic.[↗](../../impregnate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The air was impregnated with the smell of smoke.[↗](../../impregnate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers keep the bull separate until they want the cows impregnated.[↗](../../impregnate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The matches are impregnated with a chemical that helps them light.[↗](../../impregnate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **impress** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To impress someone is to make them admire you or feel strongly that something is very good.[↗](../../impress/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To impress something on someone is to make them understand clearly how important it is.[↗](../../impress/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To impress a mark or pattern is to press it into something soft.[↗](../../impress/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (history) To impress men was to force them to serve in the navy.[↗](../../impress/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* If someone is impressed by an argument or reason, it has persuaded or moved them to agree or change their mind.[↗](../../impress/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She impressed the judges with her singing.[↗](../../impress/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I was really impressed by your story.[↗](../../impress/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He tried to impress his friends by doing a wheelie.[↗](../../impress/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum impressed on us that we must never talk to strangers online.[↗](../../impress/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We impressed leaves into the clay to make patterns.[↗](../../impress/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The new pupil's maths impressed the whole class.[↗](../../impress/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In old times, sailors were impressed into the navy.[↗](../../impress/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The King, impressed by these considerations, promised that he would think over the matter.[↗](../../impress/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And this is the impress of the whole, twenty-one letters, all from one the Aleph.[↗](../../impress/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../impress/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Twenty-two letters are formed by the voice, impressed on the air, and audibly uttered in five situations, in the throat, guttural sounds; in the palate, palatals; by the tongue, linguals; through the teeth, dentals; and by the lips, labial sounds.[↗](../../impress/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../impress/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **impression** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An impression is the feeling or idea you get about someone or something, especially at first.[↗](../../impression/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An impression is a mark or shape pressed into a soft surface, like a footprint in mud.[↗](../../impression/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An impression is a funny copy of how a famous person or animal speaks or acts.[↗](../../impression/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To make an impression is to have a strong effect on people.[↗](../../impression/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My first impression of the new teacher was that she was kind.[↗](../../impression/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dinosaur left an impression of its foot in the mud, which became a fossil.[↗](../../impression/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He does a great impression of a monkey.[↗](../../impression/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Try to make a good impression at your interview.[↗](../../impression/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I had the impression that she was upset.[↗](../../impression/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We pressed leaves into clay to make impressions.[↗](../../impression/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The film made a big impression on me.[↗](../../impression/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “All look your best,” Peter warned them; “first impressions are awfully important.”[↗](../../impression/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **impressionist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A performer who copies the voices and ways of famous people for entertainment.[↗](../../impressionist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (art) An Impressionist is one of a group of painters in France in the late 1800s, such as Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who painted light and colour quickly in short brushstrokes to show a moment as it looked.[↗](../../impressionist/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) In this style.[↗](../../impressionist/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Impressionist paintings; also used for some music, like Debussy's.[↗](../../impressionist/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Monet was a famous Impressionist who painted water lilies.[↗](../../impressionist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We painted sunflowers in an Impressionist style with short dabs.[↗](../../impressionist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Impressionists liked to paint outdoors to catch the light.[↗](../../impressionist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The impressionist did the voices of five famous footballers.[↗](../../impressionist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Impressionist paintings look blurry up close and clear from far away.[↗](../../impressionist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle is a great impressionist; he sounds just like our grandad.[↗](../../impressionist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) … [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/8/) **9** [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/10/) … [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/39/) - ← previous: [page 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/8/) - next →: [page 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/10/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)