I

¹ American  

[ahy] / aɪ /

Or i

noun

PLURAL

I's, Is, i's, is.

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 ² American  

[ahy] / aɪ /

pronoun

NOMINATIVE

I

POSSESSIVE

my, mine

OBJECTIVE

me

PLURAL_NOMINATIVE

we

POSSESSIVE

our, ours

OBJECTIVE

us

1. the nominative singular pronoun, used in referring to oneself, the person speaking, writing, or otherwise communicating.

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noun

PLURAL

I's

1. (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular.)

2. Metaphysics.  the ego.

I ³ American  

abbreviation

1. interstate (used with a number to designate an interstate highway).

   I-95.

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I ⁴ 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 ⁵ 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- 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.

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

As Mr. Hart points out, this “mechanical slaughter” anticipated others during World War I. Men who were ambitious young officers during the Sudan operations subsequently reached high command during the “Great War.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“But I was doing good work, wasn’t I? Even Aaron said I had a good outline.”

From Salon

I took my “Empire Strikes Back” poster and some sundry supplies out of the office.

From Salon

But I had inherited my father’s depressed DNA, and like him, I couldn’t recover.

From Salon

“I need to talk to you, it’s important. Can we get together?”

From Salon

Related Words

• he
• it
• she
• sie
• they
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• xe
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• ze
• zie