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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.
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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Is,
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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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pronoun
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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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Island or Isle
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chem iodine
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physics current
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physics isospin
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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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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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an I-beam
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to pay meticulous attention to detail
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Idioms
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See me.
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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 Chancellor John Healey will announce a new ISA which will help older first-time buyers in Britain.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 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
"Killer kitchen dust" is the i Paper's headline, writing that loved ones of the victims of silicosis will "receive higher compensation" as "new legislation goes to Parliament".
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
“You should look around the house and put your bag in the first room on the corridor. I’m going for a walk, to clear my head, i nugo?”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
And I was like, ‘Wow, that’s a really big deal!’
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Of her boss, party leader Sir Ed, she said: "He's not just nice guy Eddie. I think you're going to see him being a bit more gritty because he's a real fighter."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“I had never really considered it because I have a low BMI,” Balkey says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"I don't think he handled it in the best way possible."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Over and over, my compass guiding, I measure the land.
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 queen immediately-18--vol i- retired, and the next day was committed to custody.
From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin
Intelligence however had no-175--vol i- sooner reached the court of the reception afforded to the princess at Ricot, than directions arrived for her immediate removal to Woodstock.
From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin
Cranmer-128--vol i- resisted for some time, but was at length won to compliance by the tears and entreaties of Edward.
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
Vol. ii. pt. i., by L. Nix and W. Schmidt, contains the Mechanics in Arabic, Greek fragments of the same, the Catoptrica in Latin with appendices of extracts from Olympiodorus, Vitruvius, Pliny, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 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
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
There is a gorgeous, heartbreaking story about a piano prodigy in France during World War I. The final story concerns the marriage between a Dutch clockmaker and a theoretical physicist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 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
“Immense,” said I. “And they fought for veal-cutlets out of a silver basket.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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
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
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
Oncus -i: a welt: applied to welt-like ridges on caterpillars.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Judges were unmoved that Luitpold’s forebears had brewed in the region since 1260, written the purity law and invented Oktoberfest for his great-great-grandfather King Ludwig I’s 1810 wedding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 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
"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
“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
“Law, my phone was disconnected cause I’s short this month. You talk to Yule May?”
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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 this market like 1999 all over again?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Is it the frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Is it cold? Is the water cold, Father?”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
"If I'm making a decision that is highly likely to be in legal challenge, I want to make sure I've dotted my i's and crossed my t's," she added.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 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
So homeowners, dot the i’s and cross the t’s when you sell—and be ready to show your work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 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
I recognized your tiny handwriting right away, all wobbly and with those weird loops you put on top of your t's and i's.
From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
It said the deal would improve "the security of a major non-Nato ally that is a force for political stability and economic progress in the Gulf region".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
LeRoy is survived by his wife, his five daughters and 10 grandchildren.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
“It was quite an image that is very vivid to me right now.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Stone also ruled that Uber has a duty to protect its passengers and is accountable for harm caused by drivers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
There is no evidence of her past life as a spy, wife, mother, or leprosy patient.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
“And we found a number of serious issues and we fixed them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"When we have a success we're very good at getting a leaflet sent out to supporters straight away," one senior MP said.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“His art became part of American culture, but the man behind that art — the father we knew and loved — is the person we will miss most.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
"No10 North is all about creating opportunities for working people, and our partnership with Ireland as we improve the lives of people in both of our countries is a key part of that," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
With the crop in, we work building a cabin.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
“It was quite an image that is very vivid to me right now.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
In Birmingham, it didn't affect me during the race, but I could feel something wasn't quite right.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“It gives me goosebumps that people can still find something in common and work together,” McCarthy said.
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
I sit, the wagon behind me, trying to gather the right words.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
"I think he's holding us back," said one of the party's spokespeople who is planning a tilt at the leadership if a race is triggered.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
It should be noted the leaders of the AI companies didn’t start warning us about AI’s dangers last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“The school won’t allow us to practice until Wednesday and we’ll still be day-to-day after that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
He adds: "The case has to be made honestly by political leaders who must really look the population in the eye and say 'this has got to be done for us to be secure'."
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“There are already too many,” I complain, glancing ahead and behind us.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
In a recent case, a patient of mine learned through his portal that his previously cured cancer had returned and metastasized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“La Opinión helped families like mine stay informed about what was happening in our communities and gave Spanish-speaking Angelenos a voice,” she said in a written statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
On April 19, it struck a British mine and sank.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Her feet were as big as mine, and I knew her shoes were crowding them painfully.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
“I’ve met thousands of people over my 50 years in politics and LeRoy stands tall among them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
He argued that "those who come to my shows do not expect a political forum" and stressed he was not responsible for Macklemore being removed from the tour.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Meanwhile, a Microsoft researcher told colleagues that compensating content creators is “in the best interest of my employer, of my country, and of many other groups I belong to.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“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
“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
“No family should have to suffer the loss of a child, and our thoughts continue to be with the Normandin-Parker family,” an Uber spokesperson said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
But the experience of what came to be known as the Great War seared itself into the popular consciousness and survives in our collective imagination.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“We’re trying to shift our mindset,” Mitchell said, “and not try to hold ourselves to the expectations of what I saw my mom do.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Over the past few days, I have listened closely to the conversations, concerns, and heartfelt feedback shared across our community following my presentation honoring Chris Brown with a state resolution,” Jones said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Most of our money has been spent outfitting the trip.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Whenever he seems confused, I’m delighted; it’s reassuring to see someone so smart still struggle to fathom this thing of ours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Dolly was one of us, ours, but of course she was also much more.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 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
"Back then, the settlers were living alongside us, and we coexisted peacefully. They lived their lives and we lived ours," he told me.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“He’s an old patient of ours come to visit. All recovered now.”
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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