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i | gree |

As a letter i

is the letter i with an acute accent.

As a verb gree is

.

i

Translingual

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Etymology 1

Lower case variation of upper case (I), from (etyl) letter .

Letter

  • The ninth letter of the .
  • The letter i with a tittle or dot above, in both the upper case and the lower case versions.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) Derived symbols * j * — IPA * — Turkish Similar and related symbols * — Greek * — Cyrillic I, used in Belarusian and Ukrainian * — Cyrillic palochka, used in the Caucasian languages * — Arabic (alif) * — Arabic numeral * — Cherokee (IPA: ??) (SAMPA: @~) * — Runic * — IPA

    Etymology 2

    * abbreviation of (imaginary) * abbreviation of (index)

    Symbol

    (Close front unrounded vowel) (head)
  • The imaginary unit; a fixed square root of -1. Graphically, i is shown on the vertical (y-axis) plane.
  • The current flow in a circuit in amperes.
  • A common variable name representing a generic index, especially in loops.
  • close front unrounded vowel.
    • Synonyms
    * j * j

    Etymology 3

    Lower case form of upper case roman numeral I, apparently derived from the shape of a notch scored across a tally stick.

    Alternative forms

    * I,

    Cardinal number

  • cardinal number one.

    • See also

    * Next: ii (2) *

    See also

    {{Letter , page=I , NATO=India , Morse=·· , Character=I9 , Braille=? }} Image:Latin I.png, Capital and lowercase versions of I , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter I.png, Uppercase and lowercase I in Fraktur ----

    gree

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . Compare (degree), (grade).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) One of a flight of steps.
  • * 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) , Chapter 5:
    • "My grand-daughter doesn't like to be kept waitin' when the tea is ready, for it takes me time to crammle aboon the grees , for there be a many of 'em, and miss, I lack belly-timber sairly by the clock."
  • (label) A stage in a process; a degree of rank or station.
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
    • He is a shepherd great in gree .
  • Pre-eminence; victory or superiority in combat (hence also, the prize for winning a combat).
  • *
  • *:And thenne the kynge lete blowe to lodgynge / and by cause sir Palomydes beganne fyrste / and neuer he went nor rode oute of the feld to repose / but euer was doynge merueyllously wel outher on foote or on horsbak / and lengest durynge Kynge Arthur and alle the kynges gaf sir Palomydes the honour and the gree as for that daye
  • A degree.

    • Etymology 2

    From (pre-reform) (etyl) , from Old (etyl) (gray).

    Noun

  • Pre-eminence; victory or superiority in combat (hence also, the prize for winning a combat).
  • * 1485 , Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book X:
    • bycause Sir Palomydes beganne fyrste, and never he wente nor rode oute of the fylde to repose hym, but ever he was doynge on horsebak othir on foote, and lengest durynge, Kynge Arthure and all the kynges gaff Sir Palomydes the honoure and the gre as for that day.

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) Pleasure, goodwill, satisfaction.
  • * Late 14th century , Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale :
    • And notified is þur?out þe toun / Þat every wi?t, wiþ greet devocioun, / Sholde preyen Crist þat he þis mariage / Recyve in gree and spede þis viage.
  • * Fairfax
    • Accept in gree , my lord, the words I spoke.
  • * 1885 , Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night . vol. 1:
    • When it was the Second Night, said Dunyazad to her sister Shahrazad, "O my sister, finish for us that story of the Merchant and the Jinni;" and she answered "With joy and goodly gree , if the King permit me."

    Etymology 3

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To agree.
    • (Fuller)