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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.
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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-i
-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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Is,
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i's,
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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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pronoun
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we,
plural nominative
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me,
objective
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us,
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my,
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mine,
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our,
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ours
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I's
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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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symbol
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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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Buckingham Palace is "on the defensive", the i Paper reports.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The i Weekend says the "biggest societal change in decades" has been blocked, amid "celebration and tears from MPs".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The i says this ISA would pay a bonus when a buyer purchases their first property and that it could be unveiled at the upcoming Budget.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The deal would mark Couche-Tard’s largest-ever acquisition after it abandoned a $47 billion takeover attempt of Seven & i, the Japanese owner of 7-Eleven, last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Olly: it’s a thing Olly: i wish we could meet Madeline: Me too.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
Asked if there was ever a point last season when he regretted the move, Isak replied: "No, never. I would never think like that."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
I wish the Eastern Bloc system hadn't been there, but that's what it was.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
She said: "I really do believe we can break it, but a lot of things have got to come together."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
"We help them, but when it came to helping us, I didn't put on a heavy sell; But I just said, 'Would you like to participate?'"
From Barron's
“I’m a Samuels. I can claim land for our family.”
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
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
For the face I grant I might well blush to offer,-104--vol i- but the mind I shall never be ashamed to present.
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
Combining the results from parts i. and ii., draw a rough sketch of f .
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
Dion Cassius and Tacitus relate the exiles of Helvidius, who appears to have been rather intemperate and unreasonable.639.Friedländer gives many and most touching examples, tome i. pp. 410-414.640.Suet.
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
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
But for the 11 months we were married, I experienced the glory of being a we instead of an I. Suddenly I was part of a giant club, the Partnered People.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 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
“There you quite mistake him,” said I. “I know better.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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
I, except that some of them have imperatives in -i: vaki, þęfi; uni. lifa, sęgja have imper. lif, sęg.
From Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary by Henry Sweet
Pg 62 Sometimes it is not. toumba, to fall. toumbarèu, -ello, likely to fall. canta, to sing. cantarèu, -ello, songful. crese, to believe. creserèu, -ello, inclined to belief. -i.
From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Charles Alfred Downer
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
“I don’t carry beef with people. And I’m not going to get into the history of Doc and I’s relationship right now. And I probably won’t ever. He’s fine in my book.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 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
Appeared in the September 17, 2026, print edition as 'Kevin Warsh Is an Inflation Hawk'.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Is this sort of thing worth the hassle?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Is it control of self-replicating armies of autonomous drones, or a cancer-free utopia that hits Type II on the Kardashev scale?
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
"Is your ability to look after yourself changing? Are you able to decompress from work? Is your sleep OK?"
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
It made Danny wonder, Is the magic changing or am I?
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
"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
"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
So homeowners, dot the i’s and cross the t’s when you sell—and be ready to show your work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 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
CPAs, those folks who can add columns of 9s in their heads, have been advising MDs since the 1980s to dot their i’s, cross their t’s, and never accept IOUs.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
A right of way has now been established, while the council has been ordered by the courts to pay £50,000 costs and to ensure her access is not impeded again.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The painting is one of more than 100 works to go on display as part of Turner, Wedgwood & Beyond: Inspired by Flaxman, which opens at the gallery on Friday.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The site is central to a restoration programme that aims to boost this type of specialist habitat across the county.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
He argued that it fed the dream that it could lead to greater riches for a population that is often battling to make ends meet.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Her two-year stay stretched into nearly a decade, and her future is uncertain, but Joey is a fighter.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
"It wasn't actually something we had in mind when we were developing the exhibition, or even when we asked the National Gallery if they would lend this painting," he explained.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“With short positioning stretched and Fed pricing aggressive, we expect the 10Y Treasury yield to consolidate in a 4.90-5.10% range for now.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
She said: "I really do believe we can break it, but a lot of things have got to come together."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
"I would say safety has been the core of who we are from the very beginning," Anthropic's head of policy, Sarah Heck, said at a Politico conference on Wednesday.
From Barron's
“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
“It was quite an image that is very vivid to me right now.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
He said: "I am grateful for the opportunity to respond, but I remain committed to the ongoing trust investigation, and it would be inappropriate for me to discuss this whilst proceedings are ongoing."
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Before I started working, Murano to me, was one door: my grandfather’s factory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“The U.S. is absolutely vulnerable to a Pearl Harbor in space,” this person told me.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
I only thought about Father and me traveling.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
“We thank the researchers for contacting us and sharing their findings. We narrowed the permissions on Community sign-in tokens and revoked affected tokens and sessions,” the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
They tried to put us off but they messed with the wrong ones.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
He adds: "The case has to be made honestly by political leaders who must really look the population in the eye and say 'this has got to be done for us to be secure'."
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“The school won’t allow us to practice until Wednesday and we’ll still be day-to-day after that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
My parents were only seventeen when they had us.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
A major new copper mine takes 15 to 20 years to get up and running.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Oblivious to her own biases about who Leo is and why, Mallory poses as a therapist keen on saving his life, but uses their faux sessions to mine his story for literary gold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Macklemore coming off tour was the promoter's decision, it was not mine," Sheeran wrote in a lengthy Instagram post, adding that the rapper's contract was ended by the promoter, Messina Touring Group.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
On April 19, it struck a British mine and sank.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
He’s so close that his arm brushes against mine and a warm feeling runs through me.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
“I went to my first Michigan football game in Ann Arbor, and for some mysterious reason, I fell in love with it,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"At my age you don't know how many years you have left, and this has given me three years-plus of stress but now we have proven they blocked our rights."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Over the last couple of months my whole TikTok and Instagram is just people learning to drive. It's like my algorithm knows, it's quite scary," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“The fact that my daughter was involved and was the cause of it is just extremely disturbing,” she told the outlet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
In the corner of my eye I can see his forehead crease with worry.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
A frontbencher said: "With the possible exception of our position on Trump, you could characterise most of our press lines as 'a Lib Dem spokesperson said, steady on now, gently does it'."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Mark Bernstein, then-board chair, said at the time it would be tantamount to “selling our soul to private capital.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"At my age you don't know how many years you have left, and this has given me three years-plus of stress but now we have proven they blocked our rights."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“No family should have to suffer the loss of a child, and our thoughts continue to be with the Normandin-Parker family,” an Uber spokesperson said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
“My pa was right. This was our journey to make.”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Whenever he seems confused, I’m delighted; it’s reassuring to see someone so smart still struggle to fathom this thing of ours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Dolly was one of us, ours, but of course she was also much more.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
It’s offensive because cases like ours could have been settled for significantly less than what the verdict is.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
"Back then, the settlers were living alongside us, and we coexisted peacefully. They lived their lives and we lived ours," he told me.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“He is no burglar. Simon is a friend of ours from London. And a very talented playwright, too,” she added.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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