English Words Starting With I

• interpolate

  verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveC1
  /ɪnˈtɜː.pə.leɪt/To insert something, especially words or figures, into a text or data set.
• interpolation

  nounC1/C2
  /ɪnˌtɜː.pəˈleɪ.ʃən/The act of inserting something, often words, data, or estimates, into something else, or the thing inserted.
• interpose

  verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveC1
  /ˌɪn.təˈpəʊz/to place or insert between one thing and another; to interrupt a conversation or activity with a remark or action.
• interposition

  nounC2
  /ˌɪn.tə.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/The action of placing something between two things, especially to interfere, separate, or mediate.
• interpret

  verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveB2
  /ɪnˈtɜː.prɪt/to explain or tell the meaning of something, especially something that is unclear or ambiguous, such as language, art, law, or data.
• interpretation

  nounHigh (C1)
  /ɪnˌtɜː.prɪˈteɪ.ʃən/The act of explaining or understanding the meaning or significance of something, such as a text, event, or data.
• interpreter

  nounB1
  /ɪnˈtɜː.prɪ.tər/A person who translates speech orally, usually in real-time.
• interpretive centre

  nounB2
  /ɪnˈtɜː.prə.tɪv ˈsen.tər/A facility at a museum, heritage site, or natural area designed to explain and educate visitors about the significance of the place through exhibits, displays, and programmes.
• interpretive semantics

  nounVery low / Technical
  /ɪnˈtɜː.prə.tɪv sɪˈmæn.tɪks/A branch of linguistics concerned with the study of meaning, specifically focusing on how the meaning of phrases and sentences is derived from the meaning of their constituent words and the syntactic structures that combine them. It's a formal theory of meaning compositionality.
• interquartile range

  nounLow
  /ˌɪn.təˈkwɔː.taɪl ˌreɪndʒ/A measure of statistical dispersion, representing the range of the middle 50% of a dataset.
• interracialism

  nounC2
  /ˌɪn.təˈreɪ.ʃəl.ɪ.zəm/The principle or practice of fostering social interaction and relations between different racial groups.
• interrecord gap

  nounC2 - Technical/Professional
  /ˌɪn.təˈrek.ɔːd ɡæp/A brief, unrecorded pause or blank space inserted between consecutive records, tracks, or data blocks on a storage medium.
• interred

  adjectivenounverbLow
  /ɪnˈtɜːd/To place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; to bury.
• interregnum

  nounLow
  /ˌɪntəˈrɛɡnəm/A period when normal government is suspended, especially between successive reigns or regimes.
• interrelate

  verbverb-ambitransitiveC1
  /ˌɪn.tə.rɪˈleɪt/To be or bring into a mutually dependent or reciprocal relationship; to connect or relate to each other.
• interrelation

  nounC1/C2
  /ˌɪn.tə.rɪˈleɪ.ʃən/A mutual or reciprocal relationship between two or more things, where each affects or depends on the other.
• interrex

  nounVery Low
  /ˈɪntərɛks/A temporary ruler appointed during an interregnum, especially in ancient Rome.
• interrobang

  nounC2
  /ɪnˈtɛr.ə(ʊ).bæŋ/A non-standard punctuation mark (‽) combining the functions of a question mark and an exclamation point, used to express excited or rhetorical questioning.
• interrogate

  verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveC1
  /ɪnˈter.ə.ɡeɪt/to ask someone questions in a thorough and often forceful or official way to get information
• interrogation

  nounC1
  /ɪnˌtɛr.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/The formal, systematic, and often intense questioning of someone, especially by an authority (e.g., police, military, government), to obtain information, a confession, or the truth.

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