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initialism - Integrated Circuit (electronics)
- Ion Chromatrography
- icy
- Irreducible Complexity
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| illative |
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noun
- (grammar) a word or phrase that expresses an inference (such as therefore)
- an illation
- (grammar) the illative case, or a word in that case
adjective
- of, or relating to an illation
- (grammar) of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards or into something
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| imperative |
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noun
- (uncountable) (grammar) The verbal mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same form as that of its second person ("you") present tense.
- The verbs in sentences like "Do it!" and "Say what you like!" are in the .
- (countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
- Visiting Berlin is an .
adjective
- essential
- It is imperative that you come here right now.
- (comptheory) Having a semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
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| imperfect |
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noun
- Something having a minor flaw
- (grammar) A tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous.
adjective
- Not perfect
- (botany) A flower that is unisexual: either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil), but not with both (the latter condition is termed "perfect").
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| imperfective |
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noun
- the imperfective aspect, or a verb having this aspect
adjective
- of, or related to the imperfective aspect
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| impersonal |
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adjective
- not personal; not representing a person; not having personality
- An almighty but power, called Fate. –Sir J. Stephen.
- Lacking warmth or emotion; cold.
- She sounded as she gave her report of the Nazi death camps.
- (grammar) that which desires personality; specifically, an impersonal verb.
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| inceptive |
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adjective
- beginning; of or related to inception
- (grammar) aspectually inflected to show that the action is beginning
- Few languages have an aspect. In some that do, it is identical to the inchoative aspect. The aspect is often translated into English as "to start doing something".
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| inchoative |
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adjective
- at the beginning, still in an unformed state
- 1858: Thomas Carlyle, History Of Friedrich II Of Prussia - Our first Piece is of Winter, or late Autumn, 1771,--while the solution of the Polish Business is still in its inchoative stages;...
- (grammar) aspectually indicating that an action is soon to begin
- Some languages with the aspect use the same inflection for the inceptive aspect. The aspect is often translated into English by "to be about to do something". See the w:Inchoative, Wikipedia article on inchoative aspect.
- (grammar) inflected in or relating to the aspect
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| Ind. |
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abbreviation - Indiana
- India
- Indian
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| indeclinable |
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adjective
- (context, grammar, of a word) not grammatically inflected, especially if others of its class are usually inflected
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| indefinite article |
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noun
- (grammar) A word preceding a noun to indicate that the noun is new or unknown. In English it can be: a or an in the singular, or some in the plural.
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| indefinite pronoun |
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noun
- (grammar, lang=en) A pronoun that does not specify the identity of its referent.
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| indicative |
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noun
- (grammar) the indicative mood
adjective
- serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something
- He had pains of a heart attack.
- (grammar) of, or relating to the indicative mood
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| indirect |
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adjective
- Not direct; roundabout; deceiving; setting a trap; confusion, confusing.
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| inessive |
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noun - (grammar) the inessive case, or a word in that case
adjective - (grammar) of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates placement in a location
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| infection |
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noun
- (pathology) The act or process of infecting.
- An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
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| infinitive |
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noun (plural infinitives)
- (grammar) The uninflected form of a verb. In English, this is usually formed with the verb stem preceded by 'to'.
- (grammar) A verbal noun formed from the infinitive of a verb
adjective (uncomparable)
- (grammar) Formed with the infinitive
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| infix |
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noun
- (linguistics) A morpheme inserted inside a word.
verb (infix, es)
- (transitive) To instill.
- (transitive, linguistics) To insert a morpheme inside a word.
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| inflect |
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verb
- (transitive) To cause to curve inwards.
- (context, transitive, music) To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.
- (context, transitive, grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
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| informal |
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adjective
- Not formal or ceremonious; casual.
- an get-together
- Not in accord with the usual regulations; unofficial.
- an agreement
- suit, Suited for everyday use.
- clothes
- (context, of language) Reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage.
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| inherent |
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adjective
- A natural part or consequence of something.
- You are a human being. You have rights in that reality. You have dignity and worth that exists prior to law. — (w:Lyn Beth Neylon, Lyn Beth Neylon'').
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| inst. |
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abbreviation - institute, Institute.
- instant, Instant: of the current month.
- your letter of the 16th
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| instructive |
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noun (wikipedia, Instructive case)
- A case in the Finnish language. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.
adjective
- conveying knowledge, information or instruction.
- Well, that was an lesson.
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| intensive |
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adjective
- Thorough, to a great degree, with intensity.
- She was moved to the care unit of the hospital.
- demanding, Demanding, requiring a great amount.
- This job is difficult because it is so labour-.
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| interrogative |
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noun
- (grammar) A word (pronoun, pronominal adjective, or adverb) implying interrogation, or used for asking a question: why, who, when, etc.
- (rare) A question; an interrogation.
adjective
- Asking or denoting a question; pertaining to inquiry; questioning: as, an interrogative phrase, pronoun, or point; an interrogative look or tone of voice.
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| intransitive |
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adjective
- (grammar) (of a verb) not taking a direct object. (compare with: transitive.)
- In English, "sleep" is an intransitive verb.
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| intransitive verb |
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noun
- (grammar) An action verb not taking a direct object.
- In English "sleep" is an .
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| inversion |
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noun
- (music) The move of one pitch in an interval or chord up or down an octave
- (music) The reversal of an interval
- (music) The reversal of the pitch contour
- (music) The reversal of a pitch class succesion such as a melody or counterpoint, contrapuntal line
- (music) Subtraction of pitch classes in a set from twelve which maps intervals onto their complements with respect to 0 and preserves interval classes, symbolized IX where X is the transposition which is inverted (DeLone? et. al. (Eds.), 1975, chap. 6).
- (genetics) a segment of DNA in the context of a chromosome that is reversed in orientation relative to a reference karyotype or genome
- (Weather). An increase of air temperature with increase in altitude (the ground being colder than the surrounding air). When an inversion exists, there are no convection currents and wind speeds are below 5 knots. The atmosphere is stable and normally is considered the most favorable state for ground release of chemical agents.
- (grammar) deviation, Deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject. It takes place in questions with auxiliary verbs and in normal, affirmative clauses beginning with a negative particle, for the purpose of emphasis.
- (with an auxiliary verb) Inversion takes place in the sentence 'Is she here?' — 'is', the predicate, is before 'she', the subject.
- (for the purpose of emphasis) Inversion takes place in the sentence 'Never have I done that.' — 'have', the predicate, is before 'I', the subject, due to 'never' being the first word of the sentence.
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| involution |
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noun
- entanglement; a spiralling inwards; intricacy
- 1968: "Gomez," said the mortician, "is an expert only on the involutions of his own rectum." " Anthony Burgess, Enderby Outside
- (mathematics) An endofunction whose square is equal to the identity function; a function equal to its inverse.
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| irregular |
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adjective
- something nonstandard; something that breaks the series
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| iterative |
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adjective
- Of a procedure that involves repetition of steps (iteration) to achieve the desired outcome.
- (grammar) Expressive of an action that is repeated with frequency.
- (computing) Using iteration; using a mechanism such as a loop.
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