yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
injunction
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Etymology: From Middle English iniunccyon, iniunccion, from Old French injonctïon, from Latin iniūnctiō (“command, injunction”).
Inflected forms:
form: injunctions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
pos: noun
gloss: That which is enjoined; such as an order, mandate, decree, command, precept.
pos: noun
examples: […]she added, “Lizzy, I insist upon your staying and hearing Mr. Collins.” Elizabeth would not oppose such an injunction—and a moment's consideration making her also sensible that it would be wisest to get it over as soon and as quietly as possible, […].
Its verbs are conjugated in a way that defies all the injunctions of the grammar books; it has its contumacious rules of tense, number and case; […]
At the end of the Falklands war two years earlier too, the Queen, whose second son, Andrew, had served as a helicopter pilot with the task force, was singularly untriumphalist and showed no inclination to follow her prime minister’s injunction to rejoice at victory.
gloss: A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some cases, under statutes, by a court of law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ.
pos: noun
examples: Southwark council, which took out the injunction against Matt, believes YouTube has become the "new playground" for gang members.
The judges said Trump must issue new orders reflecting the permanent injunction within 10 days.
Related words: injunctive
Derived words: hyper-injunction
injunctional
injunctionless
Translations:
injury
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Etymology: From Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”). Doublet of injuria.
Inflected forms:
form: injuries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Damage to the body of a living thing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.
Minor injuries such as cuts and abrasions are cleaned and bandaged on site; serious injuries require an ambulance call.
Whether you need to recover from a stressful day, a strenuous workout or even an injury or surgery, restorative yoga may be just the thing for you.
Soft tissue injuries are the bane of any physically active person. They are the most common injuries in sport, can be difficult to heal and often reoccur, according to Sports Medicine Australia.
gloss: Other forms of damage sustained by a living thing, e.g. psychologically.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Slander is an injury to the character.
gloss: Injustice.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: injury
wound
scath
scathe
lesion
dere
Related words: injure
injurious
damage
detriment
evil
harm
hurt
impairment
injustice
loss
mischief
wrong
sore
blister
ulcer
abscess
boil
carbuncle
pimple
pustule
bump
rash
hit
slap
punch
kick
defect
disease
Derived words: acute kidney injury
add insult to injury
add salt to injury
cryoinjury
heap insult on injury
injury current
injury potential
injury-prone
injury time
insult to injury
microinjury
moral injury
needlestick injury
noninjury
personal injury
postinjury
preinjury
pressure injury
psychological injury
reinjury
repetitive strain injury
self-injury
traumatic brain injury
vaccine injury
Translations:
innate
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
botany
human-sciences
natural-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in the 1420s, the verb in 1602; from Middle English innat(e) (“innate, inborn”), borrowed from Latin innātus (“inborn, innate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), perfect active participle of innāscor (“to be born in, grow up in”), from in- (“in, at on”) + nāscor (“to be born”); see natal, native. The verb is derived from the adjective, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Inborn; existing or having existed since birth.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Ironically, given France's innate reluctance to permit competition at home, the first breach in Renfe's monopoly came from SNCF offshoot Ouigo España in 2021.
gloss: Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: innate ideas
There is an innate light in every man, discovering to him the first lines of duty, in the common notions of good and evil, which, by cultivation and improvement, may be advanced to higher and brighter discoveries.
It would be ſufficient to convince unprejudiced Readers of the falſeneſs of this Suppoſition, if I ſhould only ſhew (as I hope I ſhall in the following Parts of this Diſcourſe) how Men barely by the Uſe of their natural Faculties, may attain to all the Knowledge that they have, without the help of any innate Impreſſions[…]
gloss: Instinctive; coming from instinct.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Perhaps, from an innate desire of justification, sorrow always exaggerates itself.
