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IndE

IndE is the abbreviation of Indian English.

Meaning of Indian English

Noun

Indian English (countable and uncountable, plural Indian Englishes)

  1. A major dialect of the English language, spoken in many varieties in India and by people from India.
    • Much more common was the bureaucratic use of Indian English. Below the level of the most highly educated, whose English was invariably modelled on old-fashioned teaching, were the English-using clerks of the Imperial administration.1986, McCrum, Robert, William Cran, & Robert MacNeil, The Story of English, Viking Penguin Inc., page 329
    Synonyms:
    IndE, IE
  2. One of the specific varieties of Indian English.
    • The Indian Englishes range from very basic English to what might be considered a standard educated Indian English.2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 294

Questions about IndE

What is IndE the abbreviation of?
IndE is the abbreviation of Indian English.

Words near IndE in the dictionary

  1. indazolos
  2. indazols
  3. INDB
  4. INDC
  5. INDCs
  6. IndE
  7. indear
  8. indeared
  9. indearing
  10. indearment
  11. indears

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Adapted from Wiktionary: IndE (page history and authors); Indian English (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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