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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

YouTube surpassed Netflix in average daily viewing time in 2025, according to research firm Digital i cited in TechCrunch.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

The i Paper headlines on Burnham's pledge for "growth, housing and No 10 North".

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Andy Burnham's expected vow to "lift Britain back up" comes with what The i Paper calls the "biggest ever power transfer."

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

She later clarified on Instagram, “I never said i was making a rock album.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

Not: Wally wears suspenders, while his favorite shoes are wingtips. i TOMBSTONE: Use lighted, not lit. r.i.p.

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

“The thing is, I never subscribed. America can be a One Eyed Jack, but I’ve seen your other side.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

"I'm a football coach and I try to demand the very best and not settle for lower standards," said Tuchel, brushing aside any suggestion of tension inside the camp.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

The Wall Street Journal plunked down $1,300 so I could size up the new Miami outpost, a 34,000-square-foot temple to luxury travel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

“Well, now I know how it feels when they try to cancel you on the right AND the left,” he wrote on Facebook on Monday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

"I thought he was deceived," Dr. Williams writes in his notes.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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

In them, as in most of the recreations in which she at any time indulged herself, Elizabeth sought to unite political utilities with-276--vol i- the gratification of her taste for magnificence, and especially for admiration.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Aikin, Lucy

Rapin speaks of him as one who was encouraged to hope by some distinguished mark of the queen's-299--vol i- favor, which he does not however particularize.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Aikin, Lucy

Lord Leonard Grey, late deputy of Ireland, was accused of favouring the escape of that persecuted-55--vol i- child his nephew Gerald Fitzgerald, of corresponding with cardinal Pole, and of various other offences called treasonable.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Aikin, Lucy

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

Properties i. and ii. say that line integrals are linear, which is true of single-variable integrals as well.

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

Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the World, part i, book i. p. 67., edit.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 113, December 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

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 Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

So did I. The World Cup is over in less than two weeks, and France and Spain are currently the 1-2 favorites to win the thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 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

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

In a recent study, Purusharth I. Rajyaguru and colleagues used Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a type of yeast commonly used in research, to explore how life might respond to Mars-like stress.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2026

“Perhaps I know more of Estella’s history than even you do,” said I. “I know her father too.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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

The suffix of manner defining the verb, is formed by adding the adjective with the final syllable changed to -i.

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

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

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

Thus final -o bespeaks a noun; -a, an adjective; -e, an adverb; -i, an infinitive, etc.

From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Clark, Walter John

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's a very different offering up there. You've still got beaches, but then you've got greenery and mountains and wildlife."

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 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

Queen Elizabeth I’s elaborate mask-like daily makeup ritual not only hid her smallpox scars but was also meant to project a preternatural agelessness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2024

I ain’t never been away from Mama afore so I’s scared to death, kept thinking they waren’t never gunn bring me back.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Is the latest ICE shooting becoming an issue there?

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

Is there any way you can increase your income?

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

Is it possible, many have wondered, to foresee when and where a bluff might collapse — and perhaps even turn these predictions into early warning alerts?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Appeared in the July 14, 2026, print edition as 'The Future Is Gridlocked'.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

“Quick! Is there any way I can help?”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

"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

A Japanese company of Seven & i's size has never been bought by a firm from overseas.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024

They want to make sure they're dotting all the i's and crossing all the t's, to make sure these are the correct identifications.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2023

I’ve won the writing prize twice, and I would have this week, too, but I decided to leave some i’s undotted.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh pledged to lawmakers Tuesday that the central bank is committed to bringing inflation below its 2% target, but didn’t hint at an interest-rate path.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

It had Kylian Mbappé, who is tied with Lionel Messi for the scoring lead this summer and was the Golden Boot winner four years ago in Qatar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

"Let's face it, he's not had too much luck lately!" is the stinging verdict.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Recall organizers secured the California attorney general’s approval to file a lawsuit for the politicians’ removal; their case is pending in state superior court.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

