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ingredient

in·gre·di·ent
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [in-gree-dee-uh nt]
    • /ɪnˈgri di ənt/
    • /ɪnˈɡriːdiənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-gree-dee-uh nt]
    • /ɪnˈgri di ənt/

Definitions of ingredient word

  • noun ingredient something that enters as an element into a mixture: Flour, eggs, and sugar are the main ingredients in the cake. 1
  • noun ingredient a constituent element of anything; component: the ingredients of political success. 1
  • noun ingredient Any of the foods or substances that are combined to make a particular dish. 1
  • noun ingredient food: part of recipe 1
  • noun ingredient component part 1
  • countable noun ingredient Ingredients are the things that are used to make something, especially all the different foods you use when you are cooking a particular dish. 0

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Origin of ingredient

First appearance:

before 1425
One of the 25% oldest English words
1425-75; late Middle English < Latin ingredient- (stem of ingrediēns), present participle of ingredī to go or step into, commence, equivalent to in- in-2 + -gredient- going; see gradient

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Parts of speech for Ingredient

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

ingredient popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

ingredient usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for ingredient

noun ingredient

  • factor — Christmas factor.
  • additive — An additive is a substance which is added in small amounts to foods or other things in order to improve them or to make them last longer.
  • piece — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
  • fixing — Informal. a position from which it is difficult to escape; predicament.
  • integral — of, relating to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component: integral parts.

Antonyms for ingredient

noun ingredient

  • whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.

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