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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 "driest July in 190 years" is the top story for The i Paper, with both England and Wales seeing the driest July since records began.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

"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

Exception 1.—Before ing or ish, the final y is retained to prevent the doubling of the i: as, pity + ing = pitying.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

“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

"I misjudged it a little bit. I thought I was clear," Hudson-Smith said.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

"I hope to find them in good health," the woman says, unable to hide her sadness.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

I was using an open-weight Chinese model with its guardrails removed, which I accessed through a free account on an American website.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“In those times it was necessary. I really don’t like to talk of it. I have almost forgotten.”

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

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

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

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

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

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

For each of the following functions, determine the i. domain and ii. range.

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

There should be no difficulty on the large ships in carrying this quantity under davits, i. e.,

From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by British Government

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

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

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

He also urged them not to allow partnerships between large corporations and the military, the way the German scientific community and government did with I. G. Farben and Krupp Armaments and Steel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 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

In a recent study, Purusharth I. Rajyaguru and colleagues used Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a type of yeast commonly used in research, to explore how life might respond to Mars-like stress.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2026

“I want you to remember that, now, you hear me? Cornelius Warne could never forget what happened to his brother. And neither could I. So that’s why we both carried on.”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

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

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

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

In a statement read to the public inquiry examining how Letby was able to attack babies, Child I's mother said: "I believe the doctors and nursing staff should have acted earlier."

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024

“Now don’t you mess with me this morning,” Elisha said, “because you ain’t got so holy I can’t turn you over my knee. I’s your big brother in the Lord—you just remember that.”

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

Is he trying to scare parents into not inoculating children?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

That also raises an even bigger question: Is paying off this $1,000 actually an emergency?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

"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

“That sounds like an ominous question, La. Is everything okay?” 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

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

“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

She wrote in big curling script, and she dotted her letter i’s with stars.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon

The House Project’s mission is to provide shelter and support to underserved populations and communities in crisis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

The situation in Colombia is all-hands-on-deck and a litany of organizations worldwide are rallying together to get aid to earthquake victims.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

The All Hands & Hearts organization is already on the ground in Colombia helping search-and-rescue crews by providing necessary equipment needed by emergency responders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

“This is my journey, I’m telling it. This is what it is. You can take what you want away from it,” Amabile said on the podcast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

There is never a good time to get sick, but this is a particularly bad time.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“Solidarity is one of the most important ways to tell someone: I am here. That’s why we invite you to help, together.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Using official listings data from Festivals Edinburgh we analysed the median lowest publicly advertised full price ticket from 2016 to 2026.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

"Rather than centralizing superintelligence, we should distribute it widely and give every person the ability to direct it," Zuckerberg wrote, arguing that open models are a key part of a global AI ecosystem.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Customer demand is accelerating as enterprise adoption broadens and we continue to deepen our technology platform.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

“George, we need something firm, hard. Any metal? Wood?”

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

"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

Krylova then led me to the wall of herbs, offering two cooling blends that can be made into tea at home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

“Please,” insists Caesar gently, “you’d be doing me a great favor as a fellow soldier.”

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

In the absence of ticket sales data, this allowed us to consistently measure like-for-like prices for each event, while reducing the impact of different pricing structures and models across the festivals.

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

I don’t think they will last; none of us do.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

In 2026 there have been multiple hits to production worldwide and to accommodate for this, Price adjusts his global mine supply forecast by 3.5% every year.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

"This son of mine has no father, no birth certificate and no national number," Amira, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, tells the BBC.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Scott welcomed home his daughter nine months after mine was born, so we were new stay-at-home parents together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Father’s bedroom was directly under mine but at seventy-seven he slept soundly.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

“In the snap of fingers, my best friend, my confidant, my partner, my soul mate was transitioned to another dimension — a higher plane,” she wrote in her post.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

"My heart dropped in my stomach when I read that", she says.

From BBC ● 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

When 10th Street Entertainment’s merchandising director Ian Dietrich came across fanmade clothing with the Papa Roach lyric “Cut my life into pieces,” he didn’t try to take the shop down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Father’s grateful that Caesar is my friend, too.

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

“California will keep moving toward pest management practices that protect health and our ecosystems.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Anderson added: "We cannot be complacent - our festivals want to work with partners across the city to ensure that Edinburgh is a city where everyone can afford to live, visit and perform."

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

"This is part of our separation from Meta; we must take this step to comply with regulatory requirements in specific parts of the world," Manus said in a blog post.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

“CoreWeave reached an important inflection point this quarter as our scale began to translate into expanding operating leverage,” CEO Michael Intrator said in a press release.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

It explains what happened to our knowledge of the brain as a result.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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

He was still his awkward self, but he wasn’t ours anymore.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

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