i.
1 Americanabbreviation
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imperator.
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incisor.
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interest.
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intransitive.
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island.
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isle; isles.
abbreviation
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Independent.
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Island; Islands.
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Isle; Isles.
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the ninth in order or in a series.
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(sometimes lowercase) the Roman numeral for 1.
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Chemistry. iodine.
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Biochemistry. isoleucine.
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Electricity. current.
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Logic. particular affirmative.
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(italics) isotopic spin.
pronoun
nominative
I,possessive
my, mine,objective
me,plural nominative
we,possessive
our, ours,objective
usnoun
plural
I's-
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular.)
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Metaphysics. the ego.
abbreviation
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Also called imaginary unit. the imaginary number .
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a unit vector on the x -axis of a coordinate system.
noun
plural
I's, Is, i's, is-
the ninth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
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any spoken sound represented by the letter I or i, as in big, nice, or ski.
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something having the shape of an I.
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a written or printed representation of the letter I or i.
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a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter I or i.
suffix
symbol
abbreviation
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International
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Island or Isle
noun
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the ninth letter and third vowel of the modern English alphabet
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any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in bite or hit
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something shaped like an I
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( in combination )
an I-beam
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to pay meticulous attention to detail
pronoun
symbol
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chem iodine
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physics current
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physics isospin
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logic a particular affirmative categorial statement, such as some men are married, often symbolized as SiP Compare A E O 1
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one See Roman numerals
abbreviation
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
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“Nights like these make life worth living. I had so much fun, more fun than I’ve had at a club in a long time,” says Yamamoto, whose entire friend group was “obsessed” with “Heated Rivalry” from the start.
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“I want everyone to have their culture represented. I’m Latino myself, I love Bad Bunny — of course I had to throw him in. This is kind of a no-holds barred thing, I’m throwing in every genre,” Lyman says, highlighting how the eclectic music selection mirrors the crowd’s range of tastes.
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“Rachel’s book is unapologetically queer joy, and from the very first read, I knew I wanted to bring this shamelessly funny, glorious, romantic story to life, complete with the kind of happy ending that gay people so rarely see in the media,” he says.
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But between his love for the series and an “I’ll figure it out” mindset, he dove in.
From Los Angeles Times
“Me and my co-video creator were just working nonstop all week long figuring out how to make the night work. We found all these edits on TikTok and trimmed them into full-on music videos for the night, and then put together the show in four days. I had no idea what to expect. The response was just insane,” Lyman recalls.
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