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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  

/ 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.

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 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

"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 Sussexes will fly back to the UK without a deal for taxpayer funded security, the i Paper reports.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Standing up, i threw my rabbit bones in the fire and wiped the grease off on my pant legs.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

While Russia was seeking my arrest in 2018, I occasionally found the paintings in my Washington-area home had been rearranged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“He had a real jumper, I mean, before he was 2,” David recalls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

"I think that's great for young people to explore different parts of the world and work in different places and have different experiences," the commuter told the BBC in Toronto.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

I understood nonaligned to mean “the system is acting in a way not in line with our values.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“You’re important to me. Pa’s important. I need you both safe, to care for each other.”

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

I think ye guess whom they named; if ye do not, I-290--vol i- will upon my next letters write further.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

Numbered footnotes in Sections I-VII of the Introduction have been relocated to the end of the Introduction and marked with an "i-".

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Chester E. Jorgenson

Here she soon after met with her death;-292--vol i- and Verney and Foster, who appear to have been alone in the house with her, gave out that it happened by an accidental fall down stairs.

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

Hist. of Latin Christianity, vol. i. pp. 314-318.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

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 R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

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

Also in 2025, she was a finalist for the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for her reporting and hosting of an audio investigation into a deadly U.S. refinery explosion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 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

But for the 11 months we were married, I experienced the glory of being a we instead of an I. Suddenly I was part of a giant club, the Partnered People.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

Neither do I. I’m not afraid of him.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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

Flocculus -i: a hairy or bristly appendage on the posterior coxa of some Hymenoptera.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

Verbs in -i add -ua to the final syllable.

From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Robert Wood Williamson

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

From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Robert Wood Williamson

The medieval Cloth Hall and St. Martin’s Church were two of the most prominent monuments in Ypres, Belgium, and among World War I’s early casualties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Caleb said he was told the Llantrisant Mace was older than most of the Crown Jewels and survived Oliver Cromwell trying to melt down any remaining precious metal bearing Charles I's crest.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 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

“I don’t carry beef with people. And I’m not going to get into the history of Doc and I’s relationship right now. And I probably won’t ever. He’s fine in my book.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024

She dots her I’s with little round circles, like Orphan Annie eyes, or bubbles.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Watch: Is Canada about to join the EU?

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Is the iPhone Duo discriminating against left-handed users?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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 it the frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

“And consider this possibility: Is believing you’re selfish one of your automatic negative thoughts?”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

"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

Sometimes, he says, “dotting i’s and crossing t’s has to come second to right and wrong.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 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

"Your proposal does not adequately acknowledge the multiple and significant challenges such a transaction would face from US competition law enforcement agencies," Seven & i's letter added.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 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

There is no room where it happened now.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

But they are warning us more colorfully and more often now because, it is obvious, they are legitimately afraid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

It’s all vast and various and spread out, there is no central deliberative council, no known locus of authority.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

I asked an expert, who said no, it has nothing to do with values; an AI system that is in nonalignment simply isn’t doing what it’s told.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

This is why she considers her room her sanctum, a place where she is her own true self.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

He kept us close to the business but let us be free to do whatever we wanted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Yes, we are a fire agency, but at the end of the day, we are a service industry,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Because frankly, if we don’t do that, it’s going to close. It’ll end up being ripped down.”

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

"I think we're forced to feel more American simply by the influences that we have," Stainton added.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

“At the time we did not realize we owed our lives to this one little Filipina girl.”

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

There are some people, like me, who appreciate knowing things in advance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

In Birmingham, it didn't affect me during the race, but I could feel something wasn't quite right.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

“The U.S. is absolutely vulnerable to a Pearl Harbor in space,” this person told me.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

They both have steady jobs in public services — normal, working-class people like me and my husband.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

A white girl, as tall as me, cradles a limp baby in a muddied blanket.

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

When WSJ asked her how she’d spend 24 hours in the city, she gave us a thorough rundown, from where to eat breakfast to where she’d shop for a stylish outfit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“I truly believe that going out and playing shows keeps us young,” concludes Benante.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

"I'm trying to be strong for our daughter, but I'm constantly wondering if he's OK and how to get him back home to us," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Much of my life is dedicated to preaching that art, and practicing reverence for it can be the glue that keeps us together when the world wants us torn apart.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

Caesar croons, “Will you come with us, Anna, George’s dear?”

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

It has a buy rating and A$1.50 target on Larvotto, which owns a gold and antimony mine in Australia.

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

"Macklemore coming off tour was the promoter's decision, it was not mine," he wrote.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Her lips turn up in a forced smile and her eyes settle, heavy on mine.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“I take my dream very seriously,” Luke said, “and I just try and do everything I can possible on and off the field to make my dream come true.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

For your evening enjoyment, my colleagues have some ideas about what to focus on instead.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

"However, I think deep down, I definitely I lean towards feeling more European in my ideas and ideals."

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

When I have my own property, I’m going to welcome everyone.

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

I understood nonaligned to mean “the system is acting in a way not in line with our values.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“When someone in our community needs help, we help them.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

"We should deepen our people-to-people ties, allowing our youth to live, work and study where they want on either side of the Atlantic," the PM said.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Monday’s scheduled meeting of Gulf and Iranian leaders in Oman was postponed, but our understanding is talks are still ongoing, and making progress,” he added.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

He offers the bottom plank from the cedar chest that held our clothes and Bible.

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

They’re surprisingly warm inside, and ours made a cozy setting for pork belly skewers, crab puffs and smoked cocktails.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

He said the premium still felt like a "death tax" and the family were being "penalised through no fault of ours".

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

At Camp Golden Eagle, in Woodruff, Wis., all the usual activities were ours: baseball, archery, canoeing, swimming.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Served her right for making me and Lloyd wear ours.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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