As if she held the clue to something secret in his breast, of the nature of which he was hardly informed himself. As if she had an innate knowledge of one jarring and discordant string within him, and her very breath could sound it.
gloss: Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: an innate anther
Synonyms: connate
connatural
congenital
congenite
genetous
inborn
inbred
indigenous
ingenite
innate
native
natural
to the manner born
unlearned
unlearnt
Antonyms: acquired
implanted
ingrafted
inculcated
infused
learned
Related words: antenatal
nascent
natal
native
nativism
natural
naturalism
nature
naturism
prenatal
a priori
intuitive
run in the family
inveterate
Derived words: innate immune system
innate immunity
innately
innateness
innatism
innatist
innative
noninnate
uninnate
Translations:
innervation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English nerve
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātuslbor.
English -ate
English innervate
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English -ion
English innervation
From innervate + -ion.
Inflected forms:
form: innervations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of innervating or stimulating.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life, and the functions of the various organs.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The distribution of nerves in an animal, or to any of its parts.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: deinnervation
dysinnervation
hyperinnervation
hypoinnervation
innervational
monoinnervation
neoinnervation
polyinnervation
Translations:
innocuous
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin innocuus (“harmless”) (therefore, no gemination in + nocuous).
Inflected forms:
form: more innocuous
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most innocuous
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Harmless; producing no ill effect.
pos: adj
examples: With its green cupola or tapering spire, / Which sunset touches with innocuous fire, / The little church appears, to sanctify / The precincts duly where men live and die— [...]
The shells fell for the most part innocuous; an eyewitness saw children at play beside the flaming houses; not a soul was injured.
Other things, too, there were, not less deadly though seemingly innocuous—dried fungi, the touch of which was death and whose poison was carried on in the air; also traps intended for birds, beast, fishes, reptiles, and insects; machines which could produce pain of any kind and degree, and the only mercy of which was the power of producing speedy death.
The effects of any one instance of TV absorbing and pablumizing cultural tokens seems innocuous enough.
As the half closed [Gareth] Bale and [Joe] Ledley both went close with good efforts, but [Craig] Bellamy picked up a yellow card for an innocuous challenge that also rules the new Liverpool man out of the trip to Wembley.
gloss: Inoffensive; unprovocative; unexceptionable.
pos: adj
examples: Ruth Devlin announced that the song must wait, though it appeared to be innocuous and child-like in its sentiments.
He sat down, and lighted a cigarette, casting about the while for an innocuous topic of conversation.
Related words: innocent
Derived words: innocuity
innocuously
innocuousness
uninnocuous
Translations:
inoculation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
immunology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Latin inoculātio. Equivalent to inoculate + -ion.
Base: inoculate
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: inoculations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: We owe, also, to Lady Mary the introduction of inoculation—the moral courage she displayed; the blessing conferred by her exertions may well silence the harsh judgment which suits so little with our narrow and finite intelligence.
gloss: The introduction of a microorganism into a culture medium.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The insertion of the buds of one plant into another; grafting.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An inoculum; that which is inoculated.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Synonym of prebunking.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any technique to reduce harm by exposing oneself to a milder form of that harm.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
countable
uncountable
examples: Practitioners might similarly employ stress inoculation strategies wherein clients visualize binegative situations—such as being subtly invalidated […]
Related words: inoculant
inoculate
inoculative
inoculator
inoculum
immunisation
vaccination
Derived words: agroinoculation
autoinoculation
bioinoculation
coinoculation
inoculation lymphoreticulosis
noninoculation
postinoculation
preinoculation
reinoculation
spinoculation
subinoculation
Translations:
inquiry
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English enquery, from the Old French verb enquerre, from Latin inquīrō, composed of in- (“in, at, on; into”) + quaerō (“to seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Later respelled to conform to the original Latin spelling, as opposed to the Old French spelling.
Inflected forms:
form: inquiries
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: enquiry
pos: noun
tags: alternative
UK
Senses:
gloss: The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation; inquest.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Scientific inquiry
Donald Trump has lashed out against his own supporters, calling them gullible “weaklings” for questioning the transparency of a secretive government inquiry into the late high-profile socialite and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Derived words: coinquiry
contextual inquiry
court of inquiry
disciplinary inquiry
domestic inquiry
freedom of inquiry
grounded narrative inquiry
hard inquiry
inquiry-based learning
line of inquiry
point of inquiry
soft inquiry
writ of inquiry
Translations:
insatiable
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English insaciable, from Middle French insatiable, from Old French insaciable, from Late Latin insatiabilis. By surface analysis, in- + satiable.
