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• i
  i

  the imaginary number .
• I
  I

  noun

  the ninth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
• i-
  i-

  variant of y-.
• i.
  i.

  abbreviation

  imperator.
• -i-
  -i-

  the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Latin words, as -o- is of Greek words, but often used in English with a first element of any origin, if the second element is of Latin origin.
• I.
  I.

  abbreviation

  Independent.
• -i
  -i

  suffix

  of or relating to a region or people, esp of the Middle East

i

¹ American  

Mathematics.

1. Also called imaginary unit.  the imaginary number .

2. a unit vector on the x -axis of a coordinate system.

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I ² American  

[ahy] / aɪ /

Or i

noun

• I's,
  plural
• Is,
  plural
• i's,
  plural
• is
  plural

1. the ninth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.

2. any spoken sound represented by the letter I or i, as in big, nice, or ski.

3. something having the shape of an I.

4. a written or printed representation of the letter I or i.

5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter I or i.

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I ³ American  

[ahy] / aɪ /

pronoun

• we,
  plural nominative
• me,
  objective
• us,
  objective
• my,
  possessive
• mine,
  possessive
• our,
  possessive
• ours
  possessive

1. the nominative singular pronoun, used in referring to oneself, the person speaking, writing, or otherwise communicating.

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noun

• I's
  plural

1. (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular.)

2. Metaphysics. the ego.

I ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. interstate (used with a number to designate an interstate highway).

   I-95.

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I ⁵ American  

Symbol.

1. the ninth in order or in a series.

2. (sometimes lowercase) the Roman numeral for 1.

3. Chemistry. iodine.

4. Biochemistry. isoleucine.

5. Electricity. current.

6. Logic. particular affirmative.

7. (italics) isotopic spin.

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i- ⁶ American  

1. variant of y-.

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i. ⁷ American  

abbreviation

1. imperator.

2. incisor.

3. interest.

4. intransitive.

5. island.

6. isle; isles.

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-i- ⁸ American  

1. the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Latin words, as -o- is of Greek words, but often used in English with a first element of any origin, if the second element is of Latin origin.

   cuneiform; Frenchify.

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I. ⁹ American  

abbreviation

1. Independent.

2. Island; Islands.

3. Isle; Isles.

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I ¹ British  

/ aɪ /

pronoun

1. (subjective) refers to the speaker or writer

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I ² British  

symbol

1. chem iodine

2. physics current

3. physics isospin

4. logic a particular affirmative categorial statement, such as some men are married, often symbolized as SiP Compare A E O 1

5. one See Roman numerals

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abbreviation

1. Italy (international car registration)

I. ³ British  

abbreviation

1. International

2. Island or Isle

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-i- ⁴ British  

1. used between elements in a compound word Compare -o-

   cuneiform

   coniferous

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i ⁵ British  

/ aɪ /

noun

1. the ninth letter and third vowel of the modern English alphabet

2. any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in bite or hit

3. 1. something shaped like an I

   2. ( in combination )

      an I-beam

4. to pay meticulous attention to detail

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-i ⁶ British  

suffix

1. of or relating to a region or people, esp of the Middle East

   Iraqi

   Bangladeshi

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i ⁷ British  

symbol

1. Also called: j.  the imaginary number √–1

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i Scientific  

/ ī /

1. The number whose square is equal to −1. Numbers expressed in terms of i are called imaginary or complex numbers.

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i Idioms  

1. see dot the i's and cross the t's.

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Grammar

See me.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• I's
  plural
• Is
  plural
• i's
  plural
• is
  plural
• mine
  possessive
• my
  possessive
• our
  possessive
• ours
  possessive

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 I i- i. -i- I. -i I's Is i's is we me us mine my our ours

"Three-quarters of England, and all of Wales, now officially in drought," the i Paper writes, with "no sustained rain on the horizon".

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

The deal, if successful, would be the largest-ever acquisition for the owner of Circle K, which abandoned a $47 billion takeover attempt of Seven & i, the Japanese owner of 7-Eleven, last July.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The move comes less than a week after Seven & i decided against proceeding with a potential investment in ⁠Zabka.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

YouTube surpassed Netflix in average daily viewing time in 2025, according to research firm Digital i, cited by TechCrunch.

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

“On behalf of the L & J Fund i accept this check.”

