i

uppercase I · plural is · plural i's

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

uppercase I · plural is · plural i's

1. lowercaseThe ninth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.

plural ies · alternative eye

1. The name of the Latin script letter I/i.

   i-mutation, i-umlaut

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   the position of an i-dot (the dot of an i)

1. nonstandardAlternative letter-case form of I.

   As YouTuber Alex Elmslie tweeted, “ ‘once COVID is over’ is starting to sound a lot like ‘when i fix my sleep schedule.’ ”

   2021 January 26, Travis M. Andrews, “‘When covid is over’ sounds like ‘when I meet Harry Styles’: The new pandemic meme, explained”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2021

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   Here follow ſome few lines in the original, which not underſtanding i have omitted. […] Laſtly that amidſt ſo many viciſſitudes of fortune, to which I have been expoſed, amongſt all the goods, i ſay, and evils, the joyfull and gloomy, the pleaſing, and diſagreeable circumſtances of life, thou endowedſt me with an equal, conſtant, manly, and ſuperior ſpirit on every occaſion.

   1762, Benj[amin] Stillingfleet, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Natural History, Husbandry, and Physick. To Which Is Added the Calendar of Flora., 2nd edition, London: […] R. and J. Dodsley, […]; S. Baker, […]; and T. Payne, […], pages 30 and 32

objective me · possessive my · possessive pronoun without noun mine · reflexive myself · alternative nonstandard i · alternative obsolete ich

1. first personpersonalpronounsingularsubjectiveThe speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.

   I drove my sister and myself to school.

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   […]It ill beſeemes a knight of gentle ſort, / Such as ye haue him boaſted, to beguyle / A ſimple maide, and worke ſo hainous tort, / In ſhame of knighthood, as I largely can report.

   1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 414

   Here I am, sir.

   1854, Gustave Chouquet, Easy Conversations in French, page 9

   I know I have a pen, though…

   2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

2. first personnonstandardpersonalpronounsingularsubjectiveThe speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.

   Mom drove my sister and I to school.

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   Sweet Baſſanio, My ſhips haue all miſcarried, my Creditors grow cruell, my eſtate is very low: my bond to the Iew is forfet, and ſince in paying it, it is impoſſible I ſhould liue, all debts are cleered betweene you and I if I might but ſee you at my death.

   c. 1596–1598 (date written), W[illiam] Shakespeare, The Excellent History of the Merchant of Venice. […] (First Quarto), [London]: […] J[ames] Roberts [for Thomas Heyes], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]

   1980, Bob Marley, Redemption Song Old pirates, yes, they rob I Sold I to the merchant ships Minutes after they took I From the bottomless pit.

   Step inside, see the Devil in I You'll realize I'm not your Devil anymore

   2014, “The Devil in I”, in .5: The Gray Chapter, performed by Slipknot

plural I's · alternative nonstandard i · alternative obsolete ich

1. countableuncountablemetaphysicsThe ego.

   Sucking vomit, acting like its honey Deprived of I Falling while thrusting squares through circles Serving one single new dimension

   2012, “Demiurge”, in Mårten Hagström (lyrics), Koloss, performed by Meshuggah, track 9

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   They are called men, becauſe each of them poſſeſſeth the whole man, though not wholly. There are by their means two I’s in every believer, Rom. vii. 15. For that which I do, I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. There is not one part of the man that is in Chriſt, but grace has a part of it, and corruption has a part of it: as in the twilight there is light over all, and darkneſs over all too, the darkneſs being mixed in every part with the light. So my renewed part is I, a man having an underſtanding enlightened, a will renewed, affections ſpiritualized, uſing my body conform: but my unrenewed part is I too, having an underſtanding darkened, a will rebellious, affections corrupted, and uſing my body accordingly.

   a. 1733, Thomas Boston, edited by [Thomas Boston the younger], Sermons and Discourses on Several Important Subjects in Divinity. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] William Gray, […], published 1753, page 333

   In other words, he said: “I have two natures. I have a flesh nature, an outside nature, and that keeps sinning; and then I have another nature—an inside, a spiritual nature—and that does not like sinning; and with my heart-power, my conscience-power, my love-power, with the power of the divine element that is in me, I look and see what this body outside, which clothes me, is trying to do. And here are two I’s that are fighting. The inside I is arrayed against the outside I; and the outside has the advantage.”

   1873, Henry Ward Beecher, “Paul”, in The Great Bible Renowns, page 45

   Am I a double personality? Are there two “I’s” in my anatomy—one a conscious “I,” giving attention to what I am doing, and another unconscious “I,” giving attention to something entirely different?

   1916, S. A. Steel, “Down the James Long Ago—I”, in Christian Advocate, volume 77, page 1094, column 1

   B. (smiling): Have you come to examine me? You must say who you are. / D.: However much I may try, I do not seem to catch the ‘I’. It is not even clearly discernible. / B.: Who is it that says that the ‘I’ is not discernible? Are there two ‘I’s in you, that one is not discernible to the other?

   1962, Arthur Osborne, editor, The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi in His Own Words, London: Rider & Company, published 1975, page 122

   Who is it that says that ‘I’ is not perceptible? Is there an ignorant ‘I’ and an elusive ‘I’? Are there two ‘I’s in the same person? It is the mind that says that ‘I’ is not perceptible. Where is that mind from? Know the mind. You will find it a myth. / We all feel that there is only one I; not two, one ignorant of the other.

   2011, Michael Gluckman, Making Your Wisdom Come Alive: A Guide to the Source of Your Wisdom and Joy, Light Up Your Life, →ISBN

   Synonyms: me

lowercase i · plural Is · plural I's

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

plural Is

1. USabbreviationcountableuncountableroadwayAbbreviation of interstate.

   I-95 begins at Houlton, Maine and terminates at Miami, Florida, connecting numerous major cities in the East Coast.

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   Drivers like the idea of increasing traffic flow and reducing congestion on the portion of I-80 between Davis and West Sacramento.

   2024 May 17, Orko Manna, “Toll lane project on Interstate 80 between West Sacramento and Davis gets green light”, in KCRA, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2025

2. abbreviationcountableuncountablegrammarAbbreviation of instrumental case.
3. abbreviationcountableuncountablecomputingAbbreviation of instruction.
4. USabbreviationcountableuncountablegovernmentAbbreviation of independent.

1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of aye.