I
1 Americanabbreviation
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the ninth in order or in a series.
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(sometimes lowercase) the Roman numeral for 1.
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Chemistry. iodine.
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Biochemistry. isoleucine.
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Electricity. current.
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Logic. particular affirmative.
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(italics) isotopic spin.
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Also called imaginary unit. the imaginary number .
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a unit vector on the x -axis of a coordinate system.
abbreviation
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Independent.
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Island; Islands.
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Isle; Isles.
pronoun
nominative
I,possessive
my, mine,objective
me,plural nominative
we,possessive
our, ours,objective
usnoun
plural
I's-
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular.)
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Metaphysics. the ego.
abbreviation
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imperator.
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incisor.
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interest.
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intransitive.
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island.
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isle; isles.
noun
plural
I's, Is, i's, is-
the ninth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
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any spoken sound represented by the letter I or i, as in big, nice, or ski.
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something having the shape of an I.
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a written or printed representation of the letter I or i.
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a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter I or i.
pronoun
symbol
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chem iodine
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physics current
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physics isospin
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logic a particular affirmative categorial statement, such as some men are married, often symbolized as SiP Compare A E O 1
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one See Roman numerals
abbreviation
abbreviation
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International
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Island or Isle
noun
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the ninth letter and third vowel of the modern English alphabet
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any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in bite or hit
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something shaped like an I
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( in combination )
an I-beam
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to pay meticulous attention to detail
suffix
symbol
Grammar
See me.
Etymology
Origin of I
First recorded before 900; Middle English ik, ich, i, Old English ic, ih; cognate with Gothic ik, German ich, Old Norse ek, Latin ego, Greek egṓ, Old Church Slavonic azŭ, Lithuanian aš, Sanskrit ahám
Example Sentences
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“I’m born and raised in the South Bay, and my family lives in, effectively, what would be the blast radius if another accident happened,” Truman said.
From Los Angeles Times
“So just in that aspect, I’m very worried about it.”
From Los Angeles Times
“I originally introduced this bill in December of 2024,” Waters said in the video.
From Los Angeles Times
"He's the type of player I like to watch. He's not a number nine, he's not a number 10. He drifts out wide, gets on the ball, brings players into the game and he can score goals. He's got a bit of everything really," added Manchester United's record goalscorer on his podcast.
From BBC
"From the start, I think everybody could see how special he is, how fast he is."
From BBC
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