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instruct,
instructed,
instructing,
instructs.verbs
transitive
verb use.to teach; to provide
with knowledge
in an acceptable.manner
and/or methodical
way
intransitive
verb use.to serve
as an instructor
instructor.noun,.plural.instructors
one who instructs; a teacher; a college or university
teacher who ranks
below an assistant.professor
instructorship.noun,.plural.instructorships
instructive.adjective
conveying
knowledge or information;
enlightening
instructively.adverb
instructiveness.noun
(the teacher's instructiveness is a hallmark
of her abilities)
instruction.noun,.plural.instructions
an instruction is something
that someone tells you to do or that gives details on how to do it (how
do I figure
out.assembling
this cabinet from this diagram
of instructions?); something you are learning that gives you discipline
and you learn to act properly correcting yourself toward adjusting yourself
in life; the act,
practice
or profession
of instructing; imparted
knowledge (I received instruction in an Email of how exactly
to replace the car's oil filter); a lesson.
Computers:.a
machine.code
telling a computer to perform
a particular.operation;
detailed.directions
on procedure
(read the instructions for assembly)
instructional.adjective
island.noun,.plural.islands
a land mass,
especially one smaller than a continent
and entirely.surrounded
by water; something resembling
an island, especially in being isolated
or surrounded
(a counter
forming an island in the middle of the kitchen; islands of people living
here and there on an empty prairie)
island, islanded,
islanding,
islands.transitive
verbs
to make into or as if into an island; insulate
(a secluded
mansion, islanded by shrubbery
and fences)
isle, islet.noun,.plural.islets,.isles
an tiny
island (rocky islets off the coast)
islander.noun,.plural.islanders
a inhabitant
of an island
ides.plural
noun
used with a singular or
plural verb; also spelled Eides of March
the 15th day of March, May,
July or October or the 13th day of the other months in the ancient Roman
calendar (good king
Caesar was assinated on the ides of March by a group of what we could
call the cabal today, who thought
Julius Caesar had too much
power and of course they wanted to be in control instead)
invertebrate.adjective
lacking
a backbone or spinal column; not vertebrate;
of.or.relating.to
invertebrates (invertebrate zoology)
invertebrate.noun,.plural.invertebrates
an animal, such as an insect
or a mollusk, that lacks a backbone
or spinal column; both invertebrates and vertebrates have an amazing blood
clotting system
ire.noun,.plural.ires
anger;
wrath
immature.adjective
not fully grown or developed;
young; marked by or displaying
a lack of normal.maturity
(silly, immature behavior;
some people are less mature than others)
immaturely.adverb
immaturity.noun,.plural.immaturities
incomparable.adjective
being such that comparison
is impossible;
so outstanding
as to be beyond comparison; unsurpassed
incomparability.noun,.plural.incomparabilities
incomparableness.noun,.plural.incomparablenesses
incomparably.adverb
indwell, indwelt,
indwelling,
indwells.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
exist as an animating
or divine
inner spirit,
force
or principle;
located
or implanted
inside something
transitive verb use.to
inhabit
or reside
within as such a spirit, force or principle; to dwell
within
indweller.noun,.plural.indwellers
infertility.noun,.plural.infertilities
absent
or diminished.fertility;
the persistent.inabilityto
conceive
a child
infertile.adjective
not fertile;
unproductive
or barren;
sterile;
incapable
of producing.offspring
improbity.noun,.plural.improbities
lack
of probity; dishonesty
inborn.adjective
inborn qualities
are natural ones which you are born with
(he had an inborn talent
for languages); innate; inherited;
hereditary
insure,
insured,
insuring,
insures.verbs
transitive verb use.to
cover with insurance; to make sure, certain
or secure
intransitive verb use.to
buy or sell insurance
insurability.noun,.plural.insurabilities
insurable.noun,.plural.insurables
insurable.adjective
See Usage note at assure.
