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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

A landmark report proposing to create career plans for 14-year-olds and above to help them with their future employment, is the lead of the i Paper.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 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 announced a series of measures in March 2025 to boost shareholder value as it sought to fend off Alimentation Couche-Tard’s $47 billion takeover bid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Standing up, i threw my rabbit bones in the fire and wiped the grease off on my pant legs.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

"I have nowhere to stay. I sleep in rubbish dumps. That is why I did it," he reportedly told a court.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

“So I ask questions to confirm their understanding.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Hope the credit covers the $6 Diet Coke I took from the minibar in a moment of deadline desperation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

"I get a runner's high after games. I think that's part of the oxygen depletion, maybe."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

I ask, but nobody pays me any mind.

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

Of the higher gentry, however, there were considerable numbers who-157--vol i- either went and established themselves in the protestant cities of Germany, or passed away the time in travelling.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

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

Your majesty's humble sister to commandment, "Elizabeth." -107--vol i-

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

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

“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

Jonathan I. Shenkman is president and chief investment officer of ParkBridge Wealth Management.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 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

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

So did I. Soon, every eye was on me again.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

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

Thus final -o bespeaks a noun; -a, an adjective; -e, an adverb; -i, an infinitive, etc.

From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Caleb said he was told the Llantrisant Mace was older than most of the Crown Jewels and survived Oliver Cromwell trying to melt down any remaining precious metal bearing Charles I's crest.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 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

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

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

Speaking to the BBC afterwards, Raye said she'd "poured everything I had" into the record, which features the global hit song Where Is My Husband?

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

Is he still holding the wrench in his tightened fist?

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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

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

I recognized your tiny handwriting right away, all wobbly and with those weird loops you put on top of your t's and i's.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead

According to 42-year-old Alex Hernandez, "it’s really well-made; the gameplay is sharp and responsive."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

SpaceX is working to secure access to cell towers just weeks after buying more wireless spectrum.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

From Hitler topping the polls in Peru to the sport that is a kind of "voluntary drowning".

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Colombian deputy environment minister David Olarte Amaya, who is attending the summit, said the concerns about his country were exaggerated.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Joey’s little daughter, Cynthia, is only a toddler.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

"We are convinced that we have the right long-term strategy addressing these challenges," Samuelsson said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

“They have helped guide decisions around AI deployment and token optimization, ensuring we are using the appropriate models and tools for the right use cases,” Skule said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

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

We’ll have a nice meal when we leave this town and camp for the night.

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

Send me an email at [email protected] or reply to this email.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Although I had already consulted with three orthopedic surgeons, Drew, who married me despite my nosedive in the parking lot, wanted me to see Dr. Bert Mandelbaum at Cedars-Sinai.

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

“She was a giver. She was an encourager. She knew how to nurture—and she wasn’t afraid to nurture. She made me a more secure person, and more sure about what I could do.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Her body heat warms me, calms my shivering.

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

"However, in the short term, with severely challenged volumes, we need to reinforce our turnaround plan with additional decisive actions, lowering our break-even point and improving cash flows to make us more resilient."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

“It’s very Nasdaq of us to put together a framework for how to explore it, and this was through the encouragement of the board.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

None of it really makes sense, but none of us really makes sense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

I had to tell her once she started living with us.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

These setbacks come a year after Codelco's largest mine, El Teniente, was forced to suspend part of its production for months following an accident that left six workers dead.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

The study suggests a possible extension case for the project that contemplates a 37-year mine life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

She looked from one face to another, until she came to mine and gave a little gasp of comprehension.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

"It was abundantly clear that without my intervention, the possibility to bring humanitarian aid into the city and to evacuate the elderly would be impossible."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

“I’ll ask for feedback from my colleagues,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

At some places, the to-do lists are longer than the manifestos my working mom left us on the counter after school every day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Although I had already consulted with three orthopedic surgeons, Drew, who married me despite my nosedive in the parking lot, wanted me to see Dr. Bert Mandelbaum at Cedars-Sinai.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

It’s only a matter of time before the notes fill my mind and everything else falls away.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

"However, in the short term, with severely challenged volumes, we need to reinforce our turnaround plan with additional decisive actions, lowering our break-even point and improving cash flows to make us more resilient."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Zero signs of offense being played around the AI theme on our pad yesterday,” said Kaplan.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Finra’s arbitration forum is designed to offer our member firms and investors a fair, accessible and transparent means of resolving disputes,” the regulator said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

“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

But she takes one look at our faces and her light tone changes.

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

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

I tracked down two New Jersey record stores whose sites said they’d purchase all types of albums, so we carted ours to them.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

“And because nearly 2,000 people are still inside who have not died, and whose lives are still ours to fight for.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Mrs. Tilbury’s cleaning the table next to ours.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

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