long i's

A form of long i — the English vowel sound /aɪ/ in the words "fine" and "like", often conventionally written ⟨ī⟩. (The presence of a long vowel is often signaled in spelling by a silent e that follows it, as in the examples here, or by the fact that a subsequent consonant is single rather than doubled, as for example in siting versus sitting).

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of long i
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