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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

Headteachers have spoken to the i Paper over fears their schools will have to find money for a national 3.5% teacher pay rise, "despite claims it would be 'fully funded'".

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 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

Seven & i maintained its top- and bottom-line forecasts for the fiscal year ending February, expecting revenue to be flat at ¥10.430 trillion and net profit to fall 5.0% to ¥278.00 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“There is a certain pride in being a Californian, certainly not held by everybody ... but i would think that the mainstream would be defending the state.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

If they failed to dot an i or cross a t, they could be rejected.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman

I was a spectator and a fan, now I’m a player.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"Since I shared the story I've had a a lot of people saying they can relate to it," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

I didn’t know the show had that much strength and power back then.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"I never stopped to appreciate what I'd achieved," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

“It might help. I taught Will Sundays when you napped. It was our surprise.”

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

With a just and pleasing confidence, the queen replied, 'I warrant you it is for-251--vol i- gladness,'" "How many nosegays did her grace receive at poor women's hands!

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

How tame, how puerile, in the midst of sentiments serious and profound as these, would have appeared-252--vol i- the intrusion of classical imagery, however graceful in itself or ingenious in its application!

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

Green, J. R.: History of the English Peoples, vols. i. and iv.

From Boy Labour and Apprenticeship by Reginald Arthur Bray

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

Jonathan I. Shenkman is president and chief investment officer of ParkBridge Wealth Management.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 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

Soccer: it’s been a long time coming between you and I. But here I am!

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 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

And then a spasm constricted her mouth for an instant: as it passed away she turned and left the room, and so did I. Neither of us had dropt a tear.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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

Oncus -i: a welt: applied to welt-like ridges on caterpillars.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

Flocculus -i: a hairy or bristly appendage on the posterior coxa of some Hymenoptera.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

The suffix of manner defining the verb, is formed by adding the adjective with the final syllable changed to -i.

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

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

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

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

If I’s to worry ’bout bones choking me, it’d happen every time I et fish.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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 ever ethical for museums to display human remains?

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 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

Is he living solely off his Social Security?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 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

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

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

In one of our final negotiation sessions, when we’re supposed to be dotting i’s and crossing t’s, he worries aloud about how these two vastly different companies are going to mesh their different cultures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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

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

“It’s the worst thing anyone could accuse me of. ... I have no idea why Tom is trying to destroy me with these lies.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

None of this is predicted to change the cost of oil any time soon, according to experts.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

There is nothing quite like a city uniting behind a team that never has won a World Series.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

He says he doesn’t think it’s appropriate for her to be friends with any of the men at Carville, because she is married.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“It’s our job to figure out, all right, what are some of the spots we can put them in that accentuate their skill sets,” McVay said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"It's about medical assessment and treatment of patients, which is something we have to get right, particularly in this complex group of vulnerable patients," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

“I think we are still in the very early innings in learning how to deploy AI effectively,” Baird said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, El Niño is getting stronger as we head toward winter, increasing the chances of above-average snowfall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

When we lose that ability, we end up like Phineas.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

“That meant absolutely everything to the city. I hope that means what it did for me to the fans in Milwaukee here.”

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

It’s not a lot — about $4,500 — but it’s weighing on me.

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

Like me, she’s watching the fluid dance between horse and rider.

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

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

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

Usually seen in stone screens, the motif is just as crisply cut here in cotton rag, the voids in its surface allowing us to peek at the text inside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

While we were swooning over “WandaVision” back in 2021, we couldn’t have known Marvel was softening us up for the AI revolution.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Arlo places the dinner plates in front of us.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

"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

His gaze drills into mine, concern mixed with empathy, and a weird, edgy feeling comes over me, like he knows something I don’t.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

“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

After enrolling on the NHS Wales SilverCloud Space from Anxiety programme, he worked through a 12-week course, learning "how to manage my thoughts and let things go".

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

“In my view they’re going to try and get this out because they do need that capital, especially since it’s going to be probably harder to just raise it in the private market.”

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

By now, she says, the horrors of World War II “stand out in a kaleidoscopic pattern in my memory.”

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

But maybe the track suits our car, and maybe they'll have a one-off weekend.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

We loved George Michael — George Michael was always one of our favorite artists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"It is not DOJ's intention to -- and it's never our intention to -- improperly interfere with elections or the state confirmation process or certification process," Blanche said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Papa Warren’s frustration at being silenced became part of our family lore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Months pass; it’s Christmas on our own land.

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

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

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

He said he assumed I’d be fine with it since the money was still ours.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“And because nearly 2,000 people are still inside who have not died, and whose lives are still ours to fight for.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Might be you decide this strange pack of ours is your best option.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

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