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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Confused, I asked if he instead meant “priceless.”
From Los Angeles Times
“No way, I don’t think people will believe that! It didn’t happen,” Solis first told himself when he saw the rumors begin to spread online.
From Los Angeles Times
“My mom, she tried to push her away and said, ‘No, I don’t need anything,’” Guerrero said.
From Los Angeles Times
“As my mom said — ‘All I need is the cross, forget the chain.
From Los Angeles Times
I can almost hear the eye roll when I contact Kirsten Jackson, an IBS Dietitian, who specialises in gut health.
From BBC
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