But for now, she is just a little girl with a big imagination, stepping through the grass in the hot, humid air.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

He explained which arriving and departing planes we were stopped for en route and how things would work when we pulled up to Gate D41.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

“While we do not comment on pending litigation, delivering a safe, durable, and reliable SkyLink system to Los Angeles is our highest priority.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

"What we were left with was just a lot of uncertainty for about a month," says Goin, who sits on ZOS' bargaining committee - a panel of union members that represents workers at the studio.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

“We’ve been out really reaching the healthcare community driving awareness of this medicine. Reception’s been very positive and now we start to turn some of the other levers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

When we lose that ability, we end up like Phineas.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

“I’m very grateful to Mayor Bass for giving me the opportunity to be part of her team and serve the people of Los Angeles,” Lee said in a statement Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

The salon is PS speak for the lounge area for passengers like me who didn’t splurge on one of its suites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

“Twin Temple, Would you like to open my show in L.A. on September 29th at the Hollywood Palladium? Let me know,” White posted on Friday, adding, “Get in front of me Satan!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Impersonating a perplexed English person, the comedian says: "Let me get this straight ... you actively support the other teams because they're playing England?"

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

The cowboy on the right lifts me off the perch, throwing me over his shoulder like a meal sack.

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

That news was posted on X by Ebrahim Azizi, head of the assembly's national security commission, who told us in April that controlling the waterway was Iran's "inalienable right".

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Brown’s advice is, “don’t stop eating your greens because they help keep us alive.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

“There was so little risk in China showing us, because the West doesn’t build,” Hichwa said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

"For some of us, those threats have come very close, and all of us live with the knowledge that they may again materialize," Kagan, a liberal justice, told lawmakers in the House hearing.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

He says everyone in the house has a job, and Arlo and I are full-time employees at High School Inc. That’s his bad dad joke, letting us know we are not allowed to slack off.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The Venetia mine, in the far north of South Africa, accounts for more than 40% of the country's diamond production and employs more than 4,000 people.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Knowing as a father that could have been me, could have been friends of mine, I felt very connected to those people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

The action at the Venetia mine follows a decision earlier this year to pause the Tuzo Phase 3 expansion project at the Gahcho Kué mine in Canada, it said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

The Jinjiang incident came less than two months after an explosion in a coal mine in northern China killed more than 80 people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Nobody whose mind has done as much work as mine has trying to ignore that ending in favor of one that would have been more just.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

"I was in a mixed feeling. I have it completely out of my system. We framed it. We debriefed it as a group and we're all focused now. Full steam ahead."

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Exclusivity wasn’t an issue on my Sunday morning visit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

“Twin Temple, Would you like to open my show in L.A. on September 29th at the Hollywood Palladium? Let me know,” White posted on Friday, adding, “Get in front of me Satan!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

"Does it mean me? Does it mean them? Does it mean my project? Does it mean my studio?"

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Father stoops, pushing me flat, slipping a blanket beneath my head.

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

“Our city prioritizes the use of surveillance as a means of safety, but that is not what’s happening in our schools in our streets,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

We are here to impose our style, our strengths.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

"England is our big brother, and sometimes you don't want your big brother to do well, do you?"

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

In May, CEO Mark Zuckerberg thanked laid off employees for their contributions and called AI “the most consequential technology of our lifetimes.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

“Land rush means we have a chance to claim our own acres. Our own home. Not beholden, owing nobody.”

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

Ideally, I need to get to $250,000 to buy a modest apartment so my kid can have a place that is ours and has no debt associated with it.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

"Their spirit was high, and ours is high as we welcome them."

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

"We know everyone in this city, this city is ours," he boasted to a contact in a recording shared with the BBC.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

That year, a million people gathered on the National Mall to witness an historic fireworks display, while we, in our little corner of the world, enjoyed ours.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

We started inviting Bubbe to ours on Friday nights instead after Pop died, but after a while she stopped coming.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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