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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, if successful, would be the largest-ever acquisition for the owner of Circle K, which abandoned a $47 billion takeover attempt of Seven & i, the Japanese owner of 7-Eleven, last July.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The move comes less than a week after Seven & i decided against proceeding with a potential investment in ⁠Zabka.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

"Fury over Fifa plan to sell off World Cup" is the i Paper's headline, writing that it comes after its boss "Gianni Infantino plans to sell stakes to private investors, potentially earning him millions".

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

"Cost of living, cost of living, cost of living," declares the i Paper, reporting that Burnham has told his cabinet to find ways to "cut UK prices and offer hope".

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

When I was in school, we had to memorize this little rhyme: Use i before e, except after c, Or when sounded like a, As in neighbor and weigh.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

I was able to claim several months of retroactive benefits, so it still worked out quite well for me.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

“When I look at somebody saying, ‘you need to get back into the market,’ the first thing I’m asking is: Why are they saying that?” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

"For now, I believe that club football still has a lot to offer me."

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

“That’s an inflated promise. But I will tell you, we will build, and I will tell you, there will be more Californians who own a home,” Becerra said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

“People of the Philippines, I have returned,” General MacArthur says.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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

From this period the cause of popery proceeded-183--vol i- triumphantly: a reign of terror commenced; and the government gained fresh strength and courage by every exertion of the tyrannic power which it had assumed.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

By a change he had every thing to lose, and nothing to-129--vol i- gain.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

From the new sovereign substantial benefits as well as flattering distinctions awaited him, being reinstated-266--vol i- by her in the possession of his confiscated estates and appointed a privy-councillor.

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

But the converse, i. e. consideration for the historical conditions of Ephesus and its sister churches, on the part of the body of the work, is absolutely wanting.

From The Making of the New Testament by Benjamin Wisner Bacon

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

In that way, I feel creatively redeemed on some level, just in my own journey between me, myself and I. But I feel ready to move on from the ‘Blade’ questions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 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

Exception 2.—Words ending in ie and dropping the e, by Rule I. change the i into y to prevent the doubling of the i: as, die + ing = dying; lie + ing = lying.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

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

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

Pulvillus -i: soft, pad-like structures between tarsal claws: the cushions of short, stiff hair or other clothing on the underside of tarsal joints; rarely fleshy lobes: see arolium.

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

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

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

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

“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

You tearing off in one direction and Leroy tearing off in the other, I’s too old to be chasing after folks like a hound dog.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

That also raises an even bigger question: Is paying off this $1,000 actually an emergency?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

"Is he simply going to ramp up the name of Liverpool in order to make as much money as possible?"

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Life Is a Dream” is, essentially, a collection of love letters: to his wife Stella, to Margam, to the life he knows won’t last forever.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Is your company becoming more always-on in nature?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

“Aren’t we going to help them? Is anyone hurt?”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

“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

So homeowners, dot the i’s and cross the t’s when you sell—and be ready to show your work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 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

So from the disclosures, it’s not clear what the current fate is of the remaining 4.4% stake.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

In the endurance round, James’s mother, Christiane Coutant, was pitted against Alicia, who is half her age.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Oates, 78, who is best known as one half of the musical duo Hall & Oates, initially listed his 4.3-acre spread—which is located in Woody Creek, just outside of Aspen—for $6 million in 2017.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

For couples in same-sex marriages, there is no default expectation or tradition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

The cure for leprosy is now readily available.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

I knew right then we needed some land.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

Following the latest fundraising, Lovable will be Menlo’s largest single investment after Anthropic—“a testament to how bullish we are on Lovable’s outlook,” said Matt Murphy, one of the firm’s partners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

"We have our main core, the same manager, same methods and same desire to achieve more. A lot of people thought we reached a ceiling a couple of seasons ago and we proved them wrong."

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

“That’s an inflated promise. But I will tell you, we will build, and I will tell you, there will be more Californians who own a home,” Becerra said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

In our time, we control most epileptic symptoms with powerful drugs called "anticonvulsants," because uncontrolled seizures can cause their own brain damage.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

This additional income enabled me to delay claiming my own Social Security benefits until 70.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

“The company is doing extraordinarily well,” Singh Cassidy, a former Google and StubHub executive who remains based in Silicon Valley, told me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

"They call me mad Martin and I don't know why," he laughed.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Rushing said that Sunday was the first time he’d felt pain while throwing — “didn’t feel a pop or anything, but felt pretty serious as it kind of tightened up on me a little bit.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

“Be mad at me, George. This is my fault. My injury distracted you.”

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

However, the AI capex trends mean that in the short-term “chips lead us higher.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

"It's a very, very noticeable absence for all of us and it's difficult."

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

That brings us to this old chestnut: Do you claim at 62, or later?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

“Beloved Jackie showed us resilience and strength and the beauty of nature and how she stood for what we all want to believe,” said Patricia Hiscox of Long Island, N.Y.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

It’s as if they think the drawn river will come alive, bursting and showering us with venom and water.

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

So when I take mine at 70, she would get half of my $4,200, or $2,100, at 70.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

Humanity is still a long way from operating its first mine in space.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

"This son of mine has no father, no birth certificate and no national number," Amira, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, tells the BBC.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

The bank raises its share-price target to A$13.00 from A$12.00 to reflect increased expected mine life and output at some operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Willem fixed his sober, deep-set eyes on mine.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

“So I literally called my friend over in England and said, ‘Hey, we’re looking at your property.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

“Are you telling me that my grandchildren will have their name determined by an Easter egg hunt?” he asked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Bothwell, who is in his 40s, said he had never seen a total eclipse as there had "never really been one remotely near in my lifetime".

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

“And so it puts my arm in just a fine spot, and obviously, we just worry about the muscle.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

After smashing a snake, I’ve learned more about my closed-off father than I ever have.

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

“The U.S. is our next major target market after Japan,” Yamamoto said, citing Japanese automakers’ large presence there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

She said they were the "next generation of our workforce and community leaders" and their voices should be central to decisions about the island's future.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

“Having the same last name legitimizes our family status it seems,” Glatzel said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Owens said while babirusas "are doing well in our care" numbers in the wild were "radically reducing" and it would be "horrendous if they disappeared, because they were amazing, charismatic animals".

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

I keep digging, punching posts into our lot’s boundaries.

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

“But most important, it helps companies like ours that are creating thousands of high-quality American jobs.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Salzburg’s worries are our worries; its triumphs can be ours as well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

As much as we might wish otherwise, Kylie Jenner and Taylor Swift are not like us, and we cannot measure their autonomy and power on the same scale as ours.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

This same blockchain technology is being used to run Liberland's government and one day, if Sun gets his way, it could run ours too.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

“Yup. But ours includes all of us, and any kinds of records we want to break.”

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan

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