i
the imaginary number .
Showing results for i.
Search instead for
h-j-.
Jump To:
-
i
-
I
Inounthe ninth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
-
i-
i-variant of y-.
-
i.
i.abbreviationimperator.
-
-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.abbreviationIndependent.
-
-i
-isuffixof or relating to a region or people, esp of the Middle East
i
1 AmericanMathematics.
-
Also called imaginary unit. the imaginary number .
-
a unit vector on the x -axis of a coordinate system.
I
2
American
[ahy]
/ aɪ /
Or
i
noun
-
I's,
plural
-
Is,
plural
-
i's,
plural
-
is
plural
-
the ninth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
-
any spoken sound represented by the letter I or i, as in big, nice, or ski.
-
something having the shape of an I.
-
a written or printed representation of the letter I or i.
-
a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter I or i.
I
3
American
[ahy]
/ aɪ /
pronoun
-
we,
plural nominative
-
me,
objective
-
us,
objective
-
my,
possessive
-
mine,
possessive
-
our,
possessive
-
ours
possessive
noun
-
I's
plural
-
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular.)
-
Metaphysics. the ego.
I
4
American
abbreviation
I
5
American
Symbol.
-
the ninth in order or in a series.
-
(sometimes lowercase) the Roman numeral for 1.
-
Chemistry. iodine.
-
Biochemistry. isoleucine.
-
Electricity. current.
-
Logic. particular affirmative.
-
(italics) isotopic spin.
i-
6
American
i.
7
American
abbreviation
-
imperator.
-
incisor.
-
interest.
-
intransitive.
-
island.
-
isle; isles.
-i-
8
American
I.
9
American
abbreviation
-
Independent.
-
Island; Islands.
-
Isle; Isles.
I.
1
British
abbreviation
-
International
-
Island or Isle
I
2
British
symbol
-
chem iodine
-
physics current
-
physics isospin
-
logic a particular affirmative categorial statement, such as some men are married, often symbolized as SiP Compare A E O 1
-
one See Roman numerals
abbreviation
-i-
3
British
I
4
British
/ aɪ /
pronoun
i
5
British
symbol
-i
6
British
suffix
i
7
British
/ aɪ /
noun
-
the ninth letter and third vowel of the modern English alphabet
-
any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in bite or hit
-
-
something shaped like an I
-
( in combination )
an I-beam
-
-
to pay meticulous attention to detail
i
Scientific
/ ī /
i
Idioms
Grammar
See me.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
The i Paper says it was the "day that changed the world".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
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
Olly: i tried to visit you but your mom wouldn’t let me Madeline: She's protecting me.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
"I just think I'm so fortunate that I was in a sport where everybody accepted that you have men and women's races in the Olympics."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
"My school was very tolerant towards what I was doing, so I was fortunate."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
He added: "I know they've done it with a florist before, and I think they've done it with an ice cream parlour before."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
"I was devastated," recalled Rachelle, who is not considering returning to Haiti due to the unstable security situation there.
From Barron's
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
Of the higher gentry, however, there were considerable numbers who-157--vol i- either went and established themselves in the protestant cities of Germany, or passed away the time in travelling.
From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin
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
From the new sovereign substantial benefits as well as flattering distinctions awaited him, being reinstated-266--vol i- by her in the possession of his confiscated estates and appointed a privy-councillor.
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
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
See, too, Grotius De Jure, i. cap. ii.521.See an admirable dissertation on the opinions of the early Christians about military service, in Le Blant, Inscriptions chrétiennes de la Gaule, tome i. pp. 81-87.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky
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
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
He also urged them not to allow partnerships between large corporations and the military, the way the German scientific community and government did with I. G. Farben and Krupp Armaments and Steel.
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
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
“There you quite mistake him,” said I. “I know better.”
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
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
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
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
“I says, ‘I’s sorry, ma’am, I’s just ’bout to bust from not seeing my mama!’
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Appeared in the September 17, 2026, print edition as 'Kevin Warsh Is an Inflation Hawk'.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
Is it vertical applications like Harvey for legal or Cursor for coding?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Ahem, yes, I suppose . . . but when is now? Is now the morning, or is it noon, or is it late at night? Do you see the complications?”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
"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
“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
At Swarthmore, Libbi got all A’s and B’s and started to spell her name with two i’s.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
The painting is one of more than 100 works to go on display as part of Turner, Wedgwood & Beyond: Inspired by Flaxman, which opens at the gallery on Friday.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
A right of way has now been established, while the council has been ordered by the courts to pay £50,000 costs and to ensure her access is not impeded again.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The site is central to a restoration programme that aims to boost this type of specialist habitat across the county.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
"There is no support for an Orange Order march through this community on a return parade," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
It’s well-known that Joey loves to write, and the gift is a symbol of gratitude for all her work during the war.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
"He said 'score goals', but he wants me to defend. The way we defend - we defend to score goals so defending, in the end, is an attacking weapon."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“With short positioning stretched and Fed pricing aggressive, we expect the 10Y Treasury yield to consolidate in a 4.90-5.10% range for now.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"It will be a chance to celebrate every individual who has helped create and shape this beloved theatre as we look to our future."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
"The scale of it is much, much bigger than what we see actually based on the seizure data," said Jimmy Borah of the environmental advocacy group Aaranyak.
From Barron's
Unfortunately, there are many things we don’t know.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
“It was quite an image that is very vivid to me right now.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Personally, I'm not fearful of the Australian animals but I've never had a crocodile near me," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Before I started working, Murano to me, was one door: my grandfather’s factory.
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
The plains ahead of me are dusty, windswept as if a small tornado barreled through.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
“We thank the researchers for contacting us and sharing their findings. We narrowed the permissions on Community sign-in tokens and revoked affected tokens and sessions,” the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"So no, I don't think we are psychologically prepared… but I do think that we are beginning to recognise that war is something that is closer to us than we'd like to think".
From BBC ● 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
It wants us to stockpile canned food and drinking water, strengthen our civic resilience, and plan for the possibility of war.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
A few students walking down the hall holding oboes turn and look at 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
"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 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
She added: "I knew this would probably be my last chance, because there were other girls in Britain trying to do it."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“My ever increasing involvement and identification with the poor only continues to widen the gap between my obedience to religious authority and my own understanding of what my life as a Christian must entail.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Many people in my era either had to take unpaid leave or resign, or they got sacked because they were trying to juggle their sports with their career," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 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
In my mind, I echo: I will, I will.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Read our article on why some US restaurants are banning tips.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“We took 25% of our production engineers and said ‘Sorry, all your projects are on hold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"It will be a chance to celebrate every individual who has helped create and shape this beloved theatre as we look to our future."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“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
“That’s right, son. Hundreds of people were in our last camp. But not everyone drowned. And not every wagon failed. Most animals made it.”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
“It looked like this newsroom has money and ours doesn’t,” Koman adds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 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
At Camp Golden Eagle, in Woodruff, Wis., all the usual activities were ours: baseball, archery, canoeing, swimming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Dolly was one of us, ours, but of course she was also much more.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
By the time you sent Mila and me away, I know now that we were probably days away from losing ours, too.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