Inflected forms:
form: more insatiable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most insatiable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: insatiables
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy.
pos: adj
examples: Hugo, in a fine frenzy, threatens to depose the Sacristan, to do this and do that; but, in the mean while, how to quiet your insatiable Jew? Hugo, for this couple of hundreds, grants the Jew his bond for four hundred payable at the end of four years. (...) Neither yet is this insatiable Jew satisfied or settled with: he had papers against us of 'small debts fourteen years old;' his modest claim amounts finally to 'Twelve hundred pounds besides interest'
Guestling, who adds an insatiable jealousy to his other domestic virtues, vetoed the new acquaintance and thenceforward the two met hurriedly and furtively in town.
Such an appointment would realize my fondest dreams. But no, at any sacrifice, I must set bounds to my insatiable ambition!
The girls are constantly reshuffled into new permutations in order to feed the J-pop market's insatiable demand for fresh looks and faces.
gloss: One who or that which cannot be satiated.
pos: noun
Translations:
insemination
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: inseminations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sowing of seed; the act of inseminating.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The introduction of sperm into a female’s reproductive system for the purpose of impregnating (making pregnant).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: At the same time there is no fantasy, as there is in the teleportage of science fiction, or in the Greek myth that requires the insemination of a woman by a swan.
Related words: inseminate
Derived words: artificial insemination
intrauterine insemination
postinsemination
reinsemination
traumatic insemination
Translations:
insight
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
human-sciences
marketing
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English insight, insiht (“insight, mental vision, intelligence, understanding”), equivalent to in- + sight. Perhaps continuing Old English insiht (“narrative, argument, account”), from Proto-Germanic *insahtiz (“account, narrative, argument”). Compare West Frisian ynsjoch (“insight”), Dutch inzicht (“insight, awareness, view, opinion”), German Low German Insicht (“insight”), German Einsicht (“insight, knowledge, perception, understanding”), Danish indsigt (“insight”), Swedish insikt (“insight”), Icelandic innsýn (“insight”).
Base: sight
Affixes: in-
Inflected forms:
form: insights
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources.
This paper surveys the research methods and approaches used in the multidisciplinary field of applied language studies or language education over the last fourty^([sic]) years. Drawing on insights gained in psycho- and sociolinguistics, educational linguistics and linguistic anthropology with regard to language and culture, it is organized around five major questions that concern language educators.
gloss: Power of acute observation and deduction.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Corbett has an interesting insight into the reactions of his colleagues from diverse backgrounds: "The ex-British Rail people responded much better than those from the private sector. In terms of helping, the private sector people headed for the hills, while the railway people, like Chris Leah [the operations director] and Dick Fearn [the Midlands Zone director] moved towards the gunfire. The non-railway people on the whole didn't."
gloss: Knowledge (usually derived from consumer understanding) that a company applies in order to make a product or brand perform better and be more appealing to customers
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Intuitive apprehension of the inner nature of a thing or things; intuition.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An extended understanding of a subject resulting from identification of relationships and behaviors within a model, context, or scenario.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An individual's awareness of the nature and severity of one's mental illness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: outsight
Derived words: inflicted insight
insighted
insightful
insightless
Translations:
insinuation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French insinuation, from Old French, from Latin insinuatio, from īnsinuō (“to push in, creep in, steal in”), from in (“in”) + sinus (“a winding, bend, bay, fold, bosom”).
Inflected forms:
form: insinuations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; — formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Slander may be conveyed by insinuations.
Related words: insinuate
insinuator
Derived words: insinuational
insinuendo
Translations:
insouciant
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From French insouciant, from in- (“not”, prefix) + souciant (“worrying”), 1828.
