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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  

1. used between elements in a compound word Compare -o-

   cuneiform

   coniferous

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I. ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. International

2. Island or Isle

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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  

symbol

1. Also called: j. the imaginary number √–1

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-i ⁷ British  

suffix

1. of or relating to a region or people, esp of the Middle East

   Iraqi

   Bangladeshi

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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

Headteachers have spoken to the i Paper over fears their schools will have to find money for a national 3.5% teacher pay rise, "despite claims it would be 'fully funded'".

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

Seven & i Holdings’ 3382 1.02%increase; up pointing triangle second-quarter net profit fell as its domestic business proved a drag despite stronger earnings at its North American business thanks to fuel sales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Do not lie, Olanna Ozobia, i sikwana asi!”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

After my partner of 30 years’ shocking death, I went on my first date in decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The guy I was crushing on helped me to my feet and became my college sweetheart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

As a woman in her 50s living in youth-obsessed Los Angeles, I was well aware of my age.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

My next birthday was fast approaching, and I was headed toward the legal speed limit in California: 55.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Belle can only pull so much,” I say, anguished.

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

I think ye guess whom they named; if ye do not, I-290--vol i- will upon my next letters write further.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

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

Yea a ruffian will have more in his ruff and his hose than he should-283--vol i- spend in a year.

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

Eden's History of the Working Classes, vol. i. p.

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

“Most of it comes out of the ground with the consistency of cold peanut butter,” observes economist David I. Levine of UC Berkeley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

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

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

“Indeed, that is the very question I want to ask you,” said I. “For he has been hovering about you all night.”

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

First log on as root, and then type dpkg -i icewm_0.8.12-1.deb, and icewm version 0.8.12 will be installed.

From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by John Goerzen

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

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

The suffix -i, added to a noun stem, forms generally a neuter verb.

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

World War I’s Eastern Front has never attracted the same attention as its western counterpart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 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

I's the one what set him to dusting.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Moneyist tackles a familiar dilemma: Is being debt-free worth the tradeoff of potentially impacted investment returns?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

After everyone had discussed Ross's demise, she piped up in her famous Texan drawl: "Is Ross gone?"

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: Is life insurance on your to-do list before the year ends?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

“Boy, Grandpa,” I said, “that sure sounds good to me. Is that what you read in the book?”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 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

I care that you dot your i’s, you cross your t’s, that if you say you’re going to do something, you do it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

"Your proposal does not adequately acknowledge the multiple and significant challenges such a transaction would face from US competition law enforcement agencies," Seven & i's letter added.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2024

He tries it in various styles, his hand unaccustomed to the angles of the N, the dotting of the two i’s.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Understanding how this signaling network is organized could eventually change how certain neurological and mental health conditions are treated.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Jin, a former graduate student in Galli's group, is now a postdoctoral scholar at the Flatiron Institute in New York.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

What distinguishes MeRT is its use of an AI-assisted algorithm to customize stimulation protocols based on each patient's brain activity rather than relying on a standardized approach.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

“One of the goals of the company is to create a platform for mental healthcare that uses objective imagery to help patients understand why they’re experiencing life the way that they are,” Walke said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Soon enough, she is propped in bed with pillows and a breakfast tray with hot coffee, warm toast, and grapefruit.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

"What we found is that this internal conversion process turns out to be more important than we thought."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

When we sat for dinner, speeches — or rather, roasts — broke out around the table, with our shared peals of laughter making the air ring with life and its sweetness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"It is always a moment in the annual calendar where we support Stand Up To Cancer through Gogglebox," Burnham said of the recurring charity special.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

"Now that we know the cause, we can start developing therapeutics."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

With the crop in, we work building a cabin.

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

“About fifty people came and talked to me, and bought copies ‘In the Country of Women,’ my memoir published by Catapult, and ‘Sacrament,’ my latest novel, published by Counterpoint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"Sometimes it takes me longer to take a website down than to fix the PHP problem."

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

“My husband is also just a really good gut check for me of what matters to the people of Los Angeles versus what matters in the hallways of power,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

As age acceptance pulsed through me, I made my decision: I would go with the meniscus-only option.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Bible teaches me to respect my father.

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

"The underwater location allows us to implement systematic, large-scale surveys," Seama explains.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

“I grew up in South Texas watching the compadre system steal from us while our families struggled to get by,” De La Cruz said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"We came up with some unforced handling errors on first. We weren't at such a high completion rate but our skill with the ball let us get away with that," Barrow added.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

We are informed quite often about what the show is not, initially by Margaret, a delightful little white-haired lady who talks us through the first episode.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Doesn’t seem fair that they have to pull, carry us.

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

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Coronado’s Curragh mine in Australia achieved its strongest quarter for run-of-mine coal production since 2020, says Jefferies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

“My job is to mine all that, to go to the sub-basement.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

France has long produced tungsten in the southern region of Ariege, at the former Salau mine, which some would like to reopen.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

I reached out and took her hand in mine.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Her cartwheels, in the form of her singing and acting in Pali High musical productions, were now my cartwheels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

As age acceptance pulsed through me, I made my decision: I would go with the meniscus-only option.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Recently, my ankle gave way while hiking in the Santa Monica Mountains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

As soft sunlight slanted in through my car window, I realized I’d already passed the performance baton onto my teenage daughter Dayna.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Frowning, Father murmurs, “That’s my fault. I thought it’d be easier on you not to have any friends. Or a sister or brother.”

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

“In comparison to that study, our FDA trial reported a 52% reduction in symptoms, so more than a four-fold increase in efficacy,” Won said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Brewers have left their mark on our area in a much more lasting way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The longer wavelength red and orange colours are not scattered as readily so pass through to our eyes.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

“But we needed to believe in our own belief for quite a long time.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

We both get our stuff and stand by my locker; the school halls are mostly empty.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The shame in this story was never his, and it was never ours.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

He said he assumed I’d be fine with it since the money was still ours.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

"That future is ours to build. Let us build," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

As crowded as the deck was, ours was missing the one bit of fishing kit it needed most: the optional Minn Kota trolling motor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Maybe they had no greater place to be, except at a greater distance from a luckless caravan like ours, led by a man marked for the coming of Cid.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

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