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Definition of "ira" []

  • Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) (noun)
  • A retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred (noun)
  • A militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "ira" in a sentence
  • "Bon ..., cela dit, ... la prochaine fois que Kristin ira à Châteauneuf-du-Pape, j'espère qu'elle prendra quelques photos de maisons typiques, comme vous nous les décrivez - avec quelques marches, petit perron, grille de protection et plantes fleuries, minuscule porte au ras de la rue …"
  • "Or consider the deliberate large-scale grandiosity of Paul McCartney's "The Liverpool Oratorio," or Roger Waters's opera "Ça ira.""
  • "January 27, 2010 become ira glass with your iphone"