(context, hip-hop slang) sublime, Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way. This sense sometimes declines in AAVE as , comparative iller, superlative illest.

Biggie Smalls is the illest / Your style is played out, like Arnold wonderin "Whatchu talkin bout, Willis?" " Biggie Smalls, The What, 1994.

(slang) Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.

That band was .

adverb

Badly; very incompletely. Often hyphenated to form an adjectival phrase.

That move was -planned and -executed.

impatient

adjective

restless and intolerant of delays
anxious and eager, especially to begin something

inch

noun

A unit of length equal to one-twelfth of a foot and equivalent to exactly 2.54 centimetres.
(meteorology) The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.
(figuratively) A very short distance.

"Don't move an !"

verb (inch, es)

(intransitive, followed by a preposition) To move very slowly (in a particular direction).

Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.

incline

noun

A slope.

To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.

verb (inclin, ing)

(transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.

He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm.

The people following the coffin inclined their heads in grief.

(intransitive) To slope.

Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.

(intransitive) To tend to do or believe something, or move in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.

He inclines to believe anything he reads in the newspapers.

I'm inclined to give up smoking after hearing of the risks to my health.

- 'Usage note: In this sense incline'' is usually used in the passive voice.

inclusive

adjective

including (almost) everything within its scope

An list of Wiki formats

including the extremes as well as the area between

Numbers 1 to 10 inclusive

(linguistics) of, or relating to the first person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed

As the we in If you want, we could go back to my place for coffee.

independent

noun

A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a free thinker, free of a party platform.
A neutral or uncommitted person.

adjective

not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free

instance

noun

A happening or occurring; an occurrence; an occasion.

This has happened in three instances.

A case occurring; a case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an example; a token.

It was the only in which a direct copy, even to matters of detail, appeared to have been made.

(obsolete) A piece of evidence; proof.
(computing) In object-oriented programming: a created object, one that has had memory allocated for local data storage; an instantiation of a class

verb (instanc, ing)

(transitive) To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact.
(intransitive) To cite an example as proof; to exemplify.

instead

adverb

In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative

I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing .

intent

noun

The purpose of something that is intended.
The state of someone"s mind at the time of committing an offence.

adjective

firmly, Firmly fixed or concentrated on something.
engrossed, Engrossed.
unwavering, Unwavering from a course of action.

interest

noun

A great attention and concern from someone or something.
The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.
Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
A business or amorous link or involvement.

I have business interests in South Africa.

verb

To attract attention or concern.

It might you to learn that others have already tried that approach.

iron

noun

(context, uncountable) A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26, and symbol Fe.
(context, countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
(context, usually plural, irons) Shackles.
(slang) A handgun.
(context, uncountable) A dark shade of the colour/color silver.
(context, Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof; countable, offensive, ) A male homosexual.

verb

(transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.

adjective (more iron, most iron)

{not comparable} Made of the metal iron.
(context, figuratively) Strong (as of will), inflexible.

She had an iron will.

He held on with an iron grip.

issue

noun

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any enclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of people from a house.
The act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery; issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding officer; the issue of money from a treasury.
That which passes, flows, or is sent out; the whole quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an issue of bank notes; the daily issue of a newspaper.
Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants.
Produce of the earth, or profits of land, tenements, or other property; as, A conveyed to B all his right for a term of years, with all the issues, rents, and profits.
A discharge of flux, as of blood. Matt. ix. 20.
(medicine) An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part.
The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial.
A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide.
In pleading, a single material point of law or fact depending in the suit, which, being affirmed on the one side and denied on the other, is presented for determination. At issue, in controversy; disputed; opposing or contesting; hence, at variance; disagreeing; inconsistent.
(finance) A financial instrument in a company, such as a bond, stock or other security; the emission of such an instrument.
Euphemism for "problem" or "concern,"

"He has health issues."

verb (issu, ing)

To pass or flow out; to run out, as from any enclosed place.
To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers.
To proceed, as from a source; as, water issues from springs; light issues from the sun.
To proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to be descended; to spring.
To extend; to pass or open; as, the path issues into the highway.
To be produced as an effect or result; to grow or accrue; to arise; to proceed; as, rents and profits issuing from land, tenements, or a capital stock.
To close; to end; to terminate; to turn out; as, we know not how the cause will issue.
In pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on which the parties join issue.
To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank.
To deliver for use; as, to issue provisions.
To send out officially; to deliver by authority; as, to issue an order; to issue a writ.

initialism

information technology, Information technology.

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