English Words Starting With I

• infold

  verbverb-transitiveLow
  /ɪnˈfəʊld/To fold something inwards or to enclose something by wrapping.
• infolding

  nounC2 / Very Low Frequency
  /ɪnˈfəʊldɪŋ/The action or process of folding something inward or into itself.
• infomania

  nounLow
  /ˌɪnfə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/An obsessive need to gather, check, or consume information, especially via digital devices.
• infomaniac

  nounLow
  /ˌɪnfəʊˈmeɪnɪæk/A person obsessed with acquiring or consuming information, often to an excessive degree.
• infomercial

  nounC1
  /ˌɪnfəʊˈmɜː.ʃəl/A long television advertisement that is presented in the style of an informative documentary or talk show, with the primary purpose of promoting and selling a product or service.
• infopreneur

  nounlow
  /ˌɪnfəʊprəˈnɜː(r)/A person whose business is to gather, organize, and sell information, typically online or through digital media.
• inform

  verbverb-intransitiveverb-transitiveB1
  /ɪnˈfɔːm/To give someone facts or information; to tell.
• informal settlement

  nounLow-medium
  /ɪnˌfɔː.məl ˈset.əl.mənt/An area where housing is constructed illegally or without formal planning permission on land the inhabitants do not own, typically lacking basic services.
• informal vote

  nounLow
  /ɪnˈfɔːməl vəʊt/In electoral contexts, a ballot paper that has been incorrectly or incompletely marked and is therefore not counted in the final tally.
• informality

  nounC1
  /ˌɪnfɔːˈmæləti/The quality or state of not being formal; relaxedness, casualness.
• informant

  nounC1
  /ɪnˈfɔː.mənt/A person who gives information to another, especially in a formal, systematic, or confidential context.
• informatics

  nounC1/C2
  /ˌɪnfəˈmatɪks/The science of processing data for storage and retrieval; the study of information systems.
• information

  nounA1
  /ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/Facts, knowledge, or details provided about something or someone; processed data with meaning.
• information age

  nounC1
  /ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən eɪdʒ/The current historical era characterized by the rapid shift from traditional industry to an economy based on information technology and the digital processing of data.
• information architecture

  nounC1
  /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən ˈɑːkɪtektʃə/The structural design of shared information environments, focusing on organizing, structuring, and labeling content effectively and sustainably.
• information bubble

  nounC1
  /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃn̩ ˈbʌbl/A situation where an individual or group is exposed only to information, opinions, or media that align with their existing beliefs, limiting their exposure to differing perspectives.
• information overload

  nounB2-C1
  /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃn ˈəʊvələʊd/A state in which a person is presented with more information than they can effectively process or understand, leading to difficulty in decision-making, concentration, or memory.
• information pollution

  nounB2
  /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən pəˈluːʃən/The contamination of the information environment with excessive, low-quality, misleading, or irrelevant data.
• information processing

  nounC1
  /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən ˈprəʊsesɪŋ/The systematic manipulation, analysis, storage, retrieval, or transformation of data by a system or organism.
• information question

  nounB1
  /ˌɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən ˈkwes.tʃən/A type of question in English that asks for specific information and cannot be answered with simply 'yes' or 'no'. They are formed with a wh-word (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).

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