Meaning of IA | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Abbreviation of Iowa: a state of the United States.
   abbreviation, alt-of
2. Initialism of immediate action, the procedure to determine the cause of a rifle stoppage.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
3. Initialism of Indian Army.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
4. Initialism of Institute of Arts.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
5. Initialism of Indian Airlines.
   India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
6. Initialism of information assurance.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
7. Initialism of Iraqi Army.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
8. Initialism of internal affairs, a department responsible for investigating complaints against police officers.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
9. Initialism of Intel Architecture.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
10. Initialism of individual augmentee.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
11. Initialism of Ice Age.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
12. Initialism of item-and-arrangement.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
13. Initialism of Internet Archive: an American nonprofit digital library website founded in 1996.
    Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
14. Initialism of internal argument.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
15. Initialism of international affairs.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
16. Initialism of industrial action.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
17. Initialism of Impact Assessment.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
18. Initialism of industrial arts, one of the strands under the TVL track in senior high school.
    Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
19. Initialism of initial accommodation (for immigrants)
    UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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Examples

“Provided that they [the Indian Army or IA] do their duty, armed insurrection in India would not be an insoluble problem. If however the IA go the other way, the picture would be very different. We do not have⟳ the military force⟳ to hold⟳ India against a widespread guerrilla movement or to reconquer India ... It is doubtful if we could keep⟳ the Indian troops loyal. Attlee to Chiefs of Staff, TOP, XI, p.68”

“Your home in the sky. In the coming weeks, Indian Airlines (IA) may consider⟳ changing its slogan to something more down to earth. For the airline itself may be running for shelter⟳ when it announces its results for 2001-2 sometime next month.”

CEFR level