IDE
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-idea suffix used in the names of chemical compounds.
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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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-id
ide
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/ aɪd /
noun
-ide
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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
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
Bureau of Land Management is reviewing an application from IDE to construct those lines through the park.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2023
The first phase, a single pipeline, could carry about 300,000 acre-feet of water to Arizona and could be operational by 2027, with future pipes supplying up to 1 million acre-feet, the IDE representatives said.
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
For example, the names hda1 and hda2 represent the first and second partitions of the first IDE disk drive in your system.
From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Goerzen, John
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 McPherson, William
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
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
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
Ukranian peasants used to say: "nash didus ide," meaning that winter, a bundled-up old grandfather, had come to visit.
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
The ending ide is applied to the last name of binaries.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips
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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