--- title: I — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 4 description: The 769 words of the school 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/school/I/page/4/) [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/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / I # I — The school dictionary · page 4 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/page/3/) **4** [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/page/8/) - [indefinitely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indefinitely/) — Indefinitely means for a time that has no fixed end; we do not know when it will stop. — 9 sentences - [indent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indent/) — To indent means to start a line of writing a little way in from the margin, as at the start of a new paragraph. — 10 sentences - [independence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/independence/) — Independence is being free to do things for yourself without needing help or being controlled by others. — 10 sentences - [independent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/independent/) — Able to do things for yourself without needing help from others. — 13 sentences - [independently](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/independently/) — On your own, without help from others. — 10 sentences - [indestructible](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indestructible/) — Indestructible means impossible to break or destroy. — 11 sentences - [indeterminable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indeterminable/) — Indeterminable means impossible to find out, measure or decide exactly. — 7 sentences - [indeterminate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indeterminate/) — Indeterminate means not exactly known, fixed or clear; vague. — 9 sentences - [index](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/index/) — An index is an alphabetical list at the back of a book that shows on which pages each topic can be found. — 14 sentences - [indian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indian/) — From or to do with India, a large country in South Asia. — 11 sentences - [indicate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indicate/) — To show or point to something. — 12 sentences - [indication](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indication/) — A sign that shows something is true or will happen. — 12 sentences - [indicative](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indicative/) — If something is indicative of something else, it shows or suggests it: «A high temperature is indicative of an infection». — 11 sentences - [indicator](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indicator/) — An indicator is something that shows or points to what is happening or what is true, like a sign or measurement. — 9 sentences - [indifference](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indifference/) — Indifference is not caring or not being interested in something or someone. — 9 sentences - [indifferent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indifferent/) — If you are indifferent to something, you do not care about it or are not interested in it. — 10 sentences - [indigenous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigenous/) — Indigenous people are the first people known to live in a place, and their descendants, such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peop… — 11 sentences - [indigestible](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigestible/) — Food that is hard or impossible for the stomach to break down. — 9 sentences - [indigestion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigestion/) — A pain or uneasy feeling in the stomach after eating, especially too much or too fast. — 4 sentences - [indignant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indignant/) — Angry because something is unfair or rude: an indignant reply. — 4 sentences - [indignantly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indignantly/) — In an angry, offended way, because you think something is unfair or insulting. — 9 sentences - [indignation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indignation/) — Strong anger at something that is unfair, rude or wrong. — 4 sentences - [indignity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indignity/) — Treatment that makes a person feel shamed or lowered in front of others. — 4 sentences - [indigo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indigo/) — A deep blue-purple colour, one of the seven colours named in the rainbow (between blue and violet). — 9 sentences - [indirect](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indirect/) — Not going straight: an indirect route. — 11 sentences - [indirectly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indirectly/) — Not straight from the source; by way of someone or something else. — 5 sentences - [indiscriminately](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indiscriminately/) — Without choosing carefully; at random or in a careless way. — 8 sentences - [indispensable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indispensable/) — Indispensable means so important or useful that you cannot manage without it. — 11 sentences - [indisposed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indisposed/) — Slightly ill, so not able to come or work. — 8 sentences - [indisposition](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indisposition/) — A slight illness, like a cold or upset stomach, that stops you doing something. — 8 sentences - [indistinct](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indistinct/) — Not clear or sharp; hard to see, hear or remember clearly. — 9 sentences - [indistinguishable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indistinguishable/) — So alike that you cannot tell them apart. — 10 sentences - [individual](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/individual/) — Single and separate; for one person or thing only. — 11 sentences - [individually](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/individually/) — One at a time, separately, not as a group. — 9 sentences - [indivisible](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indivisible/) — Not able to be divided or separated into parts. — 10 sentences - [indoctrination](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoctrination/) — Indoctrination is teaching someone to accept ideas or beliefs without questioning them or thinking for themselves. — 8 sentences - [indolence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indolence/) — Laziness; not wanting to work or make an effort. — 8 sentences - [indonesian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indonesian/) — From or about Indonesia, a large country in Southeast Asia made of thousands of islands. — 9 sentences - [indoor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoor/) — Indoor means happening, used or found inside a building, not outside. — 8 sentences - [indoors](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indoors/) — Indoors means inside a building, not outside. — 10 sentences - [indri](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indri/) — An indri is the largest kind of lemur, a black-and-white tree-living animal found only in the rainforests of Madagascar, famous for its lo… — 7 sentences - [induce](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/induce/) — To cause something to happen, as in «Some medicines induce sleep». — 11 sentences - [inducement](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inducement/) — Something that persuades or encourages someone to do something, such as a reward or a bribe. — 7 sentences - [induction](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/induction/) — An induction is a meeting or short course that introduces new people to a job, school or club. — 10 sentences - [indulge](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indulge/) — To let yourself do or have something you enjoy, especially as a treat: indulge in chocolate. — 11 sentences - [indulgence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indulgence/) — Indulgence is letting someone have what they want, being kind and not strict with them. — 6 sentences - [indulgent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indulgent/) — Letting someone have or do what they want, even when it might not be good for them; too kind and not strict: indulgent parents. — 8 sentences - [industrial](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/industrial/) — Industrial means to do with factories, making goods, and industry. — 9 sentences - [industrialisation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/industrialisation/) — The change of a country or area from farming and handwork to factories, machines and big industry. — 8 sentences - [industrious](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/industrious/) — Hard-working; always busy and putting in steady effort. — 8 sentences - [industriously](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/industriously/) — Industriously means working hard, steadily and with great effort, without stopping to rest. — 5 sentences - [industry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/industry/) — The work of making goods in factories: heavy industry. — 10 sentences - [inedible](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inedible/) — Not fit or safe to eat, because it is poisonous, rotten or not food at all. — 8 sentences - [ineffective](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ineffective/) — Not working well or not giving the result you want: an ineffective medicine. — 8 sentences - [inert](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inert/) — Not moving and without strength or life. — 9 sentences - [inertia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inertia/) — The way an object stays still or keeps moving at the same speed in a straight line until a force changes it. — 8 sentences - [inestimable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inestimable/) — Too great to be measured or counted. — 9 sentences - [inevitability](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitability/) — Inevitability is the fact that something is certain to happen and cannot be avoided. — 8 sentences - [inevitable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitable/) — Certain to happen; impossible to avoid or stop. — 9 sentences - [inevitably](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inevitably/) — In a way that cannot be avoided or stopped; as you would expect. — 8 sentences - [inexactitude](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexactitude/) — Being not exact or not correct; a small mistake: inexactitude in the measurements. — 8 sentences - [inexhaustible](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexhaustible/) — Inexhaustible means so large that it never runs out; there is always more. — 5 sentences - [inexorable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexorable/) — Inexorable means impossible to stop, change or move by begging. — 6 sentences - [inexpensive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexpensive/) — Not costing a lot of money; cheap, but in a polite or positive way. — 7 sentences - [inexperienced](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexperienced/) — Inexperienced means not having much knowledge or skill in something because you have not done it much. — 8 sentences - [infallible](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infallible/) — Never wrong; never making a mistake. — 10 sentences - [infancy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infancy/) — Infancy is the time when someone is a baby or very young child. — 9 sentences - [infant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infant/) — An infant is a baby or a very young child, especially one who cannot yet walk or talk well. — 10 sentences - [infantry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infantry/) — Soldiers who fight on foot, as opposed to soldiers on horses, in tanks, ships or planes. — 9 sentences - [infect](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infect/) — To give someone a disease by passing germs to them. — 10 sentences - [infected](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infected/) — Having harmful germs (bacteria, viruses or fungi) growing in it, like an infected cut that is red, swollen and sore. — 12 sentences - [infection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infection/) — An infection is an illness caused by germs (bacteria, viruses or fungi) getting into your body. — 9 sentences - [infectious](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infectious/) — An infectious disease can be passed from one person or animal to another, through germs in the air, water, food or touch. — 10 sentences - [infer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infer/) — To work out something that is not said directly, using clues and what you already know. — 7 sentences - [inference](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inference/) — An idea or answer you work out from clues or facts, not from being told directly. — 10 sentences - [inferior](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inferior/) — Inferior means not as good as something else, or of poor quality. — 11 sentences - [inferiority](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inferiority/) — The inferiority of something is the state of being lower in rank, quality or skill than others, or feeling less good than them. — 5 sentences - [infest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infest/) — To infest a place is to fill it with many pests or harmful creatures, so that they are a problem. — 5 sentences - [infestation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infestation/) — A large number of insects, animals or pests living in a place where they are not wanted and causing harm. — 7 sentences - [infinite](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinite/) — Infinite means without any end or limit; so big it can never be measured or counted. — 11 sentences - [infinitely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinitely/) — Infinitely means without any limit or end, or by a very great amount. — 5 sentences - [infinitive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinitive/) — The basic form of a verb, often with to in front: to run, to be, to eat; the bare infinitive has no to: run, be, eat. — 7 sentences - [infinity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infinity/) — Infinity is the idea of something that has no end and goes on for ever, bigger than any number. — 10 sentences - [infirm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infirm/) — Infirm means weak in body, often because of old age or illness. — 5 sentences - [infirmity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infirmity/) — An infirmity is a physical or mental weakness or illness, especially one that comes with old age. — 9 sentences - [inflame](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflame/) — To inflame feelings means to make people angrier or more excited. — 9 sentences - [inflamed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/) — Red, swollen, hot and sore, usually because of an injury or infection. — 10 sentences - [inflammation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflammation/) — Inflammation is when part of the body becomes red, swollen, hot and painful, usually because it is hurt or fighting an infection. — 9 sentences - [inflatable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflatable/) — Able to be filled with air or gas to make it bigger: «an inflatable boat». — 8 sentences - [inflated](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/) — Filled with air or gas, so that it gets bigger: an inflated balloon. — 9 sentences - [inflation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflation/) — A rise in prices over time, so the same money buys less. — 10 sentences - [inflected](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflected/) — Changed in form to show grammar, such as tense, number or person: «walked» is an inflected form of «walk». — 9 sentences - [inflection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflection/) — A change in the form of a word, usually its ending, to show tense, number, person and so on: «-s», «-ed», «-ing», «-er», «-est». — 9 sentences - [inflectional](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflectional/) — To do with inflection: changing the form of words to show grammar. — 8 sentences - [inflexible](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflexible/) — Inexible things cannot bend: an inflexible rod is stiff. — 6 sentences - [inflict](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflict/) — To inflict something bad, like pain, harm, damage or punishment, is to make someone or something suffer it. — 10 sentences - [infliction](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infliction/) — The act of causing pain, harm or a punishment to someone. — 7 sentences - [inflow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflow/) — The movement of water, air or other things flowing into a place: the inflow of a river into a lake. — 8 sentences - [inflowing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflowing/) — Flowing in; coming into a place: inflowing water, inflowing air. — 9 sentences - [influence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influence/) — Influence is the power to change how someone thinks or acts, or how something happens. — 11 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/page/3/) **4** [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/page/8/)