--- title: I — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 5 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/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/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / I # I — The school dictionary · page 5 [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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/page/4/) **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/) - [influencer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influencer/) — An influencer is a person who is paid by companies or popular on social media to make people want to buy or do things. — 10 sentences - [influential](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influential/) — Having a lot of influence: able to change what other people think or do, or how things happen. — 7 sentences - [influenza](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influenza/) — An illness caused by a virus, with a high temperature, aches, a sore throat, a cough and great tiredness; it spreads easily. — 7 sentences - [info](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/info/) — Information: facts or details about something. — 9 sentences - [inform](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inform/) — To tell someone facts or news, especially officially. — 9 sentences - [informal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/informal/) — Informal means relaxed and friendly, not following strict rules: «an informal party». — 9 sentences - [informally](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/informally/) — In a relaxed, friendly, everyday way, not following strict rules or formal manners. — 9 sentences - [informant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/informant/) — A person who gives information to someone else, for example to a researcher or reporter. — 9 sentences - [information](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/information/) — Information is facts or details about something. — 13 sentences - [informative](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/informative/) — Informative means giving useful facts and knowledge. — 7 sentences - [informed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/informed/) — Told someone facts or news, often in a formal way. — 11 sentences - [informing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/informing/) — Informing is the -ing form of «inform», which means to tell someone facts or news, especially officially. — 9 sentences - [infrared](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infrared/) — Infrared is a kind of light that our eyes cannot see, just beyond red light; we feel it as heat. — 10 sentences - [infrequent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infrequent/) — Not happening often; rare. — 8 sentences - [infuriated](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infuriated/) — Infuriated means made very angry, so angry that you cannot keep calm. — 5 sentences - [infusion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infusion/) — A drink made by soaking leaves, flowers or fruit in hot water, like herbal tea. — 9 sentences - [ingenious](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingenious/) — Very clever and inventive, especially at finding new ways to solve problems. — 9 sentences - [ingenuity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingenuity/) — Ingenuity is being clever and inventive, so you find new and smart ways to solve problems. — 11 sentences - [ingest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingest/) — To ingest is to take food, drink, medicine or another substance into your body by swallowing it. — 8 sentences - [ingestion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingestion/) — Taking food, drink or another substance into the body through the mouth. — 7 sentences - [ingratitude](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingratitude/) — Not being thankful for what someone has done for you. — 4 sentences - [ingredient](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingredient/) — An ingredient is one of the foods or things that are mixed together to make a dish, like flour and eggs in a cake. — 9 sentences - [ingress](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingress/) — The act of going in, or the right to go in: a way in. — 8 sentences - [ingrown](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ingrown/) — Grown into the skin instead of out of it, which can hurt and become infected. — 7 sentences - [inhabit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhabit/) — To inhabit a place means to live in it: «polar bears inhabit the Arctic». — 10 sentences - [inhabitant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhabitant/) — An inhabitant is a person who lives in a place, such as a town, island or country. — 9 sentences - [inhabited](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhabited/) — Having people or animals living in it. — 9 sentences - [inhalation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhalation/) — Breathing air, smoke or medicine into your lungs. — 8 sentences - [inhale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhale/) — To breathe air or another gas into your lungs. — 11 sentences - [inhaler](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhaler/) — A small device you put in your mouth and press to breathe a medicine into your lungs, used mostly for asthma. — 9 sentences - [inherent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inherent/) — Being a natural, basic part of something, so it cannot be taken away: an inherent danger, an inherent quality. — 7 sentences - [inherently](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inherently/) — As a basic, natural part of something that cannot be removed; by its very nature. — 8 sentences - [inherit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inherit/) — To inherit money, a house or things is to receive them from someone after they die. — 10 sentences - [inheritance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inheritance/) — An inheritance is money, property or things you receive from someone who has died. — 10 sentences - [inherited](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inherited/) — Inherited means passed down from parents to children through the body, like eye colour or freckles. — 11 sentences - [inheriting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inheriting/) — Inheriting money, a house or things means receiving them from someone after that person has died. — 9 sentences - [inhibit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhibit/) — To slow down, block or stop something from happening or growing: salt inhibits bacteria. — 8 sentences - [inhospitable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhospitable/) — Not friendly or welcoming to visitors; a place with no food, shelter or kindness for strangers. — 4 sentences - [inhuman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhuman/) — Very cruel or unkind, in a way that a kind person would never be. — 4 sentences - [initial](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/initial/) — Happening at the beginning; first. — 11 sentences - [initially](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/initially/) — Initially means at the beginning, at first, before anything changed. — 11 sentences - [initiate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/initiate/) — To initiate something is to start it or make it begin: initiate a conversation. — 12 sentences - [initiation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/initiation/) — The act of starting something, such as a plan or a process. — 12 sentences - [inject](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inject/) — To put a medicine or liquid into the body with a needle (a syringe). — 10 sentences - [injection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injection/) — An injection is when a doctor or nurse uses a needle to put medicine into your body through the skin. — 11 sentences - [injector](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injector/) — A device that pushes a liquid or gas into something, for example fuel into a car engine. — 8 sentences - [injunction](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injunction/) — An injunction is an order from a court telling someone that they must or must not do something. — 9 sentences - [injure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injure/) — To injure means to hurt a person or an animal so that part of the body is damaged, for example in an accident or a fall. — 11 sentences - [injurious](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injurious/) — Causing harm or damage, as in «injurious to health». — 6 sentences - [injury](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injury/) — An injury is harm done to a person's or animal's body, such as a cut, a bruise, a broken bone or a burn. — 11 sentences - [injustice](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/injustice/) — Injustice is unfairness: a situation where people are not treated equally or are not given what they deserve. — 9 sentences - [ink](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ink/) — Ink is the coloured liquid used for writing, drawing and printing, found in pens and printers. — 12 sentences - [inkstand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inkstand/) — A stand or tray on a desk that holds pots of ink, pens and sometimes sand or a pen-wiper, used in the days of dip pens. — 8 sentences - [inky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inky/) — Inky means stained or covered with ink. — 9 sentences - [inlaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inlaid/) — Decorated by setting pieces of another material into the surface, so that they show, such as gold or pearl set into wood or ivory. — 4 sentences - [inland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inland/) — In or towards the middle of a country, away from the coast or the sea: an inland town, travel inland. — 11 sentences - [inlet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inlet/) — An inlet is a narrow area of sea or lake water that goes into the land, like a small bay. — 8 sentences - [inmate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inmate/) — A person who is kept in a prison. — 10 sentences - [inmost](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inmost/) — The deepest or most private; at the very centre of a place or of your feelings. — 4 sentences - [inn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inn/) — An inn is a small hotel or pub, often in the countryside or an old building, where travellers can eat, drink and stay the night. — 10 sentences - [innate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innate/) — Innate means something you are born with, not something you learned, like an innate talent or instinct. — 8 sentences - [inner](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inner/) — Inner means inside, or nearer the middle of something. — 11 sentences - [innermost](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innermost/) — The same as inmost: the deepest, or nearest to the centre of a place or of your feelings. — 4 sentences - [innings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innings/) — In cricket, an innings is a team's turn to bat, or one player's turn at batting. — 11 sentences - [innkeeper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innkeeper/) — A person who owns or runs an inn, a small hotel or pub where travellers can eat, drink and sleep. — 9 sentences - [innocence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innocence/) — Innocence is the state of not being guilty of a crime or wrongdoing. — 10 sentences - [innocent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innocent/) — Not guilty: having not done the wrong thing you are blamed for. — 11 sentences - [innocently](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innocently/) — Without doing wrong, or without knowing that you are doing wrong. — 4 sentences - [innovation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innovation/) — Innovation is making new ideas, methods or inventions, or making changes to how things are done. — 8 sentences - [innumerable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innumerable/) — Too many to count. — 4 sentences - [inoffensive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inoffensive/) — Not likely to upset, annoy or offend anyone; harmless. — 8 sentences - [inoperative](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inoperative/) — Inoperative means not working or not in use. — 9 sentences - [inordinate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inordinate/) — Much more than is usual, reasonable or expected; too much. — 8 sentences - [inquest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inquest/) — An official inquiry by a court, led by a coroner, to find out why and how a person died, when the death was sudden or unexplained. — 8 sentences - [inquire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inquire/) — To ask for information about something: inquire about the times of trains. — 10 sentences - [inquiry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inquiry/) — An inquiry is a question you ask to get information. — 11 sentences - [inquisitive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inquisitive/) — Wanting to know about things; asking many questions and looking into what is not your business. — 4 sentences - [insane](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insane/) — Seriously mentally ill; today doctors use «mental illness» instead. — 11 sentences - [insatiable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insatiable/) — Always wanting more and never satisfied: an insatiable appetite; an insatiable curiosity. — 9 sentences - [inscribe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscribe/) — To inscribe words or a design is to write, carve or engrave them on something, like stone, metal or a ring. — 11 sentences - [inscribed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscribed/) — Inscribed means written, carved or printed on something, especially stone, metal or the inside of a book. — 9 sentences - [inscription](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscription/) — Words cut, carved or written on something hard, like stone, metal or a coin. — 10 sentences - [insect](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insect/) — An insect is a small animal with six legs and a body in three parts (head, thorax, abdomen); most insects have wings and antennae. Ants, b… — 11 sentences - [insectivore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insectivore/) — An animal or plant that eats mainly insects. — 9 sentences - [insectivorous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insectivorous/) — Insectivorous means eating insects as the main food. — 7 sentences - [insecure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insecure/) — An insecure person does not feel confident and worries that they are not good enough or not liked. — 11 sentences - [insensible](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insensible/) — Unconscious; not awake or aware: knocked insensible. — 12 sentences - [insensitive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insensitive/) — Not noticing or caring about other people's feelings; saying or doing hurtful things. — 8 sentences - [inseparable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inseparable/) — Always together; such close friends that you can't keep them apart. — 8 sentences - [insert](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insert/) — To insert means to put something into something else: «Insert the key.». — 10 sentences - [insertion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insertion/) — Insertion is the act of putting something into something else. — 9 sentences - [inset](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inset/) — A small map, picture or box placed inside a bigger one, often in a corner. — 9 sentences - [inside](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inside/) — Inside means in something, within its walls or edges: inside the box. — 18 sentences - [insider](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insider/) — An insider is a person who belongs to a group, club, company or organisation and so knows how it works and what is happening inside it. — 8 sentences - [insidious](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insidious/) — Insidious means harmful in a sneaky way that works slowly and is hard to spot. — 5 sentences - [insignia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/) — A badge, sign or symbol that shows someone's rank, job, group or authority, like stripes on a uniform. — 9 sentences - [insignificant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignificant/) — Insignificant means too small or unimportant to matter. — 5 sentences - [insincerity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insincerity/) — Insincerity is saying or showing feelings you do not really have; not being honest about what you feel. — 7 sentences - [insist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insist/) — To say firmly that something must happen, and not accept «no». — 10 sentences - [insistence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insistence/) — Demanding something firmly and not giving up. — 8 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/page/4/) **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/)