--- title: I — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 7 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/7/) [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 7 [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](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** [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/page/8/) - [intermittent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intermittent/) — Stopping and starting again and again; not continuous. — 7 sentences - [intern](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intern/) — An intern is a student or young person who works somewhere for a short time to learn the job, sometimes without pay. — 10 sentences - [internal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internal/) — Inside something, especially inside the body, a building or a country. — 8 sentences - [internally](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internally/) — Internally means inside something, such as inside the body, a building or a machine. — 11 sentences - [international](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/international/) — International means between or involving two or more countries. — 8 sentences - [internationally](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internationally/) — Internationally means between or among different countries. — 9 sentences - [internet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internet/) — The internet is the huge worldwide network that links millions of computers, phones and other devices so they can share information, send… — 9 sentences - [internment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internment/) — Keeping people locked up or held in a place, often during a war, without a normal trial. — 8 sentences - [interplanetary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interplanetary/) — Between planets, or travelling from one planet to another. — 7 sentences - [interpose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpose/) — To interpose something is to place it between two things or people. — 9 sentences - [interposition](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interposition/) — Putting something between two other things, or coming between them. — 8 sentences - [interpret](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpret/) — To interpret something is to explain or decide what it means: interpret a poem, interpret a graph. — 11 sentences - [interpretation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpretation/) — An explanation of what something means. — 10 sentences - [interpreter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpreter/) — An interpreter is a person whose job is to change what someone says from one language into another, out loud, as they speak. — 9 sentences - [interred](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interred/) — Interred means buried; a person who is interred has been placed in a grave or tomb after death. — 9 sentences - [interrogation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interrogation/) — An interrogation is long, close questioning of someone, especially by police or soldiers, to get information. — 8 sentences - [interrogative](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interrogative/) — Interrogative means used to ask a question: an interrogative sentence ends with a question mark. — 9 sentences - [interrupt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interrupt/) — To stop someone while they are speaking or doing something by saying or doing something yourself. — 11 sentences - [interruption](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interruption/) — An interruption is when someone or something stops a person talking or an activity for a short time. — 9 sentences - [intersection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intersection/) — A place where two or more roads meet or cross; a crossroads or junction. — 10 sentences - [intersperse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intersperse/) — To scatter or place things here and there among other things. — 4 sentences - [interstice](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interstice/) — A very small gap or space between things that are close together. — 8 sentences - [intertidal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intertidal/) — Intertidal describes the strip of seashore that is under water at high tide and out in the air at low tide. — 9 sentences - [intertwine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intertwine/) — To twist or wind together so that the parts become mixed up and linked. — 4 sentences - [interval](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interval/) — An interval is a period of time between two events. — 12 sentences - [intervene](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervene/) — To get involved in a situation to stop it or change it, especially to help. — 9 sentences - [intervening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervening/) — Coming or lying between two things, places or times (the intervening weeks, the intervening hills). — 8 sentences - [intervention](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervention/) — An intervention is when someone steps in to change what is happening, especially to stop a problem or help. — 10 sentences - [intervertebral](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intervertebral/) — Between the bones of the spine (vertebrae). Intervertebral discs are soft cushions between the vertebrae. — 8 sentences - [interview](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interview/) — An interview is a meeting where someone asks a person questions, for a job, a school place or a news story. — 10 sentences - [interviewee](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interviewee/) — The person who is asked questions in an interview, for example for a job, a school place, a newspaper or a TV programme. — 9 sentences - [interviewer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interviewer/) — The person who asks the questions in an interview, for example on TV, radio, in a newspaper or for a job. — 9 sentences - [intestine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intestine/) — The intestines are the long tubes in your belly that food passes through after the stomach. — 11 sentences - [intimate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intimate/) — Very close and friendly, sharing secrets. — 5 sentences - [intimately](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intimately/) — In a very close, detailed way; very well, from long experience. — 11 sentences - [intimidate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intimidate/) — To frighten or threaten someone, especially to make them do what you want. — 9 sentences - [intimidation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intimidation/) — Intimidation is frightening someone, often with threats, so that they do what you want or are too scared to act. — 7 sentences - [into](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/into/) — Into means to the inside of something: jump into the pool. — 21 sentences - [intolerable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intolerable/) — Intolerable means too bad, painful or annoying to put up with. — 10 sentences - [intolerance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intolerance/) — Not being willing to accept people whose ideas, beliefs, habits or ways of life are different from yours. — 10 sentences - [intolerant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intolerant/) — Intolerant means not willing to accept people whose ideas, beliefs or ways are different from yours. — 10 sentences - [intonation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intonation/) — The rise and fall of your voice when you speak, which can change the meaning: a question often goes up at the end. — 9 sentences - [intone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intone/) — To say something slowly in a steady, flat voice, almost like singing on one note. — 9 sentences - [intoxicated](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intoxicated/) — Drunk, or affected by drugs, so that you cannot think or act normally. — 9 sentences - [intoxicating](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intoxicating/) — So exciting or delightful that it makes you feel dizzy with joy. — 5 sentences - [intoxication](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intoxication/) — Intoxication is being drunk, or affected by alcohol or drugs so that you cannot think or move properly. — 11 sentences - [intravenous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intravenous/) — Intravenous means going into a vein, the tube that carries blood back to the heart. — 9 sentences - [intravenously](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intravenously/) — Intravenously means by putting something straight into a vein, usually with a needle or drip. — 7 sentences - [intrepidity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intrepidity/) — Fearless bravery; the quality of not being afraid of danger. — 4 sentences - [intrinsic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intrinsic/) — Belonging to the real nature of something