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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

"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

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 i Paper says the new Chancellor John Healey has given a commitment that pensioners whose only earnings are the state pension will not pay income tax.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Olly: i guess i won't get to meet you in person until school starts Madeline: I don’t go to school.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

“I believe that, as a human, I learned a lot from her, Shadow and their offspring.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

"If I had known it was not so good I would not have bought so many apartments," he says now.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Something has happened and I believe in his own way he is going to be grieving and I feel so sad for him,” said North Carolina’s Wendi Cornett.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

"I thought it would be much, much better."

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

“People of the Philippines, I have returned,” General MacArthur says.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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

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

Then came Thomas Cobham, whom sir Thomas Poins took in, and said; 'Alas, master Cobham, what wind headed you to work such-160--vol i- treason?'

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

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

Grote, Hist. of Greece, pt. i. ch. xviii.;

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

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

Pearl diving has all but disappeared, particularly after the mass production of cultured pearls on farms after World War I. In Gulf countries, the extinction of this profession converges with a familiar story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

I’ve been a huge Robyn fan for most of my life — she’s kind of a north star for my sisters and I. It’s no secret that we love sad dance songs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 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

“Out of a cupboard,” said I. “And I saw pistols in it,—and jam,—and pills. And there was no daylight in the room, but it was all lighted up with candles.”

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

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

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

Child I's mother suggested senior managers should face sanctions if they ignore whistleblowers' concerns.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 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

“Life Is a Dream” is, essentially, a collection of love letters: to his wife Stella, to Margam, to the life he knows won’t last forever.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Appeared in the August 11, 2026, print edition as 'WNBA Asks: What Is a W?'.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

“Auntie Lou said we were gonna have guests. Is that you?” he asks.

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

It’s just making sure our i’s are dotted and our t’s are crossed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 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

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

That might be why “Slow TV” is taking off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

UK ministers say replacing and upgrading decades-old infrastructure is vital for distributing renewable power and improving energy security.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

“To date, Taylor Fresh Foods is not aware of any reported illnesses linked to its products containing jalapeños,” the FDA stated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Ministers say the lack of capacity means some wind farms are sometimes paid to switch off because there is not enough network infrastructure available to carry the electricity to homes and businesses that need it.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Joey, who dreams of being a nun, is a good fit for the convent.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“Jackie and Shadow were parents we all pray we can be,” said Kathy Wimmer of North Carolina.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

"It is going to be a fantastic eclipse in Spain, we are right on the path of totality," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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

"Retailers face the dilemma of supporting British farmers, but also making sure that we, as customers, have what we expect to buy when we go in the shop," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Midnight can make it if we travel all night.”

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

I do the same with a water bottle at home and it’s just as cooling — instantly — but the rose water’s delicious scent left me feeling especially pampered.

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

"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

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

Adventure isn’t just outside me, it’s inside me.

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

“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

"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

“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

We all look at one another, and let’s just say not all of us are excited about that prospect—least of all Aunt J. Grandma immediately says she has a lot to do.

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

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

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 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

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

At the time, Rodríguez posted a picture of a large ring, writing "Yes I do. In this and in all my lives" in her native Spanish.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

“I started watching Jackie and Shadow in 2021 during the pandemic, and they played a vital role in my personal journey in reconnecting with the outdoors since then,” said El Segundo resident Phil McRae.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

Where the dirt is especially hard, I hammer using my entire weight.

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

“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

When a seller cannot—or chooses not to—deliver, customer support tells buyers they are covered by the FanProtect Guarantee, which promises the company will “do our best” to find “comparable or better” replacement seats.

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

I rummage beneath the seat, pull out the map, and unfold it across our laps.

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

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

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

One of them assigned to our platform had no blanket at all and Betsie insisted that we give her one of ours.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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