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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  

suffix

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

   Iraqi

   Bangladeshi

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-i- ³ British  

1. used between elements in a compound word Compare -o-

   cuneiform

   coniferous

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i ⁴ 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. ⁵ British  

abbreviation

1. International

2. Island or Isle

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I ⁶ British  

/ aɪ /

pronoun

1. (subjective) refers to the speaker or writer

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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

"Three-quarters of England, and all of Wales, now officially in drought," the i Paper writes, with "no sustained rain on the horizon".

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

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

"Game changer" is the i Paper's verdict as "Europe tackles Infantino" – continuing with the football metaphors.

From BBC ● 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

Olly: i tried to visit you but your mom wouldn’t let me Madeline: She's protecting me.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

“With malice towards none, I say all the talk of free bus has an impact, it does have an impact,“ Lieber said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

In 2020, I calculated that repealing the firewall would lead to $2.2 trillion in higher subsidy spending over a decade for the estimated 24 million people who would switch from employer coverage to the exchanges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Solidarity is one of the most important ways to tell someone: I am here. That’s why we invite you to help, together.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

"I misjudged it a little bit. I thought I was clear," Hudson-Smith said.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

I think I’m too close to him, too near to count.

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 think ye guess whom they named; if ye do not, I-290--vol i- will upon my next letters write further.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

How tame, how puerile, in the midst of sentiments serious and profound as these, would have appeared-252--vol i- the intrusion of classical imagery, however graceful in itself or ingenious in its application!

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

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

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 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

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

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

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

The experience was not lost on the painters, and doubtless some of the sketches of the “Prelude to the Great Storm” will grace the R. A. and R. I. walls in May next.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

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

Oncus -i: a welt: applied to welt-like ridges on caterpillars.

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

Nouns ending in -a, -e, -i, -y, -o, -l, -n, -t, -ar, -ur, -ŭs are Neuter.

From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett

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

Caleb said he was told the Llantrisant Mace was older than most of the Crown Jewels and survived Oliver Cromwell trying to melt down any remaining precious metal bearing Charles I's crest.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 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

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

“Son, I’s gwine ax you to come up to de house wid me. My old feets, dey cain’ make it back down heah agin today.”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Appeared in the August 12, 2026, print edition as 'Unregulated Open-Weight AI Is an Invitation to Disaster'.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Don’t miss: ‘I want to meet someone rich. Is that so wrong?’

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

“It’s on the news. Everyone’s covering it. Is there air conditioning up there? Is there a bathroom? I saw videos where he was walking around in a bathrobe.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Is Mrs. Morello secretly dating our guidance counselor?

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

“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

I care that you dot your i’s, you cross your t’s, that if you say you’re going to do something, you do it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 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

I recognized your tiny handwriting right away, all wobbly and with those weird loops you put on top of your t's and i's.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead

“My perspective is that the relationship has deteriorated in a substantial way,” said Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, the president of the New York Board of Rabbis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

StubHub, which connects buyers with ticket resellers, is facing a flood of complaints from World Cup fans who bought tickets months in advance, only to be stranded hours before the games.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Montreal’s La Caisse manages over a half-trillion Canadian dollars in assets on behalf of Quebec residents, and part of its mandate is to support companies in the province.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“The vast majority of refunds are processed within a week, and when issues arise it is often because a buyer’s payment information needs to be updated,” the spokesperson said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Nearby, there is a bridge that connects the towns of Lucban and Tayabas.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“Our goal is to get every fan into their event, every time, and if something goes wrong, we always want to find them replacement tickets,” said Beri, the chief business officer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“We got the good news that it wasn’t enhancing and we got the concerning news that it still was something. It wasn’t nothing,” Pitt said on the podcast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

"You feel anguish. Every time there is an alert about someone being alive, hope is reborn that we will find him," Gallego tells me emotionally.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

"This is part of our separation from Meta; we must take this step to comply with regulatory requirements in specific parts of the world," the firm said in a statement posted to its website.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 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

"You feel anguish. Every time there is an alert about someone being alive, hope is reborn that we will find him," Gallego tells me emotionally.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

"Since yesterday, I got here and I haven't left. Until they give me the body, I'm not leaving this place," Gonzalez tells AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Sandra seemed stuck: Some minority professors supported the requirement, while others, like me, did not.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

A shop attendant shuttled me into a shady spot by the tonic bar, where the mixologist began mixing me cooling drinks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

I think: So many eyes are watching me.

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

He added: “So, for us, it’s business as usual and nothing to talk about there.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“So for us to be able to be down here, open it up for them, I don’t know how many there were here, but there were two flag football teams here as well.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

On top of the remains are rescuers and volunteers: "Silence! We are firefighters. If you can hear us, shout or make any noise."

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Presidents rightly expect more security than the rest of us, but that typically comes with greater scrutiny of their locations and activities too.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

But now, the color has seeped out of Davey and left us with a canvas of gray on gray: gray, brooding clouds hanging from gray, murky skies.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

One other factor leading to higher prices is the continued disruption to mine supply.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

“I would be crazy to say that I don’t want to win an MVP, but if we’re talking about having priorities straight, I think mine are pretty straight,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Brooke Warner, publisher of She Writes Press and co-host of the Memoir Nation podcast, says this has put pressure on memoirists to push the envelope and find ever-more-shocking traumas to mine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Her eyes, brown like mine, stare into the wilderness.

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

Did any of these herbal concoctions actually cool my body temperature?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

"My heart dropped in my stomach when I read that", she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

"That's not my job. I cover the president. Reporters take risks as part of the job, but not on behalf of the president."

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Finally, my wife plans to file for Social Security when she turns 62 next May.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

He shoves my foot upward; swinging my right leg, I grip the saddle’s horn.

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

During our exchange, she noted that my views on academic freedom were also found among “faculty with libertarian leanings.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“California will keep moving toward pest management practices that protect health and our ecosystems.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

"We have seen our accommodation cost rise on average by 300% in the last decade."

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

"As migrants, we've already been through some tough things back in our own country, and you never imagine something like this would happen on top of that," said the 28-year-old construction worker.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

I roll out our bedding, feed and blanket Midnight and Belle.

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

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

Anthropic added that it is "approaching the fixes as if the responsibility were ours alone."

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

“Not only ours, but ones of others,” he told analysts on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

I was fast learning that our work schedule was dictated solely by the master’s needs, not by ours, and definitely not by any conventions of the outside world.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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