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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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

A listing could pave the way for Seven & i to secure a higher valuation, closing the stock-price gap that made it an attractive target for foreign takeovers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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

She was deep i n conversation with the farm women, but when I started to put my nickel on the counter, her palm was outstretched to take it.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

In a statement shared on Friday, Meghan confirmed the existence of the letter and wrote: "I am deeply distressed... my thoughts are with any children who may have been harmed."

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

I’m confused and hurt about the friendship, even though I know what happened.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

“All the terminals were filled with people coming in, and I hear of people coming from all over the world,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Assuming that would be the case, I sought out the film’s “twist” in an early review, wanting to confirm if my suspicions about Seyfried’s involvement were true.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

Over and over, my compass guiding, I measure the land.

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

Mary received her in her chamber, to which she had now confined herself in expectation of that joyful-192--vol i- event which was destined never to arrive.

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

Cranmer-128--vol i- resisted for some time, but was at length won to compliance by the tears and entreaties of Edward.

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

E. Embargo, its effect on the country, i. 26-29; repealed, i.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley

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 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

There is a gorgeous, heartbreaking story about a piano prodigy in France during World War I. The final story concerns the marriage between a Dutch clockmaker and a theoretical physicist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 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

Soccer: it’s been a long time coming between you and I. But here I am!

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

As soldiers, Jews had fought for Germany during World War I. Many were decorated for bravery.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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

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

Verbs in -i add -ua to the final syllable.

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

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

In a statement read to the public inquiry examining how Letby was able to attack babies, Child I's mother said: "I believe the doctors and nursing staff should have acted earlier."

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024

The WNBA’s No. 1 overall draft pick and Division I’s career scoring leader revved up a raucous Indiana Pacers crowd by pumping the accelerator of a replica IndyCar before Game 3 against the Milwaukee Bucks.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2024

Mr. Leroy said, “Long’s it don’t delay nothing, I’s listening.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Listen to the TMS podcast: Is this the end for Jimmy Anderson?

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Is 10 months long enough for a coach to implement their vision, sign the players they want and connect with the fanbase?

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

While “All I Want for Christmas Is You” came out in 1994, it didn’t hit No. 1 until 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Is it friendship, though, or a mutually useful rapport?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Is it possible he was asking to be connected to the man who had just attacked me?

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

In one of our final negotiation sessions, when we’re supposed to be dotting i’s and crossing t’s, he worries aloud about how these two vastly different companies are going to mesh their different cultures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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

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

“You’ve gotta stop it with that! You are not being a real person! Come on man, that is crazy!”

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

Loveless, who has since died, is the mother of Meghan's half-siblings Samantha Markle and Thomas Markle Jr. Loveless divorced Markle in 1975 before he married the Duchess' mother Doria Ragland in 1979.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

The first is trauma bonding — people using others to regulate their emotions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

They note that most of the nation’s wealth is concentrated among small-business owners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

The obituary states that she has no immediate survivors, but of course, that is not true.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

"It doesn't look very big but we are playing every three days so we need to see where he is."

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Were we bad neighbors to say “yes” and then “no”?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

“We were invited by the president of the United States. Of course, that’s an invitation that we respect,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

In that relatively short time, we come to understand many things about Holmes and Evans.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

When it comes to our chosen instruments, we don’t play around.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

He started by hiring three accomplished women sports executives sports executives who hadn’t yet worked in top roles—and they’re now “making me look good,” Lacob said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

He's permanently throwing his arms up at people, he's basically saying, 'you're not good enough to play with me'.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

I couldn’t entirely determine whether my own disappointing experiences had made me more attentive to these complaints or whether the memes had taught me to regard male shoppers with additional suspicion.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

"I didn't have my phone with me, and I didn't know what was happening."

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Caesar smiles at me, swinging his leg over and himself down from the horse.

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

They weren’t necessarily wealthier than us in the way I’d assumed; they just looked like they had more.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

Those are different jobs, performed on different platforms, and neither figure tells us which workers are more likely to mistake parsley for cilantro.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

On this trip, many of us played with hickory-shafted clubs, the equipment used before the steel shaft was introduced in the 1920s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

"Instead, it's pointing us towards platelet biology and gives us a new avenue to investigate."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

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

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

"It was no mistake of mine to call it Riverdance because it connected absolutely to Timedance," Whelan told author Leagues O'Toole in his 2006 book The Humours of Planxty.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

I’ve seen it happen to friends of mine, where there is a separation because the people that we turned into are now no longer compatible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Dad told me more than once that the house would be mine someday.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Hudbay Minerals and partner Mitsubishi have formally approved construction of what promises to be the next major copper mine in the U.S., with production set to begin in the back half of 2029.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The noises only made me remember more: the times I’d been out there, feeling unfettered in the city that was mine as much as anyone else’s.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

"The players are not good enough, in my opinion, to win football matches."

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

They’d ask if my husband would fix something himself rather than hire someone.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

But by the time I opened the app to make my case, my shopper had already checked out.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

I had my best shot of the week on the fifth hole, missing a hole-in-one by 6 inches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Over and over, my compass guiding, I measure the land.

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

That’s when I understood that our joke about their spending and our saving may never have been entirely a joke.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

The Continent is our biggest trading partner and an engine of American economic growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Refusing to stop at investigating her characters alone, she’s interested in humanity as a whole, and where those roles fit into how our species operates.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

It marked a "turning point in the life of our Republic and our nation", the French president said.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

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

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

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

It shows us that ours is the inheritance of great heroes, and that we should be proud—that we should be intensely proud—of where we come from.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Some burial societies poured buckets of water over the dead to ritually purify them, but ours had a mikveh built specifically for that purpose.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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