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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 /

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 ⁵ British  

suffix

1. of or relating to a region or people, esp of the Middle East

   Iraqi

   Bangladeshi

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I ⁶ British  

/ aɪ /

pronoun

1. (subjective) refers to the speaker or writer

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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

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

YouTube surpassed Netflix in average daily viewing time in 2025, according to research firm Digital i, cited by TechCrunch.

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

Seven & i Holdings raised its annual guidance after the war-driven surge in gasoline prices boosted earnings at its North American convenience-store business, sending quarterly net profit higher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

YouTube surpassed Netflix in average daily viewing time in 2025, according to research firm Digital i cited in TechCrunch.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

"Heatwave UK: 50-year record broken again" reports the i Paper, as the Met Office forecasts 37C on Friday.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

This is my first real news story with a headline, i wonder if anybody would want to read this. i guess not. everybdy Everybody in town already knows.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

"The dimension is completely different. Even myself, I live for rugby, but football is still in my skin."

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

"We already had a pretty lean team and very talented engineers, so the approach I took was, let's do more with the people that we have."

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

"Super Rugby Americas is growing every year and I think that's a good pathway for developing professional habits and preparing players," Contepomi said.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

"I think there's a lot of hesitation in hiring right now," said Ian Amit, CEO of the cybersecurity startup Gomboc AI.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

By their strained faces, I can tell there’s a memory neither will share.

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

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 Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso)

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 Aikin, Lucy

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 Aikin, Lucy

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

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

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

Grote, Hist. of Greece, pt. i. ch. xviii.;

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

It may be a connecting sound, like the -i- in nacht-i-gale.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

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

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

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

In World War II, the British Army suffered half the losses they had in World War I. Yet civilian casualties were higher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

Yes, Jonny didn't play up to scratch but neither did I. I was trying too hard because I wanted to win.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

“Hey, neither am I. And I’m not playing alone.”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

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

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 Williamson, Robert Wood

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 Goerzen, John

Verbs in -i add -ua to the final syllable.

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

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

Then he opened both his arms and said to the people, “And y’all choosed the most beautifullest, most perfectest day for doing it! Only thing I’s got to ask is, what kept you?”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Is it possible we will see more support for vocational training?

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

She has now written her autobiography, entitled "Is That You, Petula?"

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

Appeared in the July 17, 2026, print edition as 'The Sabbath Is a Chance to Read Again'.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

Kalshi also opened markets on “Dancing With the Stars,” “Love Is Blind” and “The Traitors.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Instead, I bake more banana chocolate chip muffins than Mom and I can eat, and I watch This Is Us on repeat.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

“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

She wrote in big curling script, and she dotted her letter i’s with stars.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon

"The good thing is that rugby started in Argentina among the middle class and upper middle class, but now it's played in every social class," said the former Leinster fly-half.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

"Amateur rugby here in Argentina is booming," Contepomi told BBC Sport.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

"It is played in every corner of the country, not only in Buenos Aires but in every province."

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

FoodCycle's Summer of Peas and Love appeal is calling for volunteers aged over 18 to "urgently" help cook, serve, wash up, and deliver surplus food across Sheffield, Bradford, Huddersfield, Hull and Leeds.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

According to the rules they establish, Joey is allowed to travel to Texas—and only Texas.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

"I felt physically sick knowing he had been around my children," said the woman, who we are calling Laura.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

"We're all very worried about that, and they're actually saying eventually AI will have emotion, and even that's a little worrying -- where do we go from there?" said Clark.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

“While we continue to expect modest USD appreciation by year-end, near-term upside is likely to remain capped without a fresh catalyst,” the strategists add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Following the game, Kane said the team's improved second-half performance came after Tuchel had told them "if we lose, we lose in our way" in his half-time team talk.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

“Your grandpa was the strongest man. That’s what I thought when I was nine. Newly freed, we walked away from the only land we’d ever known.”

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

In a reverse from the 1990s, "no-one here has to leave to get on in life", Burnham told me.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

"No one can give me back my original appearance, because a lot of fat and skin have been removed," she said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

“As difficult as it is to leave, it feels like the right time for me to begin a new chapter,” Brown said in a memo to staff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

He told me the same in 2020 when there were murmurings of reform to the formula.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

He’s sizing me up, calculating whether I’m really a threat.

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

"Now it's like a second home to me. It's one of those safe spaces for people who are LGBT, people who are looking to be mentored. Sue offers that safe space for us."

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

“What stood out to us is there’s a disconnect between expectations and reality,” said Deb Boyden, head of U.S. defined contributions at Schroders.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

Jill Doyle, United’s managing director of MileagePlus, explained the new policy: “Getting customers to want to have the card, have it top of wallet and continue to engage with us, is the primary purpose.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

You truly were the matriarch of our family, and your love is woven into all of us.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026

He says everyone in the house has a job, and Arlo and I are full-time employees at High School Inc. That’s his bad dad joke, letting us know we are not allowed to slack off.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

In December, Washington pledged $1.25 billion for Balochistan's Reko Diq copper and gold mine.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

"I surely won't make it to retirement in the mine, so I might as well move into a sector with a future," he says.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

"It's very much our money rather than mine or yours which is really nice especially as I took four years off work when we had children," says Sarah.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

The slight production decline was driven by lower output at the Antucoya mine, the London-listed miner said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

I hope he believes I still have his back, the way he always had mine when we were younger.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

He said: "The other guests heard about my situation and made me feel welcome and we formed friendships. I feel wanted - it's given me meaning in life."

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

"You couldn't even get your little finger in there. It's been a year and a half, but my eye still feels strained and I constantly want to force it open," she told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

“Our strategy is working. We are attracting a broad range of luxury customers across product categories, channels and geographies, reinforcing my confidence in the opportunities ahead,” Chief Executive Joshua Schulman said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

"She saw my bracelets that I wearing and she just came at me," chuckled Joseph.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Trembling, I throw my arms about Caesar and press my face against his chest.

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

"Another fantastic opportunity for our men's team to challenge for silverware, with learnings from this tournament and even more support from our brilliant fans to look forward to. Onwards."

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

A US State Department spokesperson said the two countries "continue to identify areas of cooperation that benefit our nations related to trade and some security priorities".

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

“This includes regular dialogue with financial institutions, investors, and advisers, which is a normal part of running a business at our stage,” Li said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

"Don't let the unity and love we've seen in our country end with this campaign. When we're together we can achieve big things," the Real Madrid player said.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

“That’s just it—her path might be with our club,” Rue says.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Ideally, I need to get to $250,000 to buy a modest apartment so my kid can have a place that is ours and has no debt associated with it.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

"Each time that the other party has failed to meet its obligations, we did not uphold ours," he added.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

Last week, at an event in Washington, House Speaker Mike Johnson reminded the audience of one of John Quincy Adams’ favorite lines: “Duty is ours; results are God’s.”

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

"We know everyone in this city, this city is ours," he boasted to a contact in a recording shared with the BBC.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

He thought so much of that little old farm of ours, he wouldn’t have stopped working to watch a herd of elephants march down the road.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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