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Definitions: Ignite |
IgniteVerb1. Cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter."; "Light a cigarette.". 2. Start to burn; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly.". 3. Arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ignite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Energy | To heat a gaseous mixture to the temperature at which combustion takes place. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: IgniteSynonyms: catch fire (v), erupt (v), fire up (v), heat (v), inflame (v), light (v), stir up (v), take fire (v), wake (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: extinguish (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Calefaction | Fire; set fire to, set on fire; kindle, enkindle, light, ignite, strike a light; apply the match to, apply the torch to; rekindle, relume; fan the flame, add fuel to the flame; poke the fire, stir the fire, blow the fire; make a bonfire of. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Great storms announce themselves with a single breeze, and a single random spark can ignite the fires of rebellion. (Ladyhawke; writing credit: Edward Khmara) Oh, Key of Clow power of magic power of light surrender the wand the force ignite! (CardCaptors; writing credit: Jennifer Pertsch) Mars Fire Ignite! (Sailor Moon; writing credit: Todd Swift) | |
Lyrics | Waiting to ignite ("Shine"; performing artist: Cyndi Lauper) From the day me born jah ignite ma flame gal a call ma name and it is ma Fame ("Get Busy"; performing artist: SEAN PAUL) | |
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| Match; matchbox; flame; flaming; fire; flint; ignite; light. | Ignite; fire; flame; lighter; lighting; flicking; flint; fuel. | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
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Economic History | Cote D'ivoire | In 1994, for example, the fifty percent devaluation of the CFA franc failed to ignite popular unrest, despite the government's decision to hold average wage increases to only 10 percent. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Ignite" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 77.65% of the time. "Ignite" is used about 85 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 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 77.65% | 66 | 41,290 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 22.35% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Total | 100.00% | 85 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "ignite": re-ignite. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ignite | 76 |
bt ignite | 28 |
steve madden ignite | 12 |
ignite lyrics | 12 |
fat ignite | 11 |
ignite kazaa | 10 |
ignite magazine | 9 |
ignite plus | 8 |
action figure ignite | 5 |
fire ignite | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ignite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vë zjarr (burn down, fire, kindle), nxeh fort, ndez (activate, burn, enkindle, fire, fire up, foment, heat, inflame, kindle, light, make the fire, set fire, set light to, set on fire, switch on, turn on). (various references) | |
Arabic | إلتهب (inflame), إشتعل (burn, catch fire, flame, flame up, sparkle, strike), أشعل (burn, enkindle, fan the flame, fire, inflame, kindle, light, light up, lit, rekindle, switch on, torch, turn on). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | възпламенявам (detonate, enkindle, fulminate, set off, touch off), запалвам се (catch fire, enthuse, fire, inflame, kindle, light, warm), запалвам (enthuse, fire, have a smoke, kick over, kindle, light, light up, start, start up, turn on, warm), подпалвам се (catch fire), подпалвам (burn up, set fire to, set on fire), паля (fire, light, strike, switch on, turn on, turn over). (various references) | |
Chinese | 發火 (catch fire, detonate, get angry), 点燃 (ignited, Igniting, kindle, kindled, kindling, lighted). (various references) | |
Czech | zapálit (blow in, electrify, enkindle, fire, kindle, light, set fire, set fire to, set on fire), vznítit se (catch, inflame), podpálit, chytit (capture, catch, catch fire, clutch, field, get, grasp, light, pick up, seize, take, take a fire, take fire). (various references) | |
Danish | tænde (fire, kindle, light, to ignite, to inflame), stoffet kan spontant antændes ved kontakt med luft (the substance may spontaneously ignite on contact with air). (various references) | |
Dutch | ontsteken (excite, firing, kindle, light, to ignite, to inflame). (various references) | |
Farsi | مشتعل شدن (Burn, Flame, Light, Low), گیراندن , اتش گرفتن (Inflame, Light, Spunk), اتش زدن (Alight, Burn, Fire), روشن کردن (Alight, Brighten, Clarify, Daylight, Elucidate, Enlighten, Explain, Illuminate, Lighten, Refresh, Relume). (various references) | |
Finnish | sytyttää (fire, kindle set fire to, light, set on fire), syttyä (be kindled, blaze up, break out, burst into flames, catch fire, kindle, light, take fire), hehkuttaa (bring . . to a red heat, heat to incandescence). (various references) | |
French | prendre le feu, mettre le feu , enflammer (to ignite). (various references) | |
German | zünden (burn, catch, catch fire, catch light, detonate, excite, fire, firing, flash on, kindle, kindle enthusiasm, let off, light, set alight, set off, strike, take fire, to ignite, v.), entzünden (fire, ignition, inflame, kindle, light, spark, strike, to ignite), anzünden (fire, ignition, kindle, light, set fire to, to set fire to, to strike). (various references) | |
