I Definition

ī
we
noun
The ninth letter of the English alphabet: via Latin from the Greek iota, a modification of the Phoenician (Semitic yodh, a hand): this letter, first dotted in the 11th cent., was not distinguished from j until the 17th cent.
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Any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the vowel (i) of pick, (ē) of pique, or (ī) of pike, or, when it is unstressed, (ə) as in sanity, or the semivowel (y) in boil.
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A type or impression for i or I.
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The ninth in a sequence or group.
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A Roman numeral for 1
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Synonyms:
pronoun
The person speaking or writing: personal pronoun in the first person singular.
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Used to refer to oneself as speaker or writer.
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Nonstandard capitalization of I.
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Synonyms:
abbreviation
Incomplete.
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Inside.
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Interest.
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Independent.
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Intransitive.
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adjective
Of i or I.
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Ninth in a sequence or group.
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Shaped like I or I.
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Synonyms:
symbol
−1, the square root of negative one.
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Electric current.
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Iodine.
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(computing) The ASCII control character horizontal tab in caret notation.

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affix

Y-

Iwis.
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Forming compound words.
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letter

The ninth letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

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The ninth letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

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The letter i without a dot above, in both the upper case and the lower case versions.

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numeral

The ordinal number ninth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

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The ordinal number ninth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

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interjection

Eye dialect spelling of hi.

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suffix

Used to indicate a plural form of some words of Latin or Italian origin, such as virtuosi or concerti.

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Used to form adjectives and nouns describing people of a particular city, region, or country, and the language spoken by these people.

Iraq → Iraqi, Israel → Israeli, Pakistan → Pakistani, Bengal → Bengali, Nepal → Nepali, Desh → Desi, Hyderabad → Hyderabadi.
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contraction
(colloquial, poetic) In.
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(colloquial, poetic) It.

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Other Word Forms of I

Noun

Singular:
i
Plural:
Is.

Origin of I

  • From Middle English I, ik (also ich), from Old English ih, ic (“I”), from Proto-Germanic *ik, *ek (“I”), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ (“I”). Cognate with Scots I, ik, A (“I”), West Frisian ik (“I”), Dutch ik (“I”), Low German ik (“I”), German ich (“I”), Bavarian I (“I”), Danish jeg (“I”), Norwegian jeg, eg (“I”), Norwegian I (“I”) (dialectal), Swedish jag (“I”), Icelandic ég, eg (“I”), Latin ego (“I”), Ancient Greek ἐγώ (ego), Russian я (ja, “I”), Lithuanian aš (“I”). See also ich.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin -ī, the plural ending of the Latin second declension, whence the plural of Italian nouns in -o and -e.

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  • Middle English from Old French from Latin stem vowel of nouns and adjectives used in combination

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the Arabic nisba suffix ـي (-ī, -iyy). In English productive from the 19th century.

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  • Old French i, from Latin ī, from Etruscan I (i).

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  • Middle English from Old English ic eg in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin i, minuscule of I

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  • From Old English ic.

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I Sentence Examples

  • I will lead you to it.

  • I'm so glad I have you.

  • I love you so much.

  • I wish you had called me.

  • I love thinking about the future.

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