See more Usage notes.
insurance.noun,.plural.insurances
the act,
business
or system of insuring (we have insurances
for auto, home and business); the stateof
being
insured; a means of being
insured; coverage by a contract.binding
a party to indemnify
another against specified loss
in return for premiums paid;
the sum or rate
for which such a contract insures something; the periodic
premium paid for this coverage; a protective measure (biking helmets that
provide some insurance against an accident)
insurance.adjective
in sports, of,
relating.to.or.being
a score that increases a team's lead enough to prevent the opposing team
from tying the game with one more score)
ileum.noun,.plural.ilea
the terminal.portion
of the small intestine
extending from the jejunum
to the cecum
ileal.adjective
ischemia.noun
a decrease in the blood supply to a bodily organ,
tissue or part caused by constriction
or obstruction
of the blood vessels
ischemic.adjective
inward.adjective
located
inside; inner; directed or moving toward the interior (an inward flow);
of,
relating.to.or.existing
in the thoughts
or mind
(meditation
takes one inward to the oneness
of all); intimate;
familiar
(is inward with the right people)
inward.adverb
toward
the inside, center or interior; toward the mind or the self (the mind turns
inward during
meditation bringing thoughts particular
to each person from the oneness of all and how
does one know this is happening)
inward.noun,.plural.inwards
an inner or a central part; an inner essence
or spiri;
entrails;
innards
inwards.adverb
inwardly.adverb
on or in the inside; within (a window opening
flared inwardly). privately;
to oneself
inwardness.noun
intimacy;
familiarity;
preoccupation
with one's own thoughts or feelings;
introspection
inner.adjective
located
or occurring.farther
inside (an inner room; an inner layer of warm clothing); less.apparent;
deeper (the inner meaning of a poem);
of,
relating.to
the mind
or spirit
inner.noun,.plural.inners
(the inner lining of the
box is plastic in case the contents leak)
iinnerly.adverb.&.adjective
innerness.noun
(the innerness of deep caves is usually
dark)
inmost.adjective
farthest within; innermost
innermost.adjective
situated
or occurring farthest within (the innermost chamber of a pyramid; the most
intimate (one's innermost feelings)
innermost.noun
the part situated farthest in
impassioned.adjective
filled with passion;
fervent
(road rage is an impassioned act; an impassioned plea
for justice)
impassion, impassioned,
impassioning,
impassions.transitive
verbs
to arouse
the passions of
itself.pronominal
that one identical
with it (used reflexively
as a form of the word 'it' as the direct or indirect object
of a verb or the object of a preposition,
such
as in the sentence
'The cat scratched itself'); the word 'itself' is used as the object of
a verb or preposition when it refers
to something that is the same thing as the subject of the verb (scientists
have discovered remarkable new evidence showing how the body rebuilds itself
while we sleep; unemployment does not correct itself); used to show that
a thing, organization, animal or baby that does something
is affected
by its own action (the cat lay on the sofa, washing itself; the machine
switches itself off when the process is complete; a small local enterprise
that has transformed itself into a highly successful company); you use
'itself' emphasize
the thing you are referring to (I think life itself is a learning process;
the trouble is in the machine itself); if you say that someone is, for
example, politeness
itself or kindness itself,
you are emphasizing they are extremely
polite or extremely kind (she was happy there, as the people were kindness
itself; itself no great poem, it still reveals talent);
its normal or healthy condition
or state
(the car is acting itself again since we changed the oil)
its.adjective
you use 'its' to indicate
that something belongs or relates to a thing, place or animal that has
just been mentioned or whose identity is known (its battery is on the counter;
the high mountain often has its own weather; every purse has its world
of items); you can use 'its' to indicate that something belongs or relates
to a child or baby (the baby food is in its jar in the fridge); used as
a modifier before a noun (the airline canceled its early flight)
it's.abbreviation
a contraction
of it is; it has
it
you use 'it' to refer
to an object,
animal or other thing that has already been mentioned
(it's a wonderful city, really; I'll show it to you if you want; it came
quickly out of the bush; it's a warm day out there today; it's been a warm
summer)
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