IDE
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–ideA suffix used to form the names of various chemical compounds, especially the second part of the name of a compound that has two members (such as sodium chloride) or the name of a general type of compound (such as polysaccharide).
IDE
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-ide
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American
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-id
-ide
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British
suffix
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(added to the combining form of the nonmetallic or electronegative elements) indicating a binary compound
sodium chloride
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indicating an organic compound derived from another
acetanilide
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indicating one of a class of compounds or elements
peptide
lanthanide
ide
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British
/ aɪd /
noun
–ide
Scientific
Etymology
Origin of -ide
Extracted from oxide
Example Sentences
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IBM’s latest integrated developer environment, or IDE, is the first product in which Anthropic’s flagship Claude AI models will be directly available.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
IDE would release that brine into the sea.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2023
“It is very good news indeed that a company that has the track record that IDE apparently has is interested in coming here and taking this on.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2022
IDE results could also help ecologists forecast which ecosystems are most at risk during dry spells, as well as broader ecological ripple effects.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 23, 2022
IDE, - Herewith please find the DOCUMENT, which I trust will prove sufficient in law.
From Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson
Elemental anionic names are changed to end in -ide.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018
A salt derived from a binary acid is given a name consisting of the names of the two elements composing it, with the termination -ide.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
Salts formed from hydracids terminate in -ide, following the rule for binary compounds.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
Scientists have known for almost two centuries that plants, in one of nature's most mysterious processes, use sunlight to make sugar, fats and other high-energy chemicals out of water and carbon diox ide.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the other side were 1,000,000 dissident Berbers, led by two of Ben Bella's wartime comrades whose ide ology is vague, but who oppose his ruthless power drive and his economically disastrous rule.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps it has something to do with that old Southern blend of agrarian ide alism and the-18th century romance with the noble savage.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ukranian peasants used to say: "nash didus ide," meaning that winter, a bundled-up old grandfather, had come to visit.
From Time Magazine Archive
To-be-sure, some will use more'n others, but give 'em an ide'.
From That Printer of Udell's by Harold Bell Wright
The name of the metal is written first, followed by the name of the nonmetal with its ending changed to –ide.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
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