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Inounthe ninth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
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i-variant of y-.
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i.
i.abbreviationimperator.
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-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.
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I.abbreviationIndependent.
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-isuffixof or relating to a region or people, esp of the Middle East
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1 AmericanMathematics.
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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.
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[ahy]
/ aɪ /
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Is,
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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.
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[ahy]
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we,
plural nominative
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me,
objective
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us,
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my,
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mine,
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our,
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ours
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I's
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(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular.)
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Metaphysics. the ego.
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Symbol.
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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.
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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.
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Independent.
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Island; Islands.
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Isle; Isles.
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pronoun
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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
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International
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Island or Isle
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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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an I-beam
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to pay meticulous attention to detail
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Idioms
Grammar
See me.
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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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The i Paper says it was the "day that changed the world".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
"Find the money to fund end-of-life care," is Lord Blunkett's "plea to Burnham", according to the i Paper.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 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
Simon texts me before i even get to my car.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
“Before every game, no matter what team I was on at the time, the coach would always ask the most devout player to say a prayer.”
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 both are equally valuable to us," he said.
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
“My father’s a better man than you,” I shout.
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
Happy would it have been for England in more ages than one, had the sentiment of the following humble-124--vol i- stanza been indelibly inscribed on the hearts of children.
From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin
And that there never came-99--vol i- gold or stone upon her head, till her sister forced her to lay off her former soberness, and bear her company in her glittering gayness.
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
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
Laws respecting it, 245 Superstition, possibility of adding to the happiness of man by the diffusion of, i. 50-53.
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
He also urged them not to allow partnerships between large corporations and the military, the way the German scientific community and government did with I. G. Farben and Krupp Armaments and Steel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 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
When an hour had elapsed on the clock, I. A. Horowitz, the referee, declared the game forfeited.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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
I, except that some of them have imperatives in -i: vaki, þęfi; uni. lifa, sęgja have imper. lif, sęg.
From Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary by Henry Sweet
Oncus -i: a welt: applied to welt-like ridges on caterpillars.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
Its inflections are -as present, -is preterite, -os future, -us conditional, -u imperative and subjunctive, -i infinitive, together with the following participles:— Active.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
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
Child I's mother suggested senior managers should face sanctions if they ignore whistleblowers' concerns.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024
Demi felt his back, as if expecting to find it like that of the watch, and then gravely remarked, “I dess Dod does it when I’s asleep.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Appeared in the September 17, 2026, print edition as 'Kevin Warsh Is an Inflation Hawk'.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Is this sort of thing worth the hassle?
From MarketWatch ● 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 the rise too much or not enough?
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
“My guess is the loveless souls go to Pain. Is that right?”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
"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
The deputy chief told Boyd that Spivey’s body was towed “to make sure that every i’s dotted, t’s crossed to clear you.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 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
At Swarthmore, Libbi got all A’s and B’s and started to spell her name with two i’s.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
And is someone keeping tabs on his CO2 emissions?
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
Jana is ramping up the pressure on Cooper after building a stake in the company roughly a year ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
When Cooper reported its third-quarter earnings earlier this month, it said it is expanding its U.S. sales force to reach 5,000 additional eye-care offices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
In June 1969, Joey graduates from college and is accepted into graduate school at Middlebury College, where she earns a master’s degree in Spanish literature.
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
“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
As we have argued in recent academic research, race and ethnicity data are key in understanding population health outcomes.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Brisbane 2032's chief executive has said organisers are making contingency plans "as we would for any venue".
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
We will head east until we hit the trail, then follow it to the Red River.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
"Personally, I'm not fearful of the Australian animals but I've never had a crocodile near me," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
I will laugh at the stupidest stuff ever created—send me every video of a cat playing bagpipes on the porch—but this one was yuck.
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
The other man sets me down on the dirt like I don’t matter at all.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
These portals give us unprecedented access to our own medical records, as well as scheduling, communication and bill-payment options, all in one place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“She called us, bawling, and we were loading the dog, comforting her,” Dowd said.
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
The competition among us is intense to say the least.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
“La Opinión helped families like mine stay informed about what was happening in our communities and gave Spanish-speaking Angelenos a voice,” she said in a written statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
“Increased mining rates at Break of Day following the Stage 2 cutback, along with mine life extensions at Penny, should drive higher head grades through FY27 and FY28,” says the broker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
"Let's say no more. If you are a bad governor, it will be your fault, but the shame will be mine."
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
Before I started working, Murano to me, was one door: my grandfather’s factory.
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
For your evening enjoyment, my colleagues have some ideas about what to focus on instead.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
"Part of me wants to talk about it and then part of me doesn't, because I feel like my words get twisted or people are like 'oh, she's making excuses'," Hodgkinson said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“I’ve had my doubts. You toiling for Thompson. Me growing up to do the same.”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
“We would not be who we are today without the calamities of our yesterdays,” wrote Salman Rushdie in a memoir, adapting a somewhat similar remark by Samuel Beckett.
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
"Consistent with our host country obligations, the core delegation from the Iranian regime will be able to attend UN General Assembly High Level Week," a spokesman for the US State Department told the BBC.
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
But like everything in Davey, our school is stuck in the past.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Whenever he seems confused, I’m delighted; it’s reassuring to see someone so smart still struggle to fathom this thing of ours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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
"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
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
Across the street was another clothing store, a rival of ours, but it had been left untouched.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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