I am

proper noun

God, seen as self-sufficient and self-existent.

“I am Charlie Hebdo!”

Opposite
I am not
OriginHebrew אֶהְיֶה →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. God, seen as self-sufficient and self-existent.

    And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 3:14
    1 more example

    The primary imagination I hold to be the living Power and prime Agent of all human Perception, and as a repetition in the finite mind of the eternal act of creation in the infinite I AM.

    1817, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literara, I.13
  2. colloquialfrequently with greatA self-centred, arrogant person.

    Joe entered and said, ‘Dinner-time. The Great I Am upstairs has grudgingly assented to oxtail soup, bangers and mash, tinned peaches with ice cream.’

    2003, Alasdair Gray, “Miss Kincaid's Autumn”, in Every Short Story, Canongate, published 2012, page 751
interjectionI am something or someone
  1. Indicates solidarity or a support of a shared conviction with the person or object upon which a perceived injustice is being inflicted.

    I am Charlie Hebdo!

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
I am not

Origin

  1. Hebrewאֶהְיֶה
  2. EnglishI am

Originally after Biblical usage (Exodus 3:14), translating Hebrew אֶהְיֶה ('ehyeh).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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