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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 i says this ISA would pay a bonus when a buyer purchases their first property and that it could be unveiled at the upcoming Budget.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 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

Then imaginary numbers are represented by a line going up and down the page, with i, 2i, etc. above the middle, and —i, —2i, etc. below.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

Meanwhile, a Microsoft researcher told colleagues that compensating content creators is “in the best interest of my employer, of my country, and of many other groups I belong to.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“We were driving home,” Smith said, “and I asked my wife. I’m like, ‘What is that family eating?’

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

“In real terms, they were nearly as bad as after World War I and World War II and in the 1970s,” wrote a Goldman strategy team led by Christian Mueller-Glissmann.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 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

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

In furtherance of the design, several of her gentlemen had already taken their departure for that city, and Flemish light vessels were observed to keep watch on the English-112--vol i- coast.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

Concerning that point indeed, my Sturmius, I have nothing certain to write to you, nor does any one truly-101--vol i- know what to judge.

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

Combining the results from parts i. and ii., draw a rough sketch of f .

From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016

For each of the following functions, determine the i. domain and ii. range.

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

Econom. i. 4-8-9.648.Plutarch enforces the duty at length, in his very beautiful work on marriage.

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

I’ve been a huge Robyn fan for most of my life — she’s kind of a north star for my sisters and I. It’s no secret that we love sad dance songs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 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

Morris’s mother and father, respectively, were an accomplished organist and a mechanic who had been gassed in World War I. Like Waugh, Morris boarded as a teenager at Lancing College in West Sussex, England.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Jef I. Richards is a professor emeritus of advertising and public relations at Michigan State University’s College of Communication Arts and Sciences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

Wolfgang's father informed Haupt that he had done something similar for Germany during World War I. And he offered to help.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

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

Every Esperanto verb has three Moods—the Conditional, the Imperative, and the Infinitive, which are formed respectively by means of the endings -us, -u, and -i.

From Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation by William W. Mann

First log on as root, and then type dpkg -i icewm_0.8.12-1.deb, and icewm version 0.8.12 will be installed.

From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by John Goerzen

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

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

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

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

“Yeah, it takes us a little longer, but we dot our I’s and we cross our Ts,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024

In a statement read to the public inquiry examining how Letby was able to attack babies, Child I's mother said: "I believe the doctors and nursing staff should have acted earlier."

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024

She laughed and said, “That’s good. I’s kind of surprised your folks let you go to that meeting in the first place.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Appeared in the September 17, 2026, print edition as 'Kevin Warsh Is an Inflation Hawk'.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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 it vertical applications like Harvey for legal or Cursor for coding?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Is he still holding the wrench in his tightened fist?

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

“No matter what the federal government was doing, they knew that if they weren’t dotting their i’s and crossing their t’s, they were going to get called to account,” Hilton said.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

"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

And I don’t tend to favor biographies, because there generally are some tedious sections in the middle as the writer dots the i’s and crosses the t’s of the subject’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 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

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

Much of the plan is oriented around cementing the territory’s economic ties with mainland China, through a raft of commercial and educational programs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Our vision ahead is clear: make Disney+ the connection point for fans everywhere to engage with the full breadth and depth of the broader Disney ecosystem.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Meanwhile, a Microsoft researcher told colleagues that compensating content creators is “in the best interest of my employer, of my country, and of many other groups I belong to.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The Microsoft representative said the company lays out in court filings why its use of the information is transformative and consistent with copyright law and “why Copilot is not a substitute for publishers’ journalism.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Others include smallpox, measles, cholera, meningitis, and leprosy, which is the most feared of all.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

At the sound of the great drum break, we were to thrash about the locker room.

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

As we have argued in recent academic research, race and ethnicity data are key in understanding population health outcomes.

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

“We came as soon as we could,” Grandma says.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The US president previously raised the case with Xi, telling reporters that his Chinese counterpart "told me that would be a tough one".

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

Still watching me, the man tips his hat.

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

Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned on Sept. 8, warning that “the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“I think he’s going to be a high-high impact player for us, not only this year, but for years to come.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

"I think both are equally valuable to us," he 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

“Ladies, perhaps some decorum on this fine Tuesday morning?” our music theory teacher scolds us as she walks by.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Launched five years ago, the project is based at the former Nant Helen opencast coal mine near Ystradgynlais, Powys.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Her eyes met mine, and in them was something steely and impenetrable and daring.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

I studied architecture because that was my passion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

“It’s just trying to stack weeks, trying to get better with my team,” he says.

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

“I can’t abide staying here, worrying. It’ll be months with no word. Not knowing if you’re hurt. Or dead. Not one”—she looks at me—“but maybe both of you lost. Beyond my care.”

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

And even the go-for-broke performance of Mr. Ribisi, with its barely contained insanity, requires something to massage our sympathies.

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

"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

“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

We both roll our eyes at how needlessly dramatic we were being.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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

"MSF's work in Sudan is privately funded. But when funding disappears from other health services, clinics close, patients have fewer places to go, and pressure shifts to the facilities that remain, including ours."

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

The messages prompted a quick response from the state’s governor, Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham, who said that “New Mexico’s name isn’t up for debate—it’s been ours since before the United States existed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

It’s offensive because cases like ours could have been settled for significantly less than what the verdict is.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

Even though we were getting closer to the end of their growing season, ours were still full and round and deeply red.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

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