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

I spent the first three paragraphs of a recent column distinguishing between acknowledging failed climate policy and questioning climate science.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

But — willing to try nearly anything on a recent stifling afternoon — I made a trip to Anima Mundi Apothecary, in Venice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

"We understand people's concerns and I will look into the issues raised by the good people of Piddington."

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

In 2020, I calculated that repealing the firewall would lead to $2.2 trillion in higher subsidy spending over a decade for the estimated 24 million people who would switch from employer coverage to the exchanges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“I believe in miracles and God will see that I am cured.”

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Yet that doesn't make its turnaround solely the work of one heavily stubbled mastermind, who saved a company through his singular vision, taste and liberal use of the i- prefix.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 25, 2011

But it wasn't until Cipla came out with the i- pill in 2007, marketing it to modern young women through television and magazine advertising, that women took to it.

From Time ● May 26, 2010

This prefix thus appears as en-, i-, il-, im-, in-, ir-, as enemy, ignoble, illegal, immortal, infirm, irregular.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The gentlemen pleaded,-141--vol i- on the other side, the urgency of their commission, and said that they had brought the queen's litter for her conveyance.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

The-207--vol i- success of this collection was prodigious; edition after edition was given to the public under the inspection of different poetical revisers, by each of whom copious additions were made to the original work.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

And a lot of people, not just the Gilbreths, were very worried that the “best women” i. e. highly educated women were not reproducing.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2023

For each of the following functions, determine the i. domain and ii. range.

From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016

Properties i. and ii. say that line integrals are linear, which is true of single-variable integrals as well.

From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016

Within minutes, I got my answer: “@sethporges yes. my girlfriend cathy and i. and i used to do puppet shows.”

From Forbes ● Jun. 26, 2012

Hist. of the Norman Conquest, vol. i. pp. 33-34.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

The concord of the 4th prefix, Mi-, is gi-, -i-, -ji-, and sometimes -mi-.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various

It may be a connecting sound, like the -i- in nacht-i-gale.

From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

Pearl diving has all but disappeared, particularly after the mass production of cultured pearls on farms after World War I. In Gulf countries, the extinction of this profession converges with a familiar story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

I’ve been a huge Robyn fan for most of my life — she’s kind of a north star for my sisters and I. It’s no secret that we love sad dance songs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

Born in Oregon to Taiwanese immigrants, Wang is herself a beneficiary of the doctrine she defended during the historic oral argument—as am I. Following the argument, interest in her background exploded.

From Slate ● May 26, 2026

Jef I. Richards is a professor emeritus of advertising and public relations at Michigan State University’s College of Communication Arts and Sciences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

“So am I. It doesn’t matter. Keep climbing.”

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

Then, when you get to the step where you’re actually running the check-backup command, add -i ~/Downloads/pegasus.stix2 into the option section.

From The Verge ● Jul. 21, 2021

Singular masculine words end in -us, plurals end in -i.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2010

Verbs in -i add -ua to the final syllable.

From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Robert Wood Williamson

Nouns ending in -a, -e, -i, -y, -o, -l, -n, -t, -ar, -ur, -ŭs are Neuter.

From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett

Thus final -o bespeaks a noun; -a, an adjective; -e, an adverb; -i, an infinitive, etc.

From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark

The company taking the top spot on Gauntlet I’s leaderboard External link was Skycutter, a British startup that partnered with Ukrainian drone company SkyFall.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

They include everything from sketches of Apple logos to the bench and desk of the Apple I’s presentation at the Homebrew Computer Club a half-century ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

“I don’t carry beef with people. And I’m not going to get into the history of Doc and I’s relationship right now. And I probably won’t ever. He’s fine in my book.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024

In a statement read to the public inquiry examining how Letby was able to attack babies, Child I's mother said: "I believe the doctors and nursing staff should have acted earlier."

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024

Demi felt his back, as if expecting to find it like that of the watch, and then gravely remarked, “I dess Dod does it when I’s asleep.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

"Is he simply going to ramp up the name of Liverpool in order to make as much money as possible?"

