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# ic

fragment; abbreviation (IC)

«ic» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. -ic is a suffix (word ending) that makes adjectives: magic, heroic, metallic, athletic; it means of or like. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#m1)
2. (abbreviation) IC stands for integrated circuit, a tiny electronic chip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#m2)
3. (abbreviation) In some places I/C means in charge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#m3)
4. On its own, ic is not an English word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#m4)

### In the lessons

In spelling and grammar lessons on suffixes (hero to heroic, atom to atomic); in computing, IC chips.

### Examples

- Ic on its own is not a word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#x1)
- Add -ic to hero to make heroic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#x2)
- Words ending in -ic often add -ally to make adverbs: magic, magically. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#x3)
- A phone is full of IC chips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#x4)
- The -ic ending in Arctic is easy to forget when you say it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#x5)
- Volcano becomes volcanic with -ic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#x6)
- And so a short answer is often spoken of as being la-con-ic; that is, as being such an answer as a Lacon would be likely to give. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/#x7)

### Note

Honest entry: a fragment and an abbreviation. Spelling trap: adverbs from -ic words end in -ically (basically, not basicly); public is the exception: publicly.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ic.html) on Mova free.