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# ic

«ic» in Mova's school dictionary: **a suffix (word ending) that makes adjectives: magic…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

fragment; abbreviation (IC)

### meaning for a pupil

1) -ic is a suffix (word ending) that makes adjectives: magic, heroic, metallic, athletic; it means of or like. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#m1)

2) (abbreviation) IC stands for integrated circuit, a tiny electronic chip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#m2)

3) (abbreviation) In some places I/C means in charge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#m3)

4) On its own, ic is not an English word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In spelling and grammar lessons on suffixes (hero to heroic, atom to atomic); in computing, IC chips.

### examples

- Ic on its own is not a word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#x1)
- Add -ic to hero to make heroic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#x2)
- Words ending in -ic often add -ally to make adverbs: magic, magically. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#x3)
- A phone is full of IC chips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#x4)
- The -ic ending in Arctic is easy to forget when you say it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#x5)
- Volcano becomes volcanic with -ic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#x6)
- And so a short answer is often spoken of as being la-con-ic; that is, as being such an answer as a Lacon would be likely to give. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#x7)

### note

Honest entry: a fragment and an abbreviation. Spelling trap: adverbs from -ic words end in -ically (basically, not basicly); public is the exception: publicly.

### In the corpora

- [Words ending in -ic add -ally: basically, dramatically; «publicly» is the exception.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.