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• IDE
  IDE

  abbreviation

  integrated development environment.
• -ide
  -ide

  a suffix used in the names of chemical compounds.
• ide
  ide

  noun

  another name for the silver orfe See orfe
• –ide
  –ide

  A 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

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. integrated development environment.

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-ide ² American  

Or -id

1. a suffix used in the names of chemical compounds.

   bromide.

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ide ¹ British  

/ aɪd /

noun

1. another name for the silver orfe See orfe

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-ide ² British  

suffix

1. (added to the combining form of the nonmetallic or electronegative elements) indicating a binary compound

   sodium chloride

2. indicating an organic compound derived from another

   acetanilide

3. indicating one of a class of compounds or elements

   peptide

   lanthanide

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–ide Scientific  

1. A 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).

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Etymology

Origin of -ide

Extracted from oxide

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

IDE -ide ide –ide

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 Technologies, the Israeli company behind the new desalination proposal, has seized on that legacy, calling its project “an infinite and unlimited reverse Colorado.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2023

IDE said the plant would be built near Puerto Peñasco, along the Sea of Cortez in the Mexican state of Sonora.

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

If that fails, try the different IDE devices: /dev/hdc, etc.

From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by John Goerzen

Elemental anionic names are changed to end in -ide.

From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018

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

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

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

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

By gum," he exclaimed, "that thar's a good 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