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nobody | i |

As a pronoun nobody

is not any person; the logical negation of somebody.

As a noun nobody

is someone who is not important or well-known.

As a letter i is

the letter i with an acute accent.

nobody

English

Pronoun

(English Pronouns)
  • Not any person; the logical negation of somebody.
    • I asked several people, but nobody knew how.
    Nobody called or visited that day.

    Usage notes

    * (term) has a lower degree of formality than (no one).

    Synonyms

    * no one

    Antonyms

    * anybody, anyone * everybody, everyone * somebody, someone

    Related terms

    * anybody * everybody * somebody * nowhere * nothing

    Noun

    (nobodies)
  • Someone who is not important or well-known.
    • Whether you're a nobody or a player, everyone in Tinseltown wants to be King of Hollywood! - Conquering Hollywood

    i

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=h, next=j, image= (wikipedia i)

    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 ----