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  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  

suffix

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

   Iraqi

   Bangladeshi

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I ² British  

/ aɪ /

pronoun

1. (subjective) refers to the speaker or writer

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-i- ³ British  

1. used between elements in a compound word Compare -o-

   cuneiform

   coniferous

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I ⁴ 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 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  

abbreviation

1. International

2. Island or Isle

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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

Seven & i Holdings 3382 -0.05%decrease; down pointing triangle 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

Anonymous BBC staff tell the i Paper of their frustration with the corporation's latest cuts, as part of its plans to save £500m.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

The i newspaper, which first reported the story, said it was found behind a ceiling panel within the last two months, and security services have been informed.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

She was deep i n conversation with the farm women, but when I started to put my nickel on the counter, her palm was outstretched to take it.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

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

Yet Dean brought a fresh, easy-wearing charm to singles such as the Hot 100 smash “Man I Need,” a Whitney Houston-caliber banger that heralded an artfully emotive record.

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

"I think there's a particular openness in Welsh culture to mystery, magic and folklore, and the film sort of became a joyous celebration of that in a lot of ways."

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

“Standing tall like real men. That’s why I headed west.”

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

The Phœnissæ of Euripides appeared under the title of Jocasta, having received an English dress from Gascoigne and Kinwelmershe,-334--vol i- two students of Gray's Inn.

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

With a just and pleasing confidence, the queen replied, 'I warrant you it is for-251--vol i- gladness,'" "How many nosegays did her grace receive at poor women's hands!

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

Lord Leonard Grey, late deputy of Ireland, was accused of favouring the escape of that persecuted-55--vol i- child his nephew Gerald Fitzgerald, of corresponding with cardinal Pole, and of various other offences called treasonable.

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

Also, an electrical charge cannot suffer a fall of potential without loss of energy, i. e., without transformation.

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst

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 Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

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 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

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

We had the one German suitcase, my mom, my sister, and I. We didn’t know where to go, because this wasn’t a vacation.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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

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 Smith, John. B.

I, except that some of them have imperatives in -i: vaki, þęfi; uni. lifa, sęgja have imper. lif, sęg.

From Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary by Sweet, Henry

The suffix -i, added to a noun stem, forms generally a neuter verb.

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

He said, “Thank you, ma’am, I’s thinking the same thing. This just gunn be a disturbing that she don’t need right now.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Is her mother’s company really doing this to test out proprietary technology while ostensibly doing a good deed for a grieving parent?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Silence Is Talking by Reverend & The Makers is reborn as the terrace anthem, aided by the trumpeter in the England band playing the familiar riff taken from War's 1975 song Low Rider.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Is it time to talk about mandatory retirement ages?

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

“Aren’t we going to help them? Is anyone hurt?”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

"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

A Japanese company of Seven & i's size has never been bought by a firm from overseas.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024

CPAs, those folks who can add columns of 9s in their heads, have been advising MDs since the 1980s to dot their i’s, cross their t’s, and never accept IOUs.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the U.S. had arranged to replace the 172 million barrels of SPR oil with about 200 million barrels within the next year, which is 20% more than the drawdown.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

The for-profit arm is now a Delaware public-benefit corporation, a for-profit company whose directors can balance profit, stakeholder interests, and a specified public mission—as they see fit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

One nonprofit in Dallas reported that demand for food assistance is now higher than it was in 2008 during the financial crisis or in 2020 during the pandemic.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

That corporation, OpenAI Group PBC, is still fully controlled by the nonprofit, whose mission directors fill the PBC’s board.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

There is faint starlight on the bay, which outlines the shore, ships, and buildings in the distance.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

If we’re going to play an important role in consumers’ lives today and moving forward, we have to be agile.

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

"It was unseasonably dry, so I can only assume we have the aliens and their advanced weather-control technology to thank for that."

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

Perhaps we can refuse to line up, Gertie thinks desperately.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Laura Dern, who played Dr. Ellie Sattler opposite Neill’s Dr. Alan Grant in Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park,” wrote, Neill “showed me the depths of loyalty, protectiveness and love always with the driest of wit.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

"It was very important to me that the casting felt authentic," said Ryninks.

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 plains ahead of me are dusty, windswept as if a small tornado barreled through.

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

"This could potentially overtake us here, this has gotten a little scary," a crew member says as the train rushes past burning trees near Armstrong, Ontario.

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

When Dad told us about Candace, he assured us that they were careful about where they went and how late they stayed out.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Its advanced chromatographic separation process is designed to recover critical minerals from several streams: mixed rare-earth carbonate, recycled magnets, mine tailings, industrial residues, zinc byproducts, electronic scrap and other secondary materials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

At the Venetia mine, De Beers has pledged to use those two years of downtime to make infrastructure more "efficient" with increased "capacity", external, ready to reopen production once market conditions improve.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: "Lindsey is a great friend of Israel and a cherished friend of mine."

From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026

Trey ran a finger down my cheek before tilting my chin up and pressing his lips softly to mine.

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

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

“By the time she was my age she had four kids, one was my mum, and now I get to do this.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

"He is the perpetrator... he infiltrated my life and my family and my finances. He should be the one that should feel the shame, not me."

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

Someone slid it into my locker at school today.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Without any winking irony or condescension to our ancient forebears in storytelling, the writer-director aims to rekindle our fascination with these oft-told tales: the Trojan Horse, the Sirens’ song, Scylla and Charybdis.

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

"The other factor is the US economy is strong... they need our exports and you're seeing US businesses increasingly increase their orders for our Canadian exports."

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

I roll out our bedding, feed and blanket Midnight and Belle.

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

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

That year, a million people gathered on the National Mall to witness an historic fireworks display, while we, in our little corner of the world, enjoyed ours.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 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

"The shame is not yours. The shame was never yours. The shame is ours," he insisted.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

We were part of the United States branch, but there were Academy branches just like ours hidden all over the world.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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