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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

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

The UK is on course for its hottest summer on record, says the i Paper.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

It has pledged to make 75% of the nation's bodies of water safe by 2027, but according to The i "campaigners warn this will not happen."

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 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

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

Some pepple people have the gift of writtin writing i think I must of been sleep when that gift was given out.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

“Yeah, if I can throw, I’m going to be able to catch,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

For Martin, collecting gives him a sense of meaning: "I've had a few tragedies in my life through family and whatever else, and I think, 'enjoy life while it's here'."

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Harvey, 46, is a University of Oxford Classics graduate who has written for popular satirical television programmes including "The Thick of It" and "Have I Got News for You".

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

“There is a sense of inevitability about it, and I think that’s infected perhaps a lot of the political discourse in California,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

I wish I’d known him as a boy.

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

This prefix thus appears as en-, i-, il-, im-, in-, ir-, as enemy, ignoble, illegal, immortal, infirm, irregular.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The old ‘Minor Declensions’ had begun to pass over into the vocalic, especially into the i- and a-, declensions in the oldest OHG.

From A Middle High German Primer Third Edition by Joseph Wright

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

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

As defined by Cicero, the Stoics, St. Paul, and Butler, 83 Consequences, remote, weakness of the utilitarian doctrine of, i. 42-44 “Consolations,” literature of, leading topics of, i.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

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

Even a retreat that flops can draw employees closer while they commiserate over its lameness, adds Michael I. Norton, a Harvard Business School professor who has studied group rituals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

So did I. The World Cup is over in less than two weeks, and France and Spain are currently the 1-2 favorites to win the thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 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

So did I. My arm and shoulder muscles were in terrible pain.

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

If not a few Bantu languages, the verb used in a negative sense changes its terminal -a to -i.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various

Its inflections are -as present, -is preterite, -os future, -us conditional, -u imperative and subjunctive, -i infinitive, together with the following participles:—   Active.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

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 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

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

She dots her I’s with little round circles, like Orphan Annie eyes, or bubbles.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

"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

Is your company becoming more always-on in nature?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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

Is $1 million enough for one person or even a couple?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

Is revolution ever piecemeal, or does it have to come all at once?

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

“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

And I don’t tend to favor biographies, because there generally are some tedious sections in the middle as the writer dots the i’s and crosses the t’s of the subject’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

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

“There are no gimme games in this league for anybody, whether you are in first or last — every game is hard,” Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

After this week's event, the UK will not see another of its kind until 2050, while the next total eclipse is not due until 2090.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Sparks coach Lynne Roberts said pregame that the players know what is at stake during the final stretch of the season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

In Essex, people can watch the partial eclipse from Southend-on-Sea pier, Munnings Museum in Dedham hosts an event and Loughton Astronomical Society is holding another at Theydon Bois village green.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

It is the highest honor a civilian can receive from the US government.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Everton said: "What we are hearing locally is that many local people are planning to head to key viewing locations to experience the eclipse."

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

"As of now, we have not received any report of casualties," Hariyadi told Metro TV.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

“We are encouraged that we continue to welcome back more guests,” Masino told investors in March.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

“We are sad for Shadow, who will never know what happened to his beloved Jackie, but we know life will go on.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

On either side of the fire, we cocoon beneath our blankets.

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

"Believe you me, that time of 1:53.28 is astonishing," Jenny Meadows, former British runner and coach to Hodgkinson, told BBC Sport.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

LISBON—The agent manning the passport control line warned me not to be fooled by the mercifully short line that greeted me upon arrival at Portugal’s Lisbon International Airport on the last Friday in July.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

“Witnessing the beauty, serenity and unrelenting force of nature through their eyes has helped ground me in a chaotic world.”

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

“More ways than anyone can count. When I couldn’t walk anymore, he carried me. He taught me that a man can strike out on his own.”

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

"It's a very, very noticeable absence for all of us and it's difficult."

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

"Trying to find people that will accept potatoes like that is very difficult. So that ultimately means a lot of wastage for us," Munns added.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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

Democratic theory tells us how to expect politicians to behave in the presence of such incentives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

And then she blows us a kiss and says, “I’ll be back before you know it…”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

"She just walked past, and she saw me there. Her jaw just dropped, so did mine," Zainab tells me.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Higher prices can bring some of that idle capacity back faster than anyone can build a mine, though not overnight.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

The bank raises its share-price target to A$13.00 from A$12.00 to reflect increased expected mine life and output at some operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

She crossed over and put her hand on mine, which was gripping the post.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

“I feel like the second half was every time I went to my move, they were right there and on time with the turnovers.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

For Martin, collecting gives him a sense of meaning: "I've had a few tragedies in my life through family and whatever else, and I think, 'enjoy life while it's here'."

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

“It’s about the fact that I’m about to miss my flight.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

"I was born in the Revolution and through it I was able to find my way," he said, lamenting the loss of Castro's leadership in Cuba today.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Ducking, with all my might, I shove the man’s back.

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

Owens said while babirusas "are doing well in our care" numbers in the wild were "radically reducing" and it would be "horrendous if they disappeared, because they were amazing, charismatic animals".

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

“The U.S. is our next major target market after Japan,” Yamamoto said, citing Japanese automakers’ large presence there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Japan's Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi called Wednesday's launch a "threat to peace and security in our region" and said Tokyo had "lodged a strong protest" with North Korea through diplomatic channels in Beijing.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

“She was a beautiful and true representative of our nation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

In our time, we read about hypothermia killing mountain climbers, or sailors who fall into cold water.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

“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

Her world looks and operates like ours, and that means there are no free lunches.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

We were part of the United States branch, but there were Academy branches just like ours hidden all over the world.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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