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I
Pronoun
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The person who is speaking or writing
I am writing this, and you are reading it.
I
Noun
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The ninth letter or the alphabet; previous H, next J. I is a vowel.
I
Symbol
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A symbol meaning first, as in "George I" (which is said as "George the first").
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The symbol for iodine on the periodic table of elements.
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The symbol for electrical current.
I
Number
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This is the roman numeral for one (1). It may be written as I or i.
i
Noun
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The ninth letter or the alphabet; previous H, next J. I is a vowel.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
slight
Adjective
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A slight increase, difference, etc. is a small change.
This year's 5.6% level is a slight increase from last year's 5.4%.
Don't worry about me. It's just a slight pain
I don't have the slightest idea what she meant.
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If someone is slight, they are thin.
Out stepped a slight, middle-aged woman who smiled kindly.
slight
Verb
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If you slight someone, you treat them as if they were not important.
Ever since that time, he's been slighted by his fellow workers.
slight
Noun
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A slight is when you are not polite to someone.
Has she forgiven him for his slight?
idea
Noun
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An idea is a concept or a thought.
It was a good idea.
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An idea is something abstract (not concrete).
Love is just an idea.
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An idea is a way to see something, a view.
He changed her ideas on religion.