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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Independent, unaffiliated (especially not affiliated with a major organization or company).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
Indianapolis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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name
The fictional archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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name
The Independent, a British newspaper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, informal
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noun
An independent entity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A car designed to meet the rules on the Indianapolis 500 car race.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports, transport, vehicles
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Synonyms: indy car, indycar, Formula Indy car, Formula Indy
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noun
An open-wheel open-cockpit single-seat racecar
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: automotive, hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports, transport, vehicles
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Synonyms: indy car, indycar
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noun
A motorcar race that uses this type of car
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports
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Synonyms: indy car race, indycar race
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phrase
Acronym of I'm not dead yet (“a fruit-fly gene, mutant versions of which are said to have increased the organism's lifespan”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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History
From independent, by shortening, + -y.
Clipping of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Independent + -y.
From Indianapolis (“location of major car race”).
