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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

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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

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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

The i Paper also leads with the spy chief's speech, quoting him as saying threats from foreign adversaries have quadrupled in a decade.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

“Dr. Williams has always maintained that he was acting i self-defense,” Libman wrote in an email.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

In Friday’s interview, Seven & i also gave an update on its plan to list 7-Eleven Inc., a move aimed at unlocking shareholder value and streamlining its business structure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The i says a "blunder over funding teacher pay rises" means school budgets are "set for squeeze".

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Exception 1.—Before ing or ish, the final y is retained to prevent the doubling of the i: as, pity + ing = pitying.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

“All I can do right now is focus on taking care of myself and my children, one day at a time,” Hila said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"But taking that first step was probably the best thing I ever did."

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

I was on the front cover of ‘Tiger Beat’ and it worked.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"I probably wasn't open about it before because you feel like you're going to get judged."

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

“All the important things are carefully watched. I have to take chances.”

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

At a very early period, many of the nouns belonging properly to the i- and u-Declensions began to pass over to the a-Declension.

From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso) Smith

In furtherance of the design, several of her gentlemen had already taken their departure for that city, and Flemish light vessels were observed to keep watch on the English-112--vol i- coast.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

Then came Thomas Cobham, whom sir Thomas Poins took in, and said; 'Alas, master Cobham, what wind headed you to work such-160--vol i- treason?'

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

Combining the results from parts i. and ii., draw a rough sketch of f .

From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016

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

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

That Pompadour drew thirty-six millions of francs from the "royal treasury," i. e., from the earnings of the frugal and laborious French people, could easily have been borne.

From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by James Parton

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

“Most of it comes out of the ground with the consistency of cold peanut butter,” observes economist David I. Levine of UC Berkeley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

He told me he is not seeing other people, and neither am I. Every year he goes to Mexico for six months.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

Even a retreat that flops can draw employees closer while they commiserate over its lameness, adds Michael I. Norton, a Harvard Business School professor who has studied group rituals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The violin in Baerwald’s hands was the one his German-Jewish grandfather played as a Japanese prisoner of war in the Bandō camp at Tokushima during World War I. “It’s a very serviceable violin,” Baerwald notes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

To be honest, neither do I. It was one of those decisions eleven-year-old girls don’t get to make on their own.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

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

If not a few Bantu languages, the verb used in a negative sense changes its terminal -a to -i.

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

First log on as root, and then type dpkg -i icewm_0.8.12-1.deb, and icewm version 0.8.12 will be installed.

From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by John Goerzen

The medieval Cloth Hall and St. Martin’s Church were two of the most prominent monuments in Ypres, Belgium, and among World War I’s early casualties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

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

Another important part of Victor I's legacy was to introduce Latin as the common language of the Catholic Church.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025

The WNBA’s No. 1 overall draft pick and Division I’s career scoring leader revved up a raucous Indiana Pacers crowd by pumping the accelerator of a replica IndyCar before Game 3 against the Milwaukee Bucks.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2024

“Now don’t you mess with me this morning,” Elisha said, “because you ain’t got so holy I can’t turn you over my knee. I’s your big brother in the Lord—you just remember that.”

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

In “The Problem Is Industrialism,” Berry recalls phone calls and letters shared with several friends as he solidified his sense of modern industry as the root of today’s “inventory of popular calamities.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Is it just me or is everyone suddenly talking about their low ferritin levels?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

After everyone had discussed Ross's demise, she piped up in her famous Texan drawl: "Is Ross gone?"

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

She watches reality TV with her kids; joining them, he offers, “I did my thesis on reality. Is this show about Platonic or Aristotelian ideas?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

It made Danny wonder, Is the magic changing or am I?

