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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  

abbreviation

1. International

2. Island or Isle

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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  

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

   cuneiform

   coniferous

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I ⁴ British  

/ aɪ /

pronoun

1. (subjective) refers to the speaker or writer

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i ⁵ British  

symbol

1. Also called: j.  the imaginary number √–1

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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  

/ 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 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 British royal family is vulnerable to cyber attacks from hostile states, according to the i Paper.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

"Killer kitchen dust" is the i Paper's headline, writing that loved ones of the victims of silicosis will "receive higher compensation" as "new legislation goes to Parliament".

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 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

Simon texts me before i even get to my car.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

"My school was very tolerant towards what I was doing, so I was fortunate."

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Asked if there was ever a point last season when he regretted the move, Isak replied: "No, never. I would never think like that."

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

"I don't think it does our reputation as a welcoming destination any good and can become quite damaging -- tourism is an important part of the Australian economy," she told AFP.

From Barron's

It feels as though Ma and I have a pact.

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

And that there never came-99--vol i- gold or stone upon her head, till her sister forced her to lay off her former soberness, and bear her company in her glittering gayness.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

The old ‘Minor Declensions’ had begun to pass over into the vocalic, especially into the i- and a-, declensions in the oldest OHG.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Joseph Wright

For the face I grant I might well blush to offer,-104--vol i- but the mind I shall never be ashamed to present.

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

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

Pearl diving has all but disappeared, particularly after the mass production of cultured pearls on farms after World War I. In Gulf countries, the extinction of this profession converges with a familiar story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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

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

We sat on at the table, Beatrice and I. Mice hear better than humans.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

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 Robert Wood Williamson

In most words of this class the final -i of the stem is lost in the Nominative Singular; in others it appears as -e.

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

Judges were unmoved that Luitpold’s forebears had brewed in the region since 1260, written the purity law and invented Oktoberfest for his great-great-grandfather King Ludwig I’s 1810 wedding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 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

The WNBA’s No. 1 overall draft pick and Division I’s career scoring leader revved up a raucous Indiana Pacers crowd by pumping the accelerator of a replica IndyCar before Game 3 against the Milwaukee Bucks.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2024

All I'm thinking is how I's the one that set him to dusting.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

Is this sort of thing worth the hassle?

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

Is this market like 1999 all over again?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

“Is there anything else? Is there any other help for it?”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

"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

It’s just making sure our i’s are dotted and our t’s are crossed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 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

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

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024

He tries it in various styles, his hand unaccustomed to the angles of the N, the dotting of the two i’s.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

The auction comes ahead of the release of Marr's first studio album in four years, The Age Of Everything, which is due out on 2 October.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The rare habitat is home to deep-rooting wild flowers and grasses like great burnet and devil's-bit scabious.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

When customers asked why their drink was free, his staff told them "because Harry Styles is buying everyone's coffee today," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

At least that is what the social media memes would have you believe as investor fever hits the country.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Not only is she passionate, intelligent, and friendly, she is an unequivocal war hero.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

"At my age you don't know how many years you have left, and this has given me three years-plus of stress but now we have proven they blocked our rights."

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

And the term "Yangote" – a pun in the Hausa language essentially meaning "we all have a share now" - has been trending on social media.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

"I cannot say for certain how likely it is, but it is also clear that we must make every possible effort to turn that possibility into reality," he said.

From Barron's

I’m taken off guard, because we almost never even say the word Flash, let alone talk about it.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

"He came with his football - the way he wants to play and the high intensity which I think will benefit me, the club and the way the club wants to play football," added Isak.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

“It was quite an image that is very vivid to me right now.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

"And the club's ambition and the club's will to get me in as well. It was a big part of it."

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Before I started working, Murano to me, was one door: my grandfather’s factory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Father stoops, pushing me flat, slipping a blanket beneath my head.

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

They tried to put us off but they messed with the wrong ones.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

“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

“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

"I don't think it's dawned on us it's really ours," says Conroy, a video editor.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

I don’t know what numbers will be called in next week’s lotto; I’ve no idea who’ll win the Super Bowl or when Rihanna’s gonna grace us with new music.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

A major new copper mine takes 15 to 20 years to get up and running.

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

The Revolutionary Guards said the vessel, Sidr, caught fire after hitting a naval mine.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

On April 19, it struck a British mine and sank.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

She stood there until her glinting eyes found mine.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

“I’ve met thousands of people over my 50 years in politics and LeRoy stands tall among them.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

“As if I had to go to the back of the line and wait my turn,” Mr. Guimarães says, bewildered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

"At my age you don't know how many years you have left, and this has given me three years-plus of stress but now we have proven they blocked our rights."

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

"I don't think that I would have been able to do it without the financial support from my parents," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Cooking, I try my best to balance the temperature and heat.

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

"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

Mark Bernstein, then-board chair, said at the time it would be tantamount to “selling our soul to private capital.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

A frontbencher said: "With the possible exception of our position on Trump, you could characterise most of our press lines as 'a Lib Dem spokesperson said, steady on now, gently does it'."

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

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

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

“It looked like this newsroom has money and ours doesn’t,” Koman adds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

In July, outgoing prime minister Sir Keir Starmer issued a formal apology to those mothers, telling them: "The shame is not yours... the shame is ours."

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Dolly was one of us, ours, but of course she was also much more.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Sam, I noted, never took his eyes off ours, which was unfortunate since it was by far the sloppiest of the lot.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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