I. ˈī noun
( plural i's or is ˈīz)
Usage: often capitalized, often attributive
1.
a. : the ninth letter of the English alphabet
b. : an instance of this letter printed, written, or otherwise represented
c. : a speech counterpart of orthographic i (as long i in side, short i in sit, or i in French élite )
2. : one — see number table
3. : a printer's type, a stamp, or some other instrument for reproducing the letter i
4. : someone or something arbitrarily or conveniently designated i especially as the ninth in order or class
5. : something having the shape of the capital letter I
6. : a unit vector parallel to the x-axis
7.
[abbreviation for incomplete ]
a. : a grade assigned by a teacher or examiner rating a student's work as incomplete
b. : one graded or rated with an I
II. (|)ī, _ə, often _ä or _ȧ when unemphatic especially in contracted forms as “Iʸm” & “Iʸll” pronoun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: Middle English ich, i, from Old English ic; akin to Old High German ih I, Old Norse ek, Gothic ik, Latin ego, Greek egō, egōn, Sanskrit aham
1. : the one who is speaking or writing
I shall not want — Ps 23:1 (Authorized Version)
— used as a nominative pronoun of the first person singular by one speaking or writing to refer to himself as the doer of an action
I will not hurt you
whither thou goest, I will go — Ruth 1:16 (Authorized Version)
or the subject of a predicated condition
I don't feel very well today
or sometimes in the predicate after forms of be
it will not be I — D.D.Eisenhower
it is I — Mk 6:50 (Authorized Version)
or in comparisons after than or as when the first term in the comparison is the subject of a verb
you can do it just as well as I
he writes much better than I
thou art stronger than I — Jer 20:7 (Authorized Version)
or in some absolute or elliptical constructions especially when not used with a prepositional phrase or an adjective or a participle
who, I ? You're foolish to say that anyone would do it
or after but in a compound subject
no one but I could have known — H.G.Wells
— see me , mine , my ; compare we
2.
a. now chiefly substandard : me — used in a compound object
belongs to my mother and I
between you and I
he saw my brother and I
b. now dialect England : me — used emphatically as object of a verb
give poor I another chance
or preposition
give the ball to I
my father hath no child but I — Shakespeare
3. : the one who acts as authorized spokesman of a social or military system (as an army)
I order you to report for duty
III. ˈī noun
( plural i's or is )
Usage: capitalized
1. : someone possessing and aware of possessing a distinct and personal individuality : self , ego
there is but one I — Mary B. Eddy
society has been atomized down to its elemental particles each of which is an I — W.P.Webb
also : the quality or state of possessing such individuality
the crowd is like a community in that it can be any size, the difference being that the We precedes the I — Howard Griffin
2. : an excessively egotistic person : one that uses the first person pronoun excessively
just a big I
3. : a dichotomous part of one's self
the other I
IV.
or i' _i
now chiefly dialect
variant of in
V.
obsolete
variant of aye
VI. abbreviation
Usage: often capitalized
1.
[Latin id ]
that
2.
[Latin imperator; imperatrix ]
emperor; empress
3. imperial
4. incendiary
5. incomplete
6. independent
7. indicated; indicative
8. industrial
9. infantry
10. infield
11. inhibitory
12. initial
13. inner
14. inside
15. inspector
16. instantaneous
17. institute; institution
18. instrumental
19. intelligence
20. interceptor
21. interest
22. international
23. interstate
24. intransitive
25. Iraqi
26. iron
27. island; isle
28. Israeli
VII. symbol
Usage: capitalized
1. iodine
2. candlepower
3. electric current
4. moment of inertia
5. imaginary unit