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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  

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 ² 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. 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 /

pronoun

1. (subjective) refers to the speaker or writer

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i ⁶ British  

symbol

1. Also called: j. the imaginary number √–1

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-i ⁷ British  

suffix

1. of or relating to a region or people, esp of the Middle East

   Iraqi

   Bangladeshi

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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

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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

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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 Paper also leads with the spy chief's speech, quoting him as saying threats from foreign adversaries have quadrupled in a decade.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Seven & i announced a series of measures in March 2025 to boost shareholder value as it sought to fend off Alimentation Couche-Tard’s $47 billion takeover bid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“There is a certain pride in being a Californian, certainly not held by everybody ... but i would think that the mainstream would be defending the state.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Seven & i Holdings has not given up on its business in India in the long term, it said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

But even Leibniz didn’t realize that i would finally reveal the relationship between zero and infinity.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

"I remain committed to implementing this year's pay award but unfortunately, I am currently unable to do so in the absence of a sufficient budget being agreed for my department," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

“He was a better physician than I was,” Jackson said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Hush Hush interpolates Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive, which the group sang in Turkish, a striking moment for a group determined to bring their language to an international audience.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

I first interviewed Weis late last year, the day before his 30th birthday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 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

A remarkable incident soon served to intimate the coolness and caution with which it was her intention-254--vol i- to proceed in re-establishing the maxims of the reformers.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

Cecil replied, "Yes, madam,-282--vol i- and she says your majesty would like to do so too;" lord Robert Dudley then filling the office of master of the horse to the queen.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

The queen immediately-18--vol i- retired, and the next day was committed to custody.

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

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

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

See Driver, Commentary on Genesis, excursus i. pp. 404-406.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 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 R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

Jonathan I. Shenkman is president and chief investment officer of ParkBridge Wealth Management.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

He told me he is not seeing other people, and neither am I. Every year he goes to Mexico for six months.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 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

“So did I. Don’t go away, please, unless you’d rather.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

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

Tarsus -i: the foot; the jointed appendage attached at the apex of tibia. bearing the claws and pulvilli.

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

Judges were unmoved that Luitpold’s forebears had brewed in the region since 1260, written the purity law and invented Oktoberfest for his great-great-grandfather King Ludwig I’s 1810 wedding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 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

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 says, ‘I’s sorry, ma’am, I’s just ’bout to bust from not seeing my mama!’

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

The Grammy Award-winning star played the track, called What Is Enough, during his sold-out concert at Madison Square Garden, on the second anniversary of Payne's death.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Read next: Is iPhone 18 demand cooling off?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Appeared in the October 16, 2026, print edition as 'The Best Defense Against AI Is AI'.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Is she the sweet-natured scientist, the only version of her he’s ever met, or a femme fatale who may still be running a scam?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

It made Danny wonder, Is the magic changing or am I?

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Now, there are still some t’s to cross and i’s to dot.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 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

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

The i's Anna Bonet added Intermezzo is "mature and profound and feels like a culmination of everything she has done before".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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

He stays at the luxury Ledger Plaza, which is Wagner’s de facto headquarters when he is in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

“LBPD is in the process of reviewing the footage and will make that available to the public as soon as possible,” police said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

“We don’t know whether he is alive or dead,” one relative said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Whitehouse is best known for his work on Gone Fishing, which he presents alongside fellow comedian Bob Mortimer.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

The Philippines is an archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean consisting of more than seven thousand islands, many of them uninhabited.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“They would say, ‘OK, we don’t allow this guy into our parties,’” said Addicks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

"As a new member we do have to get over that hurdle and the more of these you do the more confident you get," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Here are five things we learned during the Lakers’ training camp and five preseason games:

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Even at the end, we had some counters where we were three against one and need to finish.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Even today, we don't talk about a lover who's been dumped as feeling "broken-brained."

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

"It was too easy for Brentford to play out and to get in behind. That would be the biggest concern today for me."

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

"She kept saying she missed me so much after it happened," the child said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

I encourage Caroline to disagree with me however much she deems necessary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

“It took me six years to rebuild,” Kim Devane said as she walked her dog Dino around the country market’s parking lot Friday morning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

I think: So many eyes are watching me.

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

"It was a really cute moment for us."

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

“But these attempts to intimidate us will not deter us from doing our job.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

“The terminals are old! They weren’t meant for this,” a tired CTA employee explained, kindly ushering us through the stroller entrance as the next train rumbled toward the platform.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

My daughter and I have adopted certain basic operating principles that serve us well.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 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

So here we go, I've ranked mine below - you can have your say in the comments, too.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Paladin produced 1.0 million lbs of U308, a common compound of uranium, at the Langer Heinrich mine in Namibia in 1Q.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Mark Zuckerberg named mine “Dash,” and whenever I open Muse, the cute little fella blinks at me as he swivels his necklike body part from right to left.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

It was unclear whether the strike would halt production, but a union representing mine operators warned that its members would stop work if minimum safety conditions were not met.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

To my astonishment, Kik picked up my bicycle and carried both his and mine up the front steps.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

"I remain committed to implementing this year's pay award but unfortunately, I am currently unable to do so in the absence of a sufficient budget being agreed for my department," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

"For me, I'll go back to my country and everything will be fine. Those who continue to suffer the most are those who are here."

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

My new partner was my daughter, Caroline Chirichella.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

“It’s a slow death for a lot of people because the fire in Woolsey was so traumatic. I had a beautiful woman who was one of my accountants,” Clasby said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

I do a few finger warm-ups so my muscles are nice and relaxed.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

“They would say, ‘OK, we don’t allow this guy into our parties,’” said Addicks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

I’ve suggested we two hold weekly or bimonthly meetings—informal yet complete with agendas to better establish our priorities—to introduce structure, rhythm and ritual to our partnership.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron said: "Those who have broken, attacked the prefectures as well as businesses, looted even our town halls, will be prosecuted and punished."

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

“It’s part of the DNA of our community.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

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

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Ms. Smialek interweaves Edgeworth’s story with economic debates of her time, which remain debates in ours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

"Just imagine: having to stop right in the middle of the season like that. It's unbearable for a company like ours," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

“I didn’t really know anything about competition reality shows, but now I can see that ours, with the production value and the way it’s shot and the theatricality, is so different to the other ones.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

But its good witchery also contextualizes the quest for sanity in mad times like ours with comforting observations about occultism’s role during eras of social upheaval.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Maybe they had no greater place to be, except at a greater distance from a luckless caravan like ours, led by a man marked for the coming of Cid.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

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