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I've

/aɪv/

I've is the contraction of I.

Meaning of I

Pronoun

I (first person singular subject personal pronoun, objective me, possessive my, possessive pronoun mine, reflexive myself)

  1. (first-person, personal, pronoun, singular, subjective) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
    • I drove my sister and myself to school.
  2. (first-person, nonstandard, personal, pronoun, singular, subjective) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.
    • Mom drove my sister and I to school.

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Synonyms of I've

Words formed from I've

Phrases with I've

Words that rhyme with I've

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Questions about I've

What is I've the contraction of?
I've is the contraction of I.
How do you pronounce I've?
I've is pronounced /aɪv/.

Words near I've in the dictionary

  1. i's
  2. I'se
  3. I'sia
  4. i'th'
  5. i'tikaf
  6. I've
  7. I've been raped
  8. I've been robbed
  9. I've been shot
  10. I've burned myself
  11. I've burnt myself

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Adapted from Wiktionary: I've (page history and authors); I (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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