Greek | πυρπολώ (set on fire), ανάβω (go on 1, go on 2, kindle, light, light up, lit, switch on, turn on). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ל"תלקח (be inflamed, blaze up, catch fire, fire, fire up, flame, flare up), ל"ת יע (start), ל""ליק (burn, kindle, light, light up, set light to, switch on), ל""לק, ל"צית (fire, kindle, light, set fire to, set on fire, spark), לבער (kindle light). (various references) | |
Hungarian | meggyullad (flame up, to break into flames, to burst into flame, to burst into flames, to catch fire, to flame up, to go up in flames, to ignite, to inflame, to kindle, to light, to take fire), meggyújt (inflame, kindle, light, lit, to ignite, to inflame, to kindle, to light, to prime), lángra lobban (flame up, flare up, get inflamed, to blaze up, to break into flames, to burst into flame, to burst into flames, to catch alight, to flame up, to flare up, to go up in flames, to inflame), hevít (to fire, to flush, to heat, to warm up), begyújt (lit, prime, to light, to prime, to start up). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menyulut (become heatedly angry, kindle, trigger), menyalakan (boot, enkindle), mencetuskan (kindle, spark). (various references) | |
Italian | infiammare (become inflamed, fire, heat, inflame, kindle, set on fire, take fire), dare fuoco. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 燃え付く (to catch fire, to ignite), 燃え付く (to catch fire, to ignite). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | もえつく (to catch fire, to ignite). (various references) | |
Korean | 발"하십시". (various references) | |
Manx | foaddey (arson, burn, burn up, burning, ignition, incendiarism, kindle, light, set on fire, switch on). (various references) | |
Norwegian | antenne (antenna). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | igniteay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | incendiar (burn, fire, inflame, kindliness, light beer), incandescente (glow, glowing, incandescent), pegar fogo (catch fire), acender (enkindle, fire, kindle, light, lighten, turn on). (various references) | |
Romanian | se aprinde (catch, fire, glow, inflame, kindle, light), face incandescent, da de foc, arde (bake, be on fire, bite, blister, burn, burn away, burn out, burn up, calcine, cauterize, consume, cook, cremate, diddle, glare, glow, grill, heat, inflame, overdo, parch, roast, scald, scorch, sear, shrivel, smart, smoke, strike, tan, you are getting hot), aprinde (animate, beacon, blush, enkindle, excite, fan, fire, heat, inflame, kindle, light, light up, redden, rot, shine, strike). (various references) | |
Russian | зажигать (enkindle, fire, kindle, light). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zapaliti (get inflamed, kindle, light, set fire, set fire to, set on fire), upaliti (light, start up, switch on, turn on), potpaliti (set fire to). (various references) | |
Spanish | incendiarse (catch fire), incendiar (burn down, fire, set fire to, set on fire), pegar fuego a, encenderse (blaze up, blush, burn up, catch, catch fire, come on, come up, flare, flare up, get excited, get red, go off, go on, inflame, kindle, light, strike), encender (burn, fire, firing, illuminate, inflame, kindle, light, light up, lighter, put on, set light to, switch on, to ignite, to inflame, turn on). (various references) | |
Swedish | antända (fire, inflame, kindle, light, set fire to). (various references) | |
Thai | ก่อไฟ. (various references) | |
Turkish | yakmak (bite, burn, cauterize, fire, flash, incinerate, kindle, light, light up, put on, scathe, scorch, sear, set on fire, turn on), tutuşturmak (deflagrate, enkindle, fire, kindle, set on fire), tutuşmak (blaze, burn, catch, catch fire, flame up, inflame, kindle, take), ateşlemek (discharge, fire, let fly, let off, loose, loose off, pop, set off, spark, touch off), ateş almak (catch fire, fire, go off, kindle). (various references) | |
Ukranian | розжарювати до світіння, запалюватися (enkindle, fire, inflame, light), запалювати (enkindle, fire, fuze, inflame, kindle, light up, prime, spark). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ignite": ignited, igniter, igniters, ignites. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ignite": gelignite, lignite, reignite. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ignite": gelignites, lignites, reignited, reignites. (additional references) | |
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"Ignite" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dignite, gnitteg, Ignatiev, Ignatov, Ignaty, Ignesti, igniite, ignit, ignita, ignitor, ignotum, ingit, ingite, ingnite, ingyt, ingyte, iniate, inito, ionit. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ignite" (pronounced ignī"t) |
| 5 | i g n ī" t | reignite. |
| 3 | -n ī" t | dunite, knight, night, nite, overnight, reunite, tonight. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tieing. | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-i-n-t" | |
-1 letter: genii, tinge. | |
-2 letters: gent, gien, inti, nite, tine, ting. | |
-3 letters: eng, gen, get, gie, gin, git, net, nit, teg, ten, tie, tin. | |
-4 letters: en, et, in, it, ne, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-i-n-t" | |
+1 letter: dieting, editing, eviting, exiting, ignited, igniter, ignites, iteming, lignite, nightie, tiering. | |