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Now, there are still some t’s to cross and i’s to dot.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

“No matter what the federal government was doing, they knew that if they weren’t dotting their i’s and crossing their t’s, they were going to get called to account,” Hilton said.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

"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

The deputy chief told Boyd that Spivey’s body was towed “to make sure that every i’s dotted, t’s crossed to clear you.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025

CPAs, those folks who can add columns of 9s in their heads, have been advising MDs since the 1980s to dot their i’s, cross their t’s, and never accept IOUs.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Henderson knows how hard this is to do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

While this is indeed what the Journal used as a headline in a recent story, the president did not link to the article or give more info beyond that.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Milei is yet to respond to news of the case being dropped.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Gray is survived by his wife, Stacy Benon Gray; his stepchildren Ryan Cooper and Laurel Cooper; and son-in-law Lee Barker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

But if she’s going to succeed in her adopted country—one for which she played such a pivotal wartime role—she’ll have to remind them who she is.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“We need somebody who’s representing us the way we want to be represented,” Gray said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Zaheen said she did not think addictions were changing, but instead "we just have the means and desire to talk more openly and honestly about these behaviours".

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Experts believe that the protective qualities that we associate with vaccines will work in cancer, hopefully creating lasting stretches of time before cancer comes back than what the currently available drugs can offer.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Meeting his cautious but unwavering gaze, we find the contradictions multiplying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Fingers bleeding, we pluck the sharp, pointy, sticky bolls, stuff them into sacks, then press them into bales and bind them with cord.

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

I didn’t expect you to hit me with Ambrosia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"The concerns to me were that Hall was recommending treatment for patients that he hadn't assessed, that he hadn't met, and that other GPs were uncomfortable with prescribing," Redvers said.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

To me, this signals that you aren’t very aware of where your money is going.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Dr. Michael Kornberg, an associate professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins Medicine, told me he anticipates that Applegate’s experience may lead others to question their own diagnoses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

I couldn’t have done it without Belle carrying me across the river and Midnight carrying me across land.

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

Not all of us are like the eighth wonders of the world — Aretha Franklin or Chaka Khan or Whitney Houston.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"We still have time to avoid this. Return our four compatriots to us alive, without any harm, and everything will go back to how it was before the kidnapping," he wrote.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

The back wall appears stony, advancing toward us in places, then disappearing altogether amid hazy light that floats through the space as if searching for purchase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

He also blessed us with one of the most heartbreaking lines of this decade: “What is grief if not love persevering?”

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Caesar turns his horse, galloping straight at us.

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

"It was no mistake of mine to call it Riverdance because it connected absolutely to Timedance," Whelan told author Leagues O'Toole in his 2006 book The Humours of Planxty.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

I’ve seen it happen to friends of mine, where there is a separation because the people that we turned into are now no longer compatible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Dad told me more than once that the house would be mine someday.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

These setbacks come a year after Codelco's largest mine, El Teniente, was forced to suspend part of its production for months following an accident that left six workers dead.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

And there in the center of the room was my bench, and next to mine Hans the apprentice’s, and against the wall old Christoffels’.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

I tried to ask him questions and share my concerns and hurt feelings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"I am being victimised here, and I need proper protection from this individual and their repeated attempts to disrupt my career" he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

While this is true, I can never truly enjoy a nice meal out or a new pair of shoes if any amount of debt is hanging over my head.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

In Damascus, outside a United Nations building, the family of a Syrian man seized by Israel called for his release, with children holding posters reading "I want my dad".

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

I wear two shirts beneath my sack jacket.

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

"That, despite certain media publications' distortion over the years, any distance from my father and my choice to not allow him to have contact with our children, was for one reason: to protect them."

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

First of all, when I was growing up, my mother played “Sweet Thing” all the time — it was our favorite song.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"We still have time to avoid this. Return our four compatriots to us alive, without any harm, and everything will go back to how it was before the kidnapping," he wrote.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

But the significance of the relocation of “Self-Portrait, Age 23” is that it changes the terms of our engagement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Yes. She misses us and wanted to come at the last minute, to celebrate our birthday,” I reply as the rain outside shouts louder as if to drown out my lies.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

I see it in the faces of my grandchildren who have trouble reconciling the views of their generation with those of ours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The shame in this story was never his, and it was never ours.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

"That future is ours to build. Let us build," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“No nation, even one as capable and confident as ours, can safeguard them alone,” said Amin Nasser, chief executive of Saudi’s oil giant ARAMCO.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

This land had a blue sky like ours.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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