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I am
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iam IAM i-am -iam Iam
English
Etymology
Originally after Biblical usage (Exodus 3:14), translating en he אֶהְיֶה 'ehyeh.
Proper noun
God, seen as self-sufficient and self-existent.
Exodus 3 14 And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.
en 1817 w:Samuel Taylor Coleridge Biographia Literara I.13 The primary imagination I hold to be the living Power and prime Agent of all human Perception, and as a repetition in the finite mind of the eternal act of creation in the infinite I AM.
en colloquial frequently with great A self-centred, arrogant person.
en 2003 w:Alasdair Gray Miss Kincaid's Autumn Canongate 2012 Every Short Story 751 Joe entered and said, ‘Dinner-time. The Great I Am upstairs has grudgingly assented to oxtail soup, bangers and mash, tinned peaches with ice cream.’
Interjection
I am something or someone
Indicates solidarity or a support of a shared conviction with the person or object upon which a perceived injustice is being inflicted.
Je suis Charlie I am Charlie Hebdo!
Antonyms
en I am not
Related terms
en one for all, all for one
Translations
I'm
Anagrams
en aim ima I'ma I'm'a AIM IMA I'm a mai Ima Mai AMI Ima' MAI mia I'm a' i'ma i'm'a MIA aim Mia I'm-a