Inflected forms:
form: more insouciant
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most insouciant
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Casually unconcerned; carefree, indifferent, nonchalant.
pos: adj
examples: an insouciant gesture
"I am quite serious in saying that your loss must and would be felt; but I verily believe," added she, after a moment's hesitation, "that you are so insouciant yourself, that you cannot believe that every body else is not equally indifferent."
It was there [Cadiz, Spain] that on Sunday I had seen the populace disport itself, and it was full of life then, gay and insouciant.
When we left the Marr house, he [Peter] had boldly said to Felicity, "May I see you home?" And Felicity, much to our amazement, had taken his arm and marched off with him. […] As for me, I was consumed by a secret and burning desire to ask the Story Girl if I might see her home; but I could not screw my courage to the sticking point. How I envied Peter his easy, insouciant manner!
[…] [Jack] Nicholson turned to an assistant, bummed a cigarette, flashed one of his wolfish, insouciant grins and said, "We all have our little secrets, Seany."
As a fashion editor, I pay obsessive attention to my appearance. Even when I pretend to look insouciant, each look has been painfully considered. The right earrings, coordinating shoes, the careful symmetry of a well-balanced look — these are things that please me. The gym has crushed my sartorial ambitions.
Translations:
inspire
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.?
Latin spīrō
Latin īnspīrōbor.
Old French espirer
Old French enspirerbor.
Middle English enspiren
English inspire
From Middle English inspiren, enspiren, from Old French inspirer, variant of espirer, from Latin īnspīrāre (“inspire”), itself a loan-translation of Biblical Ancient Greek πνέω (pnéō, “breathe”), from in + spīrō (“breathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”). Displaced native Old English onbryrdan (literally “to prick in”).
Inflected forms:
form: inspires
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: inspiring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: inspired
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: inspired
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Dawning day new comfort hath inspired.
He knew not his Maker, and him that inspired into him an active soul.
[…] and whose example of reverence and devotion was so well calculated to inspire confidence and attachment in every class of the community?
Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.
gloss: To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Elders should inspire children with sentiments of virtue.
The captain's speech was aimed to inspire her team to victory in the final.
Erato, thy poet's mind inspire, / And fill his soul with thy celestial fire.
gloss: To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: By means of those sulfurous coal smokes the lungs are as it were stifled and extremely oppressed, whereby they are forced to inspire and expire the air with difficulty.
Everything was elaborately padded, even the Myers apparatus which was to absorb carbonic acid and replace the oxygen inspired by its tenant
gloss: To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
pos: verb
gloss: To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
transitive
examples: Deſcend ye nine! deſcend and ſing; / The breathing inſtruments inſpire, / VVake into voice each ſilent ſtring, / And ſvveep the ſounding lyre!
gloss: To spread rumour indirectly.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: beghast
Antonyms: expire
Related words: awe-inspire
inspiration
inspirational
inspirator
inspiratory
Derived words: awe-inspiring
bio-inspired
inspirable
inspirer
inspirometer
misinspire
philatelically inspired
reinspire
uninspire
Translations:
installation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle French installation, from Medieval Latin installātiō. By surface analysis, install + -ation. Compare with Piedmontese istallassion.
Inflected forms:
form: installations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An act of installing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The installation of the new software took only a few minutes.
gloss: Something installed, especially the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A work of installation art.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The museum is displaying a modern art installation.
Represented by Olney Gleason gallery, she was the subject of a 2025 solo show at the MSU Broad Art Museum in Michigan and recently unveiled a permanent installation at the Princeton University Art Museum.
gloss: A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A military installation was built near the border.
Derived words: autoinstallation
deinstallation
electrical installation
installational
installation art
installationlike
installation spacer
misinstallation
noninstallation
post-installation
preinstallation
reinstallation
unattended installation
uninstallation
video installation
Translations:
instead
Part of speech: adv
Morphological type: compound
Etymology: From in + stead, from Middle English ine (“in”) + stede (“stead”). Related to German statt.
