Meaning
Not well in your body; sick.
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Word origin
From Old Norse illr, meaning bad; the sense of unwell grew later in British English.
- Origin
- Old Norse
- Root
- illr
Examples
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"Ill" means not well in your body.
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"Ill" usually comes after the verb "be".
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"Make you ill" means cause you to stop being well.
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Present perfect continuous in English: have been + -ing
Relative clauses in English: defining and non-defining
Reported speech in English: backshift table and examples
To be in English: am, is and are (chart and examples)
Suffixes in English: word building with -ness, -ful, -ly
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 18, lesson 8: ill, expensive, barely and 7 more words.