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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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The UK's chief medical officer has released new guidance for people on weight loss injections that say people taking the jabs should start strength training, the i Paper reports.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 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

"Britain set to break 50-year heat record" is the i Paper's top story, "smashing UK's June record from 1976".

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

She later clarified on Instagram, “I never said i was making a rock album.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

We stop for a second on top of the i.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

They are World War I letter openers, made from scrap wood or by blunting the edge of a military blade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

“I just felt I had all the tools necessary to bring this character to life,” Guido said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Mark Joseph Stern: There has been a lot of misunderstanding about exactly what the liberal justices did in B.P.J., and I want to clear that up.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026

In another message, Jogesh sent an image of a Rolls-Royce to Morris and said: "But if I want one of these then we need to keep going."

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

“Most people think I have died because I have tried very hard to efface the past,” she writes.

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

A remarkable incident soon served to intimate the coolness and caution with which it was her intention-254--vol i- to proceed in re-establishing the maxims of the reformers.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Aikin, Lucy

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 Aikin, Lucy

So high did words run on occasion of this great contest. -302--vol i-

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

Properties i. and ii. say that line integrals are linear, which is true of single-variable integrals as well.

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

There should be no difficulty on the large ships in carrying this quantity under davits, i. e.,

From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by Government, British

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

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

Guy Fieri didn’t know about it, and neither did I. Oh no, he did.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 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

In a recent study, Purusharth I. Rajyaguru and colleagues used Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a type of yeast commonly used in research, to explore how life might respond to Mars-like stress.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2026

And neither was I. I had never had Nollie’s bravery—no, nor her faith either.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Another important part of Victor I's legacy was to introduce Latin as the common language of the Catholic Church.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025

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

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 he apologising because he can't get his facts right or is he apologising for the hurt he's caused me?" he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Is the latest ICE shooting becoming an issue there?

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

Appeared in the July 14, 2026, print edition as 'The Future Is Gridlocked'.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Is this probability too high or too low?

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

“That’s a good sign. Is there any reason?”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

"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

"Your proposal does not adequately acknowledge the multiple and significant challenges such a transaction would face from US competition law enforcement agencies," Seven & i's letter added.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2024

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

“Investors may be weary of CoreWeave trying to boost its performance through financial derivatives at a time their core AI cloud business is seeing increased competition,” D.A.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

The only other company to use such directors is Ben & Jerry’s, an experiment that ended in spectacular failure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

The anecdotes bolster the theory that the U.S. economy is becoming more “K-shaped,” with wealthy Americans thriving as stock prices jump while middle- and low-income Americans struggle, as their wages aren’t keeping up with inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

“War Craft” is an uneasy and vivid blend of daydream and nightmarish reality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Joey soldiers on, as she always does, but there is plenty to worry about.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“We’re not just going to bomb and bomb and bomb. We’re going to try to use our military force as one of the many tools that we have to solve the problem,” Vance said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

There are steps we could take to make the court seem more like the public body it’s supposed to be.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026

"This part of the Cairngorms National Park is popular with hillwalkers, and we ask that people remain vigilant while active firefighting continues."

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

"If we do not see signs of disinflation soon, I am prepared to act," Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook told an event in Washington.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

When it comes to our chosen instruments, we don’t play around.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The chasteness of Nolan’s version bugs me as it’s insulting he doesn’t trust audiences to grapple with this hero’s moral complexity — and I’m gut-sick that he’s probably right.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

"He showed me pictures of his Army life," said the 57-year-old.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

“This recipe gives me the ability to deploy capital to these companies when they trade below intrinsic value,” along with confidence to invest more during periods of industry drawdowns, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

Mr. Alexander is enough of a practical politician to avoid such an analogy, but allow me to illustrate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

The cowboy on the right lifts me off the perch, throwing me over his shoulder like a meal sack.

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

He gave us dozens of hours of inventive comedy and deserves much more glory than he has yet received.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

A new show at Roberts Projects lets us in on a different but equally foundational branch of Saar’s story: her costume design work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

"From starting out on the late-night show to hosting the Live Lounge, we have made so many amazing memories that we'll take with us," they added.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

“For us, that means treating every stock as an ownership stake in the business,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

We all look at one another, and let’s just say not all of us are excited about that prospect—least of all Aunt J. Grandma immediately says she has a lot to do.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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

Knowing as a father that could have been me, could have been friends of mine, I felt very connected to those people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

De Beers announced Monday it will pause production at South Africa's largest diamond mine for two years to reduce costs while trading conditions remained tough.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

It is widely believed that the ground movement is linked to a former mine, but this has not been confirmed.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Willem fixed his sober, deep-set eyes on mine.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Detained since late January 2025, he described his time already spent behind bars as “extraordinarily difficult” and said, “I did not betray my country.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

“Ladies Room” was a zippy ode to the sanctity of a room of one’s own; “Time” promised that “It’s up to me to spend my time / I gave you yours, so give me mine.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Ryninks said he had "always wanted to set a film on the Ceredigion coast as it's my favourite place in the world".

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

"I woke up this morning and I didn't have to carry my ID anymore," Maria Jesus Walda, a 34-year-old civil engineer, told AFP as she headed into Gibraltar.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

Swimming on my back, I try to tug Belle forward.

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

After our 90-minute, $60 tour, Martin sold lobsters to go for $12.50 a piece, regardless of weight—a bargain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

"After my mum passed away, I found myself returning frequently to west Wales, where our family is from," he told BBC Wales.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

"I am fully committed to reaching our inflation target, and this commitment is unwavering," she added.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

He said Conagra had what was “probably our strongest innovation pipeline” in place to engage consumers.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

We both get our stuff and stand by my locker; the school halls are mostly empty.

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

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

Ellis' granddaughter Laura Enston welcomed the news and said: "The shadow of Ruth's execution has fallen across two generations. We have carried shame that was never ours to bear."

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

The Washington monument is both architecture and sculpture, a powerful symbol with layered meanings for different generations from Washington’s time to ours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Having Flopears on the opposing team made up for having to have Charlie on ours.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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