Compound parts: in
stead
Inflected forms:
form: enstead
pos: adv
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: in steed
pos: adv
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: in stead
pos: adv
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: 'nstead
pos: adv
tags: alternative
pronunciation-spelling
Senses:
gloss: In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing instead.
‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’
Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
Translations:
instigation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English instigacioun, from Old French instigacïon and Latin instīgātio.
Inflected forms:
form: instigations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
Translations:
innovation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French innovation, from Old French innovacion, from Late Latin innovatio, innovationem, from Latin innovo, innovatus. Morphologically innovate + -ion.
Base: innovate
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: innovations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation. […] He said there would be "considerable danger" that without such an exception, the granting of patent would "tie up" the use of such tools and future innovation based on them.
Innovation is more than a new method. It is a new view of the universe, as one of risk rather than of chance or of certainty. It is a new view of man's role in the universe; he creates order by taking risks. And this means that innovation, rather than being an assertion of human power, is an acceptance of human responsibility.
gloss: A change effected by innovating; a change in customs.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The others, whose time had been more actively employed, began to shew symptoms of innovation,—"the good wine did its good office." The frost of etiquette, and pride of birth, began to give way before the genial blessings of this benign constellation, and the formal appellatives with which the three dignitaries had hitherto addressed each other, were now familiarly abbreviated into Tully, Bally, and Killie.
gloss: Something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: One of the remarkable innovations in concrete technology is the development of self-healing cementitious materials through the incorporation of bacterial agents.
gloss: A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Antonyms: exnovation
Derived words: hyperinnovation
innovational
innovationary
innovationism
innovationist
innovention
lexical innovation
necessity is the mother of innovation
Translations:
insolation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from French insolation, from Latin insolatio (“a setting or placing in the sun”).
Inflected forms:
form: insolations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The incident radiant energy emitted by the sun which reaches a unit area over a period of time, typically measured over a horizontal area at the Earth's surface or at the top of Earth's atmosphere.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The difference in insolation between north-facing and south-facing slopes can affect microclimates as much as hundreds of miles of north-south distance on level ground.
gloss: The rate of delivery of such radiation.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: The act or process of exposing to the rays of the sun, such as for the purpose of medical treatment, drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: sunstroke.
pos: noun
tags: dated
uncountable
usually
Derived words: insolational
Translations:
instillation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle French instillation, from Latin instillatio.
Inflected forms:
form: instillations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of instilling.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: That which is instilled.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: instillment
Derived words: instillation abortion
Translations:
insubordination
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From in- + subordination, on the model of French insubordination.
Base: subordination
Affixes: in-
Inflected forms:
form: insubordinations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The quality or state of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority; specifically, an employee's failure or refusal to comply with a request or an assignment given by his/her supervisor.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Green, who served as a technical manager in the network's Washington bureau, charged in her suit that she was subject to "repeated acts of insubordination by white male engineers and technicians, with the effect of the erosion and undermining of [her] ability to carry out her duties as supervisor."
Translations:
insubstantial
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Probably from Middle French insubstantiel, from Latin insubstantiālis, from in- + substantiālis. By surface analysis, in- + substantial.
Inflected forms:
form: more insubstantial
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most insubstantial
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Lacking substance; not real or strong.
pos: adj
examples: The bridge was insubstantial and would not safely carry a car.
By manipulating the flow of magic, Eragon quickly descended from the Ra'zac's lair—which the insubstantial wall of stone once again hid—to the ledge.
Antonyms: substantial
Translations:
insulation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
Etymology: Etymology tree
English insulate
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English -ion
English insulation
From insulate + -ion.
Inflected forms:
form: insulations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of insulating; detachment from other objects; isolation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.
gloss: The state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The state of a body so separated.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy from additional sources.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: insular
insulate
insulator
isolate
isolation
peninsula
Derived words: basic insulation level
blanket insulation
cellular glass insulation
composite board insulation
glass fiber insulation
insulationism
insulationist
microinsulation
noninsulation
superinsulation
thermoinsulation
Translations:
insurmountable
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English surmount
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English surmountable
English insurmountable
From in- + surmountable.