+2 letters: betiding, bitewing, debiting, diligent, dingiest, emitting, enditing, enticing, evicting, exciting, existing, feinting, fileting, genitive, ginniest, heisting, ideating, igniters, indigent, intrigue, lignites, lingiest, meriting, mingiest, mitering, nighties, quieting, reciting, reignite, resiting, retiling, retiming, retiring, riveting, stingier, thieving, tingeing, tinglier, wingiest, zingiest. | |
+3 letters: antigenic, befitting, bemisting, benignity, billeting, bisecting, bitewings, bittering, clingiest, coediting, cognitive, crediting, delisting, demitting, depicting, desisting, despiting, destining, detailing, detaining, deticking, deviating, digenetic, digesting, digestion, dignities, directing, distingue, dithering, diverting, divesting, eliciting, enigmatic, enlisting, entailing, entitling, entoiling, entwining, erotizing, expiating, fidgeting, filleting, filtering, fingertip, fringiest, gainliest, gelignite, geniality, genitalia, genitalic, genitival, genitives, gentility, giantlike, gibbeting, gimleting, grainiest, hogtieing, hygienist, ignitable, ignitible, incepting, indenting, indigents, infecting, infesting, infighter, ingenuity, ingesting, ingestion, ingestive, injecting, inletting, inserting, insetting, instigate, integrity, intending, interning, interring, intrigued, intriguer, intrigues, inventing, inverting, investing, itemising, itemizing, iterating, jingliest, jittering, kingliest, kittening, listening, littering, loitering, mediating, miseating, mitogenic, nightlife, nightside, nighttime, orienting, originate, pectizing, peptizing, picketing, pigeonite, pipetting, poetising, poetizing, priesting, rebaiting, reediting, refitting, reignited, reignites, relisting, reminting, remitting, requiting, resifting, resisting, resitting, respiting, retailing, retaining, retinting, retitling, reuniting, rewriting, rivetting, seriating, signeting, sintering, sistering, sortieing, stingiest, stringier, stymieing, swingiest, ticketing, tillering, timbering, tingliest, tinkering, tinseling, tiptoeing, tittering, toileting, toxigenic, twingeing, vigilante, weighting, whitening, whitewing, wintering, withering. | |
+4 letters: abiogenist, acetifying, acierating, alienating, alimenting, antilogies, appetising, appetizing, beatifying, bedighting, bedirtying, belittling, benefiting, bepainting, bestirring, bestriding, bethinking, bevomiting, bewitching, biogenetic, blistering, blithering, brigantine, certifying, chittering, coexisting, conceiting, cricketing, datelining, decimating, dedicating, delighting, delimiting, demeriting, deorbiting, depainting, depilating, depositing, deputizing, destaining, detraining, diagenetic, digestions, diligently, dipnetting, discepting, disjecting, disseating, dissecting, dissenting, disserting, distending, eluviating, emaciating, emigrating, emigration, enticingly, entraining, entwisting, epigenetic, eradiating, estimating, estivating, eternising, eternizing, etherizing, ethicizing, etiolating, eugenicist, excitingly, exhibiting, expediting, exploiting, expositing, extincting, extinguish, exuviating, fingertips, flittering, forfeiting, freighting, frittering, gadolinite, garnierite, gelatinize, gelignites, geminating, gemination, geneticist, gentamicin, gentrified, gentrifier, gentrifies, gibbetting, gleization, glistening, glistering, glittering, grittiness, guillotine, guiltiness, gyniatries, hepatizing, herniating, hesitating, hygienists, iatrogenic, iceboating, ignimbrite, indigested, inearthing, infighters, inflecting, ingestible, ingestions, ingratiate, ingredient, inheriting, inquieting, inspecting, instigated, instigates, intaglioed, intangible, intragenic, intreating, intriguers, invaginate, invigilate, invigorate, isoantigen, laterizing, leistering, lentigines, levigating, levigation, levitating, liberating, lightening, lightering, medicating, meditating, meningitic, meningitis, mentioning, metalising, metalizing, metrifying, mightiness, misediting, mismeeting, misseating, missetting, mistending, misterming, moistening, monetising, monetizing, multigenic, negativing, negativism, negativist, negativity, nightlifes, nightsides, nighttimes, originated, originates, overtiming, overtiring, permitting, persisting, pertaining, petrifying, philtering, pigeonites, pigmenting, predicting, preediting, prenticing, presifting, preuniting, prewriting, quietening, receipting, recruiting, rectifying, redbaiting, reemitting, refighting, reigniting, reignition, reinciting, reinviting, reknitting, relighting, repainting, repositing, reprinting, resighting, resinating, resittings, restriking, restriving, retailings, rethinking, retiringly, retraining, retrieving, retrimming, retwisting, revisiting, rivetingly, roistering, sectioning, skittering, slithering, speciating, springiest, springtide, springtime, stenciling, stiffening, stinginess, stringiest, subediting, surfeiting, swithering, televising, tensioning, terrifying, testifying, tetanising, tetanizing, theorising, theorizing, thickening, tightening, timberings, timesaving, tinselling, toenailing, trailering, trellising, trephining, trigeminal, triggering, trinketing, trisecting, twittering, unexciting, unmitering, vertigines, vesicating, vigilantes, vignetting, vignettist, whitenings, whitewings, willingest, witnessing. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 67 6E 69 74 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01100111 01101110 01101001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I g n i t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0067 006E 0069 0074 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)437380758671 |
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