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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

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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

“Dr. Williams has always maintained that he was acting i self-defense,” Libman wrote in an email.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Seven & i Holdings’ 3382 1.02%increase; up pointing triangle second-quarter net profit fell as its domestic business proved a drag despite stronger earnings at its North American business thanks to fuel sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The i says a "blunder over funding teacher pay rises" means school budgets are "set for squeeze".

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 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

“On behalf of the L & J Fund i accept this check.”

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

"Last year we played them in Vegas and there was a big score, but I think England are a very different team now."

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

But on Monday, he said: "I don't know... I'm not sure that anybody's asking for a meeting," adding that his "relationship with Kim Jong Un is very good."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

"The youngsters coming in think that they can do better than what we did last time and I fully back that and believe them as well," Barrow said.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

"I think that is not easy at all."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Sitting on the perch, I feel Father breathing beside me—tense, labored.

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

I was appointed to succeed him in his office; and the work which he had so happily begun, without my assistance indeed, but not without some counsels of-94--vol i- mine, I diligently labored to complete.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

Then came Thomas Cobham, whom sir Thomas Poins took in, and said; 'Alas, master Cobham, what wind headed you to work such-160--vol i- treason?'

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

Intelligence however had no-175--vol i- sooner reached the court of the reception afforded to the princess at Ricot, than directions arrived for her immediate removal to Woodstock.

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

Vol. ii. pt. i., by L. Nix and W. Schmidt, contains the Mechanics in Arabic, Greek fragments of the same, the Catoptrica in Latin with appendices of extracts from Olympiodorus, Vitruvius, Pliny, &c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 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

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

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

Also in 2025, she was a finalist for the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for her reporting and hosting of an audio investigation into a deadly U.S. refinery explosion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 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

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

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 Robert Wood Williamson

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

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

I E -i formed abstracts and nouns of agency; I E ar go; Min ari, way, track, trail.

From The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages by A. W. (Andrew Woods) Williamson

World War I’s Eastern Front has never attracted the same attention as its western counterpart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 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

“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

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

Speaking to the BBC afterwards, Raye said she'd "poured everything I had" into the record, which features the global hit song Where Is My Husband?

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

MarketWatch: Is renting or buying the better move for a young person?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Is it possible that an under-the-radar composite materials company in St. Louis has cracked the code for running a family business sustainably while putting its workers’ well-being first?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

After everyone had discussed Ross's demise, she piped up in her famous Texan drawl: "Is Ross gone?"

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

“That’s a good sign. Is there any reason?”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

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

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

"If I'm making a decision that is highly likely to be in legal challenge, I want to make sure I've dotted my i's and crossed my t's," she added.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

“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

She wrote in big curling script, and she dotted her letter i’s with stars.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon

Making sure workers give their consent and are comfortable with the process is important, he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Ashim's footage is collected by a local company, which might have hundreds of people filming their work.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Despite concerns over where AI is heading, money is still being poured into its development.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Slade star Dave Hill is set to release his debut solo album, paying homage to some of his old haunts in Wolverhampton.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

He cites an article in Reader’s Digest from 1951, written by Thomas Johnson, in which a full account of Joey’s bravery is outlined.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

"Last year we played them in Vegas and there was a big score, but I think England are a very different team now."

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

"We still have children we have not been able to identify because they are too young and their parents arrived in a coma," said Celine Lusinde, head of provincial child protection services.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

“We all felt like this is a happy coincidence that we want to hang onto,” said Joshua Saxe, a former AI security tech lead at Meta Platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

"And even if we obtained some averages at some point, we still wouldn't be able to make universal statements about health risks in the region," Weissenborn cautions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

“May we go inside?” she asks innocently, as if she’s a child ready for a big adventure.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

"The resignation is for personal reasons, and results from errors of judgement made by me in the past, for which I am taking responsibility," Air Marshal Tony Davies said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

So readers challenged me to do something trickier: take a more modest electric car on the least EV-friendly route I could find.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

“I appreciate everyone who believed in me, my family and my friends. I’m out and I’m innocent. The Lord know I’m innocent,” said Don Roberts in the video clip.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"I was constantly Googling and using ChatGPT, every source I could get that could tell me what was wrong," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

A deep, roaring wail bursts out of me.

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

Ayla Herrero, a 26-year-old anthropologist helping at the camp's infirmary, said it was "inspiring for us to know that we're inspiring other people, that it doesn't just stay here".

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Doctors told us the hospital was not incorporated into the base and said they visited it to pick up medical equipment during the war.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The question we should be asking isn’t whether AI will kill us or save us, but rather: Are we using the right language to understand AI safety?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

But there is a difference between a watershed event and simply a selloff caused by a company that reminded us this isn’t a kids’ soccer game where every company gets a trophy.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

“Even a few yards less might help us survive,” Caesar declares.

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

Hudbay Minerals and Mitsubishi approved construction of the Copper World mine in Arizona, with production set to begin in late 2029.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

France has long produced tungsten in the southern region of Ariege, at the former Salau mine, which some would like to reopen.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

“My job is to mine all that, to go to the sub-basement.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Canadian miner Hudbay Minerals and partner Mitsubishi gave the formal green light to a major U.S. copper mine in the U.S., aiming to begin production in 2029.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

My stomach twists when she says that, and her wide, almond-shaped, coffee-brown eyes, framed by her perfectly plucked eyebrows, bore into mine.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

"Guard, guard, strength, strength, for my people, for my land," the guards chanted as they held their traditional wooden staffs aloft during the gathering in Caloto in violence-plagued Cauca department.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

From my starting point in Nashville, Tenn., down to Little Rock, Ark., the Bolt’s nimble handling made for a smooth ride and afforded me time for sightseeing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

"I've turned down some big deals because it's not my thing. I'm very picky about who I work with, I have to really love the brand."

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

“It flew across my living room,” Malnekoff, 86, said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

“Are there not three of you stranded in my country?” she continues.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

"We have shared concerns, even if our ways of protesting differ," she said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

He had been white-knuckling it in a 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5 for about 600 miles before our accidental rendezvous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

"However, every single particle has a different structure," warns Weissenborn, "and our experiment only studied six such particles from two different locations."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Support roles are predicted to bear the brunt as "AI makes our people more productive", the bank said, according to the paper.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Exhausted, I keep trekking, stopping to mark our entire claim.

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

I see it in the faces of my grandchildren who have trouble reconciling the views of their generation with those of ours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The shame in this story was never his, and it was never ours.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

"That future is ours to build. Let us build," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“No nation, even one as capable and confident as ours, can safeguard them alone,” said Amin Nasser, chief executive of Saudi’s oil giant ARAMCO.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Reverend Hunt points out the three ships that will be ours.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

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