Inflected forms:
form: more insurmountable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most insurmountable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable
pos: adj
examples: Getting everybody to agree proved to be an insurmountable difficulty.
Overcoming Japan’s demographic crisis has proved insurmountable for occupants of the Kantei – the prime minister’s office – long before Kishida moved in last autumn.
Translations:
intact
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle French intact, from Latin intact(us).
Inflected forms:
form: more intact
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most intact
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied, or otherwise damaged.
pos: adj
examples: I packed my belongings carefully so that they would survive the move intact.
But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the mild good cheer behind it.
gloss: Virginal; having an intact hymen.
pos: adj
examples: She hadn't been... molested? No, no, nothing like that. I have examined her. She is quite intact.
gloss: Uncircumcised; having an intact foreskin.
pos: adj
examples: GM, 28, intact, atheist, 5'9", 140 lbs., seeks similar guy 20-30 for conversation and other forms of communication.
gloss: Not castrated.
pos: adj
examples: an intact bull
Synonyms: intact
uncut
undivided
unsevered
whole
Antonyms: broken
Related words: entire
Derived words: intact dilation and evacuation
intact dilation and extraction
intactivism
intactly
intactness
nonintact
Translations:
intake
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: From English dialectal (Northern England/Scotland), deverbal of take in, equivalent to in- + take. More at in-, take.
Base: take
Affixes: in-
Inflected forms:
form: intakes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: intakes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: intaking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: intook
pos: verb
tags: past
form: intaken
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The quantity taken in.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the intake of air
In 2010 almost 120,000 people died prematurely and 108 million life years were lost—because of inadequate vitamin A intake.
gloss: An act or instance of taking in.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: an intake of oxygen or food
The company wasn't allowed to make him 'forcibly participate in seminars and end-of-week drinks frequently ending up in excessive alcohol intake, encouraged by associates who made very large quantities of alcohol available', the court said.
gloss: A nostril, especially a large one.
pos: noun
tags: countable
derogatory
slang
uncountable
gloss: The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the new intake of students
gloss: The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A tract of land enclosed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
dialectal
uncountable
gloss: The part of language input that is actually processed by a learner.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: […]Due to internal and external processing restraints, only part of the input becomes intake, only part of the intake becomes acquired, and only part of the acquired intake can be used by the learner.
gloss: To take in or draw in; to bring in from outside.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Well, I "intook" the general situation west of the Mississippi because I did not get much of a chance to see things east of the Mississippi.
The particle concentration in the ascending hot current of the combustion product have^([sic]) been measured by intaking the current into the counter close to the sample plate in the furnace.
I deduced that if I am intaking the same amount of calories that I always did during Induction, but I am causing my metabolic rate to slow down, it makes sense that the same amount of calories taken in will not burn off as fast as they once did […]
Derived words: adequate intake
air intake
avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
intake manifold
intake silencer
intake system
intake valve
Translations:
intermediation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English intermediate
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English -ion
English intermediation
From intermediate (verb) + -ion.
Inflected forms:
form: intermediations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An act of coming between; an intervention.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
gloss: Intervention; interposition.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
Derived words: disintermediation
reintermediation
Translations:
intermixture
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
English mixture
English intermixture
From inter- + mixture.
Inflected forms:
form: intermixtures
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed.
pos: noun
gloss: Admixture; an additional ingredient.
pos: noun
Translations:
intensification
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English intense
English -ification
English intensification
From intense + -ification.
Inflected forms:
form: intensifications
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: With the intensification of air raids on London last September, these tube platforms began to be used as an air raid shelter, and shelterers travelled by train (specially stopped there) from other stations in order to gain access.
[...] moreover, the layout fortunately allows for the likely intensification of the suburban service.
Without such practices, the natural tendency of AI-assisted work is not contraction but intensification, with implications for burnout, decision quality, and long-term sustainability.
Translations:
internment
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English intern
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English internment
From intern + -ment.
Inflected forms:
form: internments
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being imprisoned, usually without trial.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Policies that favor criminalization and internment are promoted over support for social transformation and equity.