itself, not coming from outside: intrinsic value. — 8 sentences - [intrinsically](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intrinsically/) — Intrinsically means by its own nature, in itself, not because of anything added from outside. — 9 sentences - [intro](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intro/) — An intro is an introduction, the start of a song, book, talk or video. — 8 sentences - [introduce](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/introduce/) — To introduce people is to tell them each other's names when they meet for the first time. — 11 sentences - [introduction](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/introduction/) — An introduction is the first part of a book, story, essay or talk, which tells what it will be about. — 13 sentences - [intrude](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intrude/) — To intrude is to go into a place or join a situation where you are not wanted or not invited. — 9 sentences - [intruder](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intruder/) — An intruder is a person who goes into a place where they are not allowed, especially a building, to steal or cause harm. — 10 sentences - [intrusion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intrusion/) — An intrusion is when someone comes into a place or situation where they are not wanted or allowed. — 9 sentences - [inuit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inuit/) — The Inuit are Indigenous peoples who live in the Arctic regions of Canada, Greenland, Alaska and nearby. — 8 sentences - [inundated](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inundated/) — Getting so many things, like letters, calls or jobs, that it is hard to deal with them all. — 10 sentences - [inundation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inundation/) — A flood; when water covers land that is usually dry. — 9 sentences - [invade](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invade/) — To invade a country or place is to enter it with an army in order to take control of it. — 11 sentences - [invader](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invader/) — An invader is a person, army or country that enters another place by force to take it over. — 11 sentences - [invading](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invading/) — Entering a country or place by force, with an army, to take control of it. — 13 sentences - [invalid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invalid/) — Not legally or officially acceptable, as in an invalid ticket. — 10 sentences - [invariable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invariable/) — Invariable means never changing; always the same. — 10 sentences - [invariably](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invariably/) — Always, every time, without any change. — 8 sentences - [invasion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invasion/) — When an army enters another country by force to attack or take it. — 12 sentences - [invasive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invasive/) — An invasive plant or animal spreads into a place where it does not belong and harms the plants and animals already living there. — 11 sentences - [invent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invent/) — To make or design something new that did not exist before. — 9 sentences - [invention](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invention/) — An invention is a new thing or idea that someone has made or thought of for the first time. — 11 sentences - [inventor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inventor/) — An inventor is a person who thinks of and makes something new that did not exist before, such as a machine, tool or way of doing something. — 8 sentences - [inventory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inventory/) — A complete list of all the things in a place, such as goods in a shop or items in a house. — 11 sentences - [inversion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inversion/) — Turning something upside down or the other way round. — 12 sentences - [invert](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invert/) — To invert something is to turn it upside down. — 10 sentences - [invertebrate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invertebrate/) — An invertebrate is an animal without a backbone, such as an insect, spider, worm, snail, jellyfish or crab. — 8 sentences - [inverted](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inverted/) — Inverted means turned upside down or the other way round. — 9 sentences - [invest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invest/) — To invest is to put money into something, like a business, shares or a bank account, hoping to get more money back later. — 12 sentences - [investigate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investigate/) — To try to find out the facts about something, especially a crime or problem. — 9 sentences - [investigation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investigation/) — A careful search for facts to find out the truth about something, such as a crime or an accident. — 12 sentences - [investigator](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investigator/) — An investigator is a person whose job is to find out the facts about something, such as a crime or an accident, by asking questions and lo… — 10 sentences - [investing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investing/) — Investing is putting money into something, like a business, shares or property, hoping it will grow and bring back more money later. — 10 sentences - [investment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investment/) — An investment is money you put into something, like a business, shares or property, hoping to get more money back later. — 10 sentences - [investor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investor/) — An investor is a person or company that puts money into a business, shares or property, hoping to make a profit. — 7 sentences - [invincible](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invincible/) — Too strong to be beaten or defeated by anyone. — 10 sentences - [invisible](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invisible/) — Invisible means not able to be seen. — 11 sentences - [invisibly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invisibly/) — Invisibly means in a way that cannot be seen. — 8 sentences - [invitation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invitation/) — An invitation is a request, spoken or written, asking someone to come to an event like a party, wedding or meal. — 12 sentences - [invite](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invite/) — To invite someone is to ask them to come to a party, a meal, your home or an event. — 13 sentences - [invocation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invocation/) — An invocation is a prayer asking God, or in some religions a saint or spirit, for help or blessing, often at the start of a service. — 9 sentences - [invoke](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invoke/) — To invoke a law, rule or right is to use it or point to it to support what you do. — 12 sentences - [involuntarily](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/involuntarily/) — Involuntarily means without meaning to, without choosing to, as when your body does something by itself. — 9 sentences - [involuntary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/involuntary/) — Involuntary means done without meaning to or without control, like a sneeze or a shiver. — 8 sentences - [involve](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/involve/) — To include something as a necessary part: «The job involves lifting boxes». — 11 sentences - [involvement](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/involvement/) — Involvement is taking part in something: your involvement in the school play. — 9 sentences - [inward](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inward/) — Inward means going towards the inside or the centre («the door opens inward»). — 12 sentences - [iodine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iodine/) — A chemical element (symbol I, number 53) that forms dark purple-black crystals and a violet gas when heated. — 10 sentences - [ion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ion/) — An atom or a small group of atoms that has an electric charge because it has gained or lost one or more electrons. — 11 sentences - [iou](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iou/) — A short written note that says you owe someone money; it stands for «I owe you» because the letters sound like those words. — 9 sentences - [iowa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/iowa/) — A state in the middle of the United States of America, in the Midwest, known for farms, maize (corn) and pigs. Its capital is Des Moines. — 8 sentences - [ipad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ipad/) — An iPad is a tablet computer made by the company Apple, with a touch screen and no keyboard. — 7 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](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** [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/page/8/)