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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

See Examples For:

i I i- i. -i- I. -i I's Is i's is we me us mine my our ours

The i Paper says Chancellor John Healey will announce a new ISA which will help older first-time buyers in Britain.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

"Find the money to fund end-of-life care," is Lord Blunkett's "plea to Burnham", according to the i Paper.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 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

David Zwirner presents Roy DeCarava’s “the sound i saw,” bringing together photographs taken in the late 1940s and 1960s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

He stops at a door marked gene therapy room i.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

She added: "I knew this would probably be my last chance, because there were other girls in Britain trying to do it."

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

"He came with his football - the way he wants to play and the high intensity which I think will benefit me, the club and the way the club wants to play football," added Isak.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

"I cannot say for certain how likely it is, but it is also clear that we must make every possible effort to turn that possibility into reality," he said.

From Barron's

“More ways than anyone can count. When I couldn’t walk anymore, he carried me. He taught me that a man can strike out on his own.”

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

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

From the new sovereign substantial benefits as well as flattering distinctions awaited him, being reinstated-266--vol i- by her in the possession of his confiscated estates and appointed a privy-councillor.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Lucy Aikin

And she would frequently assure them that she would take a particular care of their affairs, and she would-277--vol i- ever be as good as her word.

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

Properties i. and ii. say that line integrals are linear, which is true of single-variable integrals as well.

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

Dei, i. 22-7.82.This had been suggested by St. Augustine.

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

There is a gorgeous, heartbreaking story about a piano prodigy in France during World War I. The final story concerns the marriage between a Dutch clockmaker and a theoretical physicist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 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

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

“I don’t know,” said I. “Something to drink?”

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

Pulvillus -i: soft, pad-like structures between tarsal claws: the cushions of short, stiff hair or other clothing on the underside of tarsal joints; rarely fleshy lobes: see arolium.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

Flocculus -i: a hairy or bristly appendage on the posterior coxa of some Hymenoptera.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith

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

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

“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

“Law, my phone was disconnected cause I’s short this month. You talk to Yule May?”

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Is the iPhone Duo discriminating against left-handed users?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Is this a good time to take out a HELOC?

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 a September heatwave forecast for the UK?

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

“This sounds like something only you would plan. I’d like to document this for my channel. Is that okay?”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

“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

Sometimes, he says, “dotting i’s and crossing t’s has to come second to right and wrong.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

“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

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

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

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

When customers asked why their drink was free, his staff told them "because Harry Styles is buying everyone's coffee today," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

It is the fourth time Long Mead Local Wildlife Site, at Swinford in Oxfordshire, has been flooded because of a mains failure.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Earning an American high school diploma is just the beginning, as far as she’s concerned.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

"It will be a chance to celebrate every individual who has helped create and shape this beloved theatre as we look to our future."

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

"He said 'score goals', but he wants me to defend. The way we defend - we defend to score goals so defending, in the end, is an attacking weapon."

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

"When we see the Russia-Ukraine war, and when we see the whole Middle East, every day things get a little bit worse," said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ahead of the gathering.

From Barron's

We put up a plank of wood until we can get the glass fixed.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

“It was quite an image that is very vivid to me right now.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Believe what you want, she said, "just don't press it on me".

From BBC ● 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

Not looking at me, his eyes fixed on the horizon, Father says warmly, “Play your harmonica, Will. Please, play it for me.”

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

Dozens of affected women and their families contacted us following our earlier reporting.

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

"I don't think it's dawned on us it's really ours," says Conroy, a video editor.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

And in the confusion, some of us can escape.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“La Opinión helped families like mine stay informed about what was happening in our communities and gave Spanish-speaking Angelenos a voice,” she said in a written statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 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

"Macklemore coming off tour was the promoter's decision, it was not mine," he wrote.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

On April 19, it struck a British mine and sank.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Just before Kik and I started our dash back to the Beje, Pickwick slipped an arm through mine.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

"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

"Many people in my era either had to take unpaid leave or resign, or they got sacked because they were trying to juggle their sports with their career," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

“Over the past few days, I have listened closely to the conversations, concerns, and heartfelt feedback shared across our community following my presentation honoring Chris Brown with a state resolution,” Jones said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

“We’re trying to shift our mindset,” Mitchell said, “and not try to hold ourselves to the expectations of what I saw my mom do.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

My neck and back are knotted, tense, my palms wet.

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

"That shows you that our strategy is definitely working."

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

Read our article on why some US restaurants are banning tips.

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

“Joey fulfills all our expectations,” Gertie says of her friend.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“It looked like this newsroom has money and ours doesn’t,” Koman adds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

They’re surprisingly warm inside, and ours made a cozy setting for pork belly skewers, crab puffs and smoked cocktails.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

At Camp Golden Eagle, in Woodruff, Wis., all the usual activities were ours: baseball, archery, canoeing, swimming.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

In July, outgoing prime minister Sir Keir Starmer issued a formal apology to those mothers, telling them: "The shame is not yours... the shame is ours."

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Then I remembered that Leendert was away for a few days setting up electrical warning systems like ours in several of our host homes.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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