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Meaning of I, i in English

I, i
noun [ C or U ]
uk
/aɪ/ us
/aɪ/
plural Is, I's or i's

I, i noun [C or U] (LETTER)

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the ninth letter of the English alphabet
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I, i noun [C or U] (NUMBER)

(also i)
the sign used in the Roman system for the number 1 and as part of the numbers 2 (ii), 3 (iii), 4 (iv), 6 (vi), 7 (vii), 8 (viii), and 9 (ix)
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I
pronoun
uk
/aɪ/ us
/aɪ/
A1
used as the subject of a verb to refer to the person speaking or writing:
I love you.
Am I invited?
I'm not mistaken, am I?
I'd like a coffee, please.
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Pronouns: personal (I, me, you, him, it, they, etc.)
We use personal pronouns in place of noun phrases. We often use them to refer back to people and things that we have already identified (underlined): …
Subject and object pronouns
Personal subject pronouns act as the subject of a clause. We use them before a verb to show who is doing the verb. We do not usually leave out the pronoun: …
I, me
We use I and me to refer to the speaker or writer. I is the subject form and me is the object form: …
You
We use you to refer to the listener or reader. It is both the subject and the object form. You can refer to one person or more than one person. It is usually clear from the context whether you is singular or plural: …
He, him; she, her
He, him, she and her are singular third person pronouns. He and him are the masculine forms. She and her are the feminine forms: …
It
We use it to refer to things: …
We, us
We use we and us to refer to different groups of people, but always including the speaker. We and us can refer to the speaker + the listener, or the speaker + other people but not the listener, or people in general including the speaker: …
They, them
We use they and them to refer to specific groups of people, things and animals: …
(Definition of I, i from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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I
noun [ C ]
(also i)
us
/ɑɪ/
plural I’s or i’s

I noun [C] (LETTER)

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the ninth letter of the English alphabet
I
pronoun
us
/ɑɪ/

I pronoun (PERSON)

the person speaking:
I can see her car.
I
number
(also i)
us
/ɑɪ, wʌn/

I number (NUMBER)

the Roman numeral for the number 1
(Definition of I, i from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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Translations of I, i

in Chinese (Traditional)
字母, （英文字母表的第九個字母）, 數字…
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字母, （英语字母表的第九个字母）, 数字…
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in Spanish
novena letra del abecedario inglés:, I, i…
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nona letra do alfabeto, I, i…
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英字アルファベットの第9字…
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alfabenin dokuzuncu harfi…
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I, i [masculine], je…
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novena lletra de l’alfabet anglès: I, i…
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I, i [masculine], jeg…
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아이, 알파벳의 아홉번째 글자…
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nona lettera dell’alfabeto inglese…
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