Nevertheless, the economic and emotional effects of the internment were severe, and the United States Government has yet to make good on its promises of reparations.
Translations:
interpellation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
human-sciences
philosophy
politics
sciences
Etymology: From Middle French interpellation, from Latin interpellātiō; equivalent to interpellate + -ion or interpel + -ation.
Base: interpellate
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: interpellations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of interpellating (questioning); the period in which government officials are questioned about and explain an act, a policy or a point raised during a debate.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: While the petition was circulating, a Progressive deputy asked the Minister of the Interior what the Prussian government intended to do about it. The interpellation was intended to elicit a condemnation, but the minister’s pro forma reply that the government did not intend to abrogate Jewish rights was seen by the petitioners as an encouraging sign.
gloss: The act of interpellating: the act of identification.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The act of interpelling: interruption.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
interpenetration
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
English penetration
English interpenetration
From inter- + penetration.
Inflected forms:
form: interpenetrations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of penetrating between or within other substances; mutual penetration.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The situation of two or more bodies overlapping in three-dimensional space, with part of the bodies lying within each other.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: self-intersection
Translations:
interposition
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English interposicion, from Old French interposicion, from Latin interpositio.
Inflected forms:
form: interpositions
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: […] a Scuffle immediately ensued, which might have produced Mischief, had it not been prevented by the Interposition of Thwackum and the Physician […]
“True, true,” cried Mr. Knightley, with most ready interposition—“very true […]”
As he spoke, he tried to catch the remnant of the paper, but was too late—Lady Anne's eye had been more accurate than to admit such an interposition;...
gloss: The thing interposed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: interpose
interposal
interposer
interpositional
Derived words: noninterposition
Translations:
intercommunication
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
English communication
English intercommunication
From inter- + communication.
Inflected forms:
form: intercommunications
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: entercommunication
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Mutual communication.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Even in beasts, that have no voice at all, by the reciprocall kindnesse, which we see in them, we easily inferre there is some other meane of entercommunication: their jestures treat, and their motions discourse.
Starting in their different musical worlds, they attempted endless ways of achieving a partnership, at last finding some kind of "intercommunication".
Translations:
interrelation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
English relation
English interrelation
From inter- + relation.
Inflected forms:
form: interrelations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Mutual or reciprocal relation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
intimidate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Medieval Latin intimidātus, perfect passive participle of Latin intimidō (“to intimidate, terrify”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + timidus (“afraid, timid”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see timid.
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: intimidates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: intimidating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: intimidated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: intimidated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.
His father tried to intimidate his son into staying, threatening him with banishment and a possible beating.
Translations:
interrogation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English interrogacion, from Old French interrogacion, from Latin interrogātiō, from interrogō, from inter- (“between; among”) + rogō (“to ask; to request”). Equivalent to inter- + rogation or interrogate + -ion.
Base: rogation
Affixes: inter-
Inflected forms:
form: interrogations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of interrogating or questioning; an examination by questions; an inquiry.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: There is no interrogation in his eyes / Or in the hands, quiet over the horse's neck, / And the eyes watchful, waiting, perceiving, indifferent.
As an isolating language Belter Creole is rich in particles. Particles are used to indicate both negation and interrogation: na is the negative particle and it is placed before the verb
gloss: A question put; an inquiry.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A question mark.
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
uncountable
Related words: interrogate
interrogative
interrogator
interrogatory
rogation
subrogation
Derived words: counterinterrogation
cross-interrogation
enhanced interrogation
enhanced interrogation technique
interrogational
interrogation mark
interrogation-point
interrogation point
mark of interrogation
note of interrogation
overinterrogation
reinterrogation
Translations:
intimidation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From intimidate + -ion. Compare French intimidation; perhaps modeled on it.
Base: intimidate
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: intimidations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It broadly includes all the people with specific recognition for none, and the highest consecration we can make today is a committal of the Republican party to that saving constitutionalism which contemplates all America as one people and holds just government free from influence on the one hand, and unmoved by intimidation on the other.
Translations: