Children's Illustrated Dictionary.

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imaginary

adjective

not real.

The unicorn is

an imaginary animal.

N say i-maj-i-nar-ee

imagine

imagines imagining imagined

verb

to create a picture of

something in your mind.

N say i-ma-jin

imagination noun

imitate

imitates imitating imitated verb

to copy the way that someone

talks or does something.

imitation

imitations noun

a copy.

These imitations of fruit

don’t look real.

imitation adjective

immediately

adverb

without delay.

Go home immediately!

immediate adjective

immigrate

immigrates immigrating

immigrated verb

to go to a country in order to

live there permanently.

immigration noun

impact

impacts noun

1 the action of one object

hitting another with force.

The impact of the crash

wrecked both cars.

2 something that has enough

power to create strong

feelings in someone.

Traveling abroad had

a great impact on me.

impatient

adjective

1 not willing

to wait.

He became impatient when

the bus didn’t come.

2 easily annoyed.

She was often impatient with

her little brother.

impatience noun

important

adjective

1 meaning a lot.

Winning this competition

is very important to me.

2 having great power

or influence.

An important visitor.

importance noun

impossible

adjective

not able to

be done.

It is

impossible

for people to

fly like birds.

N opposite possible

impress

impresses impressing impressed

verb

to make someone have a good

opinion of something.

His cooking skills impressed

the judges.

improve

improves improving improved

verb

to make

or become

better.

We improved

the flowerpot

by decorating it.

improvement noun

include

includes including included verb

to put something in as part

of a whole.

The travel brochure includes

pictures of the hotels.

inclusion noun

inconvenient

adjective

not easy or not suitable.

Steep stairs are inconvenient

for a lot of people.

N say in-kun-veen-nyent

N opposite convenient

inconvenience noun

incredible

adjective

difficult to believe.

He tells some incredible stories.

independent

adjective

not controlled by anyone

or anything.

N opposite dependent

independently adverb

index

indexes or indices noun

an alphabetical list of subjects

and page numbers, usually

found at the back of a book.

indignant

adjective

upset and annoyed because

something is unfair.

They were indignant about

the way they were treated.

indignantly adverb

individual

adjective

separate or for just

one person.

Individual teaching.

individual noun

imaginary

increase

increases increasing increased verb

to become bigger in size

or number.

N opposite decrease

increase noun