| interpellation | (noun) the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts | Synonyms: interjection, interpolation, interposition |
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| (noun) (parliament) a parliamentary procedure of demanding that a government official explain some act or policy | - |
| interpenetrate | (verb) penetrate mutually or be interlocked | Synonyms: permeate |
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| (verb) spread or diffuse through | Synonyms: diffuse, imbue, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle |
| interpenetration | (noun) mutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other | Synonyms: permeation |
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| (noun) the action of penetrating between or among | - |
| interpersonal | (adjective) occurring among or involving several people | - |
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| interphone | (noun) a telephonic intercommunication system linking different rooms in a building or ship etc | - |
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| interplanetary | (adjective) between or among planets | - |
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| interplay | (noun) reciprocal action and reaction | - |
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| interpolate | (verb) insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby | Synonyms: alter, falsify |
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| (verb) estimate the value of something based on known values | Synonyms: extrapolate |
| interpolation | (noun) the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts | Synonyms: interjection, interpellation, interposition |
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| (noun) (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known | - |
| (noun) a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted | Synonyms: insertion |
| interpose | (verb) to insert between other elements | Synonyms: come in, inject, interject, put in, throw in |
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| (verb) to put forth by way of intervention | - |
| (verb) be or come between | - |
| (verb) get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force | Synonyms: interfere, intervene, step in |
| interposition | (noun) the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts | Synonyms: interjection, interpellation, interpolation |
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| (noun) the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others | Synonyms: intervention |
| interpret | (verb) make sense of; assign a meaning to | Synonyms: construe, see |
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| (verb) make sense of a language | Synonyms: read, translate, understand |
| (verb) give an interpretation or explanation to | Synonyms: rede |
| (verb) restate (words) from one language into another language | Synonyms: render, translate |
| (verb) give an interpretation or rendition of | Synonyms: render |
| (verb) create an image or likeness of | Synonyms: represent |
| interpretable | (adjective) capable of being understood | Synonyms: explainable |
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| interpretation | (noun) the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance | Synonyms: rendering, rendition |
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| (noun) an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious | Synonyms: interpreting, rendering, rendition |
| (noun) a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something | Synonyms: reading, version |
| (noun) an explanation that results from interpreting something | - |
| interpretative | (adjective) that provides interpretation | Synonyms: interpretive |
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| interpreted | (adjective) understood in a certain way; made sense of | Synonyms: taken |
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| interpreter | (noun) (computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time | Synonyms: interpretive program |
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| (noun) an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose | Synonyms: representative, spokesperson, voice |
| (noun) someone who mediates between speakers of different languages | Synonyms: translator |
| (noun) someone who uses art to represent something | - |
| interpreting | (noun) an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious | Synonyms: interpretation, rendering, rendition |
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| interpretive | (adjective) that provides interpretation | Synonyms: interpretative |
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| interracial | (adjective) involving or composed of different races | Synonyms: mixed |
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| (adjective) between races | - |
| interracially | (adverb) by race | - |
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| interred | (adjective) placed in a grave | Synonyms: buried, inhumed |
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| interreflection | (noun) reciprocal reflection between two reflecting surfaces | - |
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| interregnum | (noun) the time between two reigns, governments, etc. | - |
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| interrelate | (verb) place into a mutual relationship | - |
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| (verb) be in a relationship with | Synonyms: relate |
| interrelated | (adjective) reciprocally connected | Synonyms: interconnected |
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| interrelatedness | (noun) mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness | Synonyms: interrelation, interrelationship |
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| interrelation | (noun) mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness | Synonyms: interrelatedness, interrelationship |
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| interrelationship | (noun) mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness | Synonyms: interrelatedness, interrelation |
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| interrogate | (verb) pose a series of questions to | Synonyms: question |
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| (verb) transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication | - |
| interrogation | (noun) formal systematic questioning | Synonyms: examination, interrogatory |
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| (noun) a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply | Synonyms: interrogative, interrogative sentence, question |
| (noun) an instance of questioning | Synonyms: enquiry, inquiry, query, question |
| (noun) a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder | - |
| interrogative | (adjective) relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation | Synonyms: interrogatory |
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| (adjective) relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood | - |
| (noun) a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply | Synonyms: interrogation, interrogative sentence, question |
| (noun) some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood | Synonyms: interrogative mood |
| interrogatively | (adverb) with curiosity | Synonyms: curiously, inquisitively |
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| (adverb) in a questioning format | - |
| interrogator | (noun) a questioner who is excessively harsh | Synonyms: inquisitor |
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| interrogatory | (adjective) relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation | Synonyms: interrogative |
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| (noun) formal systematic questioning | Synonyms: examination, interrogation |
| interrupt | (noun) a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out | - |
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| (verb) terminate or end | Synonyms: break |
| (verb) destroy the peace or tranquility of | Synonyms: disturb |
