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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

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

The latest allegations will "escalate the row" with the Palace, the i Paper says.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

"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

But i don’t think it can be at school.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

And I was like, ‘Wow, that’s a really big deal!’

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

"I feel like he has an obligation and a contract with his venues, and sometimes, financially, you can't get out of those types of things."

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

“I went to my first Michigan football game in Ann Arbor, and for some mysterious reason, I fell in love with it,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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 make no promises, for I do not know what lies ahead, in an uncharted sea.”

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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 prefix i- or y- is equivalent to the A.-S. or German ge, and usually denotes the past participle.

From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by James Baldwin

The gentlemen pleaded,-141--vol i- on the other side, the urgency of their commission, and said that they had brought the queen's litter for her conveyance.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

From this period the cause of popery proceeded-183--vol i- triumphantly: a reign of terror commenced; and the government gained fresh strength and courage by every exertion of the tyrannic power which it had assumed.

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

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

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

Eden's History of the Working Classes, vol. i. p.

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

I’ve been a huge Robyn fan for most of my life — she’s kind of a north star for my sisters and I. It’s no secret that we love sad dance songs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 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

Nearly five million Americans served in uniform during World War I. After the war, the U.S. drew down the Army to a minimal level and kept it there for two decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

Morris’s mother and father, respectively, were an accomplished organist and a mechanic who had been gassed in World War I. Like Waugh, Morris boarded as a teenager at Lancing College in West Sussex, England.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Wolfgang's father informed Haupt that he had done something similar for Germany during World War I. And he offered to help.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

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

Nouns ending in -a, -e, -i, -y, -o, -l, -n, -t, -ar, -ur, -ŭs are Neuter.

From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett

Tarsus -i: the foot; the jointed appendage attached at the apex of tibia. bearing the claws and pulvilli.

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

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

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

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

Child I's mother suggested senior managers should face sanctions if they ignore whistleblowers' concerns.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024

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

When Treelore was a little thing, I put on a old coat from some lady I’s waiting on and Treelore, he look at me funny, back away.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Is the iPhone Duo discriminating against left-handed users?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Is this a good time to take out a HELOC?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 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 a September heatwave forecast for the UK?

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

“What is it, Lizzie? Is there something about February the thirteenth that’s especially important to you?”

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

“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

The deputy chief told Boyd that Spivey’s body was towed “to make sure that every i’s dotted, t’s crossed to clear you.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 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

This is some way off the UK's September temperature record, though, which stands at 35.6C, set in 1906 at Bawtry in South Yorkshire.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

LeRoy is survived by his wife, his five daughters and 10 grandchildren.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

The song has since been removed from the post, but the video is still visible on the White House's TikTok feed.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Tran is no longer a driver with Uber, according to the statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Soon enough, she is propped in bed with pillows and a breakfast tray with hot coffee, warm toast, and grapefruit.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“The further we move from an FDA-approved indication, the higher the bar should be,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

But as we go into the working week, an area of high pressure will arrive, bringing drier weather, lighter winds, and some sunshine, which for much of the country could last throughout the week.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

“While we respect the arbitration process, we believe the arbitrator was wrong in holding Uber legally responsible for the tragic events of that night.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

"Eighteen months in and we actually have a completely functional, super high-performance simulator," says Lu.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

If we were cattle, we’d be heading all the way to Kansas.

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

She added: "I had part of high school online because of Covid so I already knew how to use recorded content for learning so it felt very natural for me."

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

This summer it occurred to me that my understanding of alignment might be wrong.

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 think: So many eyes are watching me.

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

"Families with incomes coming into the household are still not able pay for food and things like that, so we're seeing a lot families coming to us and asking for help."

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

But they are warning us more colorfully and more often now because, it is obvious, they are legitimately afraid.

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

Some of the women tell us they have had formal apologies from the trust, but all say that, more than anything, they want answers as to who was responsible for the failures in their care.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

In order for the man in the red jacket to be okay, he needed to know that he could scare us.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The stock was weighed by relatively short mine lives and low margins, as well as significant rehabilitation needs and high emissions intensity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Oblivious to her own biases about who Leo is and why, Mallory poses as a therapist keen on saving his life, but uses their faux sessions to mine his story for literary gold.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 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

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

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

“I went to my first Michigan football game in Ann Arbor, and for some mysterious reason, I fell in love with it,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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

“The fact that my daughter was involved and was the cause of it is just extremely disturbing,” she told the outlet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Thank you,” I sigh, my ear on Caesar’s chest, listening to his heart.

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

"We also plan to stay here our whole lives," George adds, explaining that they are prepared to ride out any dips in the property market.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

It also turns the leaders of the AI companies into Lewis and Clark in coonskin caps with parchment maps, bravely surveying our country that it might understand its true size.

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

He squints, scanning the slow-trotting horsemen, bow-legged ranchers, and farmers’ families shopping in our small town.

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

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Then I remembered that Leendert was away for a few days setting up electrical warning systems like ours in several of our host homes.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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