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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  

abbreviation

1. International

2. Island or Isle

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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  

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

   cuneiform

   coniferous

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I ⁴ British  

/ aɪ /

pronoun

1. (subjective) refers to the speaker or writer

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i ⁵ British  

symbol

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

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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  

/ 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 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

"Find the money to fund end-of-life care," is Lord Blunkett's "plea to Burnham", according to the i Paper.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

The deal would mark Couche-Tard’s largest-ever acquisition after it abandoned a $47 billion takeover attempt of Seven & i, the Japanese owner of 7-Eleven, last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

David Zwirner presents Roy DeCarava’s “the sound i saw,” bringing together photographs taken in the late 1940s and 1960s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

The i Paper also leads on the "huge legal bill" for the prince and other celebrities including Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Mrs. Effie Wilcox sat at the end of i pew.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

“I take my dream very seriously,” Luke said, “and I just try and do everything I can possible on and off the field to make my dream come true.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Building bridges with Europe makes sense, he said: "I think it brings in more money for Canada and more culture, brings Europeans over, probably solves a lot of problems."

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

“In real terms, they were nearly as bad as after World War I and World War II and in the 1970s,” wrote a Goldman strategy team led by Christian Mueller-Glissmann.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Faith had a place in every locker room I was in,” Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton said in 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

I don’t know what our pact is, but Ma includes me in ways Father never does.

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

Mary received her in her chamber, to which she had now confined herself in expectation of that joyful-192--vol i- event which was destined never to arrive.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

She answered-163--vol i- that she had little to say to him or to the rest that were in the Tower.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

The king's marriage with Catherine Parr, his wife's sister, increased his consequence, and Henry-269--vol i- on his death-bed appointed him one of his executors and a member of the young king's council.

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

The Golden Bough, 2nd ed., i. pp. 71-73.

From The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion by James H. (James Henry) Leuba

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

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

So did I. The World Cup is over in less than two weeks, and France and Spain are currently the 1-2 favorites to win the thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 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

Commander Gorringe & the entire crew knelt down in prayer, and so did I. There was silence, except for the water slapping against the hull.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

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

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

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

Pg 62 Sometimes it is not. toumba, to fall. toumbarèu, -ello, likely to fall. canta, to sing. cantarèu, -ello, songful. crese, to believe. creserèu, -ello, inclined to belief. -i.

From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Charles Alfred Downer

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

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

Is the iPhone Duo discriminating against left-handed users?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Is it control of self-replicating armies of autonomous drones, or a cancer-free utopia that hits Type II on the Kardashev scale?

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

Is the Premier League already a two-team title race?

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Is it the frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

“Who were you talking to? Is someone here?”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

“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

And I don’t tend to favor biographies, because there generally are some tedious sections in the middle as the writer dots the i’s and crosses the t’s of the subject’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

“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

He tries it in various styles, his hand unaccustomed to the angles of the N, the dotting of the two i’s.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

“We were driving home,” Smith said, “and I asked my wife. I’m like, ‘What is that family eating?’

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The president is a pop-culture fanatic; he blasts Broadway showtunes at his rallies and was tweetstorming about Kristen Stewart a few years before becoming the leader of the free world.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

"The delegation will be under travel restrictions and will face prohibitions on the purchase of luxury and other goods per our policy. The delegation is smaller than last year."

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The magic is indeed missing, and after two seasons of conjuring up postseason greatness, these back-to-reality Dodgers appear headed for an early fall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

She is happy, content, and comfortable, but another feeling twists underneath.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“Yes, we are a fire agency, but at the end of the day, we are a service industry,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

“We’re getting better, but we’re not remotely able to do what we need to do to respond to the threat.”

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

"Based on the extensive analysis undertaken, we now know that the Fitzroy River is capable of providing fair competition conditions during the period of the Games," World Rowing president Jean-Christophe Rolland said.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

“In pop culture, we have introduced an entirely new fandom experience and destination that leans into things like trading cards and collectibles, but also exclusive collaborations, into one cohesive experience,” Sylvester said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

“What’s wrong with you? Didn’t we say that since you and I would be headed for college in only two years, Dad would need someone?”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

In Birmingham, it didn't affect me during the race, but I could feel something wasn't quite right.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

These records help me to be more prepared with questions for my doctor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“The U.S. is absolutely vulnerable to a Pearl Harbor in space,” this person told me.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

They both have steady jobs in public services — normal, working-class people like me and my husband.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

I feel sorry for Father, Grandpa, and me.

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

“I think he’s going to be a high-high impact player for us, not only this year, but for years to come.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

"I'm trying to be strong for our daughter, but I'm constantly wondering if he's OK and how to get him back home to us," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Our father had a good way of engaging us without forcing us.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Much of my life is dedicated to preaching that art, and practicing reverence for it can be the glue that keeps us together when the world wants us torn apart.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

Watching him scoop mush, spoonful after spoonful, makes us happy.

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

A major new copper mine takes 15 to 20 years to get up and running.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

"Macklemore coming off tour was the promoter's decision, it was not mine," Sheeran wrote in a lengthy Instagram post, adding that the rapper's contract was ended by the promoter, Messina Touring Group.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

"Macklemore coming off tour was the promoter's decision, it was not mine," he wrote.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

On April 19, it struck a British mine and sank.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

I made up for it with mine and went humming my way though the summer and fall.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

“We were driving home,” Smith said, “and I asked my wife. I’m like, ‘What is that family eating?’

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

For your evening enjoyment, my colleagues have some ideas about what to focus on instead.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Speaking to the media at Stormont, she said: "This issue of wages is not in my agenda. It's not something we've pushed for."

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

I’d stop whenever something catches my eye, have a late lunch with friends and end the day with a great dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“You feel it,” I whisper, resting my head against her.

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

“When someone in our community needs help, we help them.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

"We should deepen our people-to-people ties, allowing our youth to live, work and study where they want on either side of the Atlantic," the PM said.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Monday’s scheduled meeting of Gulf and Iranian leaders in Oman was postponed, but our understanding is talks are still ongoing, and making progress,” he added.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

And even the go-for-broke performance of Mr. Ribisi, with its barely contained insanity, requires something to massage our sympathies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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

They’re surprisingly warm inside, and ours made a cozy setting for pork belly skewers, crab puffs and smoked cocktails.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

"MSF's work in Sudan is privately funded. But when funding disappears from other health services, clinics close, patients have fewer places to go, and pressure shifts to the facilities that remain, including ours."

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

It’s offensive because cases like ours could have been settled for significantly less than what the verdict is.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

But if we don’t sustain their vitality, how will they sustain ours?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

We can pick any place, any piece of forest or meadow, and make it ours.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

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