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Life Is a Dream” is, essentially, a collection of love letters: to his wife Stella, to Margam, to the life he knows won’t last forever.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Appeared in the August 11, 2026, print edition as 'WNBA Asks: What Is a W?'.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Only three Ramones songs ever made it to the Billboard Hot 100 — “Rockaway Beach,” “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker,” and “Do You Wanna Dance,” all absolute bangers that should be enshrined in the culture.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

“Is your name Gaspar? Or Melchior? Balthasar? Those are very rare names. Is it one of those?”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

"I had really dotted all the i's and crossed all the t's of the experiment," he said.

From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026

Sometimes, he says, “dotting i’s and crossing t’s has to come second to right and wrong.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

A Japanese company of Seven & i's size has never been bought by a firm from overseas.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024

They want to make sure they're dotting all the i's and crossing all the t's, to make sure these are the correct identifications.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2023

She wrote in big curling script, and she dotted her letter i’s with stars.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon

Optical stocks have recaptured investors’ interest lately, but Lumentum’s blowout earnings report is being met with a ho-hum response.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Which is fine, but one likes a mix.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

For Oracle, the “top priority” is maintaining an investment-grade credit rating, Deutsche Bank analyst Brad Zelnick wrote in a note last week.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

The drifting “Other Plans” is so minimal that much of Ms. Bridgers’s melody line consists of a single repeated note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

It is here that Joey—now cured of tuberculosis—meets Renato Guerrero.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“Customer demand is accelerating as enterprise adoption broadens and we continue to deepen our technology platform.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Last week, we asked about your retirement investment strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“But I’m speaking today anyway, so there’s a record. So years from now… everyone will know we fought, that we did not consent.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

"I heard Spain was the best place to watch it but as we are on holiday, I checked if you can see it in Scotland and it is possible," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The case of Phineas Gage suggests that we are human because our frontal lobes are set up so we can get along with other humans.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

What are they going to do with me?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“That gives me solace. I will see you on the flip side, honey bunny.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

But I’m not Brad Pitt, and no one is doing sycophantic cover stories on me in Esquire.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

Daniell stared at me, his eyes burning with indignation.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Caesar leans down, handing me three skinned wild squirrels.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

The World Cup, Taylor Swift’s wedding and “The Odyssey” brought us together.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

And it can and should take a while for many of us to reach a point in our lives when we feel ready for marriage.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

"He will be greatly missed by all of us," the statement from the firm added.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

There are more pressing issues that await us all.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Wasn’t afraid. We walked for almost a year. Over rough terrain. Crossing streams, rivers. Snarled woods and swamps. Just us two.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

To investigate, the team collected mine water from a flooded uranium mine in the Ore Mountains belonging to Wismut GmbH.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

Higher prices can bring some of that idle capacity back faster than anyone can build a mine, though not overnight.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

"This son of mine has no father, no birth certificate and no national number," Amira, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, tells the BBC.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

The bank raises its share-price target to A$13.00 from A$12.00 to reflect increased expected mine life and output at some operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Reluctantly I pulled off mine while Betsie rummaged in the wardrobe.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Finally, my wife plans to file for Social Security when she turns 62 next May.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“In the snap of fingers, my best friend, my confidant, my partner, my soul mate was transitioned to another dimension — a higher plane,” she wrote in her post.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Men in West Wing, the block visible from my window, were even given a fire drill.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

On the bouncing folk-rock number “Liberty Tree,” which again mentions Bobby, she sings, “I was alone with my thoughts / In an outline of chalk,” illustrating how isolation can feel like death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

And now that I’m here in this basement, with Grace in my hands, everything is better.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

“Social Security is strengthening our disability programs and making the disability determination process better, faster and higher-quality to serve the American public,” Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano said in a statement.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

“We are confident in our position,” the mayor said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Reyna: In the studio, I had a lot of moments where I felt totally alone, but what comforted me was our creative process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

"No words can truly express the pain we are experiencing or the void his passing has left in our lives."

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Joey fulfills all our expectations,” Gertie says of her friend.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Salzburg’s worries are our worries; its triumphs can be ours as well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

As much as we might wish otherwise, Kylie Jenner and Taylor Swift are not like us, and we cannot measure their autonomy and power on the same scale as ours.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

Her world looks and operates like ours, and that means there are no free lunches.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

Dogs in art, Mr. Laqueur suggests, “bring their world into ours, which is perhaps how they make us feel less lonely as a species.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Maybe they had no greater place to be, except at a greater distance from a luckless caravan like ours, led by a man marked for the coming of Cid.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

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