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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

integrated development environment.

-ide ² American

Or -id

a suffix used in the names of chemical compounds.

bromide.

-ide ¹ British

suffix

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

sodium chloride
indicating an organic compound derived from another

acetanilide
indicating one of a class of compounds or elements

peptide
lanthanide

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ide ² British

/ aɪd /

noun

another name for the silver orfe See orfe

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–ide Scientific

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).

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, one of the world’s largest desalination companies, declined to comment for this story.

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

For example, the first primary partition on the first IDE drive is /dev/hda1.

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

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