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Inounthe ninth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
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i-variant of y-.
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i.abbreviationimperator.
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-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.
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I.abbreviationIndependent.
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-isuffixof or relating to a region or people, esp of the Middle East
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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.
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[ahy]
/ aɪ /
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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.
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[ahy]
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we,
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me,
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us,
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my,
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mine,
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our,
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(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular.)
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Metaphysics. the ego.
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Symbol.
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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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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.
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Independent.
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Island; Islands.
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Isle; Isles.
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chem iodine
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physics current
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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
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Island or Isle
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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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to pay meticulous attention to detail
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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
Example Sentences
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The i Paper says "sixteen million people could see their areas move into drought status this week", meaning that "car washes and swimming pools could face water bans" amid heatwave conditions.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
It has pledged to make 75% of the nation's bodies of water safe by 2027, but according to The i "campaigners warn this will not happen."
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 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
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
“Everything is fine.” i am asleep on a pile of blankets, having been nudged off the mattresses by a fitful child, when I feel a hand on my face.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
In January of each year, I update the amounts in cash and bonds based on our prior-year spending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
I do the same with a water bottle at home and it’s just as cooling — instantly — but the rose water’s delicious scent left me feeling especially pampered.
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
I was using an open-weight Chinese model with its guardrails removed, which I accessed through a free account on an American website.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Still, next morning, when the sun is fully risen, when the wagon’s rolling, its steady rhythm lulling, I ask: “How’d you meet Ma?”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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
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
Another time she visited the dissolved priory of St. Mary Spittle in Bishopsgate-street, which was noted for its pulpit-cross,-268--vol i- where, on set days, the lord-mayor and aldermen attended to hear sermons.
From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin
And that there never came-99--vol i- gold or stone upon her head, till her sister forced her to lay off her former soberness, and bear her company in her glittering gayness.
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
Properties i. and ii. say that line integrals are linear, which is true of single-variable integrals as well.
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
Econom. i. 4-8-9.648.Plutarch enforces the duty at length, in his very beautiful work on marriage.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky
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
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
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
Also in 2025, she was a finalist for the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for her reporting and hosting of an audio investigation into a deadly U.S. refinery explosion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 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
Guy Fieri didn’t know about it, and neither did I. Oh no, he did.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
We shake hands on it, Inkling and I. It is strange shaking hands with an invisible creature.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
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
Every Esperanto verb has three Moods—the Conditional, the Imperative, and the Infinitive, which are formed respectively by means of the endings -us, -u, and -i.
From Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation by William W. Mann
In most words of this class the final -i of the stem is lost in the Nominative Singular; in others it appears as -e.
From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett
I E -i formed abstracts and nouns of agency; I E ar go; Min ari, way, track, trail.
From The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages by A. W. (Andrew Woods) Williamson
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
"I's a very different offering up there. You've still got beaches, but then you've got greenery and mountains and wildlife."
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 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
Queen Elizabeth I’s elaborate mask-like daily makeup ritual not only hid her smallpox scars but was also meant to project a preternatural agelessness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2024
If you add ly, you end up with double I’s: awfully, carefully, usefully, wonderfully, etc.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Appeared in the August 12, 2026, print edition as 'Unregulated Open-Weight AI Is an Invitation to Disaster'.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
"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
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 this a phishing scam — or am I suddenly popular?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
“I mean, what brings her here so unexpectedly? Is everything okay?”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
“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
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
“I know sometimes people feel like, why hasn’t there been more information? But again, just trying to make sure we have i’s dotted and t’s crossed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
At Swarthmore, Libbi got all A’s and B’s and started to spell her name with two i’s.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
CEO Michael Hurlston said in a statement that Lumentum is positioned “at the heart of a secular industry shift.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
On an album packed with sonic and lyrical detail, every gesture here is considered and nothing is wasted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
However, he acknowledged that a lack of clarity surrounding its future spending plans means that “the possible range of outcomes is wider.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Ms. Bridgers’s romantic partner is comedian and musician Bo Burnham, and the explosive “Bobby” is one of several songs that seem drawn from their relationship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
When Joey gets sick, she is uprooted once again.
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
“He was telling us to get him out, and we provided support.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“All of the traditions, including European, we involve in the blending of formulas,” she says.
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
“Earl did tell you that we were dating, didn’t he?”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
You might drop this paper with an “ick” if you knew how many readers proved my point by shrieking “denier” at me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
A shop attendant shuttled me into a shady spot by the tonic bar, where the mixologist began mixing me cooling drinks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
When he mentioned that Alcaraz had left behind a 16-year-old daughter, the weight of his death struck me like a blow to the chest.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Delivering his verdict, Deputy Chief Magistrate Tan Ikram referred to footage in which Wilby said: "I don't care about your feelings, your feelings don't matter to me".
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
“I wanted to go with my friends. Sukie’s son, Emery, was my best friend. Even picking cotton together, faint from heat, Emery made me laugh.”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The data probably will never tell us reliably how much fossil fuels were responsible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Presidents rightly expect more security than the rest of us, but that typically comes with greater scrutiny of their locations and activities too.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
"When we hopefully play in the way they want to see us - intense football, a vertical approach, aggressive, front-footed - there is a great synergy between the fans and the team."
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
“The Compassionate Allowances initiative cuts through red tape and allows us to deliver support to individuals who experience life-changing diagnoses and need help fast.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
“This storm is coming out of nowhere. I don’t want it to catch us on the road —c’mon, Small Fry, get in,” Dad calls out the window.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
One other factor leading to higher prices is the continued disruption to mine supply.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
"She just walked past, and she saw me there. Her jaw just dropped, so did mine," Zainab tells me.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Scott welcomed home his daughter nine months after mine was born, so we were new stay-at-home parents together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Although some Dutch women in 1937 were wearing their skirts knee-length, mine was still a cautious three inches above my shoes.
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
I’m a father to a teenage girl myself, and my heart went out to his family.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
When 10th Street Entertainment’s merchandising director Ian Dietrich came across fanmade clothing with the Papa Roach lyric “Cut my life into pieces,” he didn’t try to take the shop down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“I liked hearing it. Pa is the only name I’ve had for my father.”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
“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
During our exchange, she noted that my views on academic freedom were also found among “faculty with libertarian leanings.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“For too long, our gender equity work has been siloed without a central entity responsible for coordinating and advancing this work,” Horvath said during the meeting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
"To our knowledge, everywhere else is sold out too."
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
In the kitchen, Aunt J is making our usual birthday breakfast—rabbit-shaped pancakes with chocolate chips for eyes, bacon, and eggs.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
“But most important, it helps companies like ours that are creating thousands of high-quality American jobs.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
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
“But Liz is in ours and I have to get to the bus.”
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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