"IA" meaning in English

See IA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Head templates: {{head|en|interjection}} IA
  1. (Arabic English) inshallah; God willing Tags: Arabic, English
    Sense id: en-IA-en-intj-FZhF6zYC

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} IA
  1. Abbreviation of Iowa: a state of the United States. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Iowa (extra: a state of the United States) Categories (place): Places in the United States, States of the United States
    Sense id: en-IA-en-name-XknSJke0 Categories (other): Abbreviations of states of the United States, Iowa, USA
  2. (military, uncountable) Initialism of Indian Army. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Indian Army
    Sense id: en-IA-en-name-AyU9YMBP Categories (other): Military Topics: government, military, politics, war
  3. (India) Initialism of Indian Airlines. Tags: India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Indian Airlines
    Sense id: en-IA-en-name-GNrje~V1 Categories (other): Indian English
  4. (military) Initialism of Iraqi Army. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Iraqi Army
    Sense id: en-IA-en-name-GBf6-R4J Categories (other): Military Topics: government, military, politics, war
  5. (computing) Initialism of Intel Architecture. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Intel Architecture
    Sense id: en-IA-en-name-qJjWffxR Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  6. Initialism of Ice Age. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Ice Age
    Sense id: en-IA-en-name-8nGcXKdL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 5 0 6 0 7 16 5 1 4 10 8 3 1 2 8 8 1 4 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 9 9 5 4 1 3 1 3 9 3 0 3 5 4 1 0 0 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 9 10 9 1 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 6 3 0 4 0 3 12 3 0 3 6 5 2 0 0 6 6 0 2 1 0 0 7 7 7 1 0
  7. (Internet) Initialism of Internet Archive: an American nonprofit digital library website founded in 1996. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Internet Archive (extra: an American nonprofit digital library website founded in 1996)
    Sense id: en-IA-en-name-oaTgB6Ek Categories (other): Internet
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: IA-32, IA-64 Related terms: Indian Army at the Encyclopedia of India, Indian Airlines at the Encyclopædia Britannica

Noun

Forms: IAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} IA (countable and uncountable, plural IAs)
  1. Initialism of immediate action, the procedure to determine the cause of a rifle stoppage. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: immediate action (extra: the procedure to determine the cause of a rifle stoppage)
    Sense id: en-IA-en-noun-CTWmepLU
  2. Initialism of Institute of Arts. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Institute of Arts
    Sense id: en-IA-en-noun-gqGwJzkW
  3. (computing) Initialism of information assurance. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: information assurance
    Sense id: en-IA-en-noun-BqNmQ2KL Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. (law enforcement) Initialism of internal affairs, a department responsible for investigating complaints against police officers. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: internal affairs (extra: a department responsible for investigating complaints against police officers)
    Sense id: en-IA-en-noun-yqZpSsZ3 Categories (other): Law enforcement Topics: government, law-enforcement
  5. (military) Initialism of individual augmentee. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: individual augmentee
    Sense id: en-IA-en-noun-wAlSAcx1 Categories (other): Military Topics: government, military, politics, war
  6. (linguistic morphology) Initialism of item-and-arrangement. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: item-and-arrangement
    Sense id: en-IA-en-noun-qDPkUVe7 Categories (other): Linguistic morphology Topics: human-sciences, linguistic-morphology, linguistics, morphology, sciences
  7. (grammar) Initialism of internal argument. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: internal argument
    Sense id: en-IA-en-noun-Tk8LZg5i Categories (other): Grammar Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  8. (politics) Initialism of international affairs. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: international affairs
    Sense id: en-IA-en-noun-GkbpH61G Categories (other): Politics Topics: government, politics
  9. Initialism of industrial action. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: industrial action
    Sense id: en-IA-en-noun-N1H7ds9L
  10. Initialism of Impact Assessment. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Impact Assessment
    Sense id: en-IA-en-noun-2qqLSfeG
  11. (Philippines, education) Initialism of industrial arts, one of the strands under the TVL track in senior high school. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: industrial arts, one of the strands under the TVL track in senior high school
    Sense id: en-IA-en-noun-OEpKd9QY Categories (other): Philippine English, Education Topics: education
  12. (UK) Initialism of initial accommodation (for immigrants) Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: initial accommodation (extra: for immigrants)
    Sense id: en-IA-en-noun-uR3HEsT5 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: IAD [law-enforcement, government], IAB [law-enforcement, government]

Inflected forms

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