| (verb) interfere in someone else's activity | Synonyms: disrupt |
| (verb) make a break in | Synonyms: break up, cut off, disrupt |
| interrupted | (adjective) intermittently stopping and starting | Synonyms: fitful, off-and-on |
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| (adjective) discontinued temporarily | - |
| interrupter | (noun) a device for automatically interrupting an electric current | - |
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| interruption | (noun) an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity | Synonyms: break, disruption, gap |
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| (noun) some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity | Synonyms: break |
| (noun) a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something | Synonyms: break, intermission, pause, suspension |
| interscholastic | (adjective) used of competition or cooperation between secondary schools | Synonyms: interschool |
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| interschool | (adjective) used of competition or cooperation between secondary schools | Synonyms: interscholastic |
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| intersect | (verb) meet at a point | Synonyms: cross |
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| intersectant | (adjective) crossed or intersected in the form of an X | Synonyms: decussate, intersecting |
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| intersecting | (adjective) crossed or intersected in the form of an X | Synonyms: decussate, intersectant |
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| intersection | (noun) the act of intersecting (as joining by causing your path to intersect your target's path) | - |
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| (noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another | Synonyms: carrefour, crossing, crossroad, crossway |
| (noun) a point where lines intersect | Synonyms: intersection point, point of intersection |
| (noun) a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena | Synonyms: convergence, overlap |
| (noun) the set of elements common to two or more sets | Synonyms: Cartesian product, product |
| (noun) a point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations | - |
| intersex | (noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made | Synonyms: androgyne, epicene, epicene person, gynandromorph, hermaphrodite |
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| intersexual | (adjective) having sexual characteristics intermediate between those of male and female | - |
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| (adjective) existing or occurring between the sexes | - |
| interspecies | (adjective) arising or occurring between species | Synonyms: interspecific |
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| interspecific | (adjective) arising or occurring between species | Synonyms: interspecies |
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| interspersal | (noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things | Synonyms: interspersion |
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| intersperse | (verb) introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions | Synonyms: interlard |
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| (verb) place at intervals in or among | - |
| interspersion | (noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things | Synonyms: interspersal |
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| interstate | (adjective) involving and relating to the mutual relations of states especially of the United States | - |
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| (noun) one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States | Synonyms: interstate highway |
| interstellar | (adjective) between or among stars | - |
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| interstice | (noun) small opening between things | - |
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| (noun) a small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ | - |
| interstitial | (adjective) of or relating to interstices | - |
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| interstratify | (verb) arrange rocks in alternating strata | - |
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| intertidal | (adjective) of or relating to the littoral area above the low-tide mark | - |
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| intertribal | (adjective) between or among tribes | - |
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| intertrigo | (noun) chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs) | - |
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| intertwine | (verb) spin, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: enlace, entwine, interlace, lace, twine |
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| (verb) make a loop in | Synonyms: loop |
| (verb) make lacework by knotting or looping | Synonyms: tat |
| interval | (noun) the distance between things | Synonyms: separation |
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| (noun) a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints | - |
| (noun) the difference in pitch between two notes | Synonyms: musical interval |
| (noun) a definite length of time marked off by two instants | Synonyms: time interval |
| intervene | (verb) occur between other event or between certain points of time | - |
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| (verb) get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force | Synonyms: interfere, interpose, step in |
| (verb) be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events | - |
| intervening | (adjective) occurring or falling between events or points in time | - |
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| intervenor | (noun) (law) a party who interposes in a pending proceeding | - |
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| intervention | (noun) the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.) | Synonyms: intercession |
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| (noun) (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings | - |
| (noun) care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury) | Synonyms: treatment |
| (noun) the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others | Synonyms: interposition |
| (noun) a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries | Synonyms: interference |
| intervertebral | (adjective) pertaining to the space between two vertebrae | - |
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| interview | (noun) a conference (usually with someone important) | Synonyms: audience, consultation |
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| (noun) the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists | - |
| (verb) conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting | Synonyms: question |
| (verb) discuss formally with (somebody) for the purpose of an evaluation | - |
| (verb) go for an interview in the hope of being hired | - |
| interviewee | (noun) a person who is interviewed | - |
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| interviewer | (noun) a person who conducts an interview | - |
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| interweave | (verb) interlace by or as if by weaving | Synonyms: weave |
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| interwoven | (adjective) linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing | Synonyms: interlacing, interlinking, interlocking |
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| intestacy | (noun) the situation of being or dying without a legally valid will | - |
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| intestate | (adjective) having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will | - |
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| intestinal | (adjective) of or relating to or inside the intestines | Synonyms: enteral, enteric |
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| intestine | (noun) the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus | Synonyms: bowel, gut |
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