Ind
noun
Ind
1 American
[ind]
/ ɪnd /
IND
2
American
abbreviation
Pharmacology.
ind-
3
American
ind.
4
American
abbreviation
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independence.
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independent.
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index.
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indicated.
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indicative.
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indigo.
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indirect.
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industrial.
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industry.
Ind.
5
American
I.N.D.
6
American
abbreviation
Ind.
1
British
abbreviation
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Independent
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India
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Indian
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Indiana
Ind
2
British
/ ɪnd /
IND
3
British
abbreviation
-
Also: IDN. in nomine Dei
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India (international car registration)
Etymology
Origin of Ind1
1175–1225; Middle English Inde < Old French Inde < Latin India India
Origin of I.N.D.6
From Latin in nōmine Deī
Example Sentences
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FX released on Tuesday a surprise flashback episode of ‘The Bear,’ written by Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who star as cousins Mikey and Richie on a road trip to Gary, Ind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
That venture raised $5.7 billion in a sale of junk bonds, with proceeds going toward buying land and developing a 430 megawatt data-center complex in New Lebanon, Ind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
"A second visit to Eps Ind Ab with JWST: new photometry confirms ammonia and suggests thick clouds in the exoplanet atmosphere of the closest super-Jupiter" in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2026
She stars as a commercial cleaner in her latest film project, “We Strangers,” an observation on assimilation, code switching and belonging in Gary, Ind.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
Then, indeed, will man's helpmate become to him and to his children "More rich than pearls of Ind or gold of Ophir, And in her sex more wonderful and rare."
From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine
The stockpile also contains millions of doses of another vaccine, called ACAM2000, which is approved for smallpox and available for monkeypox under an IND.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2022
Dubbing itself Saving IND, an alumni-led group obtained hundreds of signatures on an online petition supporting efforts to keep the school open.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 11, 2020
Are there ways for companies to deal with the difficulty to gain IND approvals in China?
From Forbes ● Apr. 29, 2015
FMT for recurrent C. difficile infections can be performed without any mandatory screening, whereas FMT for other indications cannot be performed without an IND, a hurdle that will dissuade some physician–investigators.
From Nature ● Feb. 19, 2014
NOTE.—In the familiar style, the second person singular of this verb, is usually and more properly formed thus: IND.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
From same as No. 22; pres. ind. 1st plur. act.,
From Greek in a Nutshell by Strong, James
Has, haz, 3d pers. sing. pres. ind. of have.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Hast, hast, 2d pers. sing. pres. ind. of have.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Wolford, Frank, colonel 1st Kentucky Cavalry, famous command "Huddle on the hill, boys"; pursues Morgan raiders; commands ind. cavalry brigade; defeated near Loudon.
From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 by Cox, Jacob Dolson
The 2nd person sing. of the pres. ind. occurs only once in the rhyme, 1333 tase—thou hase, tas—gas.
From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown
Gas prices are part of the reason John Raisor, who lives in Madison, Ind., a small town about an hour outside Louisville, Ky., stopped using dating apps.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
I was born in Fort Wayne, Ind., but we moved around a lot early on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
At Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari, a 300-acre, family-owned theme park in Santa Claus, Ind., the most-coveted openings for younger teens filled quickly after the application process began at the start of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
Once we’ve shaken hands on this unavoidable tension, we can wrestle with Antoine Fuqua’s “Michael,” an open-hearted biopic of Jackson, extending from his boyhood in Gary, Ind., to the late-’80s tour for “Bad.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Leaves obovate or oval, somewhat petioled, longer than the spikes, yellowish; berries white.—On various deciduous trees, N. J. to S. Ind., Mo., and southward.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Six weeks later, in July, 2013, the F.D.A. declared an exception for doctors treating recurrent C. difficile: they would be allowed to perform fecal transplants without an I.N.D.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 24, 2014
In order to offer it to patients, doctors would need to file an investigational new-drug application, or I.N.D., and obtain the agency’s permission.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 24, 2014
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