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I Meaning & Definition
I Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of I?

[n] the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet
[n] the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one"
[n] a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks)
[adj] used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; "`ane' is Scottish"

Synonyms | Synonyms for I: 1 | 1 | ace | ane | atomic number 53 | cardinal | iodin | iodine | one | one | single | unity

Related Terms | Find terms related to I: ace | alter | alter ego | alterum | anima | anima humana | atman | atom | ba | better self | breath | breath of life | buddhi | divine breath | ego | ethical self | he | heart | her | herself | him | himself | I myself | inner man | inner self | it | jiva | jivatma | khu | manes | me | mind | monad | my humble self | myself | nephesh | no other | none else | nothing else | nought beside | number one | one | one and only | oneself | other self | ourselves | pneuma | psyche | purusha | ruach | self | shade | shadow | she | soul | spirit | spiritual being | spiritus | subconscious self | subliminal self | superego | the self | them | themselves | they | unit | you | yours truly | yourself | yourselves

See Also | alphabetic character | brine | chemical element | digit | element | figure | halogen | iodine-125 | iodine-131 | letter | letter of the alphabet | monad | monas | Roman alphabet | saltwater | seawater | singleton

I In Webster's Dictionary

\I\ ([imac]). 1. I, the ninth letter of the English alphabet, takes its form from the Ph[oe]nician, through the Latin and the Greek. The Ph[oe]nician letter was probably of Egyptian origin. Its original value was nearly the same as that of the Italian I, or long e as in mete. Etymologically I is most closely related to e, y, j, g; as in dint, dent, beverage, L. bibere; E. kin, AS. cynn; E. thin, AS. [thorn]ynne; E. dominion, donjon, dungeon. In English I has two principal vowel sounds: the long sound, as in p[=i]ne, [=i]ce; and the short sound, as in p[i^]n. It has also three other sounds: (a) That of e in term, as in thirst. (b) That of e in mete (in words of foreign origin), as in machine, pique, regime. (c) That of consonant y (in many words in which it precedes another vowel), as in bunion, million, filial, Christian, etc. It enters into several digraphs, as in fail, field, seize, feign. friend; and with o often forms a proper diphtong, as in oil, join, coin. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 98-106. Note: The dot which we place over the small or lower case i dates only from the 14th century. The sounds of I and J were originally represented by the same character, and even after the introduction of the form J into English dictionaries, words containing these letters were, till a comparatively recent time, classed together. 2. In our old authors, I was often used for ay (or aye), yes, which is pronounced nearly like it. 3. As a numeral, I stands for 1, II for 2, etc.
\I-\, prefix. See {Y-}.
\I\ ([imac]), pron. [poss. {My} (m[imac]) or {Mine} (m[imac]n); object. {Me} (m[=e]). pl. nom. {We} (w[=e]); poss. {Our} (our) or {Ours} (ourz); object. {Us} ([u^]s).] [OE. i, ich, ic, AS. ic; akin to OS. & D. ik, OHG. ih, G. ich, Icel. ek, Dan. jeg, Sw. jag, Goth. ik, OSlav. az', Russ. ia, W. i, L. ego, Gr. 'egw`, 'egw`n, Skr. aham. [root]179. Cf. {Egoism}.] The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a speaker or writer denotes himself.

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