I — English Dictionary

Pronoun

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

   Usage

   • first-person
   • personal
   • pronoun
   • singular
   • subjective

   Examples

   I enjoy learning languages.

   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.

   Here I am, sir.

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   I know I have a pen, though…

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

   Usage

   • first-person
   • nonstandard
   • personal
   • pronoun
   • singular
   • subjective

   Examples

   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.

   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.

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

Noun

1. The ego.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   me

   Examples

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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.

   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.”

   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?

   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?

   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.

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

Character

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

   Usage

   • letter
   • uppercase

Noun

1. 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)

   Synonyms

   iodineiodinatomic number 53

   Broader terms

   chemical elementelementhalogen

2. the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

   Synonyms

   oneacesingleunity

   Broader terms

   digitfigure

   Examples

   he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it

   they had lunch at one

3. the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet

   Synonyms

   i

   Broader terms

   letterletter of the alphabetalphabetic character