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Inounthe ninth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
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i-variant of y-.
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i.abbreviationimperator.
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-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.
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I.abbreviationIndependent.
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-isuffixof or relating to a region or people, esp of the Middle East
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Also called imaginary unit. the imaginary number .
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a unit vector on the x -axis of a coordinate system.
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[ahy]
/ aɪ /
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the ninth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
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any spoken sound represented by the letter I or i, as in big, nice, or ski.
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something having the shape of an I.
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a written or printed representation of the letter I or i.
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a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter I or i.
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[ahy]
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we,
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me,
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us,
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my,
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mine,
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our,
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(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular.)
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Metaphysics. the ego.
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Symbol.
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the ninth in order or in a series.
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(sometimes lowercase) the Roman numeral for 1.
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Chemistry. iodine.
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Biochemistry. isoleucine.
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Electricity. current.
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Logic. particular affirmative.
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(italics) isotopic spin.
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imperator.
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incisor.
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interest.
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intransitive.
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island.
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isle; isles.
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Independent.
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Island; Islands.
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Isle; Isles.
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chem iodine
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physics current
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physics isospin
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logic a particular affirmative categorial statement, such as some men are married, often symbolized as SiP Compare A E O 1
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one See Roman numerals
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International
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Island or Isle
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the ninth letter and third vowel of the modern English alphabet
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any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in bite or hit
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something shaped like an I
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an I-beam
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to pay meticulous attention to detail
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Idioms
Grammar
See me.
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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
Example Sentences
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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
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
"Race against time" says the i Paper, next to a photo of a French firefighter standing in front of a burning row of trees and tall grass.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
"Burnham era begins with radical pledge to transform UK" says the i Paper, in reference to the former mayor of Greater Manchester's inaugural speech on the steps of No 10.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
This film was great, one of the best films i have seen in a long time.
From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author
“I’m going to do everything I can to get back and pitch again this year,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
"I just have to do what they say."
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
“But if you’re a debt investor relying on compute power as collateral? I mean, historically, that’s an asset that’s had the shelf life of lettuce.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Yeah, if I can throw, I’m going to be able to catch,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The next day, I blurt, “What’ll make you happy?”
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
And that there never came-99--vol i- gold or stone upon her head, till her sister forced her to lay off her former soberness, and bear her company in her glittering gayness.
From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin
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
The king's marriage with Catherine Parr, his wife's sister, increased his consequence, and Henry-269--vol i- on his death-bed appointed him one of his executors and a member of the young king's council.
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
In the later period such attachments took the form of prefixed argumenta, i. e. prefatory descriptions of author and contents, and affixed subscriptions, devoted to a similar purpose.
From The Making of the New Testament by Benjamin Wisner Bacon
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 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
Nearly five million Americans served in uniform during World War I. After the war, the U.S. drew down the Army to a minimal level and kept it there for two decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 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
Commander Gorringe & the entire crew knelt down in prayer, and so did I. There was silence, except for the water slapping against the hull.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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
Pulvillus -i: soft, pad-like structures between tarsal claws: the cushions of short, stiff hair or other clothing on the underside of tarsal joints; rarely fleshy lobes: see arolium.
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
In most words of this class the final -i of the stem is lost in the Nominative Singular; in others it appears as -e.
From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett
The medieval Cloth Hall and St. Martin’s Church were two of the most prominent monuments in Ypres, Belgium, and among World War I’s early casualties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 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
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
He then declared his independent kingship, sending an army to attack Egypt in concert with the Seleucid king An- tiochus I’s invasion from the east in 274.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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
Only three Ramones songs ever made it to the Billboard Hot 100 — “Rockaway Beach,” “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker,” and “Do You Wanna Dance,” all absolute bangers that should be enshrined in the culture.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
“This Reardon guy probably doesn’t have anything to do with you. That Post-it must have been on some other paper in there. Maybe . . . Is your dad a spy or something?”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
"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
The deputy chief told Boyd that Spivey’s body was towed “to make sure that every i’s dotted, t’s crossed to clear you.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
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
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
On Friday, the same judge set aside HUD’s 2026 funding offer, an action that may invalidate the Aug. 26 deadline that is driving the Los Angeles case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
“The wait in the line is not the stressful part for me,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“We then come to an agreement that surgery is not necessary,” Rushing said Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Resona Holdings 8308 2.05%increase; green up pointing triangle is up 2.8%, and Inpex is 3.9% higher, while Omron is down 3.1% and Daiichi Sankyo 4568 -0.93%decrease; red down pointing triangle is 2.2% lower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Leprosy is no longer considered a quarantinable disease by the Louisiana legislature, for example.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
“We are encouraged that we continue to welcome back more guests,” Masino told investors in March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“These actions demonstrate the progress we are making against our strategic priorities,” Masino said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Beloved Jackie showed us resilience and strength and the beauty of nature and how she stood for what we all want to believe,” said Patricia Hiscox of Long Island, N.Y.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Calum Kelly, Waitrose's produce technical manager, said in demanding weather conditions "we relax size and shape guidelines for key veg to avoid waste and provide more income to our growers and farmers".
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The farther we get from Mr. Thompson’s farm, the more the wide-open, remote land stirs him with wonder.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
"Nobody told me how dangerous it is to be president, and if they had told me, I probably wouldn't have run," one White House official recounted Trump as saying.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Rushing said that Sunday was the first time he’d felt pain while throwing — “didn’t feel a pop or anything, but felt pretty serious as it kind of tightened up on me a little bit.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 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
You might drop this paper with an “ick” if you knew how many readers proved my point by shrieking “denier” at me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
She makes sweet treats, tucks me in bed, kisses my forehead, and, sometimes, lets me have a carrot for Belle.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
“Beloved Jackie showed us resilience and strength and the beauty of nature and how she stood for what we all want to believe,” said Patricia Hiscox of Long Island, N.Y.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
"He will be greatly missed by all of us," the statement from the firm added.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
“He was telling us to get him out, and we provided support.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
Dad checks his social media and lets us know that there was another dummy found in the same position—at the home of the president of the group who bought the building.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
In 2026 there have been multiple hits to production worldwide and to accommodate for this, Price adjusts his global mine supply forecast by 3.5% every year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Humanity is still a long way from operating its first mine in space.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
"This son of mine has no father, no birth certificate and no national number," Amira, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, tells the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Scott welcomed home his daughter nine months after mine was born, so we were new stay-at-home parents together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Her lips turn up in a forced smile and her eyes settle, heavy on mine.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
“And so it puts my arm in just a fine spot, and obviously, we just worry about the muscle.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
She urged me to arrive at the airport three or four hours before my return flight and head straight for border control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“It’s about the fact that I’m about to miss my flight.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
"It was fantastic - I could carry on going to college, going out with my friends. The seizures stopped," she told BBC News NI.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Father’s grateful that Caesar is my friend, too.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
“These actions demonstrate the progress we are making against our strategic priorities,” Masino said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“It provides additional financial flexibility, and supports our pursuit of an investment grade rating,” he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“She was a beautiful and true representative of our nation.”
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
“Someday I hope you will come to our lovely country,” she writes.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
“But most important, it helps companies like ours that are creating thousands of high-quality American jobs.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
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
This same blockchain technology is being used to run Liberland's government and one day, if Sun gets his way, it could run ours too.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
“The wolves have been our protectors while we were in their native habitat,” she thought, “but if they are seen in ours, it will not be so easy for us to protect them.”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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