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"IMPS" is a plural of: imp. |
Date "IMPS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Census | (Integrated Microcomputer Processing System) Computer software developed by the former International Statistical Programs Center specifically to meet the needs of developing countries. IMPS contains modules to perform data entry, editing, tabulation, operational control, and statistical analysis with a common user interface and a common data dictionary. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To see imps in your dream, signifies trouble from what seems a passing pleasure. To dream that you are an imp, denotes that folly and vice will bring you to poverty. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
IMPS | English | Inpatient Multidimensional Psychiatric Scale | N/A |
IMPS | French | Système de messagerie de personne personne | Computing |
IMPS | German | Impatient Multidimensional Psychiatric Scale | Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: IMPS |
| Specialty definitions using "IMPS": HOLY WATER ♦ QUICKTAB. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Well, Pete, there are all manner of lesser imps and demons, but the great Satan hisself is red and scaly with a bifurcated tail, and he carries a hay fork. (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; writing credit: Ethan Coen) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Two Little Imps (1917) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | These imps point at the guillotine and laugh. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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Economic History | France | However, the sector is expected to generate a 13 percent increase in sales for 2001. This rebound is related to various factors, including the disappearance of local currencies in favor of the Euro in January 2002; the building up of Intranets among corporations (i.e. E-business services); the implementation of Integrated Management Products (IMPs) and additional modules; the need for greater Internet connectivity; and requirements for second-tier contracting services. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "IMPS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 78.57% of the time. "IMPS" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 78.57% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 14.29% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 7.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "IMPS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | integrerede Middelhavsprogrammer (integrated Mediterranean programmes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | GMP's (integrated Mediterranean programmes), geïntegreerde mediterrane programma's (Integrated Mediterranean Programmes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | programmes intégrés méditerranéens. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Integrierte Mittelmeerprogramme (Integrated Mediterranean Programmes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | ΜΟ (integrated Mediterranean programmes), Μεσογειακά Ολοκληρωμένα ρογράμματα (Integrated Mediterranean Programmes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | Programmi integrati mediterranei (Integrated Mediterranean Programmes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | impsay Programas Integrados Mediterrânicos (Integrated Mediterranean Programmes), Custo/Eficácia e Custo/Benefício (borrowing and lending operations, Control of flanking policies(ERDF, EAGGF Guidance Section), ESF, the Cohesion Fund). (various references) Programas Integrados Mediterráneos (Integrated Mediterranean Programmes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "IMPS": blimps, chimps, crimps, gimps, limps, pimps, primps, scrimps, shrimps, simps, skimps, superpimps, wimps. (additional references) | |
Words containing "IMPS": glimpse, glimpsed, glimpser, glimpsers, glimpses, glimpsing, limpsey, limpsier, limpsiest, limpsy, palimpsest, palimpsests, slimpsier, slimpsiest, slimpsy. (additional references) | |
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"IMPS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dmps, emp, emph, iapc, ibpf, icmp, icp, Icpc, idps, Iepg, imap, imas, imass, Imis, Imisp, imop, imos, Imosa, impa, impas, impass, impe, impis, impl, impo, impos, impp, impt, Impy, ims, Imsi, Imsl, Imus, inp, insps, ioms, iops, ipm, Ipma, ipms, ipos, ipps, ipsc, ipsy, irps, Ismp, Iup, iupd, ivp, jimps, kimps, mips, mipst, simps, timps, ymp. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: simp. | |
| Words within the letters "i-m-p-s" | |
-1 letter: imp, ism, mis, pis, psi, sim, sip. | |
-2 letters: is, mi, pi, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-m-p-s" | |
+1 letter: gimps, impis, limps, pimas, pimps, prims, prism, simps, skimp, wimps. | |
+2 letters: blimps, chimps, crimps, impels, impish, impose, impost, limpas, limpsy, milpas, mishap, mispen, mixups, mopish, opiums, passim, porism, primas, primes, primos, primps, primus, prisms, purism, scampi, scrimp, shrimp, simper, simple, simply, skimps, skimpy, spirem. | |
+3 letters: armpits, baptism, dampish, dimples, dumpish, empires, emprise, empties, emptins, epimers, episome, glimpse, guimpes, impacts, impairs, impalas, impales, imparks, imparts, impasse, impaste, impasto, impawns, impedes, impends, impetus, imphees, impings, impious, implies, impones, imports, imposed, imposer, imposes, imposts, impresa, imprese, impress, imprest, improvs, impugns, impulse, imputes, jimpest, limpers, limpest, limpets, limpsey, lipomas, lumpish, magilps, magpies, megilps, midship, milksop, miscopy, mishaps, miskeep, miskept, mispage, mispart, mispens, misplan, misplay, mispled, misstep, misstop, mistype, mopiest, muspike, myopias, myopies, optimes, palmist, pastime, paynims, peonism, permits, phasmid, pianism, pietism, pigmies, pimples, pismire, pitmans, plasmic, plasmid, plasmin, plenism, plimsol, podiums, pommies, porisms, prelims, premies, premise, premiss, primers, primsie, promise, psalmic, pumices, purisms, pyemias, pygmies, rimples, rompish, scrimps, scrimpy, semipro, septime, shipman, shipmen, shrimps, shrimpy, simpers, simpler, simples, simplex, skimped, slimpsy, sophism, spermic, spireme, spirems, spumier, spuming, spumoni, tropism, umpires, uptimes, utopism, vampish, wampish, wimpish, wimples. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 4D 50 53 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -- .--. ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01001101 01010000 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I M P S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 004D 0050 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43475053 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Abbreviations 10. Acronyms 11. Derivations 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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